(PRZOOM - Newswire) - Minneapolis, MN, 09/24/2005 - NTT provides seminars for Industrial professionals looking to update their skills and understanding of code compliance topics.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
Thursday, July 07, 2005
HomelandDefenseStocks.com Reports on Homeland Security Technology Enabling
Reports on Homeland Security Technology Enabling and Empowering National Security; Homeland Security and Defense Technology Helps Drive National Security Efforts to New Levels .POINT ROBERTS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2005--http://www.homelanddefensestocks.com/ (HDS), an investor news portal for the homeland defense and security sector, reports on current and upcoming technology that enables and empowers National Security. As the Homeland Security market continues to surge forward and requirements become more demanding, participating companies are driven to develop innovative and effective technologies to meet the nation's security and defense needs. Areas of focus include communications technology from companies such as Endwave Corp. (Nasdaq:ENWV) and OnScreen Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:ONSC); bio-defense advancements with firms that include CryoPort (Pink Sheets:CYRX) and Aethlon Medical (OTCBB:AEMD); sensors and detection technology firms such as Markland Technologies (OTCBB:MRKL), Technest Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:THNS) and Sniffex (Pink Sheets:SNFX); cargo security device developers like Gabriel Technologies (OTCBB:GWLK); non-lethal protection systems from companies that include Law Enforcement Associates Corporation (OTCBB:LENF), Taser International (Nasdaq:TASR), MDM Group (Pink Sheets:MDDM) and subsidiary Harrington Group (Pink Sheets:HGRLF), as well as manufacturing systems that enable homeland security operations through components and precision parts production with companies like Gateway International Holdings (Pink Sheets:GWYI) and their portfolio of subsidiaries.
HomelandDefenseStocks.com is an investor and industry news portal for the Homeland Defense sector. The HDS web site does not make recommendations, but offers a unique free information portal to research news, exclusive articles, interviews, investor conferences and a growing list of participating public companies in the defense sector.
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and Empowering National Security
By: Ann-Marie Fleming, HomelandDefenseStocks.com
July 2005
The Homeland Security and Homeland Defense sectors, according to a recent study by Research and Markets, is predicted to grow globally from $28 Billion in 2003 to over $170 Billion in 2015, with over $1,150 Billion in estimated global market expenditures. With the growth of this market, Homeland Security and Defense needs have become more advanced and considerably more complex, establishing technology in a variety of security and defense related areas as essential for the overall preservation and evolution of National Security.
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
Acacia Technologies Expands Patent Acquisition Team
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- June 9, 2005 -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that Moses Mares has joined its Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, as Vice President, Business Development.
Paul Ryan, Chairman & CEO commented, "Mr. Mares is a great addition to our business development team. His extensive intellectual property, engineering and licensing background will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand our opportunities to partner with companies and inventors to maximize the licensing value of their technologies." Mr. Mares was most recently senior corporate counsel with Siebel Systems, where he managed a wide variety of intellectual property matters including advising on intellectual property asset purchases and the licensing of intellectual property rights. He previously held positions with Baker & McKenzie, in both the Intellectual Property and Corporate Groups, where he advised clients regarding intellectual property licensing and litigation strategies, and with Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in their patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mares was a Program Manager with Intel Corporation and an R&D Engineer with IBM Corporation. Mr. Mares is a registered patent attorney who holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas Austin, an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California San Diego and a J.D. degree from Santa Clara University. ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Acacia Research Corporation comprises two operating groups, Acacia Technologies group and CombiMatrix group. The Acacia Technologies group develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies. Acacia controls 30 patent portfolios, which include 128 U.S. patents, and certain foreign counterparts, covering technologies used in a wide variety of industries including audio/video enhancement & synchronization, broadcast data retrieval, computer memory cache coherency, credit card fraud protection, database management, data encryption & product activation, digital media transmission (DMT(R)), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, image resolution enhancement, interactive data sharing, interactive television, Internet access redirection, interstitial Internet advertising, laptop docking station connectivity, microprocessor enhancement, multi-dimensional bar codes, network data storage, resource scheduling, rotational video imaging and spreadsheet automation. The CombiMatrix group is developing a platform technology to rapidly produce customizable arrays, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins. The CombiMatrix's group's technology has a wide range of potential applications in the areas of genomics, proteomics, biosensors, drug discovery, drug development, diagnostics, combinatorial chemistry, material sciences and nanotechnology. Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies (Nasdaq:ACTG) and Acacia Research-CombiMatrix (Nasdaq:CBMX) are both classes of common stock issued by Acacia Research Corporation and are intended to reflect the performance of the respective operating groups and are not issued by the operating groups. Information about the Acacia Technologies group and the CombiMatrix group is available at www.acaciaresearch.