EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from December 2000

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from December 2000

RISING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTS NEW DICOM STORAGE APPLIANCE.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... Rising Edge Technologies offers their Jukebox Server products to create a new standard for medical image storage. In conjunction with FileLink (Bloomington, MN), Rising Edge will demonstrate a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PROJECTS 600% GROWTH IN CABLE MODEM CHIP MARKET SHARE IN 2000.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... In less than a year and a half in the cable modem business, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) has garnered 30 percent of the market for data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) chips. TI estimates it will deliver...

MINDS@WORK ANNOUNCES THE DIGITAL WALLET IS NOW AVAILABLE AT MICRO CENTER STORES NATIONWIDE.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... Minds@Work, creators of the Digital Wallet(R) device, has announced that Micro Center, a leading retailer of computers and computer related products, will carry the Digital Wallet device in all of its 18 nationwide locations, specifically in...

NEW SGI LINE OF CLUSTERED GRAPHICS SYSTEMS TO SET STANDARD FOR AFFORDABLESIMULATION.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... SGI (NYSE: SGI), has announced that it is offering a sneak peek of its new SGI Graphics Cluster systems at I/ITSEC 2000, held Nov. 27-30 in Orlando. "SGI is thrilled to be able to preview our new Graphics Clusters at this year's I/ITSEC,"...

XICOR EXPANDS FAMILY OF CPU SUPERVISORS.(Product Announcement)
December 4, 2000... XICOR, Inc. has expanded their complete line of integrated CPU Supervisors with the announcement of the X4163/5, X4323/5, X4643/5 and X4283/5 members of advanced single voltage monitoring, 2-wire CPU supervisors. These devices integrate a low...

HD STORAGE ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES FIRST INDUSTRY GATHERING.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 4, 2000... The High Density Storage Association (HDSA) will host its first meeting on December 5, 2000 to launch its campaign to greatly increase the use of critically acclaimed automated storage technologies. The gathering includes leaders of key...

LSI LOGIC AND WIND RIVER DELIVER COST-EFFECTIVE TURNKEY SOLUTION FOR SWITCHEDETHERNET MARKET.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) and Wind River Systems (Nasdaq: Wind) have introduced a bundled chip and software solution for networking applications. This offering embeds LSI Logic's 24+2 Intelligent Switch, known as the L64324, with Wind...

3WARE'S ESCALADE TOPS SPEEDS OF 163MB/SEC TO OUT PERFORM ADAPTEC AND MYLEX BY OVER 200%.(Product Development)
December 4, 2000... 3ware(R) Inc., a pioneer of innovative storage solutions, announced the results of an industry-standard benchmark for testing and measuring of RAID performance. In an independent evaluation, National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS*XXCAL), the...

SUN MICROSYSTEMS PLATFORM PROVIDES SOLID FOUNDATION FOR WIRELESS TRADING SERVICE FROM PDA.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) has announced that Credit Suisse chose the Solaris Operating Environment and Sun's robust servers for the backend Infrastructure of Credit Suisse's wireless trading solution for personal Digital assistants...

SGI OPENGL PERFORMER 2.4 REVOLUTIONIZES LINUX SIMULATION.(Product Announcement)
December 4, 2000... SGI (NYSE: SGI) has announced the OpenGL Performer 2.4 application programming interface (API) upgrade for both IRIX(R) and Linux(R) operating systems. OpenGL Performer is a powerful API for creating real-time visual simulation and other...

ALLIANCE CREATES PARTNERSHIP TO DEPLOY SOLUTIONS THAT ENABLE REAL-TIME ACCESS OF ENTERPRISE DATA FROM INFO APPLIANCES.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... Centura(R) Software Corp. (Nasdaq:CNTR), a provider of solutions that mobilize the enterprise, has entered into a regional strategic alliance with Powerlan Limited, (ASX:PWR), Australia's largest publicly listed IT services company and a...

