EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from September 2001

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from September 2001

MICROSOFT DELAYS XBOX JAPAN LAUNCH TO FEB.
September 4, 2001... (Reuters) - U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would delay the Japanese launch of its Xbox game console to February 22 from an initially planned debut late this year. While the delay means Microsoft will miss the key...

IBM RESEARCHERS BUILD WORLD'S FIRST SINGLE-MOLECULE COMPUTER CIRCUIT.
September 4, 2001... IBM researchers have created and demonstrated the world's first logic-performing computer circuit within a single molecule, which may someday lead to a new class of smaller and faster computers that consume less power than today's machines. ...

PIVOTAL AND INTEL SIGN AGREEMENT TO TARGET GLOBAL 2000 COMPANIES.
September 4, 2001... Pivotal (Nasdaq:PVTL)(TSE:PVT.) has signed a multi-year, global business development initiative with Intel. The companies are joining forces to deliver the Pivotal Demand Chain Management solution suite on Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers...

MINDSPEED DEMONSTRATES FEASIBILITY OF XAUI 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET.(10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI) technology)
September 4, 2001... Mindspeed Technologies(TM), the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), has joined forces with Tyco Electronics, Blaze Network Products, and Alvesta to prove the feasibility of the 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit...

NETWORK APPLIANCE: AVAILABILITY OF HP MC/SERVICEGUARD PACKAGE FOR NETAPP STORAGE SOLUTIONS.
September 4, 2001... Network Appliance (Nasdaq:NTAP), a provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, recently announced certification for use of Hewlett-Packard Company's HP MC/ServiceGuard with NetApp(R) storage solutions for Oracle(R)...

HITACHI DATA SAN SIMPLIFIES STORAGE FOR DATA WAREHOUSE OPERATION AT XL REINSURANCE AMERICA INC.
September 4, 2001... XL Reinsurance America Inc., a member of the XL Capital Ltd. group, of Stamford, Conn., one of the largest providers of property and casualty reinsurance in the U.S., has deployed Hitachi Freedom Storage(TM) equipment in a storage area network...

PINNACLE ANNOUNCES PENTIUM(R) 4 OPTIMIZATIONS FOR PINNACLE SOFTWARE.(Product Announcement)
September 4, 2001... Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE) will release optimized versions of its video editing and authoring products for use with the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor. With the performance-boosting upgrades to Pinnacle's user-friendly video...

APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS SELECTS TERADYNE'S TIGER.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2001... Teradyne Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced recently that Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), has selected Teradyne's Tiger for at- speed testing of their next-generation devices. AMCC utilizes a combination of high-frequency analog,...

Gartner Dataquest Survey Shows 61% of U.S. Households Actively Using the Internet.
September 4, 2001... Despite Internet service provider (ISP) and competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) failures, U.S. consumer demand for Internet access continues to grow, according to survey results by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and...

EXECUTIVE SOFTWARE PILOTS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOL "PACKAGE".
September 4, 2001... Executive Software has announced a limited time "buy two get one free" offering of their leading system performance, file recovery and early warning system software. The special offer includes Diskeeper(R) 6.0 Second Edition (S.E.) for...

CRYSTAL DECISIONS DELIVERS IBM WEBSPHERE PORTAL SERVER CUSTOMERS ACCESS TO CRITICAL CORPORATE DATA.
September 4, 2001... Crystal Decisions, has announced that Crystal Decisions is delivering complete enterprise reporting solutions to work with IBM's WebSphere Portal Server. IBM customers will now have access to a complete, web-enabled reporting solution,...

ACCRUE SOFTWARE JOINS THE CISCO IQ ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM.
September 4, 2001... Building on its commitment to help companies build successful Internet initiatives, Accrue Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACRU), a provider of Internet analytics solutions, has announced its membership in the Cisco iQ Ecosystem Program. The Cisco...

LILLY SOFTWARE PARTNERS WITH UNISYN SOFTWARE TO OFFER AUTOMATION SOFTWARE.
September 4, 2001... Lilly Software Associates, a leading provider of enterprise solutions for manufacturers and distributors, announces its marketing partnership with Los Angeles-based Unisyn Software, developers of the award winning automation tool, AutoMate(TM)....

DIGITAL FOUNTAIN ADVANCES NEW ERA OF RICH CONTENT DELIVERY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS.
September 4, 2001... Digital Fountain, which recently announced the availability of its rich-data delivery products, is partnering with best-of-breed solutions and technology providers to help proliferate the cost-effective delivery of digital content over the...

