EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from October 2004

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from October 2004

New Unisys mainframe delivers 50 percent increase in performance and pay-per-use metering.
October 4, 2004... Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has unveiled the next generation of ClearPath Plus Dorado mainframes. The new Dorado mainframes provide increased power and compatibility with a wide variety of open source software and standards-based...

Toshiba selects ATI platform technology to power new line of satellite notebooks.(ATI Technologies Inc., RADEON 7000 IGP, RADEON 9000IGP)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that Toshiba has selected RADEON IGP platform technology for a new line of Satellite notebooks. One of the world's top notebook manufacturers, Toshiba will use RADEON 7000 IGP and RADEON 9000IGP technology in...

Hitachi and HP offer industry first high-performance 300 gigabyte drives for server and storage solutions.(Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Hewlett-Packard Co.)
October 4, 2004... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) has announced availability of the industry's first storage and server solutions offering high-performance 300 gigabyte (GB) Fibre Channel and SCSI disk drive...

Kyocera 200 module gains certification to operate on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.(Kyocera Wireless Corp., PCS Networks, contract)
October 4, 2004... Kyocera Wireless Corp., a global manufacturer of CDMA wireless handsets and telemetry modules, today announced that its Kyocera 200 Module has been certified for use on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. The feature-rich Kyocera 200 Module...

Network Appliance marks 750th NetApp iSCSI deployment.(achievement)
October 4, 2004... Network Appliance, Inc., has announced another iSCSI milestone--the achievement of 750 iSCSI customer deployments in IP SAN (storage area network) configurations. NetApp IP SAN solutions are an excellent choice for companies seeking to...

Fujitsu MBF310 Sweep Sensor designed into new JumpDrive TouchGuard USB flash drive.(Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc.)
October 4, 2004... Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) has announced that its MBF310 Sweep Sensor, powered by algorithms developed by Cogent Systems, has been designed into the JumpDrive TouchGuard, the newest USB portable storage product from Lexar...

OmniVision's new 5-megapixel CMOS sensor to rival CCDS in high-end camera market.(charge coupled devices, OmniVision Technologies Inc.)
October 4, 2004... At the opening day of Photokina in Cologne, OmniVision Technologies (Nasdaq:OVTI), a global supplier of CMOS image sensors for digital imaging solutions, introduced the world's first small-scale, CMOS image sensor with 5 megapixels, the OV5610....

Anteon awarded major contract to support U.S. navy shipboard maintenance programs.(Anteon International Corp., Naval Sea Systems Command)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT), an information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it was awarded a five-year contract by the Naval Shipbuilding Support Office to support Naval Sea...

Unisys 'future-proofs' mainframe legacy applications.
October 11, 2004... Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has announced its new Application Modernization Service, a comprehensive set of service offerings for customers running all legacy and mainframe environments. The Service, drawing on Unisys expertise in consulting...

Appro ships 500-node Linux HyperBlade clusters to Staag Imaging to support reverse-time migration.(APPRO International Inc.)
October 11, 2004... Appro, a provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems has announced the shipment of seven Appro HyperBlade Linux clusters consisting of 500 nodes/1,000 AMD Opteron processors to Staag Imaging, L.P., a provider of high-quality...

NEC joins Intel Model School Program.(NEC Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... NEC Solutions (America), Inc. Visual Systems Division has announced that it has been selected to participate in the Intel Model School Program. The Intel Model School Program is designed to provide a foundation so that students can become...

Resilient Networks selects Luminous to deliver advanced Ethernet services.(Luminous Networks)
October 11, 2004... Luminous Networks, a provider of packet-based multi-service provisioning platforms that support voice, data, video, and wavelength services, announced recently that it has been selected by Resilient Networks to deliver Ethernet services to its...

ADC intros new FTTX central office service pack.(ADC Telecommunications Inc.)
October 11, 2004... ADC introduced recently a new Service Pack to help speed FTTX (Fiber to the X) deployment by optimizing a carrier's central offices (COs) for FTTX. The FTTX Service Pack is a bundle of professional services that helps carriers determine whether...

Wyse leverages AMD's embedded solutions to provide next generation thin-client platforms.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Wyse Technology Inc.)
October 11, 2004... Wyse Technology, domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC), announced today at the Citrix iForum conference that the company has selected the AMD Geode GX 533@1.1W and GX 466@0.9W processors to power the next generation S class of Wyse...

Fargo Electronics introduces DTC300 and DTC400 card printer/encoders.
October 11, 2004... Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO), a leader in secure technologies for card identity systems, has announced the introduction of the DTC300 and DTC400 Card Printer/Encoders. The DTC300 and DTC400 are based on Fargo's proven Direct-to-Card...