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including the recent economic slowdown affecting technology companies, our ability to successfully develop products, rapid technological change in our markets, changes in demand for our future products, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments and general economic conditions. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent and forthcoming Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A, and other SEC filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Paul Ryan, Chairman & CEO commented, "Mr. Mares is a great addition to our business development team. His extensive intellectual property, engineering and licensing background will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand our opportunities to partner with companies and inventors to maximize the licensing value of their technologies." Mr. Mares was most recently senior corporate counsel with Siebel Systems, where he managed a wide variety of intellectual property matters including advising on intellectual property asset purchases and the licensing of intellectual property rights. He previously held positions with Baker & McKenzie, in both the Intellectual Property and Corporate Groups, where he advised clients regarding intellectual property licensing and litigation strategies, and with Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in their patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mares was a Program Manager with Intel Corporation and an R&D Engineer with IBM Corporation. Mr. Mares is a registered patent attorney who holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas Austin, an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California San Diego and a J.D. degree from Santa Clara University. ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Acacia Research Corporation comprises two operating groups, Acacia Technologies group and CombiMatrix group. The Acacia Technologies group develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies. Acacia controls 30 patent portfolios, which include 128 U.S. patents, and certain foreign counterparts, covering technologies used in a wide variety of industries including audio/video enhancement & synchronization, broadcast data retrieval, computer memory cache coherency, credit card fraud protection, database management, data encryption & product activation, digital media transmission (DMT(R)), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, image resolution enhancement, interactive data sharing, interactive television, Internet access redirection, interstitial Internet advertising, laptop docking station connectivity, microprocessor enhancement, multi-dimensional bar codes, network data storage, resource scheduling, rotational video imaging and spreadsheet automation. The CombiMatrix group is developing a platform technology to rapidly produce customizable arrays, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins. The CombiMatrix's group's technology has a wide range of potential applications in the areas of genomics, proteomics, biosensors, drug discovery, drug development, diagnostics, combinatorial chemistry, material sciences and nanotechnology. Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies (Nasdaq:ACTG) and Acacia Research-CombiMatrix (Nasdaq:CBMX) are both classes of common stock issued by Acacia Research Corporation and are intended to reflect the performance of the respective operating groups and are not issued by the operating groups. Information about the Acacia Technologies group and the CombiMatrix group is available at www.acaciaresearch.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including the recent economic slowdown affecting technology companies, our ability to successfully develop products, rapid technological change in our markets, changes in demand for our future products, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments and general economic conditions. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent and forthcoming Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A, and other SEC filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Friday, June 10, 2005
DuPont Chief Science & Technology Officer Receives Award from Chemical Heritage Foundation
Heritage Day Ceremonies
PHILADELPHIA, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont Senior Vice
President and Chief Science & Technology Officer Thomas M. Connelly, Jr. was
presented the 2005 "Award for Executive Excellence" as part of the Chemical
Heritage Foundation "Heritage Day 2005" ceremonies yesterday.
The award is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding
contribution in the field of commercial development and marketing in the
chemical and allied industries. The Award for Executive Excellence is
sponsored by the Commercial Development and Marketing Association (CDMA).
Chairman of the CDMA Awards Committee Dr. Larry Drum said, "With extensive
experience at every level of technology innovation, in Europe, the Pacific
Rim, and the United States, Dr. Connelly has consistently demonstrated
strategic thinking, innovation and superior technology management vital to
DuPont as well as to the chemical industry. For this important role, CDMA is
proud to present the award."
During the ceremony, Connelly was recognized for being instrumental in
leading the company toward products based on renewable resources. Under his
guidance, DuPont has built on its resident core strengths in polymer science,
chemistry, math, physics and engineering, while broadening its technology
scope by adding world-class capabilities in biology and information science.
This shift from the traditional petrochemical-based businesses is exemplified
by DuPont's collaborative development of the biological process for 1,3
propanediol which forms the basis for a family of new polymers, including
DuPont(TM) Sorona(R). Integration from crop science to final nutritional
products that consumers now know as Solae(R), through a joint venture between
DuPont and Bunge, is another example of how DuPont has been able to capitalize
on technology throughout the value chain.
"I am honored to receive the Award for Executive Excellence," Dr. Connelly
said. "It is a further demonstration that my peers and colleagues recognize
DuPont's efforts to create and deliver new innovations to the global
marketplace."
