EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from February 2004

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from February 2004

Samsung Electronics ramps up DDR2 for next gen PCS and servers.
February 2, 2004... Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, announced recently that its advanced DDR2 memory solutions are ready to meet the needs of a new generation of high performance PCs and servers. Samsung's DDR2...

Oracle selects and deploys over 1,000TB of Network Appliance storage.
February 2, 2004... Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP) has announced that Oracle has implemented NetApp storage solutions as part of its mission-critical infrastructure, including Oracle Outsourcing, E-Business Suite development, and platform engineering....

Docent and Fuji Xerox announce reseller agreement to deliver enterprise learning solutions.
February 2, 2004... Docent Inc. (Nasdaq:DCNT), a provider of integrated software solutions proven to directly drive business performance through learning, has announced a strategic value added reseller (VAR) agreement with Fuji Xerox Information Systems Co., Ltd.,...

Think computer products launches FIDA drives--biometric fingerprint ID USB flash drives.(Think Computer Products has announced the launch of the U-Key-Com FIDA Drive, a USB 2.0 portable flash storage device )
February 2, 2004... Think Computer Products has announced the launch of the U-Key-Com FIDA Drive, a USB 2.0 portable flash storage device that incorporates a fingerprint sensor for access to the secure storage partition. The FIDA drive has several distinct...

Transmeta's Crusoe processor chosen by Densitron for use in new embedded single board computer.
February 2, 2004... Transmeta Corporation (NASDAQ:TMTA), a leader in efficient computing, and Densitron Technologies, the display and computer products specialist, has announced that the Transmeta Crusoe processor will be used on the new Densitron Technologies...

Renesas' 16bit microcontroller provides on-chip 14-bit analog-to-digital converter.(Renesas Technology America, Inc announces the H8/38086F)
February 2, 2004... Renesas Technology America, Inc. recently announced the H8/38086F, an economical 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) with on-chip flash memory, a high-precision analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, and an LCD controller with an adjustable...

Amisys Synertech and Verilet finalize strategic alliance.
February 2, 2004... Amisys Synertech Inc. and Verilet, Inc. have finalized their joint marketing and sales effort to offer integrated IT products to Amisys Synertech customers. In addition to this base of 80 health plans serving more than 13 million members, there...

Curl Corporation and NTT Software announce joint development and distribution agreement.
February 2, 2004... Curl Corporation, developers of the industry's first rich client software suite to deliver Web-distributed enterprise applications, has announced the joint development and release of CipherCraft/Curl in partnership with NTT Software, which will...

Invensys continues support for IBM AS/400 customer base.(The Avantis unit of Invensys plc recently announced Release 3.2 of the Avantis.XA product line)
February 2, 2004... The Avantis unit of Invensys plc recently announced Release 3.2 of the Avantis.XA product line. Introduced 20 years ago for the IBM AS/400 hardware platform, Avantis.XA continues to provide large, capital-intensive organizations with a...

E-SIM announces full application solution for wireless handsets.(... launches its Integrated MMI Solution)
February 2, 2004... e-SIM Ltd. (OTCBB:ESIM.OB), a provider of MMI Solutions for wireless handsets, announced the official launch of its Integrated MMI Solution. e-SIM provides a complete end-to-end integrated solution including all the components, tools and...

Samsung and RIM to offer Blackberry connectivity for Samsung wireless handhelds.(Research In Motion )
February 2, 2004... Samsung and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX: RIM) has announced plans to enable BlackBerry connectivity on Samsung wireless handhelds. RIM's BlackBerry Connect licensing program will help Samsung enable its wireless handhelds...

Teradiant takes SI in stride with sequence's Cooltime.(... has selected Sequence Design's CoolTime for signal-integrity signoff)
February 2, 2004... To reduce time to market for a family of advanced networking silicon, Teradiant Networks built a "single-pass" design flow from best-in-class EDA vendors, and selected Sequence Design's CoolTime for signal-integrity signoff. "The need for...

Argon Technology releases version 3.0 of their RIS menu editor designed to simplify windows deployment.(Remote Installation Services Menu Editor)
February 2, 2004... Argon Technology has announced the latest release of their popular Remote Installation Services Menu Editor (RISme). This software extends the functionally of the Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS), by allowing users to add custom...

HP and Nokia to extend global IT services agreement for up to five years.
February 9, 2004... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nokia to renew and expand the companies' existing global information technology services relationship for up to five years. Under the terms of the agreement,...

Toshiba's Satellite P15 Series delivers power and performance ideal for work or play.
February 9, 2004... Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) has introduced the newest members of its Satellite P15 notebook series, the P15-S470 and P15-S420. Designed for students, families and consumers, the Satellite P15 Series combines Toshiba's expertise in...

