EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from March 2001

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from March 2001

TI DELIVERS FIRST DSP-BASED OMAP APPLICATION.(Product Announcement)
March 5, 2001... The industry's first processor to deliver the performance and power efficiency required for the emerging 2.5 and 3G wireless applications has been made available by Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI). Based on TI's open and...

SUN TARGETS CORE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE WITH NEW CARRIER-GRADE COMPACT PCI SYSTEMS.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 5, 2001... At the GSM World Congress, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) introduced five new carrier-grade products to help network equipment providers (NEPs) leverage the Solaris Operating Environment and Chorus Operating System deeper into the...

IBM BUILDS BRIDGE FROM INTERNET TO SAN WITH NEW STORAGE PRODUCTS.(IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i and IBM TotalStorage Networked Attached Storage 300G)(Product Announcement)
March 5, 2001... IBM has announced a new portfolio of products and technology -- including an in iSCSI network storage appliance -- all designed to lead the industry's rapid migration to open storage networking. The initiative delivers on IBM's commitment...

TOSHIBA'S ULTRA-LIGHT, ULTRA-SLIM PORTEGE 3490CT PACKS A POWERFUL HEAVYWEIGHT PUNCH.(Product Announcement)
March 5, 2001... The Computer Systems Group (CSG) of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) has announced the arrival of the ultra-thin Portege 3490CT portable computer. Measuring a mere .08-inches thin and weighing only 3.4-pounds, the Portege 3490CT...

INTEL OUTLINES EVOLUTION OF NEXT-GEN WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKS.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 5, 2001... During their keynote at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) last week, Intel's top two communications silicon executives outlined the company's strategies to enable richer applications and services for next-generation wired and wireless networks....

INTERNICHE TECHNOLOGIES JOINS THE MIPS ALLIANCE PROGRAM AND ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MIPS TECHNOLOGIES LEADING EMBEDDED PROCESSORS.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 5, 2001... InterNiche Technologies, Inc., the leading supplier of royalty-free embedded protocol software, has announced it has joined MIPS Technologies' MIPS Alliance Program (MAP) and will provide support for all of its protocol software products for...

ELECTRIC RAIN DEBUTS SWIFT 3D PLUG-IN FOR 3D STUDIO MAX.(Product Announcement)
March 5, 2001... Electric Rain, Inc. has unveiled its newest contribution to the world of 3D vector graphics. They have announced the development of a 3D Studio Max Plug-In version of their popular Swift 3D product, allowing users of this high-end modeling...

IBM AND PORTAL SOFTWARE FORM GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 5, 2001... IBM, a market leader in e-business infrastructure, (NYSE: IBM) and Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRSF), a leading provider of customer management and billing software for wireless, broadband, Internet, and next-generation communications...

NEW SOFTWARE AUTOMATES PROJECT PLANNING, BUDGETING & FORECASTING IN PROJECT BASED ORGANIZATIONS.(Deltek Systems' Deltek Project Planner)(Product Information)
March 5, 2001... Deltek Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DLTK), has announced the general release of Deltek Project Planner for project-specific planning, budgeting and forecasting in project- oriented organizations. Deltek Project Planner also integrates with Deltek...

MICROSOFT'S SHARE OF BROWSER MARKET CONTINUES TO RISE: NOW MORE THAN 87%.(Product Information)
March 5, 2001... WebSideStory, Inc. (www.websidestory.com), the leading provider of real-time Internet intelligence for e-business, has reported that Microsoft's global browser usage share continues to rise, but at a slower pace. As of Feb. 21, 2001, the...

QUEST SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES SHAREPLEX VERSION 3.0 TO ENSURE 24X7 BUSINESS CONTINUITY.
March 5, 2001... Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT), a leading provider of application management solutions, has announced the release of SharePlex version 3.0 to eliminate downtime via Oracle database replication. SharePlex's unique log-based replication...

PRISM SOFTWARE CORP. AND HYLAND SOFTWARE ANNOUNCE COOPERATIVE MARKETING INITIATIVE.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 5, 2001... Prism Software Corp. (OTCBB:PSOF), a leading innovator in data translation solutions, and Hyland Software, a leader in the integrated document management industry, has announced a cooperative marketing initiative to address growing requirements...

