EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from June 2004

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from June 2004

AMD ices competition with four new desktop processors: offers exclusive enhanced virus protection for more secure business and consumer desktop computing, when enabled by upcoming Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
June 1, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) recently raised PC performance to new heights with the launch of four new processors in the award-winning AMD Athlon 64 processor family featuring the exclusive Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) capability for desktop and mobile...

PMC-Sierra announces SAS expander family for server storage applications.
June 1, 2004... PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS) has announced the PM8383 SXP 12x3G and PM8381 SXP 6x3G, 12 and 6 port Edge Expanders, optimized for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class server applications. The SXP12x3G and SXP 6x3G products provide...

Link3 Technologies deploys Aperto Networks 3.5 GHz systems for business-grade broadband wireless access in Bangladesh.
June 1, 2004... Link3 Technologies, Ltd. and Aperto Networks jointly announced recently that Link3 has deployed Aperto's 3.5 GHz PacketWave broadband wireless access (BWA) systems for business-grade VPNs throughout the operator's network. The first and now...

Xilinx and AMIRIX announce MultiBERT reference design for serial backplane validation.
June 1, 2004... Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX), a leader in programmable logic solutions and AMIRIX Systems, a provider of embedded systems design services, have announced MultiBERT, a free reference design specifically developed for use with Xilinx Virtex-II Pro...

Mysticom delivers CX4 module-in-a-chip enabling up to 80% cost savings for 10-gigabit links.(Mysticom Semiconductor MY3126)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Mysticom Semiconductor has announced the MY3126, a highly integrated CX4 silicon solution that addresses the need for cost-effective 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) links in the enterprise. The lack of cost-effective 10-Gbit/sec uplinks is a...

Arm signs 3-year purchase agreement with Verisity for verification solutions.
June 1, 2004... Verisity Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST), a supplier of Verification Process Automation (VPA) solutions, and ARM (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMHY) has announced that ARM has signed a 3-year purchase agreement for Verisity's VPA solutions for their internal...

DefenseWeb deploys enterprise application solution for Air Force.(DefenseWeb Technologies Family Integrated Results and Statistical Tracking)
June 1, 2004... DefenseWeb Technologies, a developer of professional custom software solutions for Department of Defense organizations, has announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to the company to deploy its Family Integrated Results and...

L-3 Comm. awarded 5-year $179m task order from the U.S. Army.(L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.)
June 1, 2004... L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced recently that the Systems Engineering Services division of L-3 Communications ILEX Systems (L-3 ILEX SESD), in partnership with subcontractor TELOS-OK, has been awarded a five-year, $179 million task...

AirDefense launches Bluetooth monitoring solution.(AirDefense BlueWatch )
June 1, 2004... AirDefense, a leader in 24x7 wireless LAN security monitoring, today announced AirDefense BlueWatch, the industry-first commercial-grade Bluetooth monitoring solution. AirDefense BlueWatch enables organizations to identify rogue and insecure...

EDS gets approval from U.S. General Services Administration to begin accepting task orders for eTravel Services: Fedtraveler.com provides government agencies a proven solution for their travel needs.(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... EDS has announced that its federal government eTravel Service, FedTraveler.com, has received Full Operational Capability from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA decision allows EDS to begin immediately signing task orders...

PMC-Sierra intros high density 32-channel line interface unit device for T1/E1/J1 applications.
June 7, 2004... PMC-Sierra, Inc (Nasdaq:PMCS) has introduced the PM4329 HDLIU 32, the industry's highest density and lowest cost copper line interface unit (LIU) solution for medium- and short-haul operations. The HDLIU 32 delivers unprecedented 32-channel...

Microchip Technology debuts industry's first 6-pin microcontrollers.
June 7, 2004... Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP), a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, has announced the world's smallest microcontrollers--in 6-pin packages--packing the high performance of the PIC microcontroller architecture into...

Denali's PureSpec used by Agere for PCI Express interface verification.(Denali Software Inc.)
June 7, 2004... Denali Software has announced that Agere Systems used Denali's PureSpec verification software in designing the ET1310 native PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller announced recently. "With the personal computer market transitioning to PCI...