CORRECTION.(Correction Notice)
September 10, 2001... The 8/20/01, 8/27/01, and 9/4/01 issues of EDP Weekly Volume 42 should have been numbered 32, 33, and 34 respectively.

HEWLETT-PACKARD AND COMPAQ TO MERGE.
September 10, 2001... Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announced recently a definitive merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer the industry's most complete set of IT...

CISCO LEADS NORTH AMERICAN CARRIER IP ROUTER MARKET; BUT JUNIPER UP AND COMING.
September 10, 2001... A new market share report by RHK, Inc. shows Cisco continuing to dominate the North American IP router market but beginning to lose market share to Juniper in the first half of 2001. According to the new report, Switching and Routing 1H01...

CICADA SEMICONDUCTOR SELECTS AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES 93000 SOC SERIES TO ACCELERATE ADOPTION OF GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORKING.
September 10, 2001... Broadband communications developer Cicada Semiconductor Corporation and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced recently that Cicada will use the Agilent 93000 SOC Series Test System for volume production of Cicada's SimpliPHY Series of...

MOTOROLA CREATES NEW SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES.
September 10, 2001... Motorola Labs scientists are the first to successfully combine the best properties of workhorse silicon technology with the speed and optical capabilities of high-performance compound semiconductors that are known as the III-V materials. ...

HITACHI TO IMPLEMENT EMERGENCY MEASURES AND NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
September 10, 2001... Hitachi is implementing emergency management measures aimed at bringing about an early improvement in its business results. Hitachi has been working to achieve the goals of its "i.e. HITACHI" medium-term business plan through restructuring...

STORAGE INDUSTRY LEADERS DELIVER SAN BACKUP SOLUTION FOR WINDOWS NT/2000 ENVIRONMENTS.
September 10, 2001... BakBone Software, Inc. (TSE:BKB) (OTC:BKBOF), Qualstar Corporation (Nasdaq:QBAK) and Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq:VIXL) have announced a partnership to deliver a certified Fibre Channel-based backup and restore solution for Windows NT/2000...

MISSION CRITICAL LINUX INTROS CONVOLO CLUSTER NETGUARD EDITION.(Product Announcement)
September 10, 2001... Mission Critical Linux, Inc. has announced the availability of Convolo Cluster NetGuard Edition Version 1.0, the most extensible and flexible Linux cluster solution on the market. NetGuard Edition is designed for Linux and provides several...

JUDGE DEMANDS DOCUMENTS ON FBI COMPUTER SPY SYSTEM.
September 10, 2001... (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered prosecutors to show him documents next week describing how a classified FBI computer spying system works, saying their argument the system should be kept secret from defense attorneys was...

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
September 10, 2001... ***COURT CASES*** GSA FSS often loses in court. They are often pinheads. Yet they have free legal advice-taxpayers provided - unlike you and I, hence they freely go to court. If you have never read the Data Translation Inc case and the...

Lockheed Martin Corp.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control-Dallas, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded an $11,000,000 increment as part of a $111,022,477 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for industrial engineering services for the United Kingdom, Italy,...

Applied Research Laboratories.
September 10, 2001... Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, is being awarded a $291,005,074 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order contract for approximately 18,878 staff-months to provide...

Northrop Grumman Corp.(Naval Air Systems Command)(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... Northrop Grumman Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $19,500,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-97-C-0147) to exercise an option for phase I software engineering efforts to support the E-2T platform...

Harris Corp.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... Harris Corp., Government Communications Systems Division, Melbourne, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 20, 2001, a modification to firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract DAAB07-95-C-A518 with an estimated total of $278,800,000. The...

General Dynamics Corp.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... General Dynamics Corp., Needham, Mass., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base year total of $18,340,000 and an estimated cumulative total of $98,000,000 if all options are exercised....

Computer Sciences Corp.(Air Flight Test Center contract)(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... Computer Sciences Corp., Federal Sector-Defense Group, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is being awarded a $13,722,978 (estimated) cost-plus-award-fee modification contract to provide for fiscal year 2001 technical and engineering support for...

CPU Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2001... CPU Technology Inc.*, Pleasanton, Calif., is being awarded a $49,750,000 ceiling priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide supplies and services to perform service-life extension of avionics legacy equipment utilizing...

