EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from September 2003

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from September 2003

Worldwide server systems market halts 9-quarter decline in revenues, driven by x86 server sales, according to IDC.(Q2 2003)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2003... The worldwide server systems market halted a nine-quarter decline in year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2003 (2Q03) according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. However, quarterly server factory revenues of $10.6 billion...

Seagate ships first consumer electronics hard drives using new video streaming industry standard.
September 1, 2003... Seagate (NYSE: STX) is shipping its new Consumer Electronics (CE) hard drives to eight of the world's leading Digital Video Recorder (DVR) device makers: Toshiba, Thomson, Sony, Pioneer, Pace, Nokia, Motorola and Echostar. A result of Seagate's...

Sun grows position in worldwide server market as undisputed UNIX server leader in Q203, and gains share in overall server market.(according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker)
September 1, 2003... Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) has announced that the company grew its worldwide UNIX server leadership position in Q203, and increased its share of the overall worldwide server market (including servers running all types of operating...

SGI Altix 3000 performance lead rolls on with latest spec benchmark results.
September 1, 2003... Already the World's Fastest, Altix Continues to Dominate Tests of Components Fortifying its unchallenged performance lead among all competing systems, SGI (NYSE: SGI) has announced that its SGI Altix 3000 servers and superclusters continue...

SRS Labs' WOW audio technology featured in new advanced digital LCD Multimedia Displays from Nakamichi.
September 1, 2003... SRS WOW Continues to Be Adopted by World's Leading Brand Names to Deliver High Quality Audio Experience SRS Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRSL), a provider of innovative audio, voice and semiconductor technology solutions, has announced that its SRS...

With new rack-mount storage products, Gateway provides life preservers for organizations drowning in data.(Gateway 850 SCSI JBOD subsystem and Gateway 820 Linear Tape Open )
September 1, 2003... Corporate data doubles every six months, but relief is on the way for IT managers drowning in a flood of bits and bytes. Gateway, Inc. has launched two new storage products--the Gateway 850 SCSI JBOD subsystem and Gateway 820 Linear Tape Open...

QUALCOMM and SanDisk announce support for miniSD and SD card removable storage for 3G CDMA devices".
September 1, 2003... QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash memory cards, recently announced...

Sun Microsystems, Hitachi, Ltd., and Hitachi Data Systems extend global relationship to deliver data center storage solutions.
September 1, 2003... Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hitachi Data Systems have announced that they have extended the terms of their global distributor agreements and related collaborative agreements for...

Microsoft hardware puts new spin on innovation: company unveils largest lineup of wireless mice and keyboards, rolls out unique features that break hardware mold.(Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer, IntelliMouse Explorer, Wireless Optical Mouse, Wireless Optical Desktop Elite, Wireless Optical Desktop Pro, Wireless Optical Desktop and Basic Wireless Optical Desktop)
September 8, 2003... Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has introduced six new wireless peripherals that debut an innovative new scroll wheel and wireless optical technologies, advancing the way people interact with their computer and giving consumers more...

Sun Network Storage outpaces the Disk Storage Systems market: achieves double digit gain in third consecutive quarter of growth.
September 8, 2003... Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) has announced that its Network Storage division has increased share sequentially in vendor revenue for total market and UNIX disk storage systems for the third consecutive quarter, according to IDC's...

AMX continues evolutionary touch panel innovations with 7" Modero Widescreen: new touch panel the most advanced of its size on the market today.
September 8, 2003... AMX Corporation (Nasdaq: AMXC), a worldwide leader in advanced control system technology, announces the new 7" Modero Widescreen Touch Panel, an innovative addition to our award-winning line of Modero Touch Panels. The 7" Modero Widescreen...

The glue that holds it all together: Gateway wireless products strengthen the bond between PC and CE devices: new line of Gateway-branded industry-standard wireless networking products.
September 8, 2003... Gateway today fortifies the wireless home with the company's first line of Gateway-branded wireless networking products that enable computer and consumer electronics to share broadband Internet and multimedia applications. The new...