McDATA improves security for data storage with addition of SANtegrity Security assessment.
June 7, 2004... McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT), the expert provider of Multi-Capable Storage Networking Solutions, has announced the availability of SANtegrity Security Services. According to the Harvard Business Review 2003, nine out of...

AMI-Partners study shows U.S. SMBS spent $1 billion on enterprise software in 2003.
June 7, 2004... A new AMI-Partners study, "2003 U.S. Enterprise Software Market Overview and Assessment," reveals that total U.S. business expenditures for CRM, SFA, ERP and SCM solutions reached $2.7 billion in 2003, accounting for over a third of worldwide...

BorderWare sets precedent in email security with EAL4 certification for MXtreme.(BorderWare Technologies Inc.)
June 7, 2004... BorderWare Technologies Inc. has announced that it has once again set an industry milestone with the award of a Common Criteria EAL4+ certification for the MXtreme Mail Firewall, the first such award for an email security product. MXtreme is...

ALSTOM selects Locus' Web portal for environmental information management.(Locus Technologies inc.,)
June 7, 2004... Locus Technologies (Locus), a leader in environmental information management, recently announced that ALSTOM, the maker of France's famous TGV high-speed trains and gas turbines for power plants, has selected its web-based environmental portal...

St. Bernard Software teams with Authentium to bolster enterprise-wide network security globally.
June 7, 2004... St. Bernard Software Inc., a provider of security solutions that protect against data loss, system threats, Internet abuse and unsolicited e-mail, has announced a partnership with Authentium, a provider of authentication and data security...

Voxware's new VLS-410 wireless computer now shipping.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... Voxware, Inc. (OTC:VOXW), a supplier of voice-based solutions for the logistics workforce, announced that its new VLS-410 wearable wireless computer and new VLS Smart Charger are now available for shipment to customers. "With this...

Intersil launches world's fastest 5 V fractional-unit load full duplex RS-485/422 transceiver with 15 kV ESD protection.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced two new LINEARLINK full-duplex RS-485/422 transceivers, the ISL4489E and ISL4491E. The ISL4491E is the world's...

AMD announces IBM and Oracle support to further boost enterprise compatibility with AMD64.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
June 14, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced additional enterprise software support from IBM and Oracle with availability of AMD64 product optimizations. The migration of these core business applications to the AMD64 platform will help ensure enterprise...

EZchip's NP-1c network processor is certified by the Tolly Group for passing IPv6, IPv4 and MPLS industry benchmarks.
June 14, 2004... EZchip Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company providing high-speed network processors, has announced that its NP-1c 10-Gigabit network processor has completed three industry performance benchmarks for key applications: the LinleyBench...

Toshiba chooses Sonic technology to enable CD/DVD burning on entire line of PCs.(uses Sonic RecordNow! )(Brief Article)
June 14, 2004... Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC), a supplier of DVD/CD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that Toshiba has chosen to bundle Sonic RecordNow! with its entire line of PCs worldwide and to...

Xilinx simplifies QDR II SRAM Memory interfacing with new Virtex-II Pro memory tool kit.
June 14, 2004... Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) has announced the immediate availability of the industry's first programmable 200 MHz QDR II SRAM Memory Tool Kit. Leveraging the high-performance Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGA, 200 MHz performance can be easily...

IDT delivers industry's most versatile clocking device for next-generation Intel desktop platforms.(Integrated Device Technology Inc., IDT CV115C )
June 14, 2004... Demonstrating its steady growth in the PC clock market, IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.)(Nasdaq:IDTI) recently unveiled a new family of PC clock devices targeting next-generation desktop PC platforms for the performance and mainstream...

Ramtron expands processor Companion family.(Ramtron International Corporation introduces ferroelectric semiconductor products)
June 14, 2004... Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR), a supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric semiconductor products, today introduced its newest Processor Companion product featuring highly integrated analog and mixed-signal functions for...

SanDisk Cruzer USB flash drives to carry personal video messages from U.S. Military personnel to their families.
June 14, 2004... SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) has announced that it is participating in a unique "phone home" program that will allow service men and women who are on leave from active duty in the Middle East to send 10-minute video clips to their families...