Sony notebook PCS: the look for spring is slim, wireless and ready to burn.
February 9, 2004... Spring brings fresh new firsts to Sony's line of VAIO notebooks. The lineup, announced recently, includes the smallest portable DVD burning notebook on the market. Sony's new notebooks are also among the first to sport the new Intel Centrino...

USI announces 802.11G wireless ADSL gateway.
February 9, 2004... Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (USI), a global ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) company, has announced the launch of its new 802.11g wireless ADSL gateway (54 Mbps max. transmission speed). With the successful integration of USI's...

HP to accelerate adaptive enterprise strategy with acquisition of Novadigm and Consera Software.
February 9, 2004... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has announced that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire two management software companies: Novadigm Inc. (NASDAQ:NVDM) headquartered in Mahwah, N.J., and Consera Software, based in Bellevue, Wash. Upon close, each will...

Platform computing builds grid momentum in financial services.
February 9, 2004... Web Services on Wall Street--Continuing its momentum as the leader in grid computing software, Platform Computing Inc. has announced Platform Symphony 2.0, the most powerful production- proven, enterprise-class grid computing software available...

L-3 communications awarded $17M option from Naval Air Systems Command.
February 9, 2004... L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) has announced that L-3 Government Services, Inc. (L-3 GSI) and Link Simulation and Training have received a $17 million contract option from the Naval Air Systems Command to develop a second F/A-18C Distributed...

ManTech awarded U.S. Marshals Service contract.
February 9, 2004... ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT), a Fairfax, Virginia-based IT and technical services solutions provider supporting Department of Defense and intelligence community customers, announced recently that the Department of Justice...

Anteon awarded $12.7M contract award to support defense Security Cooperation Agency.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/--Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, has announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide...

Unisys to provide info security and cert services for largest U.S. gov health care provider.
February 9, 2004... The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System (MHS) has selected Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) to provide security management, technical support, and security certification and accreditation services for its TRICARE Automated...

Intersense awarded army Phase I SBIR contract for miniature inertial-optical Cockpit Helmet Tracking System.
February 9, 2004... InterSense, Inc., a market leader in precision motion tracking for simulation and training, was awarded a Phase I SBIR contract by the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) titled "Cockpit Helmet Tracking System Using...

US Air Force deploys digital video worldwide with VBrick Systems.
February 9, 2004... VBrick Systems, (www.VBrick.com), a provider of digital video solutions, has announced that the United States Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC) has selected VBrick solutions to provide DVD-quality streaming video for 85 deployable Air...

SPAWAR selects the Aegis SafetyNet radio bridge and mobile command post for demonstration.
February 9, 2004... Aegis Assessments, Inc. (OTCBB:AGSI) announced recently that it has been selected to demonstrate its wireless communication products to United States government representatives at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego,...

Endura2 platform sets new standard for semiconductor manufacturing systems.
February 16, 2004... Applied Materials, Inc. has launched a new generation of its acclaimed Applied Endura platform, the Applied Endura2. Based on the industry's most successful semiconductor processing system, the Endura2 platform has 20 percent fewer parts and...

Palmchip introduces next gen storage connectivity IP core.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... Palmchip Corporation, a pioneer in semiconductor IP and system-on-chip platform technology has announced the availability of its new StorSelect DS next generation storage connectivity IP core with patent pending DriveSelect and SpeedSelect...

InterVideo teams with Texas instruments to enhance video solutions in digital cameras.
February 16, 2004... InterVideo MPEG-4 Codec Plus TI Digital Media Processors Bring High Quality, Full VGA Resolution Video at Up to 30fps to DigitalCameras InterVideo, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVII) has announced that its MPEG-4 codec technology has been integrated with...

World's highest speed of CF card Pretec 80X Cheetah CompactFlash.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... Pretec Electronics Corp., the 2nd company in the world offering CompactFlash memory card (CF) card since 1995. With write speed more than double the leading brand's high speed CF card in the market today, users of Pretec CF cards can enjoy the...

MERA Networks joins ITXC VoIPLink ready program.
February 16, 2004... VoIPLink Ready status assures carriers that use the MERA MVTS Session Controller product a rapid connection to ITXC.net for international call exchange ITXC Corp. (NASDAQ:ITXC) and MERA Networks Inc., a key provider of carrier-grade...

e-SIM integrates RapidPLUS on Emblaze Semiconductor platforms.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... e-SIM Ltd. (OTCBB:ESIM.OB), a provider of MMI (Man-Machine Interface) solutions for wireless devices, announced recently that it is integrating its MMI solution with Emblaze Semiconductor, an Emblaze Group company (LSE: BLZ) and a leading...

OSDL releases Data Center Linux Technical Capabilities V1.0.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, today announced the availability of the Data Center Linux (DCL) Technical Capabilities, version 1.0, a document that defines and...

New software firm helps companies ensure accurate delivery of electronic transactions.
February 16, 2004... Helping companies accurately move, track and execute high volume, business-critical electronic transactions is the focus of a new software company headquartered here. Innovate Software offers solutions ensuring that electronic...

