EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from February 2003

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from February 2003

ATI's industry leading RADEON 9700 PRO graphics board available as Power Mac G4 option.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that the RADEON 9700 PRO is now available exclusively to Macintosh customers purchasing Apple's new Power Mac G4 systems. The RADEON 9700 PRO, the fastest and most feature-rich consumer graphics technology in...

Hitachi Data Systems accelerates lead in high-end storage.(upgrades Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series)
February 3, 2003... Continuing to deliver on its TrueNorth roadmap, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has unveiled enhanced capacity, connectivity, and throughput options for the Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series, the...

OPNET models Cisco Mobile IP networks for the defense community.
February 3, 2003... OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), a provider of Intelligent Network Management software, has announced completion of a mobile IP model, developed by OPNET and Cisco Systems, Inc. The new model demonstrates features of Cisco's 3200...

Conexant achieves milestone with shipment of 20 millionth direct broadcast satellite front-end chipset.
February 3, 2003... Conexant Systems, Inc. has announced it has achieved a milestone with the shipment of its 20 millionth direct broadcast satellite (DBS) front-end chipset. These chipsets are used in set-top boxes (STBs) worldwide, and support a wide...

Microchip Tech simplifies motor-control design.(PIC18F2439/2539/4439/4539 microcontrollers)
February 3, 2003... In order to meet growing demands of integrating software and hardware intelligence into motor control applications, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq:MCHP) has announced a new PIC18F family of four PICmicro Flash microcontrollers (MCUs). Referred to...

AMI Semiconductor expands digital IP library with the addition of 65 Inventra cores.
February 3, 2003... AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) announced recently that it has entered into an agreement with Inventra, the intellectual property (IP) division of Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) to add 65 Inventra IP cores to its extensive digital and...

INNOVATION Data Processing announces S/390 Linux rescuer.(disaster recovery software)
February 3, 2003... INNOVATION Data Processing, a provider of enterprise storage management solutions, is announcing S/390 Linux Rescuer the industry's first Disaster Recovery Solution for S/390 Linux. A unique and powerful addition to the INNOVATION...

INCAT launches Verifi for CATIA V4-V5.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... INCAT has launched Verifi, its proprietary verification and analysis system that allows users to identify the CATIA V5 compliance level of existing CATIA V4 data prior to V4 - V5 migration. Verifi examines and, when applicable, resolves...

Giga telecom licenses e-SIM software as part of Motorola's I.250 platform.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... e-SIM (OTCBB:ESIM.OB), a provider of MMI solutions for electronic products, announced that Giga Telecom, a Korean developer and manufacturer of cellular handsets, has licensed RapidPLUS technology to be incorporated into Motorola's (NYSE:MOT)...

PKWARE adds strong encryption to PKZIP for MVS.
February 3, 2003... PKWARE, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of Trusted ZIP Solutions, has revealed a new version of its award-winning PKZIP for MVS product with enhanced security capabilities that gives enterprises a new tool for efficiently transmitting...

Princeton Softech's Archive for DB2 release 5.1.
February 3, 2003... Princeton Softech has announced the availability of Archive for DB2 5.1, an upgrade to the industry-leading software for active archiving in the mainframe environment. This release delivers enhanced processing performance and faster access...

Fios adds concept-based searching to Web-based electronic discovery tool.(Prevail searches for electronic evidence)
February 3, 2003... Fios, Inc., a provider of electronic discovery services, unveiled recently the newest upgrades to Prevail, the state-of-the-art, Web-based electronic discovery tool, at the LegalTech New York conference. With this product upgrade, Fios will...

Green Hills Software announces first RTOS for Intrinsity processors.(Integrity real-time operating system)
February 3, 2003... Green Hills Software Inc. has announced the availability of its INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS) for Intrinsity's FastMATH and FastMIPS processors. INTEGRITY provides a secure, responsive, deterministic platform for developing...

Macrovision releases 2nd generation Java version of FLEXlm.(FLEXlm 9.0 )
February 3, 2003... Macrovision Corporation has announced the upcoming release of FLEXlm Version 9.0. With an object oriented client API that is 100 percent pure Java. FLEXlm 9.0 addresses a key requirement in the enterprise software industry: a fully featured,...