CyberLink launches DVD burning suites.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home, has launched two retail versions of CyberLink DVD Solution (CDS). CDS Gold is a 7-in-1 suite designed to meet the needs of DVD burning hobbyists while...

Xilinx intros next-gen EasyPath FPGAs priced below structured ASICs.(Field Programmable Gate-Array, Application Specific Integrated Circuit)
October 18, 2004... Xilinx, Inc. has announced the next generation of its EasyPath solution as the FPGA industry's lowest cost and only conversion-free replacement to ASICs for volume production. The expanded EasyPath product line now supports the Xilinx Spartan-3...

NEC launches industry's first melody chip with MP3 and AAC playback support.(advanced audio coding, NEC Electronics Corp., NEC Electronics America Inc., NEC Electronics (Germany) GmbH)
October 18, 2004... NEC Electronics Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, announced the launch of three single-chip melody LSI solutions that offer superior sound...

Toshiba's new TDP-P7U projector: one of the lightest and brightest on the market.(Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) has introduced the new TDP-P7U projector providing ultra-bright performance and superior portability to mobile professionals, making it one of the lightest and brightest projectors available. The...

Xerox packs more power in printer with enhanced color server from CREO.
October 18, 2004... Creo Inc. (NASDAQ:CREO; TSX: CRE) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) have launched the SpireTM CXP3535e color server for the Xerox DocuColor 3535 color copier/ printer system, bringing the key benefits of Creo professional graphic arts solutions...

PMC-Sierra delivers SAS architectural solution for network attached and server attached storage.(PM8387 SXP, PM8389 SMC-L)
October 18, 2004... PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) has announced an end-to-end Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) architectural solution for network attached and server attached tiered storage applications. PMC-Sierra unveiled its max-SAS product family with the latest...

Federal knowledge management spending to increase 29% by 2009.
October 18, 2004... The federal market for knowledge management solutions will grow from $850 million in FY 2004 to almost $1.1 billion in FY 2009, a 29 percent increase in spending, according to a report released today by INPUT, the leading provider of government...

EI announces MPI-XF support for AMD Opteron processors.(Engineered Intelligence Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Message Passing Interface-Extremely Fast)
October 25, 2004... Engineered Intelligence (EI) has released MPI-XF version 1.2, a high performance solution for the industry standard Message Passing Interface (MPI), and announced validation for the AMD Opteron processor platform. AMD64 with Direct Connect...

Unisys and SAS unveil Linux-based business intelligence.(SAS Institute Inc.)
October 25, 2004... Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) and the SAS Institute have announced that they are teaming up to make Linux enterprise-ready for business intelligence. Together, Unisys and SAS have offered high performance, scaleable end-to-end business...

ATCi integrates Cocesna's frame relay network.(Antenna Technology Communications Inc.)
October 25, 2004... Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of satellite communications solutions, has announced that the company has installed and integrated a two-way communication system for Cocesna using Frame Relay to access the company's existing...

Industry's first 64-bit PCI-X 133 MHZ Multi-Port I/O Card.(new product from Axxon Computer Corp.)
October 25, 2004... Axxon Computer Corporation has introduced the world's first 64-Bit 133 MHz PCI-X Multi-Port I/O Card suitable for installation in either 32 or 64 Bit, 3.3 or 5-volt PCI/PCI-X expansion slots. Server systems are being manufactured with...

Leading chipset partners extend PCI Express support for AMD64 desktop platforms.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
October 25, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced PCI Express support from leading chipset manufacturers, offering performance-hungry customers additional graphics bandwidth and improved I/O for gaming and multimedia applications. PCI Express is a next-generation...

Toshiba expands Qosmio brand offering to include 17- and 15.4-inch wide-screen displays.(Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.)
October 25, 2004... Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) has announced the latest additions to its Qosmio brand of digitally converged AV notebook PCs--the Qosmio G15-AV501 and Qosmio F15-AV201. Featuring a 17-inch wide-screen display and Microsoft Windows XP...

St. Bernard announces Open File Manager 9.4.(St. Bernard Software Inc.)
October 25, 2004... St. Bernard Software Inc., a provider of essential security solutions that protect against data loss, system threats, Internet abuse and unsolicited email, today announced the availability of Open File Manager 9.4 which includes significant...

TransMagic intros new 3D viewing software.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TransMagic, Inc., makers of innovative and affordable 3D CAD translation software, has announced the release of a new, specialized 3D CAD viewing product. TransMagic View uses the same powerful engine as in TransMagic's popular 3D CAD...