SOFTWATCH INTRODUCES SRS 2.2, OFFERING SUPPORT OF ORACLE; GIVES HEALTH COMPANIES NEW E-BUSINESS FLEXIBILITY.(Product Announcement)
December 4, 2000... SoftWatch (www.softwatch.com), a provider of Internet relationship management software for the healthcare industry, has launched SoftWatch Relationship Server (SRS) 2.2, eCRM platform technology for healthcare e-business and e-marketing. ...

INTEGRATION IS THE KEY TO LILLY SOFTWARE'S CRM SOLUTION.(Product Announcement)
December 4, 2000... Four months after the product release and 65 customers later, Lilly Software finds VISUAL CRM being rapidly adopted by new and existing VISUAL Manufacturing(R) users. The tight back-office integration and the ease of use of the application...

VIA NET.WORKS CHOOSES WATCHGUARD FOR MANAGED SECURITY SERVICE.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:WGRD), a provider of Internet security solutions, has announced that VIA NET.WORKS, Inc. (Nasdaq:VNWI)(AEX:VNWI) has selected WatchGuard's Managed Security Services system (WatchGuard for MSS) as a core...

CRITICAL UNIX APPLICATIONS TOOLKIT PORTED TO IA64 TURBOLINUX.(Product Announcement)
December 4, 2000... Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS), a supplier of commercial Motif(R) products and support, and Turbolinux, Inc., the leader in high-performance Linux for Internet infrastructure solutions, have announced immediate availability of Open...

JAVELIN TECHNOLOGIES' FLIRT TRANSFORMS ELECTRONIC TRADING.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 4, 2000... Javelin Technologies, Inc., the leader in electronic trading technology, has announced the distribution of FLIRT, an Internet infrastructure for the real-time communication of trade data. Built by Javelin, FLIRT (Financial Language Internet...

AMD GAINS MAJOR ENTERPRISE DESIGN WIN WITH MAXDATA -- GERMAN OEM TO OFFER AMD PROCESSOR-BASED COMPUTERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 11, 2000... Germany's third largest computer manufacturer MAXDATA plans to carry both AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processors in systems targeting enterprise and small business users in Germany. With this design win, another important European OEM that...

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS EXPANDS FREEDOM STORAGE LIGHTNING 9900 SERIES WITH INTRODUCTION OF MODEL 9910.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... Continuing to set the standard for the world's most advanced enterprise storage systems, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), has announced Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 Series, Model 9910, which joins...

SST OFFERS FLASH MEMORY PRODUCTS IN INDUSTRY'S SMALLEST MICRO-BGA PACKAGE.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.)(NASDAQ:SSTI) will offer its successful 39 series, SuperFlash based, Multi-Purpose Flash (MPF) family of products in a small 48-ball micro-BGA (ball grid array) package. Measuring only 6 mm x 8 mm, SST's...

TERADYNE EXPANDS THE INTEGRA J750 FAMILY OF TEST SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... Teradyne's Integra Test Division has announced the new J750k test system with an entry level price of $99,000. The J750k, an expansion to the successful INTEGRA J750 Family of test systems, offers the lowest cost of test for low-end...

BOLDFISH: EXPRESS NETWORK - INTERNET'S FIRST INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMERCIAL EMAIL DELIVERY.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... BoldFish, Inc., has launched its new BoldFish Express Network (BoldFish EN), which is poised to fundamentally transform the way savvy enterprises communicate with large numbers of customers. The BoldFish announcement comes during explosive...

COM21 LAUNCHES DOCSIS-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... Com21, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMTO), has launched DOXcentral, a headend-independent network management system for DOCSIS systems. DOXcentral manages all DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) 1.0 compatible modems and headends,...

SGI ONYX 3000 SERIES GRAPHICS SYSTEMS TO POWER U.S. AIR FORCE F-22 PILOTTRAINING DEVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 11, 2000... Link Simulation & Training, a division of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) in Arlington, Texas, has purchased two SGI Onyx 3000 series high-performance graphics systems to power the U.S. Air Force's F-22 pilot training devices. Under an...

ITA, INC. WINS A PIECE OF $1 BILLION CONTRACT.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... Innovative Technology Application, Inc. (ITA, Inc.), an expert custom multimedia software developer and federal contractor has been awarded a portion of a $1 billion contract from the Department of Interior Mineral Management Service (MMS). ...