Unisys: availability of VMware GSX Server on ES7000 servers.
February 10, 2003... Unisys has announced the availability of VMware GSX Server for the Unisys Enterprise Server ES7000 product line. The virtual partitioning capability provided by VMware adds to an array of technologies and services Unisys provides to help...

IBM ships 2000th eServer p650 to discover financial services.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... IBM has announced that in only two months since it became available, the 2000th eServer p650 has been purchased by Discover Financial Services. This new eServer, the first to include IBM's newest POWER4+ microprocessor, is transforming the...

AMD selects Atrenta's SpyGlass to predict downstream design issues early in the design cycle.
February 10, 2003... Atrenta Inc. has announced that AMD's Personal Connectivity Solutions Group (PCS) has selected Atrenta's SpyGlass Predictive Analyzer and SpyGlass Design For Testability (DFT) to predict critical testability and Register Transfer Language (RTL)...

SingleTap selected for HP iPAQ Pocket PC software delivery.
February 10, 2003... SingleTap has announced a new mobile catalog that allows users of the new HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5400 series to easily find, download, and purchase Pocket PC software directly from their iPAQ device. SingleTap's Mobile Catalog software and...

The Yankee Group foresees choppy growth for Voice and Conferencing Apps in 2003.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... A new Yankee Group report, "Voice and Conferencing Applications Increase Productivity and Streamline Processes, Part 1," identifies the most important applications offered by enterprise voice equipment vendors and analyzes audio, Web, and...

EMC delivers world's first modular high-end storage system.(EMC Symmetrix DMX800)
February 10, 2003... EMC Corporation has opened a new era of flexibility for customers needing the functionality of EMC Symmetrix high-end integrated systems and the ability to purchase storage in modular increments. With the new, rack-mounted Symmetrix DMX800...

Fujitsu combines with EMC to deliver integrated PRIMEPOWER and Symmetrix DMX solutions.
February 10, 2003... Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc. ("Fujitsu") a member of the worldwide group of Fujitsu companies, has announced that it will add the new EMC Symmetrix DMX series to its storage product offering. The latest generation of the Symmetrix storage...

Samsung develops industry's first SiP; stacking processor with NAND flash and SDRAM.
February 10, 2003... Samsung Electronics, the world's second largest semiconductor manufacturer, has announced the industry's first System-in-Package (SiP) with an ARM-based processor, NAND flash and SDRAM for next-generation mobile phone and handheld applications....

IBM, United Devices and Accelrys aid DOD in search for smallpox cure.
February 10, 2003... IBM, United Devices and Accelrys have announced a project supporting a global research effort that is focused on the development of new drugs that could potentially combat the smallpox virus post infection. The project will be powered...

OPNET models Cisco Mobile IP networks for defense community.
February 10, 2003... OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), a provider of Intelligent Network Management software, recently announced completion of a mobile IP model, developed by OPNET and Cisco Systems, Inc. The new model demonstrates features of Cisco's...

Emergin delivers real-time emergency notification solution for crisis communications.(Emergin WirelessOffice 5.0)
February 10, 2003... Emergin Inc., a provider of text messaging software, has announced the availability of Emergin WirelessOffice 5.0. This latest version of Emergin's flagship product, WirelessOffice, leads the market in delivering highly reliable, real-time text...

Air Force begins rollout of BroadVision powered portal.
February 10, 2003... BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), a provider of enterprise business portal applications, recently announced that the U.S. Air Force has begun deployment of the BroadVision-powered Air Force Portal, providing Air Force personnel with the right...

ION networks unveils scalable, VPN-enabled security appliance.(ION Secure 5500 )
February 10, 2003... ION Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:IONN), a provider of infrastructure security solutions that protect critical information and infrastructure from internal and external security threats, has announced the general availability of the ION Secure 5500,...

U.S. Air Force awards Sensis contract to expand radar coverage for homeland.
February 10, 2003... Sensis Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a $5.9M contract by the U.S. Air Force for the installation of TDX-2000 Target Data Extractors. With the implementation of these high performance radar processors, the Air Force in...

