EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from December 2002

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from December 2002

IDC reports latest supercomputer rankings based on the IDC Balanced Rating test.
December 2, 2002... IDC has reported the newest rankings of supercomputer performance based on its comprehensive test, called the IDC Balanced Rating. The test, developed with extensive input from the high-performance computing (HPC) community, is important...

ATI ships RADEON 9500 PRO within weeks of launch.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2002... ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that the RADEON 9500 PRO is now shipping to leading retailers and add-in-board partners worldwide. Based on the highly acclaimed RADEON 9700 PRO visual processing unit (VPU), the RADEON 9500 PRO brings many...

MoSys licenses 1T-SRAM-R embedded memory to Hitachi Information Technology.
December 2, 2002... MoSys, Inc. (Nasdaq:MOSY), a provider of high-density SoC embedded memory solutions and Hitachi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Hitachi-IT), a Japanese Corporation that focuses on ASIC Integrated Design Services, recently announced the...

Covalent and Red Hat developing 64-bit Apache Web server software for future AMD Opteron processors.
December 2, 2002... Apache Developers' Support of AMD Opteron Technology Expected to Offer Enterprise Customers Increased 32-Bit Performance and Powerful 64-Bit Computing Options At ApacheCon U.S. 2002, AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced that Covalent and Red Hat are...

Alias/Wavefront, HP, Intel and ATI announce 3December special offers for North American customers.
December 2, 2002... Alias/Wavefront, an SGI (NYSE:SGI) company, in concert with its 3December global sponsors, HP, Intel and ATI, announced recently several special offers in celebration of 3December--the computer graphics and industrial design industry event that...

Phoenix Technologies launches ServerBIOS 3.5 grid edition and announces collaboration with AMD.
December 2, 2002... Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PTEC), for more than two decades the company behind the software standard at the core of more than a billion PC systems and connected digital devices, has collaborated with AMD (NYSE:AMD) for the Phoenix...

Motorola selects Portal Software to power BT Retail's launch of public wireless LAN services.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2002... Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRSF), a provider of billing and customer management software, announced recently that Motorola has implemented Portal's Infranet to power BT Openzone, the public wireless LAN (WLAN) service offered by BT Group...

Fiorano Software ships Tifosi 2002.
December 2, 2002... Fiorano Software, Inc. has announced the latest release of Tifosi 2002, a Service-Based Integration Platform to extend its offerings in the EAI, BPM and B2B Integration market. Tifosi, a distributed Services Integration Platform is based on...

Interface and Lawson form strategic.
December 2, 2002... Interface Software and Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) have announced the formation of a new strategic alliance. Under the terms of the agreement, Lawson's Service Process Optimization (SPO) unit, which markets to professional services firms and...

New IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager debuts at Sirius Computer Solutions.
December 2, 2002... Sirius Computer Solutions has announced availability of IBM's latest storage software with autonomic capabilities to help improve return on investment and reduce storage costs. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager also provides...

N-able launches N-gage IT Service Management scorecard.
December 2, 2002... N-able Technologies recently announced the launch of the latest addition to its line of Technology Intelligence (TI) solutions. The N-gage IT Service Management Scorecard provides organizations with the ability to align IT operations with...

MagView Systems partners with R2 Technology to integrate software on R2's computer aided detection--CAD--system.
December 2, 2002... MagView Systems, a provider of software solutions for mammography reporting, tracking, and monitoring information, and R2 Technology, Inc., a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD), recently announced that the companies have entered into a...

IPNet: availability of e-business solution for IBM AS/400 platform.
December 2, 2002... Built for the AS/400 platform, BizManager400 uses the Internet and industry standards to enable the electronic exchange of information among trading partners. "With 700,000 AS400 systems at 250,000 active customers, IBM's AS400 is clearly...

Hitachi Data Systems redefines modular storage.
December 9, 2002... Continuing to deliver on the TrueNorth vision and strategy, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), has announced Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9500 V Series storage systems for customers looking for...