VIP LANDS $3.6 MILLION TREASURY CONTRACT.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... Visionary Integration Professionals, Inc. (VIP), a management consulting and information technology company has landed a five-year, $3.6 million contract with the U.S. Treasury Department. VIP will provide project management, and organizational...

SU-22 SIMULATOR POWERED BY SGI PROVIDES CZECH AIR FORCES WITH SAFER, LESS COSTLY FLIGHT TRAINING.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... The Czech Air Forces is using SGI visualization and supercomputing technology to help train its pilots at Namest nad Oslavou. SGI (NYSE: SGI), in conjunction with Virtual Reality Media and Letecke opravny Kbely, helped to develop a fully...

U.S. MARINE CORPS, BATTELLE TURN TO PROCURENET FOR ANTI-TERRORIST CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTION, LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... ProcureNet Awarded Prime Vendor eBusiness Contract to Support Anti-Terrorist Activities, Upgrade Chemical Weapons Detection around the U.S.GREAT RIVER, NY - November 28, 2000 - The U.S. Marine Corps and Battelle have awarded ProcureNet Inc., a...

The Motorola Systems Solutions Group.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... The Motorola Systems Solutions Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., is being awarded a $14,577,028 cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for Army Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer Threshold System design,...

The University of California.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... The University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded an $8,800,000 cost-reimbursable contract to solve major design challenges of the ultimate intelligent battlefield infrastructure. This infrastructure relies on autonomous...

Comptek PRB, Inc.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... Comptek PRB, Inc., Hollywood, Md., is being awarded a $5,688,238 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering activities for software development, software design, procurement, fabrication,...

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co., King of Prussia, Pa., is being awarded a $17,000,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for seven Interim Retrofit Crosslink Transponder Data Units for the NAVSTAR Global Positioning...

PRC Inc.,/Litton Industries, Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... PRC Inc.,/Litton Industries, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a $5,249,953 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide for the Automated Virtual Information Production Support System (AVIPSS) through February 2005 in support...

Science Applications International Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif. is being awarded a $22,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for engineering and technical services for Pacific Air Forces Command, Control,...

TRW ICBM Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2000... TRW ICBM Systems, Clearfield, Utah, is being awarded a $5,676,580 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide three missile guidance set controls; two power distribution units; four missile guidance computers; four gyro stabilized...

NEW APPLICATION FOR DREXLER TECHNOLOGY'S LASERCARD -- HIGHLY SECURE IMPORT DUTY COLLECTION/IMPORT LICENSES FOR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.(Government Activity)
December 11, 2000... Drexler Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:DRXR) has received a $100,000 order for 10,000 LaserCard optical memory cards plus read/write devices and fingerprint biometric sensors to be used by an eastern Mediterranean government for import duty...

RADVISION INTRODUCES VIAIP MULTI-SERVICE PLATFORM TO THEASIAN-PACIFIC MARKET AT TELECOM ASIA 2000 IN HONG KONG.(Product Announcement)
December 11, 2000... RADVision (Nasdaq: RVSN), has introduced its chassis-based viaIP multi-service platform to the Asian-Pacific market. The viaIP platform is being showcased at Telecom Asia 2000 in Hong Kong, a leading telecom conference targeting service...

IBM UNWRAPS WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED CHIP-MAKING TECHNOLOGY.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 18, 2000... IBM has launched production of new microchips for servers, communications gear and pervasive computing products, using the most advanced chip-making technology ever developed. The new technology, named CMOS 9S, unites -- for the first time...

NEC LICENSES ARM946E-S MICROPROCESSOR CORE TO EXPAND ADVANCED SYSTEM LSI LINE-UP.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 18, 2000... ARM and NEC Corp. have signed an agreement to license the ARM946E-S 32-bit RISC microprocessor core. NEC intends to use this key building block for advanced next generation system LSIs for application in third generation W-CDMA mobile...

