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The Itanium® Solutions Alliance today announced significant momentum in
multiple areas, including worldwide growth of Itanium®-based systems,
updates on its partnership with Microsoft, a new agreement with Sophos and a
technology preview of Sun Microsystems Java 6.0 on Itanium-based servers.
Worldwide, annual Itanium-based factory system revenue and system volume
continued to grow solidly in 2007, with a year-over-year increase of 30.8 and
36.3 percent, respectively. The Asia-Pacific region led the way with
year-over-year growth in factory system revenue and system volume of 61 and
45 percent. In EMEA (Western Europe, Central Eastern Europe and Middle East
Africa), factory system revenue and volume experienced 35.4 percent and 56.3
percent growth, respectively. Itanium-based factory system revenue grew 35
percent and in the Americas region (US, Canada and Latin Ameri... (more)
PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 08/26/09 -- VeriWave, Inc., leading provider
of performance and functional testing of WiFi networks and devices, is
introducing WaveAgent 2.0 for Interoperability Testing, enabling vendors and
users of mission-critical mobile equipment to see how specific devices and
applications will interact and impact fully loaded live networks. Using
VeriWave's new WaveAgent 2.0 for Interoperability Testing, users can combine
real traffic from actual devices with test traffic for the first time to
conduct comprehensive "what if" testing in fully loaded networks and peak
conditions before taking the network live.
WaveAgent 2.0 revolutionizes cross-platform interoperability and network
performance testing. Previously, testers were limited to using a small number
of third-party devices to test interoperability while conducting separate
tests using t... (more)
MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux®
commercialization, ranks in the top 15 contributors to the Linux kernel,
alongside more than 5,000 other community supporters including Red Hat, IBM
and Novell, as reported by the Linux Foundation in its recent report, Linux
Kernel Development. The report indicates that MontaVista, the world’s
largest independent commercial embedded Linux vendor, made more than 1,500
changes to the kernel. MontaVista, now in its tenth year, is the only
commercial embedded Linux vendor to rank this high in the report.
Supporting Quotes:
“Throughout our company history, MontaVista has always placed a strong
emphasis in contributing to the Linux kernel and the entire open source
community, based on our longstanding belief in Linux as an embedded operating
system, and a real alternative to proprietary RTOS solutions,” said Jim
... (more)
Addonics Technologies (www.addonics.com) today announced the Pocket
Blu-ray/DVDRW and the Pocket DVD-RRW drive. They are believed to be the first
portable optical drives with built-in eSATA and USB interface.
The Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW is a portable Blu-ray player, DVD player and burner
that comes with the extremely fast eSATA and the ubiquitous USB 2.0
interface.
With the Blu-ray player, you can turn a notebook or desktop computer into a
high definition cinema and enjoy the high definition video quality and the
dynamic sound effects of Blu-ray.
The Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW supports practically all types of DVD or CD content
from Blu-ray discs to regular DVDs and CDs in various file formats. It is
also a high speed DVD+/-RRW and CDRW burner.
When connecting to eSATA port, users experience throughput up to 3Gbits/sec
for the DVD recording and the smooth playback of Blu-ray... (more)
ATLANTA, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Concurrent (Nasdaq: CCUR), a
world-wide leader in video solutions, today announced results for its fiscal
fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.
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For the fourth quarter, total revenues were $15.9 million with gross margins
of 59.2%. Operating expenses totaled $9.1 million resulting in net income of
$245,000, or $0.03 per diluted share. The Company's cash balance as of June
30, 2009 was $29.1 million.
"In the fourth quarter, revenue was impacted by reduced spending from some of
our top customers, and we expect this trend to continue in the first
quarter," commented Dan Mondor, Concurrent President and Chief Executive
Officer.
For the fiscal year, total revenues were $71.6 million. Including a non-cash
impairment charge of $17.1 million incurr... (more)
ESPOO, Finland, August 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today
marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia
N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing, the open source,
Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized
device.
The Nokia N900 has evolved from Nokia's previous generation of Internet
Tablets and broadens the choice for technology enthusiasts who appreciate the
ability to multitask and browse the internet like they would on their desktop
computer.
Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 empowers users to have
dozens of application windows open and running simultaneously while taking
full advantage of the cellular features, touch screen and QWERTY keyboard.
"With Linux software, Mozilla-based browser technology and now also with
cellular connectivity, the No... (more)
BALTIMORE, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Metastorm, a leading provider of Business
Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise
Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today
announced that KMWorld Magazine has named the Metastorm Enterprise portfolio
a "Trend Setting Product of 2009." This marks the fifth consecutive year that
Metastorm has been recognized by the magazine for its ability to help
customers align strategy with execution for optimal business performance
throughout the enterprise.
"Metastorm continues to drive product and service innovation," said Hugh
McKellar, KMWorld Editor-in-Chief. "The judging panel recognized Metastorm
for its superior ease of use and for its industry thought leadership in
offering an extended portfolio of EA, BPA and BPM tools."
KMWorld's judging panel, which evaluated more tha... (more)
SEATTLE, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Kutano, the social media browser add-on that
allows users to make comments side-by-side any web page, has launched a new
release that allows users the same side-by-side technology to read and
respond to "tweets." Now, in addition to writing comments and participating
in discussions, users can read and respond to public tweets next to the web
page referenced in the tweet.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/kutano/39869/
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"Kutano makes this possible by collecting tweets linked to any given web page
and placing them, in real time, next to the web page they reference,"
explains Kutano CEO Kevin Ishiguro. "When our users do their everyday
browsing, they can now discover and connect with other Twitter users who are
interested in the s... (more)
Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTU), the people behind BIRT™, today announced
the broadening of a strategic alliance including increased collaboration of
open source applications with Red Hat's middleware portfolio, JBoss
Enterprise Middleware. Under the new agreement, Red Hat has become part of
Actuate’s BIRT Global Partner Connection and Actuate has become an advanced
level member of the JBoss Certified ISV Partner Program. In addition, Actuate
and BIRT Exchange (www.birt-exchange.com), a community site for Eclipse BIRT
and Actuate BIRT developers, are sponsoring, exhibiting and speaking at JBoss
World in Chicago, September 1-4, where they will showcase the BIRT
integration capabilities available to JBoss developers.