Gartner: procurement outsourcing may be an alternative to e-procurement.(Industry Overview)
December 9, 2002... As enterprises find it increasingly difficult to train and staff their internal purchasing organizations, many are looking at procurement outsourcing as an alternative, according to Dataquest Inc. "Procurement outsourcing spreads out the...

Lucent intros a high-capacity access solution.(Lucent Technologies AnyMedia Line Access Gateway )
December 9, 2002... Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) has announced a highly scaleable, multiservice access gateway that enables service providers to deliver voice and data services to twice as many subscribers as Lucent's previous access platforms. The Lucent...

RADinfo Systems launches PowerRIS/PACS, the first IHE compliant RIS/PACS solution to support structured reports.
December 9, 2002... RADinfo Systems Inc. has launched PowerRIS/PACS, the first IHE compliant solution to support structured reports. The web-enabled RIS/PACS solution also represents a new breed of first generation RIS/PACS hybrid solutions developed from the...

TEAC America introduces 16X desktop DVD-ROM drive.(TEAC DV-516E )(Brief Article)
December 9, 2002... TEAC has introduced their new DV-516E, a 16X IDE ATAPI DVD-ROM drive. The TEAC DV-516E combines smooth DVD video playback with impressive CD-ROM performance. TEAC's DV-516E DVD-ROM drive is the perfect solution for watching movies, listening to...

EPSON introduces 32-bit RISC microprocessors with Nancy Codec.
December 9, 2002... EPSON Electronics America (EEA) has announced it has equipped the S1C33 family of 32-bit RISC microprocessors with built-in Nancy Codec, a real-time video image processing technology developed by Tokyo-based Office Noa Inc. In addition to...

Conexant and Jungo intro world's first CableHome-based HomePlug system solution.
December 9, 2002... Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) and Jungo Software Technologies Inc. have introduced the world's first CableHome-based HomePlug reference design for residential and small office/home office (SOHO) stand-alone gateways. This will allow...

USDA selects Symantec for agency-wide protection.
December 9, 2002... The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has purchased a software license permitting the deployment of Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition across the federal agency's desktops and servers to defend against malicious code and cyber...

Vodium awarded GSA schedule.
December 9, 2002... Vodium announced recently that it has been awarded a Federal Supply Service contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) for Information Technology (IT) Professional Services and Electronic Commerce Services. The contract enables...

Signal Technology awarded USAF contract to develop switch matrices.
December 9, 2002... Signal Technology Corporation has announced the receipt of a contract from Sierra Nevada Corporation, Sparks, Nevada, to produce switch matrices for the U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft. The award is valued in excess of $2 million....

Cubic's laser-based combat training system due for deployment to Air Force, DOE sites.(Cubic's Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES))
December 9, 2002... Cubic Defense Applications, the defense segment of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB), has received a contract valued at approximately $5.2 million to provide its laser-based combat training system for use in facility protection and...

State of the art Comanche helo needs training infrastructure.(from Right Hemisphere's Deep Server)
December 9, 2002... Right Hemisphere, a provider of visual solutions software, has announced that the Deep Server enterprise solution was selected for use in building a state-of-the-art technology based training infrastructure for training pilots, maintenance and...

U.S. Navy to streamline HR OPS with PeopleSoft HCM.
December 9, 2002... PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT) has announced that the United States Navy has selected its industry-leading Human Capital Management (HCM) solution to consolidate more than 20 disparate human resources systems. PeopleSoft's HCM application suite...

CG2 secures Phase II SBIR contract.
December 9, 2002... CG2, a Quantum3D, Inc. has received a Phase II contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) through the U.S. Navy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to advance the fidelity of computer generated forces...

Feith Document Database receives DoD 5015.2-STD cert.
December 9, 2002... Feith Document Database version 7 has been certified compliant with the DoD 5015.2-STD, the U.S. Department of Defense standard for electronic records management systems. This enables government agencies and organizations to comply with...

AMD Athlon MP processor 2400+ delivers increased performance.
December 16, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has introduced the AMD Athlon MP processor 2400+, designed for enterprises and research institutes that rely on software applications that require intense computing power. The AMD Athlon MP processor 2400+ enables business...