A chemical engineer and an economist, Dr. Connelly became senior vice
president and chief science and technology officer on Sept. 1, 2000, after
serving as vice president and general manager of DuPont Fluoroproducts. His
leadership has taken him across the company and around the world in positions
that included responsibility for products such as DuPont(TM) Kevlar(R) to
Delrin(R), and Geneva to Hong Kong.
Dr. Connelly graduated with highest honors from Princeton University with
degrees in chemical engineering and economics. As a Winston Churchill
Scholar, he received his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University
of Cambridge in 1977, and subsequently joined DuPont as a research engineer in
the Elastomer Chemicals Department based in Wilmington, Del.
Previous recipients of the Award for Executive Excellence include:
Madeleine Jacobs - CEO, American Chemical Society; Carl Jennings - BASF;
Raj Gupta - Rohm & Haas; Vince Calarco - Crompton Corp.; Hap Wagner -
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; Donald Rumsfeld - Searle; Hal Sorgenti - Arco;
and Al Giacco - Hercules.
For further information on the Award for Executive Excellence ceremony and
to find out more about the Commercial Development and Marketing Association,
go to: http://www.cdmaonline.org. To request a photo, or additional content
for publication, please email: Info@cdmaonline.org or call 215-564-3484.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts
science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better,
safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than
70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services
for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications,
safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.
The DuPont Oval, DuPont(TM), The miracles of science(TM), and Sorona(R),
Kevlar(R) and Delrin(R), are registered trademarks or trademarks of DuPont or
its affiliates.
Solae(R) is a registered trademark of Solae, LLC.
PHILADELPHIA, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont Senior Vice
President and Chief Science & Technology Officer Thomas M. Connelly, Jr. was
presented the 2005 "Award for Executive Excellence" as part of the Chemical
Heritage Foundation "Heritage Day 2005" ceremonies yesterday.
The award is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding
contribution in the field of commercial development and marketing in the
chemical and allied industries. The Award for Executive Excellence is
sponsored by the Commercial Development and Marketing Association (CDMA).
Chairman of the CDMA Awards Committee Dr. Larry Drum said, "With extensive
experience at every level of technology innovation, in Europe, the Pacific
Rim, and the United States, Dr. Connelly has consistently demonstrated
strategic thinking, innovation and superior technology management vital to
DuPont as well as to the chemical industry. For this important role, CDMA is
proud to present the award."
During the ceremony, Connelly was recognized for being instrumental in
leading the company toward products based on renewable resources. Under his
guidance, DuPont has built on its resident core strengths in polymer science,
chemistry, math, physics and engineering, while broadening its technology
scope by adding world-class capabilities in biology and information science.
This shift from the traditional petrochemical-based businesses is exemplified
by DuPont's collaborative development of the biological process for 1,3
propanediol which forms the basis for a family of new polymers, including
DuPont(TM) Sorona(R). Integration from crop science to final nutritional
products that consumers now know as Solae(R), through a joint venture between
DuPont and Bunge, is another example of how DuPont has been able to capitalize
on technology throughout the value chain.
"I am honored to receive the Award for Executive Excellence," Dr. Connelly
said. "It is a further demonstration that my peers and colleagues recognize
DuPont's efforts to create and deliver new innovations to the global
marketplace."
A chemical engineer and an economist, Dr. Connelly became senior vice
president and chief science and technology officer on Sept. 1, 2000, after
serving as vice president and general manager of DuPont Fluoroproducts. His
leadership has taken him across the company and around the world in positions
that included responsibility for products such as DuPont(TM) Kevlar(R) to
Delrin(R), and Geneva to Hong Kong.
Dr. Connelly graduated with highest honors from Princeton University with
degrees in chemical engineering and economics. As a Winston Churchill
Scholar, he received his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University
of Cambridge in 1977, and subsequently joined DuPont as a research engineer in
the Elastomer Chemicals Department based in Wilmington, Del.
Previous recipients of the Award for Executive Excellence include:
Madeleine Jacobs - CEO, American Chemical Society; Carl Jennings - BASF;
Raj Gupta - Rohm & Haas; Vince Calarco - Crompton Corp.; Hap Wagner -
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; Donald Rumsfeld - Searle; Hal Sorgenti - Arco;
and Al Giacco - Hercules.
For further information on the Award for Executive Excellence ceremony and
to find out more about the Commercial Development and Marketing Association,
go to: http://www.cdmaonline.org. To request a photo, or additional content
for publication, please email: Info@cdmaonline.org or call 215-564-3484.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts
science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better,
safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than
70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services
for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications,
safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.
The DuPont Oval, DuPont(TM), The miracles of science(TM), and Sorona(R),
Kevlar(R) and Delrin(R), are registered trademarks or trademarks of DuPont or
its affiliates.