COMMUNICATIONS MARKET FUELING GROWTH FORECAST FOR RUGGEDIZED PC PRODUCTS.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 18, 2000... According to new studies from Venture Development Corporation titled "The World Market for Fully Integrated Ruggedized Stationary PCs" and "The World Market for Modular Ruggedized PC Products", (www.vdc-corp.com/news/news00/pr00-41-frames.html)...

MACRONIX JOINS SANDISK, ALLIANCE, QUICKLOGIC AS WAFER PARTNER IN TOWER'S FAB 2 PROJECT.(Company Financial Information)
December 18, 2000... Macronix International Co. Ltd., and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Macronix will make a $75 million strategic investment in Tower as part of Tower's plan to build its new Fab. In return for...

MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE HOUSE SHIPS SOFTWARE; ENABLES FASTER INTERNET CONNECT, ETC.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... VoCAL Technologies Ltd., a supplier of DSP-based communication technologies, has formally released its V.92 modem software suite for existing customers. This new release covers both server and client applications and is an optional upgrade...

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS INTELLIGENT OPTICAL-DATA NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE BANDWIDTH-ON-DEMAND.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 18, 2000... Lucent Technologies has unveiled an intelligent optical-data networking platform that will enable customers to cost-effectively provide bandwidth-on-demand and other new revenue-generating services. Lucent's leading-edge platform is built...

IBM ESERVER Z900, REINVENTED MAINFRAME, SHIPPED TO GLOBAL CUSTOMERS ON SCHEDULE.(Product Announcement)
December 18, 2000... IBM's new eServer z900, the reinvented mainframe, began shipping to customers around the world last week, on schedule. Many customers, including financial institutions and management consulting firms, initially plan to run benchmarking and...

MERCER STUDY FINDS SOME INTERNET NICHES ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR VALUE DESPITE RECENT DOT-COM MALAISE.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 18, 2000... Despite widening losses, deteriorating cash flows, and increased difficulty in raising capital, a few Internet industry sub-sectors are retaining or even growing their market value this year, according to a study by Mercer Management...

IBM DELIVERS THREE LINUX-SUPPORT FIRSTS.(Product Announcement)
December 18, 2000... IBM has announced new e-infrastructure software for Linux. The announcement is IBM's latest initiative to support Linux throughout its portfolio of e-business software, servers and services and gives IBM the broadest database Linux support in...

BSA UNVEILS MODEL BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR INTERNET AUCTION SITES.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 18, 2000... The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has issued Model Business Practices on Intellectual Property for Internet Auction Sites aimed at curbing the listing, sale and distribution of pirated and counterfeit software programs through Internet...

NETWORK APPLIANCE AND ESCENE NETWORKS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE STREAMING SOLUTIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 18, 2000... Network Appliance, Inc., a provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, and eScene Networks, Inc., a leading provider of advanced streaming media applications and solutions for business, has announced a strategic...

TOSHIBA STRENGTHENS ENTRY-LEVEL SERVER LINE FOR SMALL-TO-MEDIUM BUSINESSES.(Product Announcement)
December 25, 2000... Continuing its steady growth in the server market, the Computer Systems Group (CSG) of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS) has announced the Magnia 510D, a new series of price-sensitive, entry-level servers supporting 733MHz and...

U.S. WIRELESS DATA TO ACQUIRE NXT CORPORATION.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... U.S. Wireless Data (USWD) (OTC BB:USWE), the leader in wireless transaction services, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire NXT Corporation, a leading provider of real-time payment data management and network services...

SILVACO RELEASES NEW TOOL ON E*ECAD.(Product Announcement)
December 25, 2000... Adding to e*ECAD's suite of tools, Silvaco International releases its latest -- Quest. Quest is based on a new fast technology that is used for verification and simulation, as well as for characterizing and extracting resistance,...

GREEN HILLS THREADX REAL-TIME OS AND MULTI IDE SELECTED FOR PULMONETIC SYSTEMS' LTV VENTILATORS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... Green Hills Software has announced that its ThreadX Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) and MULTI 2000 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) have been selected by Pulmonetic Systems to develop graphics monitor software for its entire line of...