Hitachi's H8/38004 Super Low Power microcontrollers low consumption in standby mode.
February 17, 2003... Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. has announced the H8/38004 series 8-bit device with Super Low Power (SLP) technology that extends battery life in portable systems. The new MCU operates with voltages as low as 1.8 volts (V) and consumes...

Toshiba offering two new retail notebooks.( Satellite 2455-S305 and Satellite 1955-S805)(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... Toshiba's Computer Systems Group, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., has introduced the Satellite 2455-S305 and Satellite 1955-S805 to its retail lineup of notebook PCs. Starting at $2,099, the new products provide...

NDC to provide WLAN Module ODM services.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... IEEE 802.11x has become the hottest WLAN interface. Handheld PC manufacturers regard this wireless interface as a standard, must-have feature in handheld PCs. In light of current high-mobility and high-performance networking trends, more...

PocketDisk offers form, function and price in portable USB flash drives.
February 17, 2003... IOPlus Inc., a manufacturer of USB computer peripheral products, has announced the availability of the company's newest product, the PocketDisk. A compact and portable mass storage disk that is available in numerous memory configurations...

Cisco introduces next-gen of IP Communications solutions for the Contact Center.
February 17, 2003... Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), has announced two enhanced IP Communications solutions: the Cisco Internet Protocol Contact Center (IPCC) Enterprise Edition 5.0 and Cisco Intelligent Contact Manager (ICM) Enterprise Edition 5.0. The contact...

IBM, Dassault and ENGINEERING.com advance knowledge among engineering students.(CATIA-Design for Student 1 Configuration )
February 17, 2003... IBM, Dassault Systemes, and ENGINEERING.com recently announced the availability of a specially-priced CATIA student version. IBM Product Lifecycle Management's (PLM) CATIA software, developed by Dassault Systemes, is the world's leading...

Promise Technology boosts performance of four-drive Ultra ATA/133 RAID systems.(FastTrak TX4000)
February 17, 2003... Promise Technology, Inc. has announced expansion of its FastTrak family of ATA RAID controllers with the FastTrak TX4000 controller for Ultra ATA/133 drives. Promise's FastTrak TX4000 ATA RAID controller targets high-performance desktop PC...

PeopleSoft certifies Quest's SharePlex integration with PeopleSoft AppConnect.
February 17, 2003... Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a provider of application management solutions, has announced that its SharePlex integration to PeopleSoft AppConnect has been certified by PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT). SharePlex is a database replication...

Groove Networks ships `production ready' add-in toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... Groove Networks Inc. recently announced the "production ready" version of its Groove Toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The Groove Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET makes it dramatically easier for developers to create collaborative...

Insignia accelerates development of secure system provisioning business via strategic agreement with esmertec.
February 17, 2003... Insignia Solutions (Nasdaq:INSG) and esmertec have announced an agreement whereby esmertec acquires all of Insignia's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) related assets, with the exception of Jeode (Insignia's JVM) intellectual property. esmertec...

Sygate outperforms Symantec in independent test of enterprise security solutions.(Sygate Secure Enterprise 3.0)
February 17, 2003... Sygate Technologies has reported that Sygate Secure Enterprise 3.0 outperformed Symantec's Client Security 2.0 in a comparison test conducted by KeyLabs. Sygate Secure Enterprise is the only enterprise solution that enables organizations to...

Cisco introduces open-API program for storage ISVs.
February 17, 2003... Cisco has announced a technology development program through which the leading independent software vendors (ISVs) in the SAN management and storage resource management (SRM) industries can integrate their respective applications to the Cisco...

Green Beacon announces Onyx Upgrade Analysis and Recommendation Services.
February 17, 2003... Green Beacon Solutions, a mid-market focused consulting and systems integration firm, has announced the availability of Green Beacon's Onyx Upgrade Analysis and Recommendation Services. The newly created service, leveraging Green Beacon's...

ProvisionSoft provides tool for determining cost savings and ROI through Automated Resource Management.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... ProvisionSoft, the provider of DynamicIT has unveiled a new white paper and associated tool designed to calculate the dramatic cost savings enterprises will see by utilizing Automated Resource Management solutions. The white paper, entitled...

