EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from March 2003

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from March 2003

EMC enhances Symmetrix 8000 systems.
March 3, 2003... Delivering on its promise made at this month's Symmetrix DMX launch, EMC Corporation has rolled out major enhancements to its popular and widely installed Symmetrix 8000 series of information storage systems. New native Gigabit Ethernet...

AXA Group and IBM sign $1b on demand services contract.
March 3, 2003... AXA Group and IBM have announced a technology services agreement to enhance the performance and efficiency of AXA's global computing infrastructure. The deal is worth approximately $1 billion over a six-year term, with options to extend....

Philips standardizes on Synopsys' digital front-end design platform for advanced process technologies.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) has announced that Philips (NYSE:PHG) has signed a multi-year volume purchase agreement (VPA) with Synopsys for its front-end design platform. Synopsys' platform will become a design standard at Philips'...

Cisco qualifies Emulex host bus adapters for use with its Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
March 3, 2003... Emulex Corp. (NYSE:ELX) recently announced its LightPulse family of HBAs, including the award-winning PCI-X LP9802 and 2Gb/s LP9002L, are tested and qualified by Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) for use with its Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer...

Dataram doubles memory in HP'S Itanium 2 based workstations with up to 24GB.
March 3, 2003... Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAM), a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, has announced the availability of memory upgrades for HP zx2000 and zx6000 workstations. In addition to the standard 512MB, 1GB and 2GB memory options,...

Palomar introduces 6-axis optical alignment stage.
March 3, 2003... Palomar Technologies has introduced the FAST 6, a 6-axis optical alignment system for test and production applications. The FAST 6 provides high resolution, fast, accurate and reliable assembly of an optical component, fiber or fiber array...

Rainfinity debuts integrated High Availability Platform.
March 3, 2003... Rainfinity recently introduced the RainWall High Availability Platform, the first single solution security administrators can use to ensure non-stop, scalable performance for all their Internet gateway applications. Instead of using disparate...

Mitsubishi Electric launches 350-MHZ, 18-Mbit Network SRAM with ultra-wide 72-bit bus.
March 3, 2003... As industry-wide adoption of broadband connectivity continues, the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., has announced an 18-megabit (Mbit) SigmaRAM Network SRAM that achieves a 350-MHz clock speed and offers a...

Hitachi "Pixie Dust" brings high capacity to HP notebook users.
March 3, 2003... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is working with HP to enable the world's highest-capacity notebook PC. Using the Hitachi Travelstar 80GN with patented "Pixie Dust" technology, the HP Pavilion ze5300 will be the first notebook to offer a...

Callidus Software announces support for IBM DB2 database.
March 3, 2003... Callidus Software, the industry expert in Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) solutions for enterprise customers, has announced that it has certified IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1 as a supported database for its TrueComp product...

Altova and Versim to simplify XML doc differencing.
March 3, 2003... Versim Technologies and Altova recently announced the availability of Versim Differencing plug-in for XMLSPY. Now, XML developers are able to quickly and accurately identify differences between XML documents directly from within Altova XMLSPY...

Scimagix improves Scientific Image analysis.
March 3, 2003... Scimagix Inc., the pioneer of enterprise image informatics solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development (R&D), recently announced the commercial availability of ProteinMine 1.5. Image informatics, the integration of...

Cisco extends ECDN category.
March 3, 2003... Cisco Systems, Inc. has extended the capabilities of an Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN) with its Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS). New Cisco ACNS Software, Version 5.0, and new hardware appliances and...

Adobe ships updated form solution for speeding data capture processes.(Adobe Form Server and Form Designer software)
March 3, 2003... Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the immediate availability of Adobe Form Server and Form Designer software for improving data capture processes across the extended enterprise. Through the combination of XML, HTML and...

Centerstone launches e-Center One version 4.1.
March 3, 2003... Centerstone Software, Inc. has announced a new version of its e-Center One enterprise solution for workplace executives and managers. Version 4.1 brings major new functionality and more advanced features to those involved in complex move...

SIA: world chip sales $12.2b in January 2003.(Semiconductor Industry Association )
March 10, 2003... Global semiconductor sales totaled $12.2 billion in January 2003, a 2.4% decrease from the $12.5 billion in revenue reported in December 2002 and a 22% increase from the $10.0 billion total recorded in January 2002, the Semiconductor Industry...