UNISYS ES7000 SERVER TACKLES WORKLOAD AT CALIFORNIA'S SIXTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.(Product Information)
December 25, 2000... California's Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), one of the nation's fastest-growing public education systems, has ordered a Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 to provide the computing capacity needed to handle burgeoning...

REPLICON SIGNS SOLUTION DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WITH GREAT PLAINS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... Replicon Inc., a global provider of web- based workforce optimization applications, has announced that it has signed a solution developer agreement with Great Plains Software (NASDAQ: GPSI) in order to offer a complete workforce management...

WIRELESS, HANDHELD CAPABILITY INTRODUCED WITH DATATRAK EDC FOR CLINICAL TRIAL DATA COLLECTION.(Product Information)
December 25, 2000... DATATRAK International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DATA) the leading and most experienced Application Service Provider (ASP) in the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) industry announced that it is introducing the capability to implement its software, DATATRAK...

NETEMPOWER SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE SOLUTION.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 25, 2000... NetEmpower Software Technologies, a leading e-commerce software platform provider, has announced plans to launch the nSolution Suite early next year. The nSolution Suite is a highly flexible, scalable and secure business-to-business e-commerce...

EGGHEAD.COM INVESTIGATES BREACH OF COMPANY COMPUTER SYSTEMS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... Egghead officials have announced that: "Egghead.com has discovered that a hacker has accessed our computer systems, potentially including our customer databases. As a precautionary measure, we have taken immediate steps to protect our...

HOLOGIC, INC. GETS VA CONTRACT.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... Hologic, Inc., (Nasdaq: HOLX) a leading provider of a broad array of radiographic solutions, has announced a contract award by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - National Acquisition Center to provide direct-to-digital radiographic (DR)...

GTSI FILES PROTEST WITH GAO CHALLENGING ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND'S MMAD-1 DECISION.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... GTSI Corp. (Nasdaq: GTSI) has announced that it has filed a protest with the General Accounting Office (GAO) challenging the Army Materiel Command's granting of a protest against the award by Army Communications and Electronic Command (CECOM)...

IBM AND EZGOV ALLIANCE BRINGS E-BUSINESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... IBM (NYSE:IBM) and EzGov, Inc. has announced a strategic alliance to jointly market and deliver solutions that will bring the benefits of e-business to local governments in the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will...

DIA AWARDS GENERAL DYNAMICS $2.4M FOR COLLABORATION SOFTWARE.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... General Dynamics Electronic Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), has announced that it will provide its InfoWorkSpace on-line collaboration software and support for up to 5,000 defense and national intelligence users under a...

Exponent Chosen by Department of Defense to Provide Reliability Analysis ForSmartcards.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... Exponent, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPO), has recently completed development of its failure analysis laboratory for Smartcards under contract to the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). This effort was in support of the DMDC's beta release of the...

SAIC INTRODUCES PORTAL FOR U.S. ARMY EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE SAIC TO HELP SOLDIERS BOOT UP TO NEW EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH ARMYU.COM.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 25, 2000... Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has developed a new education Web portal designed to support the U.S. Army's launch of a major new educational initiative - Army University Access Online. The portal could provide a "virtual...

SAIC WINS U.S. ARMY SIMULATION AND TRAINING AWARD SAIC TEAM TO SUPPORT $4 BILLION STRICOM OMNIBUS CONTRACT PROGRAM.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... A team led by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has announced a contract award for war games and automated simulations support from the U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) under the STRICOM...

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LAUNCHES NEW CACI-DEVELOPED ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM ENGINE RUNNING COMMERCE CSTARS IS CACI'S COMPRIZONTM.BUY.(Government Activity)
December 25, 2000... CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) has announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has launched its new Commerce Standard Acquisition Reporting System (CSTARS), an enterprise-wide electronic procurement system built on CACI's Comprizon.Buy...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(Government Activity)(Column)
December 25, 2000... **REVERSE AUCTIONS III** GSA is ever eager to lay an egg and upon discovering that it might be spoiled eager to share the pain. Now GSA has asked vendors for comments on the process. This should have been done prior to conducting a few....