EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from February 2001

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from February 2001

TELECOM SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES THE INTRODUCTION OF NET SMARTCONNECT.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... Telecom Software, a leading provider of IP-based telecommunications software and solutions, has announced the introduction of Net SmartConnect, the industry's first carrier-grade, converged service application to enable message-triggered...

CALDERA VOLUTION FOILS RAMEN LINUX WORM.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... On the heels of the widely spread Ramen Linux worm, Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) has announced its Linux management solution, Caldera Volution ("Volution"), can prevent the effects of the Ramen worm or other similar attacks. The...

SUN ANNOUNCES SUN GRID ENGINE 5.2 SOFTWARE FOR THE LINUX PLATFORM.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) further extends its resources to technical computing customers with the announcement of Sun Grid Engine 5.2 software for the Linux platform. The distributed resource management software is a free download via...

OPEN SYSTEMC INITIATIVE DELIVERS SYSTEMC V2.0 SPECIFICATION AND V1.2 BETA OPEN SOURCE CODE.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... At the SystemC Users Forum meeting in conjunction with ASP-DAC, the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) Steering Group announced immediate availability of the SystemC v2.0 specification and v1.2 beta software. These key steps on the organization's...

PORTAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR BILLING OF AOL SERVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 5, 2001... Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRSF), has announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract with America Online under which America Online will license Portal's Infranetsoftware platform. America Online plans to use Infranet business...

SONIC FOUNDRY ANNOUNCES SOUND FORGE 5.0.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... Sonic Foundry Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems, has announced Sound Forge 5.0, its award-winning digital audio editor. The new version of Sound...

TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES NEW SATELLITE 1700 SERIES NOTEBOOKS.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... The Computer Systems Group (CSG) of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS) has introduced the Satellite 1700 Series, a family of user-friendly, feature-rich portable computers that come at affordable prices. Starting at only...

NEC COMPUTERS INC. ANNOUNCES HIGH-END ENTERPRISE SERVER PLATFORM.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... NEC Computers Inc., a leading provider of world-class mobile, desktop and server computing solutions for the enterprise market, has announced its enterprise server platform, including the Express5800/180Rb-7 server, the EMC(NYSE:EMC) CLARiiON...

INSILICON BROADENS JAVA ACCELERATION TECHNOLOGY WITH JVXTREME.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... inSilicon Corporation (Nasdaq:INSN) -- a provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) communications platforms -- has introduced the JVXtreme Accelerator, a performance-enhanced extension of the company's proprietary JVX Java...

HITACHI INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS CORPORATION SELECTS DIGITAL ATOMS TO DELIVER BUSINESS SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE.(Product Information)
February 5, 2001... Digital Atoms Inc., a technology solution provider for professional services organizations (PSOs), has announced that Hitachi Innovative Solutions Corporation (HISC), a leading platform-independent solutions provider and wholly-owned subsidiary...

EXTREME NETWORKS INTRODUCES VDSL AND T-1WAN MODULES FOR ETHERNET IN THE FIRST MILE.(Product Announcement)
February 5, 2001... Delivering on its strategy to extend Ethernet metro networks to include the first mile, Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), has introduced two new WAN and VDSL modules for the Alpine platform that allow for high speed Ethernet Layer 3...

AMD SHOWCASES FIRST 'VIRTU HAMMER' SIMULATOR AT LINUXWORLD SHOWS IN NEW YORK & PARIS.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 5, 2001... AMD announced last week at LinuxWorld events in New York and Paris the first public demonstration of "VirtuHammer," the recently announced high-performance tool developed by AMD and Virtutech that allows software developers to write and test...

KYOCERA COMPLETES MERGER WITH TYCOM CORPORATION.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 5, 2001... Kyocera Corporation (NYSE: KYO) has disclosed that its wholly-owned U.S. headquarters, Kyocera International, Inc. (KII), has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of privately-held Tycom Corporation. Tycom is a...

1-GHZ DESKTOP-REPLACEMENT NOTEBOOK PC FROM MICRO EXPRESS HAS 15.1-INCH SCREEN, DVD AND INTERNAL ETHERNET.(Company Business and Marketing)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
February 12, 2001... Micro Express introduces a desktop-replacement high-performance multimedia notebook PC with a brilliant 15.1-inch SXGA TFT active matrix screen, a DVD drive and an internal 10/100 Ethernet interface. Based on the new Intel PIII-1000...

TOSHIBA'S NEW SATELLITE 2805 SERIES NOTEBOOKS: MULTIMEDIA WITH A BITE.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
February 12, 2001... The Computer Systems Group (CSG) of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS) has introduced the enhanced Satellite 2805 Series notebooks, featuring the industry's first mobile graphics processing unit (GPU). The NVIDIA GeForce2 Go...