Microsoft Corp. and Be Inc. reach agreement to settle litigation.(2002 antitrust lawsuit)(Brief Article)
September 8, 2003... Be Inc. (Nasdaq: BEOS; OTC: BEOSZ.PK) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) have announced that the parties have reached a mutually acceptable mediated settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Be Inc. in February 2002, which is currently...

Lantronix settles U.S. Software litigation: company continues progress in resolving old disputes; will issue stock.(Brief Article)
September 8, 2003... Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), has announced that the company has reached a settlement of the securities and employment claims brought by the founders of United States Software Corporation, a company Lantronix acquired in December 2000. ...

Audible Magic licenses DSP technology to Adobe Systems.
September 8, 2003... Audible Magic Corporation, a provider of content management and media information services, announced today the company has licensed software libraries, used for digital signal processing (DSP) of audio content, to Adobe Systems Incorporated....

Softchoice forges initiative targeting the needs of small and medium-sized businesses: participation in HP's PartnerONE program combined with proven SMB customer service expertise creates powerful offering.(Brief Article)
September 8, 2003... Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SO) has announced an initiative with HP targeting small-and medium-sized businesses (SMB). As a member of HP's PartnerONE program and its SMB Network, Softchoice will bring customers a quick, easy and customized...

QUALCOMM releases Eudora 6.0.
September 8, 2003... QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leader in digital wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging solutions for the Internet, has announced the commercial release of Eudora 6.0 software, a powerful and feature-rich new version...

AMD announces new AMD Opteron processors, adding more choice and flexibility for leading 32- and 64-bit computing.
September 15, 2003... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced the addition of the AMD Opteron processor Models 846 and 146 to its lineup of evolutionary server and workstation chips. Both processors provide leading-edge 32-bit application performance while allowing businesses...

IBM paves way for higher performing, lower power electronic devices develops innovative methods to make high mobility transistors.
September 15, 2003... IBM recently announced that its scientists have achieved two major milestones that could enable the IT industry to produce higher performing, lower power devices as early as several years from now. IBM has developed the first transistor...

Atmel licenses ARM926EJ-S Core for next-generation products.
September 15, 2003... Atmel's SiliconCITY Chip Platforms and ARM926EJ-S Core Enable Sophisticated Systems-on-Chip with First Pass Success Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) and ARM, (Nasdaq:ARMHY; LSE: ARM), the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded...

VXI introduces enhanced TuffSet USB headset connection cord with digital signal processing.
September 15, 2003... VXI Corporation has introduced and shipped the new TuffSet USB headset connection cord with digital signal processing (DSP) technology. Made specifically for high quality voice applications on a computer, such as VoIP, this TuffSet USB...

Hughes Network Systems joins Wi-Fi Alliance.
September 15, 2003... HNS is the First Broadband Satellite Solutions Provider to Join The Industry Association in Support of the 802.11 Standard Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of satellite broadband solutions with its DIRECWAY...

CineForm's breakthough product, aspect HD now shipping for Adobe Premiere 6.5.
September 15, 2003... CINEFORM, INC. has announced that Aspect HD for Adobe Premiere 6.5, their software-based real-time high-definition video engine, is now shipping to customers. Aspect HD provides real-time editing of high-definition content on today's fast PCs....

Extended Systems introduces phone-to-PC sync for Outlook Express.
September 15, 2003... Extended Systems (Nasdaq:XTND), a provider of mobile information management solutions, has released consumer-focused software that allows Sony Ericsson phone users to sync Outlook Express contacts between a desktop PC and popular Sony Ericsson...

Best Data's new DSL modems enable four computers to share a single DSL connection to the Internet.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Best Data Products Inc., a developer and manufacturer of analog and broadband communication products, has announced the Smart One DSL 500 modem series for home and small business users, allowing up to four computers to be connected to the...