The Actuate BIRT Global Partner Connection provides JBoss Enterprise
Middleware customers access to a growing network of collaborating businesses
and ... (more)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- VMworld -- Centrify Corporation today
announced the results of a survey of 480 IT professionals about the
virtualized data center. In significant numbers, across organizations large
and small, the respondents disclosed they are deploying a wide mix of
virtualized platforms including virtualization technology built into UNIX,
Linux and Windows operating systems. While VMware, with 60%, has the largest
penetration in organizations, 32% claimed they use VMware exclusively.
Approximately half of the respondents that use VMware said they expect to
increase their usage of these platforms, and about the same number said they
may evaluate other platforms in the future. After VMware, Microsoft has the
next largest penetration (25.5%) distributed across all sizes of
environments. But the survey also revealed that security and complian... (more)
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.
(NYSE:HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, and
InMage Systems (www.inmage.com), a leading independent software vendor of
disk-based business application recovery solutions for heterogeneous
environments, today announced an agreement whereby Hitachi Data Systems will
co-brand and resell the InMage Appshot technology. Through the strategic
partnership with InMage, Hitachi Data Systems further expands its portfolio
of replication and data protection software to meet the operational and
economic needs of customers of Hitachi midrange storage systems.
“This is a good strategic move for Hitachi Data Systems and a validation
for InMage,” said Steve Duplessie, senior analyst and founder, Enterprise
Strategy Group. “Most typical recovery solutions available to the midmar... (more)
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IoT & Smart Cities Stories By Zakia Bouachraoui  Dynatrace is an application performance management software company with products for the information technology departments and digital business owners of medium and large businesses. Building the Future of Monitoring with Artificial Intelligence. Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more busine... Oct. 29, 2018 10:30 AM EDT | By Elizabeth White  In his general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Manish Dixit, VP of Product and Engineering at Dice, discussed how Dice leverages data insights and tools to help both tech professionals and recruiters better understand how skills relate to each other and which skills are in high demand using interactive visualizations and salary indicator tools to maximize earning potential.
Manish Dixit is VP of Product and Engineering at Dice. As the leader of the Product, Engineering and Data Sciences team at D... Oct. 28, 2018 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 14,062 | By Yeshim Deniz  Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereal. Andrew's role at ConsenSys Enterprise is a mul... Oct. 28, 2018 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,026 | By Yeshim Deniz  Nicolas Fierro is CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions. He is a programmer, technologist, and operations dev who has worked with Ethereum and blockchain since 2014. His knowledge in blockchain dates to when he performed dev ops services to the Ethereum Foundation as one the privileged few developers to work with the original core team in Switzerland. Oct. 25, 2018 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,710 | By Liz McMillan  Enterprises have taken advantage of IoT to achieve important revenue and cost advantages. What is less apparent is how incumbent enterprises operating at scale have, following success with IoT, built analytic, operations management and software development capabilities - ranging from autonomous vehicles to manageable robotics installations. They have embraced these capabilities as if they were Silicon Valley startups. Oct. 24, 2018 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,839 | By Zakia Bouachraoui  If a machine can invent, does this mean the end of the patent system as we know it? The patent system, both in the US and Europe, allows companies to protect their inventions and helps foster innovation. However, Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be set to disrupt the patent system as we know it. This talk will examine how AI may change the patent landscape in the years to come. Furthermore, ways in which companies can best protect their AI related inventions will be examined from both a US and... Oct. 24, 2018 03:45 AM EDT | By Liz McMillan  Cloud-enabled transformation has evolved from cost saving measure to business innovation strategy -- one that combines the cloud with cognitive capabilities to drive market disruption. Learn how you can achieve the insight and agility you need to gain a competitive advantage. Industry-acclaimed CTO and cloud expert, Shankar Kalyana presents. Only the most exceptional IBMers are appointed with the rare distinction of IBM Fellow, the highest technical honor in the company. Shankar has also receive... Oct. 23, 2018 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,979 | By Yeshim Deniz  Bill Schmarzo, author of "Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business" and "Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science," is responsible for setting the strategy and defining the Big Data service offerings and capabilities for EMC Global Services Big Data Practice. As the CTO for the Big Data Practice, he is responsible for working with organizations to help them identify where and how to start their big data journeys. He's written several white papers, is an avid blogge... Oct. 21, 2018 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,665 | By Yeshim Deniz  René Bostic is the Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America. Enjoying her career with IBM during the modern millennial technological era, she is an expert in cloud computing, DevOps and emerging cloud technologies such as Blockchain. Her strengths and core competencies include a proven record of accomplishments in consensus building at all levels to assess, plan, and implement enterprise and cloud computing solutions.
René is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a m... Oct. 20, 2018 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,187 | By Pat Romanski  Whenever a new technology hits the high points of hype, everyone starts talking about it like it will solve all their business problems. Blockchain is one of those technologies. According to Gartner's latest report on the hype cycle of emerging technologies, blockchain has just passed the peak of their hype cycle curve. If you read the news articles about it, one would think it has taken over the technology world.
No disruptive technology is without its challenges and potential impediments t... Oct. 17, 2018 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,727 |
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