IRS OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL SELECTS WORX[TM] SE TO PUBLISH OPINIONS ONLINE.
September 10, 2001... HyperVision, Ltd. recently sold 100 licenses of WorX SE, the premier Word-based XML editor, to the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, part of the US Treasury Department. The purchase is one indication that the vast technology market potential for...

MICROSOFT TO GIVE $10 MLN TO HELP DEAL WITH ATTACK.
September 17, 2001... (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it is giving $5 million in cash and $5 million in software and services to help relief groups and government agencies deal with the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the...

COMPAQ OFFERS DISCOUNTS ON COMPUTERS IN MEXICO.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... (Reuters) - The Mexican unit of Compaq Computer Corp. said it would cut prices by 10 percent on its Presario line of desktop and laptop computers in a sale from September 14-23, amid a world-wide computer price war. In a news release,...

IBM INTRODUCES WORLD'S FASTEST MIDRANGE SERVER.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... IBM recently introduced the world's most powerful midrange server, an IBM eServer(1) UNIX (2) system that outperforms a much larger machine from Sun Microsystems while costing a third less(3). The IBM eServer provides advantages in power,...

NEC DIGITAL TV CHIP INSIDE WORLD'S FIRST MHP-BASED IDTV FROM SONY.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Sony Europe's latest premium television for the digital age uses its uPD61030A Enhanced Multi Media Architecture digital TV chip. The Sony KD-32NS100 is an MHP-based (Multimedia Home Platform) Integrated Digital TV (IDTV). The television,...

JAPAN'S FUJITSU TO EXIT U.S. PBX EQUIPMENT BUSINESS.(Company Business and Marketing)
September 17, 2001... (Reuters) - Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's largest computer maker, said on Tuesday it would shut or sell a U.S. subsidiary that makes private branch exchange (PBX) communications equipment as part of a restructuring drive. Fujitsu Business...

ADIC SCALAR 1000 QUALIFIED BY EMC FOR USE WITH EMC DATA MANAGER.
September 17, 2001... Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) has announced that EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) has qualified the ADIC Scalar 1000 automated tape library platform for network and SAN backup with the EMC Data Manager (EDM) software. ...

SSH, HIFN BROADEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR HIGH-SPEED SECURITY SOLUTIONS.
September 17, 2001... SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a developer of Internet security technologies, and world-leading network security and flow classification specialist Hifn (Nasdaq:HIFN), has expanded their long-term strategic partnership to provide...

CICADA SEMICONDUCTOR INTROS LOWEST POWER, SINGLE PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET TRANSCEIVER.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Leading broadband communications developer Cicada Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled a single port, triple speed Gigabit-over-copper transceiver at NetWorld+Interop 2001 Atlanta. The CIS8201 is the newest member of SimpliPHY Series -- the...

INTERNET MACHINES INTROS 200 GBPS SINGLE CHIP SWITCH ELEMENT.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Internet Machines Corp., developer of the IMpower family of highly integrated, protocol independent communications integrated circuits (ICs), recently introduced its IMpower switch element, the SE200. Targeted at developers of IP/MPLS...

PINNACLE SYSTEMS' CINEWAVE 1.2 NOW AVAILABLE.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader in digital video content creation tools, has announced the immediate availability of CineWave 1.2, the newest version of the Company's award-winning professional video creation solution. CineWave...

IDG INTROS NEW RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL JAVA COMMUNITY.
September 17, 2001... International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading IT media and information services company, has announced it has enhanced its global portfolio of Java-specific offerings including the redesign of JavaWorld.com, widely recognized as the...

F5 NETWORKS DELIVERS 'IP APPLICATION SWITCH' TO MANAGE TRAFFIC FOR ENTERPRISE WEB SERVICES AND APPS.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), a provider of Internet Traffic and Content Management (iTCM) products, has announced the BIG-IP 5000, the industry's first IP (Internet Protocol) Application Switch uniquely designed to manage traffic for...

CALDERA: VALIDATION OF ORACLE9I DATABASE ON OPEN UNIX 8.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Caldera International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) has announced the validation of Oracle9i Database for Linux on Caldera Open UNIX 8. This validation completes the first milestone in Caldera's commitment to validate Oracle9i Database, Oracle9i...

PREMISE SYSTEMS SHIPS BREAKTHROUGH AUTOMATION SOFTWARE CALLED SYS.(Product Announcement)
September 17, 2001... Premise Systems, Inc., the leading developer of residential and commercial automation software, announced recently that its flagship product, SYS Automation Software, will begin shipping to customers on the first day of the CEDIA Expo September...