Lucent Technologies new 5E-XC high-capacity switch selected by SBC.
December 16, 2002... Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) has announced that SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) is deploying Lucent's new high-capacity switch to more cost effectively support voice and data calls--such as wireless, Internet-dialup and long distance--that...

Fujitsu Technology Solutions Primepower 850 scores first in 8-way Oracle Applications benchmark.
December 16, 2002... Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc., a member of the worldwide group of Fujitsu companies, recently announced best-in-class results in industry-leading benchmarks on its Primepower 850 SPARC compliant, Solaris compatible servers. Primepower 850...

SNIA'S SSF registers interoperable midrange storage solution with offsite data protection.
December 16, 2002... Midrange storage users can now more easily combine and support multi-vendor storage systems in their data networks, and protect their vital corporate data with offsite backup thanks to the latest interoperability solution registered by the...

Pliable Display Technology SDK 2.1 and PDT 3D SDK released by IDELIX.
December 16, 2002... Two months after beta release, IDELIX Software Inc. has released both Version 2.1 of the Pliable Display Technology (PDT) Software Development Kit and the PDT 3d SDK. Evaluation copies of these SDKs are available to qualified applicants through...

NTS deploys Copper Mountain's VantEdge 3000.
December 16, 2002... Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN), a provider of intelligent broadband access solutions, has announced that NTS, one of the largest privately owned long distance companies in the nation and the largest CLEC and data services provider...

TACC selects United Devices to develop massive campus grid for academic research.(University of Texas at Austin )
December 16, 2002... The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and United Devices Inc. has announced a partnership that will significantly accelerate UT's academic computational research. Through the partnership, TACC...

LynuxWorks to offer first DO-178B certifiable POSIX-compatible RTOS.(LynxOS)
December 16, 2002... LynxWorks has announced that its has entered into an agreement to obtain Rockwell Collins' Virtual Machine Operating System (VMOS) technology and plans to launch a new DO-178B level A certifiable (FAA standard) version of LynuxWorks'...

SMC to integrate TZO Dynamic DNS client software from Tzolkin.
December 16, 2002... SMC Networks and Tzolkin Corp. have announced that the companies have entered into an agreement by which SMC will integrate the TZO Dynamic DNS client software into its Cable/DSL broadband router products, providing its users with more...

Best Software intros new ACT! functionality to share contact info with QuickBooks 2003.
December 16, 2002... Best Software recently announced that its best-selling ACT! contact manager now offers an update to ACT! Link for use with QuickBooks. The update includes additional reporting and data integration with Intuit's (Nasdaq:INTU) latest versions...

Linux NetworX to provide `best-of-breed' Linux clustering solutions with HP.
December 16, 2002... Linux NetworX recently announced that it is partnering with HP to expand each company's Linux cluster supercomputing solution offering. As part of the agreement, HP will now offer Linux NetworX ClusterWorX software as a cluster supercomputing...

Portal Software powers wireless LAN business models.
December 16, 2002... Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRSF), a provider of billing and customer management software, is playing a major role in turning wireless LAN services into viable business models for service providers around the globe. Portal's product-based...

Avaya and Net6 team to light-up the screens of IP Telephones with high value business apps.(Telephony Transformation Gateway )
December 16, 2002... Net6, a network-based application transformation gateway provider, is now shipping its Telephony Transformation Gateway (TTG) designed to deliver screen based applications to IP telephones from Avaya (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of...

Instantiations CodePro Studio supports IBM WebSphere Studio 5.0 Dev Tools.
December 16, 2002... Instantiations, a provider of advanced Java development and deployment solutions, announced recently that it has begun shipping CodePro Studio 2.0, a comprehensive suite of products that enhance IBM WebSphere Studio and Eclipse development...

Pico Communications expands Bluetooth enterprise networking support.(PicoManager and PicoConnect)
December 16, 2002... Pico Communications recently announced the upcoming availability of both the PicoManager network management tool and a Pocket PC 2002 version of its award-winning PicoConnect network connectivity software. PicoManager provides network...

Gartner: semiconductor capital spending returns to positive growth in 2003.
December 23, 2002... After two years of negative growth, worldwide semiconductor capital spending and wafer fab equipment spending will return to double-digit growth in 2003, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT and ITB). Worldwide...