HP intros new technology for eight-processor ProLiant servers.
February 24, 2003... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has introduced two servers delivering record-breaking performance and an outstanding increase in server availability. They feature the groundbreaking HP F8 chipset, innovative hot-plug RAID memory capabilities and HP ProLiant...

ADI Engineering supports the Intel IXP422 network processor with complete gateway platform solution.
February 24, 2003... ADI Engineering, Inc., a provider of complete communications product solutions and development services for Intel IXA, recently announced its support of the newly announced Intel IXP422 network processor with Coyote, ADI's complete gateway...

Intersil's new VRM10 multiphase PWM controller offers MOSFET RDS-ON- and inductor DCR current sensing.
February 24, 2003... Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, recently announced the new Endura ISL6561 precision 2- to 4-phase PWM controller IC for new VRM10-based...

IBM and Nokia to collaborate on delivering enterprise wireless e-business solutions.
February 24, 2003... IBM and Nokia recently demonstrated an array of end-to-end enterprise wireless solutions designed to help customers extend their e-business infrastructure to realize a greater return on their IT investments. Utilizing IBM's Wireless Enterprise...

Cellon selects esmertec's Jbed -TM- Me Java solution for range of mobile handsets.
February 24, 2003... Esmertec AG, a supplier of embedded Java virtual machines (JVMs) for the mobile world, has signed an agreement for the supply of its JbedME technology to Cellon, the world's largest independent design house for wireless terminals and modules...

TransChip camera chip built into Analog Devices' Softfone GSM/GPRS Platform.
February 24, 2003... TransChip Inc., a developer of single chip camera solutions for multimedia-enabled devices, has announced it has integrated a single chip camera into Analog Devices' SoftFone GSM/GPRS Platform. TransChip will be demonstrating its single...

ActiveBuddy: WADE--Wireless Application Development Environment compatibility and connectivity for wireless developers.
February 24, 2003... ActiveBuddy, Inc. has announced the BuddyScript Wireless Application Development Environment (WADE). Selected to debut at the prestigious IDG executive forum DEMO 2003, WADE allows developers to create and deploy interactive agents, or software...

Conexant provides LG with semiconductor solutions for new interactive set-top boxes.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) recently announced that its digital satellite set-top box (STB) semiconductor solution has been selected by LG Electronics Inc. (LGE) for use in interactive set-top boxes that will be deployed in Korea...

OPNET awarded multi-$mil contract by DoD for NETWARS project.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Re-compete Award Provides for a 5-year Period of Performance, an Initial$2.2 Million Dollars for 2003, and Four Additional Option Years OPNET, Inc., a provider of Intelligent Network Management software, recently announced that OPNET...

Cray Inc. receives $62m in orders for Cray X1 systems.
February 24, 2003... Cray Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:CRAY) has reported that it has received orders valued at approximately $62 million for Cray X1 equipment and related services from the U.S. Government. Shipments are scheduled to commence later this month and continue...

Dept of Agriculture adopts ProClarity Analytics Platform.
February 24, 2003... ProClarity Corporation, a provider of analytic solutions for the enterprise, has announced the deployment of the ProClarity Analytics Platform within the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture...

FAA certifies INTEGRITY RTOS for DO-178B, Level A use in Sikorsky S-92 helo.
February 24, 2003... Green Hills Software Inc. recently announced FAA acceptance of a DO-178B, Level A, certification package for its INTEGRITY-178B real-time operating system (RTOS). The INTEGRITY certification package was delivered to Rockwell Collins for...

JMAR awarded $5m in new contracts.
February 24, 2003... JMAR Technologies Inc., a developer of advanced lasers and Collimated Plasma Lithography (CPL) systems and a provider of semiconductor production and design services, announced recently that its Microelectronics Division has been awarded two...

U.S. military buys 50+ Orex CR units from SourceOne.
February 24, 2003... The U.S. military has purchased more than 50 radiological systems, manufactured by Orex Computerized Radiography and distributed through SourceOne Healthcare Technologies, enabling medical personnel to immediately assist those injured in...

DynCorp wins $50m Defense Security Service support contract.
February 24, 2003... Subsidiary will Provide Nationwide Support for Defense Security Service Background Investigations DynCorp announced recently that it has received a $50 million, three-year contract to help the Defense Security Service (DSS) investigate...