Sensicast introduces breakthrough in wireless Sensor Networks with H900 Wireless SensorNet System.
September 15, 2003... Sensicast Systems has introduced the H900 Wireless SensorNet System, the first commercially available end-to-end, low-power, bi-directional, wireless mesh networking system for commercial sensors and controls. Aimed at filling the growing...

EDO wins navy fleet support contract with ceiling of $107.7 million.
September 15, 2003... EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a base year plus four option years, and a...

STG announces $6.2m award of NOAA Grants Online; STG to design and implement backbone system to facilitate $750m in grants processing.
September 15, 2003... STG, Inc., a government information technology (IT), engineering, and scientific services provider, has announced a COMMITS award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its Grants Online program. The contract...

United States government approves SatCon's rotary uninterruptible power supply system for government sales.
September 15, 2003... SatCon Technology Corporation(C) (Nasdaq NM: SATC), SatCon (Nasdaq NM: SATC), a developer and manufacturer of electronic power control systems, has announced that it has received approval from the United States General Services Administration...

U.S. Army enlists Disc Marketing Enhanced CDs as recruitment tool.
September 15, 2003... Disc Marketing, a creator and distributor of Enhanced CDs, music CDs and DVDs for major brands, has announced the U.S. Army is launching a test using Disc Marketing Enhanced CDs as a qualified lead generation tool for Army recruiting. Disc...

AMD research surpasses semiconductor industry's 2009 performance projections.
September 22, 2003... At the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials in Tokyo, AMD (NYSE:AMD) researchers detailed their creation of new triple-gate transistors using next-generation silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and advanced metal gate...

IBM and RIM extend enterprise reach of Blackberry with broader access to corporate applications.
September 22, 2003... IBM's Mobile Middleware and RIM's BlackBerry Platform Wirelessly Connect Users to Enterprise Applications IBM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) recently announced an agreement aimed at providing mobile workers with better...

M-Systems' Smart DiskOnKey platform now offers CD-R functionality with new autorun and read-only features.
September 22, 2003... M-Systems' (Nasdaq:FLSH) Smart DiskOnKey platform now includes additional functionality with the introduction of new autorun and read-only features. These features allow the DiskOnKey device to emulate CD-R capability while improving on the...

Xpherix Corporation debuts Remo, a complete productivity wireless solution at DEMOmobile 2003.
September 22, 2003... Xpherix Corporation, the leading provider of personalized mobile connectivity solutions for corporations and mobile professionals, demonstrated its newest wireless application at DEMOmobile 2003, arguably the most successful public venue for...

Microwave Photonics unveils AgilWAVE, the world's first switched distributed antenna system for cellular and Wi-Fi applications.
September 22, 2003... Microwave Photonics, Inc. unveiled recently at the prestigious IDG Executive Forums' DEMOmobile 2003 conference a new switched distributed antenna system for cellular and Wi-Fi applications, called AgilWAVE. AgilWAVE is a wireless access...

OnFiber extends network with Terabeam's wireless gigabit ethernet system.(Terabeam GigE Gigalink)
September 22, 2003... Terabeam Corporation, a provider of broadband wireless systems, and OnFiber Communications, a provider of metro optical solutions, announced recently that OnFiber is the first carrier to use Terabeam's Gigalink gigabit Ethernet (GigE) wireless...

Promise introduces Serial ATA drive hot-swap enclosure for desktop and small server systems.(Promise Technology SuperSwap 1100)
September 22, 2003... Promise Technology, Inc., originator and supplier of ATA RAID solutions, today announced the availability of the SuperSwap 1100, a hot swap drive enclosure for Serial ATA/150 drives. The SuperSwap 1100 enclosure transforms a Serial ATA hard...

Hughes Network Systems supplies ChinaCast with DIRECWAY broadband satellite system.
September 22, 2003... Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, announced today it is providing ChinaCast, one of the leading satellite service operators in China, with a DIRECWAY broadband satellite network...