ATI ships one millionth Microsoft DirectX 9-class graphics product.
March 10, 2003... ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) recently reached a remarkable milestone, shipping its one millionth DirectX 9 compliant cinematic visual processing unit (VPU). One million users are now able to experience cinematic-quality...

HP captures number one position in Western European server market in 2002.
March 10, 2003... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has announced that it has captured the number one position in the Western European server market for 2002, according to the latest IDC server report, with revenue market share of 32.1 per cent. Sales from HP and Compaq combined...

EMC launches Symmetrix z8000 series systems optimized for mainframe environments.
March 10, 2003... EMC Corporation recently introduced the Symmetrix z8000 series of networked information storage systems. Symmetrix z8000 is a pre-packaged, high-end networked storage solution optimized for FICON and ESCON connectivity in mainframe...

Sharp expands BlueStreak microcontroller line.(Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas )
March 10, 2003... Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas has announced the mass production shipment of its BlueStreak family of ARM-based 16/32-bit general-purpose microcontrollers (MCUs). The four new MCUs combine high integration with an ARM7TDMI-S core...

NSA partners with ISC2 to create new InfoSec certification.(International Information Systems Security Consortium wins contract with National Security Agency )
March 10, 2003... The International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC)2 has announced a five-year contract with the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) to develop and administer the new Information Systems Security...

Department of Agriculture chooses OnDemand training software.(OnDemand Personal Navigator software from Knowledge Products)
March 10, 2003... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently completing its implementation of OnDemand Personal Navigator software from Knowledge Products, a division of Global Knowledge, enabling the federal agency to more rapidly deploy its...

EDS deploys Cisco Info Center software to monitor Navy-Marine Internet.
March 10, 2003... EDS is deploying Cisco Info Center on the Navy-Marine Corps Internet (NMCI), providing a secure and scalable tool for EDS to manage its service-level agreements (SLAs) with the NMCI. Using Cisco Info Center, EDS can more easily manage the daily...

ITAA finds much to praise in national cybersecurity plan.(Information Technology Association of America )(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) recently commended the Bush Administration on release of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. ITAA called the plan comprehensive, timely and on target. "We are gratified that...

Precise: policy-based SRM solution for Network Appliance USS.(Precise Software Solutions' Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1)
March 10, 2003... Precise Software Solutions (Nasdaq:PRSE) has announced the release of Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1, an enhanced version of the company's industry-leading, policy-based Storage Resource Management (SRM) solution. Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1...

Anteon awarded $10m blanket purchase agreement by DoD Comptroller.
March 10, 2003... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), an information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Defense,...

Spirent announces enhanced security testing to protect networks from attacks.(denial of service attack module for its Avalanche/2200 system)
March 10, 2003... Avalanche DDoS Attack Module Helps Test for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Spirent Communications, a wholly owned business group of Spirent plc (NYSE:SPM) (LSE:SPT), has announced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) Attack Module...

HP: new wireless-ready notebook PC.(Compaq Evo N620c)
March 17, 2003... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has unveiled the Compaq Evo N620c, a wireless-ready notebook PC for business customers looking for greater mobility with no sacrifice in performance. The notebook delivers up to six hours of battery life, has a lightweight design...

AMD: new processors powering Fujitsu notebook.
March 17, 2003... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced its low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors will power the new Fujitsu LifeBook S2000 notebook. Less than four pounds and 1.36 inches in height, the first-ever AMD processor-based thin-and-light notebook...

Avocent intros next gen multi-user AMX analog KVM switching system.(Avocent AMX5010)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: AVCT), a provider of KVM switching and network connectivity appliances, has announced its new high density AMX5010 analog matrix KVM switch, extending its popular AMX analog matrix switching system that provides...

U.S. Realtel, Inc. launches wireless networking trials.
March 17, 2003... U.S. RealTel, Inc. (OTCBB:USRT), a national broadband services holding company, announced recently that it will be conducting trials of various wireless networking technologies over the next several months as part of its national Wi-Fi...

Fujitsu shatters tradition with new LifeBook S2000 notebook.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Fujitsu PC Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), recently debuted a new addition to the LifeBook S Series family--the LifeBook S2000 notebook. With all the functionality of a LifeBook S Series notebook, plus the...

ADC and LightPointe team up to serve wireless carriers.
March 17, 2003... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) and LightPointe have announced that the companies have demonstrated interoperability between ADC's Digivance radio over fiber solution and LightPointe's Flight Free-Space Optics (FSO), expanding the target applications for...