GARTNER DATAQUEST IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE GROWTH SEGMENTS IN VOLATILE OPTICAL NETWORKING EQUIPMENT MARKET.
September 24, 2001... As the networking industry prepares for the emergence of broadband, the metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission systems and optical exchange equipment (OXE) market are positioned for strong growth through 2005, according to...

TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES 32-BIT RISC MIPS-BASED MICROPROCESSOR WITH INCREASED PERFORMANCE AND REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION.(Product Announcement)
September 24, 2001... Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) with its parent company, Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) has announced a 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) microprocessor for use in battery-powered portable devices. The new...

NIMDA WORM MAY BE PEAKING, HARD TO TRACK.
September 24, 2001... (Reuters) - The outbreak of the Nimda computer worm, which has spread rapidly across the Internet, appeared to have peaked on Wednesday for the powerful server machines that drive the Web, but the number of infected PCs may never be known,...

AMD PLATFORMS CERTIFIED FOR PINNACLE SYSTEMS' STATE-OF-THE-ART VIDEO EDITING SOLUTIONS.
September 24, 2001... AMD (NYSE:AMD) recently announced that Pinnacle Systems Inc., winner of seven Emmy Awards in the field of digital video production, has certified AMD Athlon and AMD Athlon MP processor-based platforms for Pinnacle's top-of-the-line digital...

MOTOROLA UNVEILS THE I.250 PLATFORM - THE INDUSTRY'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE 2.5G GSM/GPRS PLATFORM.
September 24, 2001... Motorola, Inc.'s (NYSE: MOT) Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) has announced its 2.5G Innovative Convergence (i.250) platform -- a comprehensive silicon-to-software solution for 2.5G Global System for Mobile Communication/Global Packet Radio...

CALIPER LAUNCHES NEW LABCHIP HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING SYSTEM.(Product Announcement)
September 24, 2001... Caliper Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: CALP) has announced the launch of the Caliper 250 HTS system, the company's new LabChip-based high throughput screening (HTS) system. The Caliper 250 HTS system, which includes instruments for assay...

OPNET SOFTWARE AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. GSA SCHEDULES PROGRAM; -- GSA CONTRACT SIMPLIFIES ACQUISITION OF OPNET SOFTWARE FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
September 24, 2001... OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), a provider of intelligent network management software, has announced that its software is available under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) schedules program. Established in 1949 and...

PEC SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES $1.9 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION TO HELP MODERNIZE COMPENSATION AND PENSION CLAIMS SYSTEM.
September 24, 2001... PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NM:PECS), announced recently that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the company a $1.9 million task order to support the agency's Compensation and Pension...

RS INFORMATION SYSTEMS STARTS SCIENCE WORK FOR NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE; IT FIRM'S SCUBA DIVERS MONITOR MARINE SANCTUARIES.
September 24, 2001... RS Information Systems (RSIS) has been chosen by the National Ocean Service (NOS) to perform a range of scientific and technical work that includes the use of scuba divers to support the federal agency's National Marine Sanctuaries Division....

MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.
September 24, 2001... **CHAOS** After recent events what we do seems picayune. Here are some thoughts, which may be helpful. The Clinton administration did little about Bin Laden and friends for the last eight years. This may be because their world and ours are...

BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED $38 MILLION CONTRACT FOR RADAR SUPPORT.
September 24, 2001... BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services, part of BAE SYSTEMS North America, was awarded a contract valued at $37,962,441 for continued support of the Instrumentation Radar Support Program (IRSP). The contract value is expected to exceed $90M, with...

LAUNCHES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-SPONSORED MARKETPLACE FEATURING DEEPLY DISCOUNTED ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS.
September 24, 2001... TestMart announced recently that its e-commerce marketplace is now live and electronically processing General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE) orders for the Department of Defense Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP). Authorized...

BOEING SELECTS WPDS GOLD SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
September 24, 2001... The Boeing Co. has selected WPDS GOLD software for its International Space Station (ISS) contract. Space Station sites that will run GOLD include Boeing facilities at the Johnson Space Center in Houston; Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; Marshall...

US ARMY SELECTS SCHLUMBERGERSEMA SMART CARD READERS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMON ACCESS CARD PROGRAM.
September 24, 2001... SchlumbergerSema has announced that Logicon has acquired nearly 60,000 of its advanced Reflex smart card readers for the US Army's implementation of the Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) program. This new order complements...