INFORMIX SOFTWARE SETS WORLD RECORD IN THE 1000GB TPC-H BENCHMARK.(Product Development)
March 12, 2001... Informix Software, the database company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Informix Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX), has established a world record in the 1000GB TPC-H benchmark on a single node system, setting industry-leading marks for speed and...

IBM TO OFFER CYCLONE COMMERCE B2B CONNECTIVITY PLATFORM.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 12, 2001... Cyclone Commerce, Inc. announces that IBM will offer the Cyclone Interchange platform to its customers. Because the Cyclone Interchange platform provides Internet connectivity for B2B systems, including EDI and proprietary systems, IBM...

SST BECOMES LEADING INDEPENDENT SUPPLIER OF FIRMWARE HUB DEVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 12, 2001... SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.)(Nasdaq:SSTI) has announced that it has become the industry's largest independent supplier of Firmware Hub devices for Internet computing systems using Intel's 800 Series Hub Architecture chipsets. In Q4...

PINNACLE SYSTEMS SHIPS NEXT-GEN STREAMGENIE PORTABLE LIVE WEBCASTER.(Product Announcement)
March 12, 2001... Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader in streaming media solutions, has announced that it is shipping a new, more powerful StreamGenie portable live webcaster. The new system offers superior video and audio quality with up to 1.6 GHz...

QUALCOMM CDMA TECHNOLOGIES' WCDMA MOBILE STATION MODEM SELECTED BY SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD.(Qualcomm MSM5200)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 12, 2001... QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, has announced that SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. has selected QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies' (QCT) MSM5200 Mobile Station...

CONCURRENT COMPUTER CORPORATION INTRODUCES A LINUX DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS REAL-TIME SYSTEMS.(Product Announcement)
March 12, 2001... Concurrent Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:CCUR), announced the introduction of its PowerWorks Linux development environment (PLDE) based on the popular Linux open operating system. The new software environment, which began shipping at the end of...

COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AWARDED MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ORDER FOR SATELLITE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT.(from Globecomm System)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 12, 2001... Comtech Telecommunications Corporation (Nasdaq: CMTL - news) has announced that its Arizona subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corporation, received a multi-million dollar order for satellite earth station transceivers and modems from Globecomm...

SAIC TO SUPPORT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE BUDGET INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICE.(Government Activity)
March 12, 2001... Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has announced that SAIC's Global Telecommunications Group has won a contract to support the Secretary of the Air Force Budget Information Systems Office, located at Maxwell Air Force Base...

EMERGENT SOLUTION CUTS FIBER-OPTIC ASSEMBLY TIMES BY 89% BY INTEGRATING NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 12, 2001... Emergent Information Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:EITI) recently developed an automated solution for a laser diode manufacturer that cut fiber optic assembly times by 89% using National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) LabVIEW(TM) software and NI...

KYOCERA RELEASES THE WORLD'S SMALLEST 3.34 MEGAPIXEL CAMERA WITH 2X OPTICAL ZOOM LENS.(Product Announcement)
March 19, 2001... Kyocera has launched the Finecam S3 digital camera, the world's smallest high-quality 3.34 megapixel digital camera. The size of a credit card, the Kyocera Finecam S3 shoots incredibly crisp, sharp images in a sleek, state-of-the-art advanced...

IBM AND HITACHI AGREE TO SPEED SERVER MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER AIX 5L UNIX PLATFORM.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... IBM and Hitachi have reached agreements which will help speed the development and manufacture of key products in each of the companies' server lines. The strategic relationship, which will leverage the manufacturing and development capabilities...

MICROS-TO-MAINFRAMES -- MTM - ACHIEVES ALL-STAR RECOGNITION IN NEW COMPAQ SERVICES PROGRAM.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc., (MtM) (NASDAQ:MTMC) a computer and communications technology management company providing network consulting, engineering, and related services has achieved All-Star Recognition in Compaq's new service award program...