EMC announces new SAN Copy software.
March 17, 2003... EMC Corporation recently announced SAN Copy, a new data movement application that enables businesses to centrally manage the movement of data between current and legacy EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems without consuming host...

IBM and BellSouth team to offer e-business on demand services.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... IBM and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) has announced an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of hosting and network services to business customers in the United States. The agreement combines IBM's leadership capabilities in e-business hosting...

Avocent's DSView 2.0 features DSWebview for browser-based access to multiple servers.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: AVCT), a provider of KVM switching and network connectivity appliances, recently announced DSView 2.0, which features DSWebview, a browser-based version of the management software that is the cornerstone of...

WinDVD hits 45m copies sold.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... InterVideo, Inc. has announced that WinDVD, its software for playing DVDs on a PC, has now sold over 45 million copies around the world since its initial introduction. It continues to be the most popular PC DVD player in the world for watching...

Radware and NetScreen team to provide robust, highly available VPN solution.
March 17, 2003... Radware (Nasdaq:RDWR), a provider of intelligent application switching (IAS), ensuring availability, performance and the integrity of networked applications across the enterprise, and NetScreen Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NSCN) have announced the...

Mainsoft extends availability of Visual MainWin 5 to twelve Unix platforms.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Mainsoft Corporation has announced it will significantly broaden the availability of its flagship product Visual MainWin 5, by adding seven new Unix operating systems to its list of supported platforms. Mainsoft will deliver all of the new...

Symantec expands university research program to U of Auckland B-school.
March 17, 2003... The University of Auckland, New Zealand's largest university, has become the first educational institution in the world to partner with Symantec (Nasdaq:SYMC) to build an information security laboratory on campus. Symantec will provide The...

HP and AT&T Wireless to offer wireless access to info.
March 24, 2003... HP (NYSE:HPQ) and AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE) are working to extend the reach of mobile computing by offering customers seamless wireless access to critical information while on the road. In conjunction with HP Services, AT&T Wireless...

Toshiba selects ViXS' XCODE chip to provide video over IP networks.
March 24, 2003... ViXS Systems Inc. has announced that the ViXS' XCode chip, which provides broadcast-quality video distribution over any local, wired or wireless IP network is now integrated with the new Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) AVM79R...

Gartner says half of business Intel projects will not reach their full potential in 2003.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... During 2003, at least 50 percent of business intelligence (BI) projects will not reach their full potential or will be hopeless failures, according to Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT and ITB). Through 2004, more than 50 percent of Global 2000...

ATI'S NXT2004 and NXT6000 receiver technologies selected by Comtech.
March 24, 2003... ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) announced recently that Comtech Technology Co. Ltd, has chosen the NXT2004 VSB/QAM Receiver and the NXT6000 DVB-T Receiver for its latest generation of digital terrestrial tuners. Based in Taiwan,...

Consultis selects BluePoint data storage's managed services suite and data protection services.
March 24, 2003... BluePoint Data Storage, Inc. (U.S.TICKER:BLPDF) (TSX Venture:BLP), announces that Consultis, Inc. has selected Bluepoint's suite of managed DataSafe services for the Boca Raton-based IT Staffing firm. The BluePoint solution provides managed...

Dataram intros low-cost 4GB memory upgrade for Sun Blade & Sun Fire.(Dataram DRSB2000A/4096)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... Dataram, a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, announced recently the immediate availability of its latest low-cost 4GB upgrade for Sun Microsystems' Sun Blade 1000/2000 and Sun Fire 280R systems, offering customers a cost savings...

EMC launches world's first integrated ATA networked storage solution.
March 24, 2003... EMC Corporation has introduced CLARiiON with ATA--the world's only storage system with integrated ATA and Fibre Channel disk drives. Through the integration of low-cost ATA drives into an existing storage architecture, the EMC CLARiiON...

EzThin platform lowers cost of technology for businesses.(EzThin Business server )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... Thousands of computers have been given new life with the release of the new EzThin server (www.ezthinnetworks.com).Previously, these systems have cost up to $60 apiece for disposal, but now they can be used productively again. The EzThin client...

IBM and CAS form strategic alliance.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... IBM and CAS, a provider of enterprise sales, marketing and trade management applications for the consumer products industry, recently announced a strategic alliance to deliver collaborative business solutions to the consumer packaged goods...