IBM and Xilinx prepare for production of first 90nm chips on 300mm wafers.
December 23, 2002... IBM and Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) have announced a major step toward production of what could be the world's first 90-nanometer (nm) chip. Using IBM's most advanced, copper-based 90nm semiconductor manufacturing process technology, the...

ATI'S award-winning MOBILITY RADEON 9000 to drive new Amilo D Series notebook by Fujitsu Siemens Computers.(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... ATI Technologies has announced that the MOBILITY RADEON 9000, the industry's most powerful and exciting mobile visual processor, has been selected by Fujitsu Siemens Computers for their Amilo D Series consumer notebook. "The MOBILITY...

PMC-Sierra intros 2.5g device for grooming Ethernet.(PMC-Sierra the PM5364 TUPP 2488)
December 23, 2002... PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) has introduced the PM5364 TUPP 2488, an industry standard, tributary unit pointer processor and cross-connect for OC-48 SONET and STM-16 SDH networks. The highly integrated TUPP 2488 performs grooming and...

AMD Alchemy Solutions development board kits enable rapid design, testing.(AMD Alchemy Solutions DBAu1000, DBAu1500, DBAu1100 development board kits )(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced the new AMD Alchemy Solutions DBAu1000, DBAu1500 and DBAu1100 development board kits for its AMD Alchemy Solutions processor family. These new development board kits will assist customers in product development and...

Quantum3D Sentiris 4110 PMC graphics subsystem selected by Titan Corporation for hovercraft primary displays.
December 23, 2002... Quantum3D, Inc., a provider of open architecture realtime 3D visual computing solutions for the Visual Simulation and Training (VST) and Embedded Visual Computing (EVC) markets, has announced a new embedded graphics subsystem design win with...

DataPower and Contivo offer complete standards-based XML integration solution.
December 23, 2002... DataPower Technology, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent XML-aware network infrastructure, has announced a joint marketing and development agreement with Contivo, Inc. to integrate the Contivo Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM)...

New Tivoli Adapter from Keynote excellent integration.
December 23, 2002... Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN) has announced the release of the Keynote Tivoli Adapter, part of Keynote's Enterprise Perspective family of services, which gives operations centers using Tivoli immediate access to external performance and...

Government Internet Systems retains defense solutions.
December 23, 2002... Government Internet Systems, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VCSY), has announced that it has retained Defense Solutions, L.L.C., to assist in the marketing of its emergency...

U.S. Air Force awards Northrop Grumman $181 million to modernize ICBM guidance systems.(Missions Systems sector)
December 23, 2002... Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Mission Systems sector was awarded a $181 million contract last week to continue full-rate production of the ICBM Guidance Replacement Program (GRP), which is upgrading the guidance-system electronics...

EDS US Government Solutions earns CMMI Level 3 assessment.
December 23, 2002... Certification Gives EDS Delivery Team a Competitive Advantage To Build Business and Opportunities Within the Government Market Space EDS has announced its U.S. Government Solutions--Transportation and Management Systems (TMS) organization...

Anteon awarded two contracts valued at $13.7m to support Air Force.(Air Force Warfare Center and Air Force Research Laboratory)
December 23, 2002... Anteon has been awarded task orders to support two U.S. Air Force organizations; the Air Force Warfare Center (AFWC) located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in...

Qwest Communications and TKC awarded high-speed net contract from NASA.
December 23, 2002... Qwest Communications International Inc. and TKC Communications, LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation, recently announced that the two companies were jointly awarded a multi-year contract to build a high-speed network for secure communications...

Homeland Security highlights Infraworks InTether Server.
December 23, 2002... InTether Server Part Of The Security Demonstration With Federal, State And Local Agencies Infraworks has announced that the Homeland Security C2 Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) is using Infraworks' InTether Server to...

Boeing awarded contract to build third Wideband Gapfiller Satellite.
December 23, 2002... Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a unit of The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA), has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract option to build a third satellite in the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite, or WGS, program. Each WGS satellite provides the United...