Zeosoft's Mobile conferencing provides hotel guests with latest wireless ability.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... Zeosoft Technology Group, Inc., a pioneer of On-Demand Mobile Servers (an application server that resides on any computing device), announced recently that its On Demand Mobile Conferencing (ODMC) software is being made available to hotel...

PeopleSoft delivers PeopleTools 8.44.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT) has announced the general availability of PeopleTools 8.44. The latest release includes new features that automate the people-intensive processes required to maintain and operate enterprise software, enabling...

Overture Networks launches worldwide partner program.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... Overture Networks, a developer of packet-based multi-service access platforms, has announced the launch of its worldwide partner program. Through this program, Overture Networks will team up with leading systems integrators, solutions and...

Unimax's 2nd nature software validates compliance to enhanced 911 legislation.
February 16, 2004... Unimax an industry provider of change-management software that optimizes enterprise telephony investment has announced that its 2nd Nature software streamlines cumbersome database management associated with enhanced 911 (E911), which provides...

Xilinx ships world's first Advanced Switching solution based on PCI Express architecture.
February 23, 2004... Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) has announced it's shipping the world's first Advanced Switching (AS) solution based on PCI Express architecture to enable the rapid deployment of open standards-based switched fabric backplanes and other product...

Teknovus ships integrated EPON solution for FTTH.
February 23, 2004... Teknovus Inc., a provider of semiconductors for digital broadband access networks, has announced a fully integrated Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) controller for Optical Network Units (ONUs). The TK3701 is fully compliant with the...

Micron samples industry's first 4GB DDR2 registered DIMMS.
February 23, 2004... Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE:MU), delivered the industry's first four gigabyte (4GB) DDR2 registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) to Intel Corporation. The industry-standard, 240-pin PC2-4300 DDR2 RDIMM is populated with thirty-six one...

LCD PC monitors are a flat-out success, outshipping traditional CRTs by 2004, IDC says.
February 23, 2004... The battle has officially begun: sleek, flat-panel liquid crystal display (LCD) PC monitors are flooding the market and forcing the continued erosion of traditional cathode-ray tube (CRT) shipments. According to new research from IDC, this...

Dataram first to market with 8GB upgrades for HP zx2000 and zx6000 workstations.
February 23, 2004... Dataram Corporation (Nasdaq:DRAM), a provider of server and workstation memory, has announced a first to market 8GB upgrade for Hewlett-Packard's zx2000 and zx6000 workstations, doubling the maximum memory capacity of these systems. ...

Emblaze launches first ever all-in-one EMplatform for the ultimate in multimedia management and delivery.
February 23, 2004... Emblaze Systems Ltd, an Emblaze Group company (LSE: BLZ) and a provider of mobile media solutions for wireless networks, has announced its expanded version 4.0 of the EMplatform, a rich media management and delivery platform that supports any...

Sigma announces new EM8510 media processor for portable market.
February 23, 2004... Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing for consumer appliances, has announced the EM8510, a new media processor for the growing portable and low-power device market. Sigma's new EM8510 decoder chip, based on the...

Toshiba delivers performance packed wireless notebook PC with double-digit battery life to mobile businesses.
February 23, 2004... Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), has introduced its next generation lightweight notebook PC, the Tecra M2--a stylish notebook PC designed for corporate and small-to-medium sized business customers who demand mobility and connectivity...

Department of Defense HPCMP selects Linux Networx for Army Research Laboratory cluster.
February 23, 2004... Linux Networx announced recently that the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), has purchased a 2,132-processor Evolocity II (E2) cluster from Linux Networx for the Army Research Laboratory Major...

L-3 Communications awarded $9.9 million contract option to upgrade existing U.S. Navy F/A-18 Weapons Tactics Trainer.
February 23, 2004... L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) has announced that its Link Simulation and Training division has been awarded a $9.9 million contract option from Boeing (NYSE:BA) to upgrade an F/A-18C Weapons Tactics Trainer (WTT) currently fielded at Naval Air...

Stellent Universal Content Management receives DoD 5015.2 certification for Stellent Records Management solution.
February 23, 2004... Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEL), a provider of content management solutions, announced recently it received U.S. DoD 5015.2 certification for its Stellent Records Management solution. This certification verifies that Stellent's product complies...

Classified: VIACK takes data security to the highest level.
February 23, 2004... VIACK Corporation, the authority on private, online business meetings and communications over the Internet, has announced VIA3 for Government, the only service that enables agencies or companies to selectively pre-determine classification...

SAIC selects MRO Software's strategic asset management solutions for managed services program.
February 23, 2004... MRO Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:MROI), a provider of strategic asset management solutions, has announced that its MAXIMO and MAXIMO Main Control solutions have been selected by Science Applications International (SAIC) to be included as part of its...