Green Hills Software's Integrity real-time operating system unleashes the power of Intel network processors.
September 22, 2003... Green Hills Software Inc., the technology leader in real-time operating systems and embedded software development tools, has announced real-time operating systems (RTOS) support for the Intel IXP2400 and IXP2800 network processors and their...

IAR announces embedded C/C++ Workbench tools for Atmel's ARM core-based microcontrollers.
September 22, 2003... Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) and IAR Systems Software, Inc. announced recently the release of the IAR Embedded C/C++ Workbench (EWARM v3.40) for Atmel's ARM7 and ARM9 core-based, 32-bit RISC microcontrollers. This complements the established...

Spamfire for Windows announced; virtually eliminates email spam from inboxes.(Matterform Media)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2003... Matterform Media (www.matterform.com), a cross-platform developer of anti-spam software, has announced the October 1 release of its new Spamfire for Windows, designed to prevent virtually all unwanted email from reaching end users' inboxes. The...

FieldRanger Software launches interface to Intuit's Master Builder construction accounting package at DEMOmobile 2003.(FieldRanger Wireless Work Orders )
September 22, 2003... FieldRanger Software launched FieldRanger Wireless Work Orders for Intuit Master Builder construction management software at DEMOmobile 2003 today, sending millions of blue-collar workers the message that "mobile computing has arrived for the...

RADVISION toolkits now available for Green Hills' integrity real-time operating system.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2003... RADVISION (NASDAQ:RVSN) has announced that its MGCP, MEGACO/H.248, and RTP/RTCP Developer Toolkits fully support the Green Hills Software Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). This operating system is the fastest growing platform for system level...

Intel launches new processors for digital imaging products.(Intel MXP5800 and Intel MXP5400)
September 29, 2003... Intel Corporation has unveiled two high-performance, programmable digital media microprocessors that have been optimized for the document imaging market segment. The new digital media processors were developed in cooperation with Xerox...

HP Adaptive Enterprise strategy delivers cost and agility benefits to Philips' Semiconductor division.
September 29, 2003... Building on the HP Adaptive Enterprise strategy to tighten the linkage between business and IT, HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Philips' semiconductor division have deployed an HP Utility Data Center (UDC) delivering a fully virtualized data center that...

NTT DATA INTELLILINK joins OSDL.(Open Source Development Labs )(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium of leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, has announced that NTT DATA INTELLILINK, a subsidiary of NTT DATA, one of the largest systems...

United Devices announces grid-computing agreement with IBM.
September 29, 2003... United Devices recently announced the company has signed a master relationship agreement with IBM. As part of this agreement, the companies will pursue joint marketing activities and sales to customers in life sciences, oil and gas,...

Network Appliance broadens enterprise storage solutions portfolio.(Network Appliances SnapLock Compliance and SnapLock Enterprise)
September 29, 2003... Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), significantly broadened its enterprise storage solutions portfolio with today's unveiling of new entry-level systems, expanded operating system support for Fibre Channel SAN (storage area network)...

Semiconductor Insights puts intellectual property in context with IP Landscape.
September 29, 2003... Semiconductor Insights (SI), a leader in technical and patent analyses of integrated circuits and structures, today announced the launch of its IP Landscape service. IP Landscape completes the IPinsights portfolio, which also includes Patent...

DataPower partners with Netegrity to accelerate access management for advanced web services security.
September 29, 2003... DataPower Technology, Inc., the creator of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) infrastructure, recently announced a partnership with Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETE), a provider of identity and access management solutions. With the successful...

Toshiba and Samsung Electronics to integrate optical disk device businesses.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. recently signed a memorandum of terms covering integration of their respective optical-disk-drive businesses in a joint venture. The two companies will now finalize details of the agreement...

