EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from April 2005

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from April 2005

Exabyte announces new Magnum 1x7 LTO Autoloader for Mac OS X Server.
April 4, 2005... Exabyte Corporation, an innovator in tape backup, restore and archival systems, has announced the availability of the Magnum 1x7 LTO Autoloader for use with Mac OS X Server. The Magnum 1x7 is now available through the Apple Store, bundled with...

Axalto adds U.S.-based smart card microelectronics module production at its Maryland Advanced Card Center.
April 4, 2005... Axalto the world's leading provider of microprocessor smart cards has announced that the new microelectronics module fabrication operation at its Advanced Card Center production facility outside Baltimore, Maryland, has achieved full...

Elpida Memory's 512 Megabit XDR DRAM provides industry-leading data transfer rate for digital consumer electronics.
April 4, 2005... Elpida Memory, Inc. (Elpida), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), has announced the availability of 512 Megabit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. The new devices operate at 3.2 GHz, providing an...

SOA Software introduces industry's first registry-based Web services dashboard.
April 4, 2005... SOA Software a provider of comprehensive SOA and Web services management, security and governance solutions, has announced the addition of the industry's first registry-based dashboard to its award-winning Service Manager. With SOA Software...

NEC America partners with CommSys to deliver premier integrated criminal justice services.
April 4, 2005... NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for public safety agencies in North America, has announced the further expansion of its information services for law enforcement through its partnership with CommSys,...

Peribit Introduces Application Acceleration technology that enables e-mail, Web and file server consolidation.(Peribit Networks Inc.)
April 4, 2005... Peribit Networks, a leader in application delivery over the WAN, has announced availability of its breakthrough Application Flow Acceleration (AppFlow) technology, which transparently speeds performance of Microsoft Exchange, file services, and...

Tacit works with Microsoft to provide windows-based solution that extends datacenter IT services.(Tacit Networks Inc.)
April 11, 2005... Tacit Networks, a leader in enterprise-wide remote office IT solutions, has announced that it has worked with Microsoft Corporation to provide an end-to-end Microsoft Windows-based solution that extends datacenter IT services out to the branch...

EDS and Proxima offer innovative products that support the UK government's small and medium enterprise initiative.(Proxima Technology Inc.)
April 11, 2005... Proxima Technology, a provider of software solutions that help organizations understand and improve the business value of IT services, has announced that EDS and Proxima Technology offer innovative products to EDS clients through the UK...

ID TECH introduces miniature smart card reader.
April 11, 2005... ID TECH, a manufacturer of automatic identification products, has introduced a miniature smart card reader that is more durable than any other small reader on the market. The MiniSmart is just over two inches wide and about an inch deep, yet it...

Troika announces SAN Volume Suite.(storage area networks, Troika Networks Inc.)
April 11, 2005... Troika Networks Inc., a provider of network-based storage services solutions and enabling technologies, announced recently the availability of Troika SAN Volume Suite (SVS), a fabric-based storage management and data protection solution with...

Hitachi Data Systems and CommVault sign worldwide distribution agreement.
April 11, 2005... Hitachi Data Systems and CommVault Systems, Inc., a provider of Unified Data Management solutions, has announced a worldwide distribution agreement whereby Hitachi Data Systems will offer co-branded QiNetix software as the "Hitachi Data...

Boss cautions Microsoft's forced deployment of SP2 for Windows XP computers may cause widespread issues and disrupt business continuity.
April 11, 2005... Enterprises with any Windows XP-based computers in their organizations face an imminent threat of software incompatibility problems and other network security issues when Microsoft next month begins pushing Service Pack 2 as part of automatic...

EPA honors AMD with energy star certificate for innovative Cool'n'Quiet technology.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded AMD's Cool'n'Quiet technology with an ENERGY STAR Certificate of Recognition for advancing computer energy efficiency. All AMD Athlon 64 desktop processors...

UniPress Software links FootPrints service desk to Salesforce.com.
April 18, 2005... UniPress Software, Inc., a leading mid-market provider of Web-based service desk automation software, has announced an integration between its FootPrints service desk and Salesforce.com's CRM sales automation application that does not require...

Data Storage Advisors AG to release U3-powered disk2go USB device.(universal serial bus)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... U3 LLC and Data Storage Advisor AG have announced that Data Storage Advisors will use the U3 platform to make USB smart drives under its disk2go brand name. U3 has created a robust hardware platform designed to transform USB flash drives from...