IQUEST PARTNERS WITH AT&T AND CISCO TO LAUNCH NETWORKING BUSINESS UNIT AROUND AUTOMATED NETWORK ERROR DETECTION SYSTEM.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... iQuest Consultants, Inc. has introduced a new business unit that will provide corporate clients with an array of data networking solutions based around an automated error detection system. "The iQ Rack is an innovation in the networking...

LUCENT UNVEILS ENHANCED SERVICE NODE FOR THE DELIVERY OF VOICE AND DATA SERVICES ON SOFTSWITCH-BASED NETWORKS.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) has unveiled the EXS Converged Services Platform, an Internet Protocol (IP) enhanced service node that supports the deployment of voice and data services in circuit, packet and converged networks. The EXS...

VERANO EXTENDS CLICK2BIZ PLATFORM TO PROVIDE SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS.(Product Announcement)
March 19, 2001... Verano, a B2B software infrastructure company, has launched its Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) solution to extend its reach into one of the software industry's fastest growing markets. Verano's closed-loop solution is a single offering...

FutureLink Wins Citrix Solutions Network Northeast Platinum Member of the Year Award.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... FutureLink Corp. (Nasdaq: FTRL), a provider of integrated solutions, hosted application services and one of the first application infrastructure companies to provide software as a service, has been awarded the Citrix 2000 Citrix Solutions...

Real Intent Introduces Linux Versions : OF ITS INTENT-DRIVEN FORMAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIX.(Product Announcement)
March 19, 2001... Real Intent Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), an EDA company that offers products for the formal verification of RTL (Register Transfer Level) designs, has announced that its Verix product now run on the popular Linux operating system from Red Hat...

STMICROELECTRONICS ANNOUNCES NEXT GEN KYRO II 3D GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR.(Product Announcement)
March 19, 2001... STMicroelectronics has unveiled its next generation KYRO II 3D Graphics Accelerator. Powered by PowerVR Tile Based Rendering (TBR) technology, KYRO II demonstrates clear performance leadership when compared with other products in its class on...

INFINEON TECH AND SANYO ELEC SIGN ALLIANCE ON RF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 19, 2001... Infineon Technologies AG and Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. will cooperate on the production of ultra high-frequency (RF) devices. Under the terms of this agreement Infineon will supply high end SIEGET RF transistor chips to Sanyo. Using these chips,...

QUALCOMM CDMA: SSL SUPPORT FOR MSM3300 AND NEXT-GEN PRODUCT LINES.(Product Announcement)
March 19, 2001... QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, has announced Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support for the QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) line of Mobile Station Modem (MSM) solutions....

AMD INTRODUCES 1.33GHZ AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR, DELIVERING UNCOMPROMISING PERFORMANCE FOR BUSINESS AND HOME COMPUTING.(Product Announcement)
March 26, 2001... At CeBIT, AMD announced its continued industry leadership position by introducing the 1.33GHz and 1.3GHz AMD Athlon processors. The 1.33GHz AMD Athlon(TM) processor-based platforms with Double Data Rate (DDR) memory outperform the Intel...

NEC SPECTRALWAVE TECHNOLOGY POWERS 10 GBPS IP BACKBONE FROM COAST TO COAST.(Technology Information)
March 26, 2001... An OC-192 Internet Protocol (IP) backbone capable of transmitting broadcasts of all 32 opening round games of the NCAA men's basketball tournament from Los Angeles to New York in less than two minutes was created using technologies and services...

CISCO RECONFIRMS LEADERSHIP IN TEST OF HIGH-END ROUTERS; DEMONSTRATES 100% LINE RATE IP AND MPLS FORWARDING FOR 2.5GBPS OC-48 AND 10GBPS OC-192 THROUGHPUT.(Product Information)
March 26, 2001... Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, has said that the Cisco 12416 Internet router has placed first in nine out of sixteen tests in the industry's first high-end routing bake-off conducted by...

IBAANERP NOW 'CLUSTERPROVEN' FOR ISERIES ON IBM'S ESERVER.(Product Announcement)
March 26, 2001... Baan has announced that its iBaanERP software is now ClusterProven for iSeries -- previously the IBM AS/400 family. Baan has cluster-enabled iBaanERP to ensure that if there is any disruption to the iSeries box running the software, causing it...