TRIDENT 3D GRAPHICS POWERS TOSHIBA MAINSTREAM SATELLITE NOTEBOOK.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 12, 2001... Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that Toshiba has designed in its top-of-the-line 128-bit CyberBlade XP 3D graphics controller in the latest Satellite Pro 4600 model of the popular Satellite mainstream notebook series....

SIA REPORTS GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR MARKET TOPS $200 BILLION MARK FOR FIRST TIME.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 12, 2001... The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced that worldwide semiconductor sales reached $17.9 billion in December, with year-end industry sales totaling $204 billion, a new industry record. "Driven by sales of communications...

TRW INDIUM PHOSPHIDE MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER CHIP DELIVERS WORLD RECORD POWER DENSITY.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 12, 2001... TRW Inc. (NYSE:TRW), a world leader in advanced semiconductors, has developed a highly efficient microwave power amplifier chip that delivers world record levels of power per unit of semiconductor area for integrated circuits operating at more...

AGILE SOFTWARE SELECTS NETWORK APPLIANCE STORAGE SOLUTION FOR MISSION-CRITICAL DATA STORAGE.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 12, 2001... Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, has announced that Agile Software Corp. (Nasdaq:AGIL), a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing commerce...

TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES WORLD'S FIRST SINGLE-CHANNEL INTERFACE DRIVER ICS.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 12, 2001... Toshiba Corporation has announced the world's first one-channel interface driver (IFD) ICs, the latest addition to its transistor-array lineup. The one-channel interface driver has a very simple construction of resistors, diodes and Darlington...

FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH VENDORS DEMONSTRATE MULTI-VENDOR FABRIC INTEROPERABILITY.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 12, 2001... The Fibre Channel Industry Association -- FCIA -- along with switch vendors Gadzoox Networks, QLogic, McDATA, and Vixel demonstrated multi-vendor switch interoperability based on new industry standards. This demonstration took place at the...

ARIEL: OCTAL T1/E1/PRI COMPACTPCI NETWORK I-FACE CARD SWITCHES 240 PSTN CALLS ON A 6U CARD.(Product Announcement)
February 12, 2001... Ariel Corp. (NASDAQ:ADSP), a leading supplier of Microsoft Windows NT and Linux remote access solutions for technical OEMs, recently announced a CompactPCI-based T1/E1/PRI network interface card for designers of high-density, telco-quality...

NEW HARDWARE/SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BOARD SPEEDS DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF SYSTEM-ON-CHIP ASICS.(Product Announcement)
February 19, 2001... Lexra's new Hardware/Software Development Board allows designers to prototype hardware and develop software for their SOC ASIC designs A significant challenge to integrating third-party intellectual property cores, especially powerful...

IBM SUPERCOMPUTER TO POWER INFO WAREHOUSE FOR STAPLES; HEIR TO `DEEP BLUE' WILL HELP RETAILER ANALYZE OPERATIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 19, 2001... IBM has announced that Staples Inc., (NASDAQ: SPLS), a pioneer of the office superstore industry, will deploy a powerful IBM SP supercomputer in a new enterprise data warehouse. The solution helps integrate merchandising information across...

MICRON TECH INTROS NEW BAT-RAM FAMILY OF LOW-POWER SDRAMS.(Product Announcement)
February 19, 2001... Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE:MU), has introduced the first devices in its new BAT-RAM family of low-power synchronous DRAMs (SDRAMs). Micron's new BAT-RAMs are designed to consume less power than standard SDRAMs, and extend the battery life in...

KDS COMPUTERS PROVIDES GREATER SUPPORT TO NOTEBOOK CONSUMERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 19, 2001... KDS Computers Inc., a subsidiary of KDS, has announced that it will support its affordable notebook computer products with a comprehensive technical service center and replacement program to provide increased value to its consumers. KDS,...

PINNACLE SYSTEMS LAUNCHES DV500 PLUS.(Product Announcement)
February 19, 2001... Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE) has announced DV500 PLUS, one of the first real-time DV editing products to fully support the new features of Adobe Premiere 6.0. In particular, DV500 PLUS supports, in real time, Adobe Premiere 6.0's new...

KMART PURCHASES OVER $200 MILLION IN NEW IBM SYSTEMS AND SERVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 19, 2001... IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Kmart Corporation (NYSE: KM) have announced a purchase agreement worth in excess of $200 million for new Internet-enabled IBM point-of-sale systems to be used in more than 2,100 Kmart stores. Featuring advanced technology,...

ANT FRESCO BROWSER PORTED TO STMICROELECTRONICS' OMEGA FAMILY REFERENCE DESIGN HARDWARE AND STAPI SOFTWARE.(Product Information)
February 19, 2001... ANT Limited, a provider of embedded communication appliance software for consumer electronics, Internet appliances and eCommerce products, has announced that its Fresco browser has been ported to STMicroelectronics' OMEGA STi551x family...

ICOMMUNICATE ENHANCES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT & CITIZENS.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 19, 2001... ALEXANDRIA, VA - February 12, 2001 -- iCommunicate today announced its selection by Information Strategies, a software development company and Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year, to foster improved communications between government agencies...