Genesis Microchip introduces next generation controllers for LCD TV and LCD monitor applications; new gm5221 controller series to debut at Computex 2003 Show.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS) has announced it has introduced the gm5221 series of controllers optimized for a broad range of flat panel TV and LCD Monitor applications. These controllers are being demonstrated for the first time at...

InterVideo WinDVD creator provides HP notebook PCs with a single, integrated solution for video capture, editing and sharing.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... InterVideo, Inc. (Nasdaq:IVII) announced recently that WinDVD Creator, InterVideo's award-winning movie-making software, will be bundled with all new HP notebook PCs. The first system shipping with WinDVD Creator is the new HP Pavilion zd7000...

GTSI wins prestigious army ITES contract.
September 29, 2003... GTSI Corp. (Nasdaq:GTSI), a leading government technology solutions provider, was selected by the U.S. Army to provide hardware, software and related services to the Army through its highly competed Information Technology Enterprise Solutions...

Department of Veteran's Affairs awards 12 million dollar contract to HPTi.(High Performance Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Virginia Hi-Tech Firm Will Manage the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA) Portfolio High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi) has been awarded a significant contract with the Veterans Administration (VA)...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces partnership with Carnegie Mellon's CERT coordination center.
September 29, 2003... Carnegie Mellon University and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced a partnership with the university's CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) to create US-CERT, a coordination point for prevention, protection, and response to...

PAR Technology subsidiary awarded additional contract by U.S Navy; Navy exercises option for expanded I/T services in Guam.(Rome Research Corp.)
September 29, 2003... PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PTC) announced recently that the U. S. Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) San Diego, as expected, has exercised a contract option with its government technical services subsidiary, Rome Research...

Actuality Systems receives $1.7 million grant from NIST for commercialization of holographic video; grant will fund development of low-cost 3D holovideo systems.(National Institute of Standards and Technology)
September 29, 2003... Actuality Systems, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for work to commercialize low-cost scalable 3D holographic video. "The NIST grant allows us...

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $250,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee modification to a previously awarded contract.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $250,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-00-C-5390) to provide engineering and technical services in support of standard missile Navy research and...

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $7,253,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $7,253,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This effort will provide a prototype inertial instrument, namely the silicon oscillating accelerometer, a revolutionary...

Orion Systems, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., is being awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for Future Edwards Digital Switch.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Orion Systems, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., is being awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for Future Edwards Digital Switch consisting of the design, engineering, manufacture, testing, installation,...

Isothermal Systems Research*, Clarkston, Wash., is being awarded a $49,000,000 not-to-exceed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR).(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Isothermal Systems Research*, Clarkston, Wash., is being awarded a $49,000,000 not-to-exceed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) effort under Topic N92-136 entitled "Spray...

DynCorp Technical Services, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 9, 2003, an $8,361,232 time and materials contract for engineering and technical services in the area of calibration and repair support at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, and its detachments.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... DynCorp Technical Services, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 9, 2003, an $8,361,232 time and materials contract for engineering and technical services in the area of calibration and repair support at Naval Surface Warfare Center,...

Mantech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2003, a $6,258,156 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.(Contract Awards Vendor Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Mantech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2003, a $6,258,156 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-01-C-0062) to exercise an option for services necessary to provide engineering...

Johnson Controls Inc., Cape Canavaral, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 5, 2003, an $8,244,759 cost-plus-award-fee contract for an OMB A-76 cost comparison study of engineering and information management services.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Johnson Controls Inc., Cape Canavaral, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 5, 2003, an $8,244,759 cost-plus-award-fee contract for an OMB A-76 cost comparison study of engineering and information management services. Work will be performed at Fort Dix,...

Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems, Eagan, Minn., is being awarded a $27,574,754 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for system design.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems, Eagan, Minn., is being awarded a $27,574,754 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for system design, development, hardware procurement, test and evaluation, installation and life cycle support to...

Titan Corporation, Mt. Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $8,840,575 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... Titan Corporation, Mt. Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $8,840,575 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services to support Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Joint Unmanned...