LUXXON UNVEILS MULTIMEDIA PROCESSOR FOR WIRELESS DEVICES THAT ENABLES STREAMING VIDEO, AUDIO, GRAPHICS AND GAMES.(Product Announcement)
March 26, 2001... Luxxon Corporation, a leading provider of adaptive streaming media technology, has unveiled its LUX2 multimedia processor, which enables device manufacturers to integrate compelling multimedia capabilities into wireless devices. The LUX2...

SCM MICROSYSTEMS TO PROVIDE FINREAD COMPLIANT SMART CARD READERS FOR SECURE ONLINE PAYMENT APPLICATIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 26, 2001... SCM Microsystems (Nasdaq: SCMM; Neuer Markt), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced at the CeBit trade show in Hannover that it will develop and deliver a universal secure smart card reader for consumers in...

TOSHIBA USES BLUETOOTH(TM) TO LINK PC AND PROJECTOR.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 26, 2001... Toshiba Corporation continues to lead the way to a future of Bluetooth(TM) connectivity with the launch of the "Bluetooth(TM) data projector kit," the world's first Bluetooth(TM)-compliant application software. The dedicated kit supports...

U.S. NAVY UPGRADES HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER POWERED EXCLUSIVELY BY SGI GRAPHICS SYSTEMS.(Company Operations)
March 26, 2001... SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced that the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC-AD), Patuxent River, Md., has built on the already extensive capabilities of its high-performance computing center with the addition of two SGI(TM)...

Boeing Satellite Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Boeing Satellite Systems, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $9,999,999 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Satellite Connectivity Services and Bandwidth in support of the Standard Missile 3 Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD). This contract...

TRW ICBM Systems.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... TRW ICBM Systems, Clearfield, Utah, is being awarded a $6,947,850 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for hardware in support of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) for Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency...

Multiple awards are being made to four contractors in support of the U.S Joint Forces Command Joint Experimentation Program.(Government Activity)
March 26, 2001... Multiple awards are being made to four contractors in support of the U.S Joint Forces Command Joint Experimentation Program. General Dynamics Electronic Systems, Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $6,167,371 cost-plus-fixed-fee,...

General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.(Government Activity)
March 26, 2001... General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Taunton, Mass., is being awarded a $12,958,732 modification to firm-fixed-price contract DAAB07-94-C-N853, to exercise options for common hardware/software items for project manager Army Tactical...

Arinc Inc.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Arinc Inc., Annapolis, Md., is being awarded a $33,940,158, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering and technical support for various mine warfare systems being developed, modified or supported by the Naval...

TRW Systems and Information Group.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... TRW Systems and Information Group, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $44,962,144 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for development of a production configuration version of the Joint Signal Intelligence (SIGINT)...

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems.(Government Activity)
March 26, 2001... Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded an $8,855,229 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for Receiver-Selective Availability Anti-Spoof Module integrating, testing and readiness demonstration...

ITT Industries.(Government Activity)
March 26, 2001... ITT Industries, Colorado Springs, Col., is being awarded a $10,800,000 modification to firm-fixed-price with economic price adjustments/time and materials contract DAAB07-00-C-A261, to award a not-to-exceed ceiling price for the Integrating...

Booz-Allen and Hamilton.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Booz-Allen and Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded an $10,848,952 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for telecommunications engineering support to the Military Satellite Communication (MILSATCOM) Joint Terminal Engineering office in...

Applied Technology Associates.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Applied Technology Associates, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $10,500,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for follow-on support in the critical technology research areas of active adaptive optical...

Raytheon Systems Co.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $64,201,467 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the following component kits in support of the GBU-16 all-up-round (1,000-pound version) and GBU-12 air foil group (500-pound version)...

KOR Electronics, Inc.(Government Activity)
March 26, 2001... KOR Electronics, Inc., Garden Grove, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $21,653,423 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of not more than 101 Miniaturized I/J band RF Memory Modulators...