Cisco intros the Cisco XR 12000 series routers for IP Next-Gen Networks.(Cisco Systems Inc.)
April 18, 2005... Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) recently introduced the Cisco XR 12000 Series routers, which represents the combination of the Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) XR software with the proven market-leading capabilities of the Cisco 12000...

Cisco enhances SAN consolidation and blade server connectivity across heterogeneous fabrics.(storage area networking, Cisco Systems Inc.)
April 18, 2005... Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) has announced a set of features that enhance customers' ability to consolidate and share resources across heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN) fabrics. Network address translation capabilities for its...

Microchip Technology brings ultra-small SOT-23 package options to operational amplifier portfolio.
April 18, 2005... Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP), a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, has announced it offers single-supply, rail-to-rail input/output, low-power operational amplifiers (op amps) in space-saving 5-pin SOT-23 packages...

Linux more secure than Windows, national survey shows.
April 18, 2005... In its first annual Security Issues Survey for the debut of the Software Security Summit conference in La Jolla, California, BZ Research polled 6,344 software development managers about the security of different popular enterprise operating...

Software leads as fastest growing IT spending category for life science companies, according to Life Science Insights.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... According to Life Science Insights (LSI), an IDC Company, worldwide IT spending for the life science sector will reach $38.9 billion in 2008, driven by the need to tackle industry pain points, such as regulatory burdens and costly clinical...

Radeon Xpress platform technology included in HP commercial desktop PCS: Radeon Xpress 200 along with AMD Athlon 64 processors, delivers lightning fast 64-bit processing, robust features and increased scalability.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
April 25, 2005... ATI Technologies Inc., has announced that Radeon Xpress 200 will be the chipset platform technology for the HP dx5150, HP's latest AMD Athlon 64 processor-based commercial desktop PC. ATI's technology adds Radeon-class visual processing and...

Luminex joins the StorageTek TekAlliance Partner Program.(Luminex Software Inc.)
April 25, 2005... Luminex Software Inc., a developer of mainframe connectivity products, and StorageTek, a provider of enterprise information lifecycle management, today announced Luminex's Virtual/BLUE 3990 control unit has been certified interoperable with...

PMC-Sierra demonstrates micro Multi-Service Provisioning Platform capabilities with new evaluation system.
April 25, 2005... PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced the availability of the PM2337 ADM 622 Evaluation Platform--a highly integrated system that allows ODMs and OEMs to rapidly prototype a compact micro Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (micro MSPP) using...

NASCO awards IBM five-year extension for infrastructure and application development services.(National Account Service Company LLC)
April 25, 2005... National Account Service Company LLC (NASCO) has awarded IBM a five-year extension to its existing 10-year IT services contract. IBM will continue to support NASCO's systems infrastructure, helping NASCO process claims faster as a benefit for...

Eicon Networks featured in SSL VPN Pavilion at NetWorld+Interop 2005.(secure sockets layer virtual private networks)
April 25, 2005... Eicon Networks, a leader in providing secure communication products for networked business applications, today announced that it will showcase its SSL VPN technology and products at the SSL VPN Pavilion (Booth #915-6) at NetWorld+Interop 2005,...

Elpida's 4 Gig DDR2 Registered DIMMS offer highest density for volume server and blade apps.(dual in-line memory modules, double data rate, Elpida Memory Inc.)
April 25, 2005... Elpida Memory, Inc. (Elpida), Japan's leading supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the availability of 4 Gigabyte DDR2 Registered Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) that offer high-density and high-performance...

Cisco Clean Access Out-of-Band delivers deployment flexibility for appliance-based network admission control.(Cisco Systems Inc.)
April 25, 2005... Cisco Systems, Inc. has announced extensions to its Cisco Clean Access product family with the introduction of the Cisco Clean Access Out-of-Band solution. This Network Admission Control (NAC) appliance integrates within a switching...

CTI receives order for Tech Control Switching System for the United States Army at Camp Roberts.
April 25, 2005... Cornet Technology Communications, the network communications solutions division of Cornet Technology, Inc. (CTI), announced an order valued at $884,329 for a CTI MTX 256 Tech Control Switching System, for the United States Army at Camp Roberts,...