Solae(R) is a registered trademark of Solae, LLC.
Insuring Strategic Development and Adequate ROI in Information Technology at the Fitech
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2005--marcus evans' 3rd annual Fitech Summit will be held from September 18-20, 2005 in New York City. The program is designed to meet the critical information technology needs of the finance industry and will provide a vital insight into effectively tackling the challenges of Maximizing Systems Utility, Cost Cutting, Operational Risk, Security Management, and Regulatory Compliance.
Since most companies' financial reporting and operations depend heavily on information technology, the Fitech Summit program delivers a great diversity of knowledge exchange opportunities geared to ensure each delegate is able to tailor a program most directly suited to their individual needs.
Key topics "Utilizing Information Technology to Sustain Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance," "Examining the Relationship Between Risk and Information Security" and "Can IP Telephony Systems Meet the Challenges of Corporate America?" will be addressed by industry pundits such as Jon Farrar, VP, Predictive Modeling Department, Union Bank of California; Lillibett Machado, VP, Corporate Business Continuity Manager of Amegy Bank of Texas and Sam DeKay, AVP, Information Security for Bank of New York.
The speaker line-up includes:
-- Joe Bernik, Head of Technology Risk Management, ABN Amro
-- Jim Nelms, Chief Information Security officer, The World Bank
-- James McGovern, Chief Architect, Hartford Financial Services
-- Kenneth Belva, Information Security Officer, Credit Industrial et Commercial
-- Scott Mc Gluan, CIO, Synovus Financial Corp.
-- Christopher Keegan, SVP, Information Risk Group Lead of Marsh Inc.
-- Sean Robinson, Business Continuity Officer, The World Bank
-- Roseann Mc Sorley, Director Business Continuity Mgmt Americas, Deutsche Bank
About marcus evans
marcus evans, one of the world's leading business information companies, is dedicated to the provision of global business intelligence and information to assist in strategic and effective decision-making. Established in 1983, the company's international network of offices creates major sector-focused events for business learning and networking opportunities across a variety of industries and professions.
Every year marcus evans produces more than 150 of the world's leading business and economic summits for senior-level decision makers. Held at locations around the world, these events provide attendees with a unique opportunity to individually tailor their schedules of keynote presentations, think tanks, seminars and one-on-one business meetings to provide an effective, highly focused interactive event.
For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.fitechsummit.com/ or http://www.marcusevans.com/
Contacts
marcus evans Modou Diagne, 246-431-5329Fax: 888-844-4901
financeevents@marcusevansbb.com
http://www.fitechsummit.com/
Since most companies' financial reporting and operations depend heavily on information technology, the Fitech Summit program delivers a great diversity of knowledge exchange opportunities geared to ensure each delegate is able to tailor a program most directly suited to their individual needs.
Key topics "Utilizing Information Technology to Sustain Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance," "Examining the Relationship Between Risk and Information Security" and "Can IP Telephony Systems Meet the Challenges of Corporate America?" will be addressed by industry pundits such as Jon Farrar, VP, Predictive Modeling Department, Union Bank of California; Lillibett Machado, VP, Corporate Business Continuity Manager of Amegy Bank of Texas and Sam DeKay, AVP, Information Security for Bank of New York.
The speaker line-up includes:
-- Joe Bernik, Head of Technology Risk Management, ABN Amro
-- Jim Nelms, Chief Information Security officer, The World Bank
-- James McGovern, Chief Architect, Hartford Financial Services
-- Kenneth Belva, Information Security Officer, Credit Industrial et Commercial
-- Scott Mc Gluan, CIO, Synovus Financial Corp.
-- Christopher Keegan, SVP, Information Risk Group Lead of Marsh Inc.
-- Sean Robinson, Business Continuity Officer, The World Bank
-- Roseann Mc Sorley, Director Business Continuity Mgmt Americas, Deutsche Bank
About marcus evans
marcus evans, one of the world's leading business information companies, is dedicated to the provision of global business intelligence and information to assist in strategic and effective decision-making. Established in 1983, the company's international network of offices creates major sector-focused events for business learning and networking opportunities across a variety of industries and professions.
Every year marcus evans produces more than 150 of the world's leading business and economic summits for senior-level decision makers. Held at locations around the world, these events provide attendees with a unique opportunity to individually tailor their schedules of keynote presentations, think tanks, seminars and one-on-one business meetings to provide an effective, highly focused interactive event.