CSC and Motorola sign $1.6 billion 10-year outsourcing agreement.
March 31, 2003... Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC), one of the world's leading information technology (IT) services companies, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions,...

Semagix delivers anti-money laundering software.(CIRAS (Customer Identification and Risk Assessment)
March 31, 2003... Semagix announced recently that it is shipping its Customer Identification and Risk Assessment software solution, known as CIRAS. The CIRAS software is used by financial institutions to comply with `Know Your Customer' requirements detailed in...

Marconi chooses Acterna's ANT-40G advanced network tester.
March 31, 2003... Acterna (OTCBB:ACTR) has announced that Marconi (MONI) has chosen to use the Acterna ANT-40G advanced network tester at its optical network research and development labs in Genoa, Italy. Marconi's Genoa facility develops a broad range of...

Unitrends expands line of data protection units, with terabyte capacity.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Unitrends Corporation recently announced the introduction of four new models of its Data Protection Unit (DPU), with the largest of the new DPUs enabling companies to cost-effectively secure more than a terabyte of information, with rapid...

Xerox researchers develop breakthrough technology to bring benefits of fiber optics to small businesses, homes.
March 31, 2003... Although the information superhighway is here, the "off-ramps" are more like one-lane dirt roads because of the high cost of routing fiber optic networks that last mile. However, a new technology from Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) could help...

Intersil first to deliver dual hot plug power controller for new PCI Express bus.
March 31, 2003... Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, has announced the industry's first dual-rail hot-swap controller targeted primarily for the new PCI Express...

Parvus Corp. now shipping its Biothenticator PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor module.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Parvus Corp. has announced that its Biothenticator PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor board is now available for integration into embedded systems applications requiring user authentication. The module is priced at $400/each in orders of 100+...

Dataram introduces market's only 1GB upgrade for dell precision 450 and 650 workstations.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Dataram Corporation, a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, announced recently the immediate availability of ECC (error-correcting code) protected memory for Dell Precision 450 and 650 Workstations. This unique 1GB upgrade...

CSC continues support of Army's land warrior system.
March 31, 2003... Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) is continuing its support of the U.S. Army's Land Warrior program with the award of a subcontract from General Dynamics (NYSE:GD). The agreement, worth $7.2 million over four years, adds to the $71...

DRS awarded Navy contract to provide engineering services for combat system computer networks.
March 31, 2003... DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS) announced recently that it has received a new U.S. Navy contract to provide engineering and technical support services for conducting land-based reliability testing, integration and certification of surface...

U.S. DOD expands facial recognition license with Viisage Technology.
March 31, 2003... Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISG) has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has expanded its licensing of Viisage's identity verification solutions. The DoD's Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO) sponsors the...

Anteon awarded major contract to support Army units.
March 31, 2003... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide support to U.S. Army units and...

Sikorsky Aircraft selects SGI Technology for advanced concept projects.
March 31, 2003... SGI Origin 300 Complements Computing Infrastructure for Design and Development of World-Class Helicopters SGI Federal, an SGI company (NYSE: SGI), recently announced that Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has selected SGI Origin 300, a compact,...

Veridian Systems Division, Inc.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Veridian Systems Division, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., is being awarded a $7,365,447 firm-fixed price contract modification for three Eagle Vision data integration segments and option for two Eagle Vision data integration segments for the Vision...

Science, Engineering and Technology, Arlington, Va.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Science, Engineering and Technology, Arlington, Va., is being awarded an estimated $5,727,195 cost-plus-fixed-fee-service, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for systems engineering research & development support services....

General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., was awarded a $6,500,000 increment as part of a $19,863,200 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for ground based signals intelligence capability called Prophet (Block II/III (AN/MLQ-40(v)4) on...

Stanford University, Office of Sponsored Projects, Stanford, Calif.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Stanford University, Office of Sponsored Projects, Stanford, Calif., is being awarded a $5,497,391 cooperative-agreement contract. This contract will develop highly research-oriented hardware and software approaches in reconfigurable computing...

Science Applications International Corp., San Diego.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Science Applications International Corp., San Diego is being awarded a $1,100,000,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity firm-fixed-price contract to provide professional architect-engineer (A&E) services to perform preliminary...

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract modification to provide for development of system upgrades to existing...

The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $7,711,464 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost plus award fee contract modification to provide for monitor and track the GPS satellite includes: a) contractor development support,...