ALTERA SHIPS MERCURY DEVICE FAMILY - THE WORLD'S FIRST PROGRAMMABLE ASSP.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR), a supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs), has announced the availability of its new Mercury device family, the world's first programmable ASSPs. Altera Mercury devices integrate the functionality of a...

PARTHUS LAUNCHES MOBISTREAM 2.5G PLATFORM.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... Parthus Technologies plc (Nasdaq: PRTH) (LSE: PRH), a developer of semiconductor intellectual property for the mobile Internet market, has announced the launch of MobiStream, one of the industry's most advanced GPRS (General Packet Radio...

SIERRA WIRELESS ANNOUNCES AIRCARD 700 SERIES.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) (TSE:SW.), a manufacturer of wireless data modems, has announced the Sierra Wireless AirCard 700 series, the first Wireless PC Cards capable of tri-band operation in GPRS packet mode or for GSM dial-up access. ...

PRAIRIECOMM BRINGS EDGE BASEBAND PROCESSOR TO MARKET.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... PrairieComm Inc. announced recently the production sample availability of its PCI3800 EDGE integrated baseband processor supporting GSM, GPRS, EDGE and TDMA wireless communications. The PCI3800 from PrairieComm is the industry's only...

MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INTROS NEW PROCESSOR CORE FOR ULTRA-LOW POWER SMART CARD APPS.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS, MIPSB), a provider of processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and network applications, has introduced the MIPS32 4KSc smart card core, a high-performance, synthesizable embedded 32-bit...

SUN DELIVERS NEW COMPACT PCI PRODUCTS GIVING OEMS A MODULAR APPROACH TO BUILDING CARRIER GRADE SOLUTIONS.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... Responding to the growing demand for fast-to-market telecom and Internet products and services, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) has introduced new board products that continue delivery of Sun's CP2000 high availability (HA) initiative of...

ADC INTRODUCES NEXT-GENERATION BROADBAND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FOR MMDS SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
February 26, 2001... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com ), a global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband multiservice networks, has introduced the Axity Base Transceiver Station (BTS), an integrated, carrier class...

ICOMMUNICATE ENHANCES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, CITIZENS.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... iCommunicate has been selected by Information Strategies, a software development company and Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year, to foster improved communications between government agencies and their constituents using the iCommunicate.NET...

XML GLOBAL AWARDED CONTRACT TO WORK WITH UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEFENSE FINANCE ACCOUNTING SERVICE.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Global Technologies, Inc. (XMLG OTC:BB) an e-business platform company, has announced that it has been awarded a consulting and technical support contract, through EM&I Inc., to work with the US Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS). EM&I...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Taunton, Mass., is being awarded a $17,268,347 modification to firm-fixed-price contract DAAB07-94-C-N853, to exercise options for common hardware/software items for the Project Manager, Army Tactical...

Science Application International Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Science Application International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $2,000,000 increment as part of an $8,026,866 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, fabrication and test of an electromagnetic armor test bed capable of...

EG&G Technical Services.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... EG&G Technical Services, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $12,771,949 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for four trailer-enclosed Ground/Air Transmit/Receive centers that provide a link between aircraft and ground-based command,...

Lockheed Martin Corp.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $9,994,685 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for a four-month extension (through May 2001) of the Pre-engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase of the...

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded an $8,133,772 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for satellite collision avoidance tracking activities, and hardware, software, and associated...

Computer & Hi-Tech Management.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Computer & Hi-Tech Management, McLean, Va., is being awarded a $5,251,219 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for computer and telecommunications services. These services include activities involving analysis,...

Raytheon Company, Electronic Systems, Goleta, Calif.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Raytheon Company, Electronic Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $16,000,000 ceiling-priced order under a basic ordering agreement for 111 spare parts used on F-14 aircraft. Spares include amplifier synchronizers, circuit...

Rentfrow, Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Rentfrow, Inc., Ventura, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $15,501,669 cost-plus- fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity delivery order contract with a $25,000 minimum guarantee for information technology services to support...

BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions, Inc.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions, Inc., Austin, Texas, is being awarded a $12,235,952 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for simulation, stimulation, emulation and Performance Model support. Work will...

Lockheed Martin Corp., Ft. Worth, Texas.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
February 26, 2001... Lockheed Martin Corp., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $58,087,460 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the following in support of the Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) for the F-16 aircraft:...

SIGCOM, Inc.(Government Activity)
February 26, 2001... SIGCOM, Inc., Greensboro, N.C., is being awarded a $7,477,498 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N61339-97-C-0070 for an engineering change proposal to provide a Mobile Automated Instrumentation Suite (MAIS) Command,...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.(News Briefs)
February 26, 2001... ***Multiple Award*** A DC area law firm sent out an article recently with the title, "Are agencies abusing multiple award contracts." It was based on a recent GAO report. The answer is," Of course they are." It is my experience that...