Hitachi to invest up to $500 million in New China disk drive mega-manufacturing center.
June 21, 2004... New Facility to Meet Projected Disk Drive Growth in IT and ConsumerDevice Segments; Thousands of New Jobs Expected for China Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced its strategy to create a disk drive "mega...

AMD Opteron installations see a increase on the newest TOP500 supercomputer list.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
June 21, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that 30 AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based systems are listed among the world's highest-performing supercomputers, as determined by the TOP500 Organization (www.top500.org). Building on an impressive debut on the...

In-Stat/MDR reports Tablet PC market will remain partially successful until prices fall.(personal computers)
June 21, 2004... The effort put forth by Microsoft and its hardware partners to introduce the Tablet PC into horizontal and vertical commercial markets, has only been partly successful, according to In-Stat/MDR. A recent report from the high-tech market...

Aurora networks debuts Virtual Hub platform.
June 21, 2004... The Virtual Hub or "VHub" leverages several new technologies from Aurora to dramatically change the way multiple system operators (MSOs) deploy hub facilities in their networks by eliminating most capital expenditures normally associated with...

SwiftData 200 a terabyte or more of internal storage solution for Macintosh G5.(Trans Intl. introduces )(Brief Article)
June 21, 2004... Trans Intl. has announced the worldwide availability of its SwiftData 200, a terabyte or more of internal SATA storage for the Macintosh G5 computer. Finally, it's now possible to add three more drives beyond the G5's two-drive design...

Data Connection demonstrates software for layer 3 IP VPNS and re-routing at SUPERCOMM 2004.
June 21, 2004... Data Connection Limited (DCL), the world's leading provider of communications protocol software, today announced that it would be demonstrating 2547 MPLS/BGP VPNs and automatic network recovery using its carrier-grade IP Routing and MPLS...

PeopleSoft enterprise CRM 8.9 delivers CRM best practices, unmatched usability to workforce management.(Customer relationship management software)
June 21, 2004... At its 2004 spring CRM Customer Summit, PeopleSoft(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT) announced that new releases of its help desk solutions for information technology (IT) and human resources (HR) departments will ship June 23. PeopleSoft HelpDesk,...

AMD announces new 64-bit applications demonstrate performance increases up to 57 percent.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc)
June 28, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that 64-bit versions of software applications Crafty and The Panorama Factory running on the beta version of the upcoming Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP 64-bit Edition for 64-bit Extended Systems demonstrate significant...

Toshiba's new A55 series notebooks offers Intel Centrino technology at a low price point.
June 28, 2004... Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) introduced recently its Satellite A55 and Satellite A65 Series notebook PCs for students heading back to school, families and consumers. The lightweight Satellite A55 Series notebooks offer Intel(R)...

Xilinx shatters 2.4 terabit PICMG 3.0 bandwidth barrier by demoing 10Gbps serial signaling over ATCA backplane.(Advanced Telecom and Compute Architecture)
June 28, 2004... Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) has announced the demonstration of the world's first 10Gbps AdvancedTCA ("ATCA") backplane powered by its flagship Virtex-II Pro(TM) X FPGAs. This establishes a four-fold performance boost for the existing ATCA serial...

Philips starts shipments of its 16x DVD+R/+RW writer with double layer functionality to leading PC manufacturers.(DVD writer)
June 28, 2004... Recently, Philips Electronics announced that it has started shipments of its new 16x DVD writer to main PC manufacturers who will integrate the drives as standard in their new PC systems over coming season. As the first DVD writer manufacturer...

Nortel Networks unveils new platform, transforming optical networking to speed delivery of value-rich services.(new Common Photonic Layer)(Brief Article)
June 28, 2004... Building on its leadership in delivering next generation optical networking technology, Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT) today introduced the Common Photonic Layer, a new DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) optical transport platform...

EDO awarded $240 million contract for Marine Corps communications system.(Brief Article)
June 28, 2004... EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) has been awarded a contract for a new generation of Marine Corps field-communications equipment known as the Transition Switch Module. The company has now received the signed contract that was announced by the...