For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.fitechsummit.com/ or http://www.marcusevans.com/
Contacts
marcus evans Modou Diagne, 246-431-5329Fax: 888-844-4901
financeevents@marcusevansbb.com
http://www.fitechsummit.com/
Bank to Spend Sh600m On Technology Upgrade
Equity Bank is to spend up to Sh600 million to upgrade its computer technology.
It has contracted three technology firms to provide solutions for its branch network, automated teller machine (ATM) rollouts and product diversification.
Infosys will provide the universal banking solution known as Finacle.
Hewlett Packard will offer data centre expertise and Oracle the database solutions.
To run the core banking software, Hewlett Packard will install what Equity calls a state-of-the-art data centre with enterprise systems capable of handling over 10,000 transactions a second.
This will include a comprehensive disaster recovery site focused on ensuring the integrity and availability of customer data.
"These installations will make us the first Kenyan Bank to install hard partition risk- based servers and blade server farms by embracing server consolidation and virtualisation principles," said Ken Mbwaya of Hewlett Packard East Africa. Oracle, for its part, will strengthen Equity's data security systems.
Infosys, a global software solutions and business consulting company, is listed on the technology-heavy stock market known in the US as Nasdaq, but based in Bangalore, India.
Providing details of the bank's technology project at the Serena Hotel yesterday, managing director James Mwangi said: "Our customers will enjoy, among other services, Internet banking, point-of-sale deposits, ATM services, true secure mobile banking, SMS alerts and greater customer- profiled products," said Mr Mwangi.
Relevant Links
East Africa ICT and Telecom Banking and Insurance Company News Kenya
"We are excited at this opportunity to provide a Kenyan bank with new generation technology to support its aggressive expansion plans," said Infosys' vice-president and head of global sales and marketing, Mr Merwin Fernandes.
Mr Mwangi added that Equity would continue to invest in new technologies to help drive its customer-based micro-finance sector.
It has contracted three technology firms to provide solutions for its branch network, automated teller machine (ATM) rollouts and product diversification.
Infosys will provide the universal banking solution known as Finacle.
Hewlett Packard will offer data centre expertise and Oracle the database solutions.
To run the core banking software, Hewlett Packard will install what Equity calls a state-of-the-art data centre with enterprise systems capable of handling over 10,000 transactions a second.
This will include a comprehensive disaster recovery site focused on ensuring the integrity and availability of customer data.
"These installations will make us the first Kenyan Bank to install hard partition risk- based servers and blade server farms by embracing server consolidation and virtualisation principles," said Ken Mbwaya of Hewlett Packard East Africa. Oracle, for its part, will strengthen Equity's data security systems.
Infosys, a global software solutions and business consulting company, is listed on the technology-heavy stock market known in the US as Nasdaq, but based in Bangalore, India.
Providing details of the bank's technology project at the Serena Hotel yesterday, managing director James Mwangi said: "Our customers will enjoy, among other services, Internet banking, point-of-sale deposits, ATM services, true secure mobile banking, SMS alerts and greater customer- profiled products," said Mr Mwangi.
Relevant Links
East Africa ICT and Telecom Banking and Insurance Company News Kenya
"We are excited at this opportunity to provide a Kenyan bank with new generation technology to support its aggressive expansion plans," said Infosys' vice-president and head of global sales and marketing, Mr Merwin Fernandes.
Mr Mwangi added that Equity would continue to invest in new technologies to help drive its customer-based micro-finance sector.
Macronix unveals 2-bit per cell NOR Flash technology
by Derek Sooman on Fri 10 Jun 2005, 11:38 AM
Macronix have developed a new technology which will allow a NOR Flash memory device to store twice the amount of data, and still keep the die within the dimensions of the product sizes we are used to. The 2-bit per cell approach employed makes use of a new nitride-based multiple bits per cell technology, which will help to keep costs down. Typically, silicon-based floating gate NOR Flash memory products can physically store only one bit of information in each cell. The firm's "NBit" technology, however, physically stores two bits of information in each cell: The nitride-based cell "traps" the charge on one side of the cell and the charge does not flow to the other side of the cell unlike floating gate cells. As a result, another charge can be stored physically on the other side of the cell providing two bits per cell. Programming of each bit is performed by hot electron injection, erase is performed by band to band tunneling, and read by the reverse read mechanism.
Macronix have developed a new technology which will allow a NOR Flash memory device to store twice the amount of data, and still keep the die within the dimensions of the product sizes we are used to. The 2-bit per cell approach employed makes use of a new nitride-based multiple bits per cell technology, which will help to keep costs down. Typically, silicon-based floating gate NOR Flash memory products can physically store only one bit of information in each cell. The firm's "NBit" technology, however, physically stores two bits of information in each cell: The nitride-based cell "traps" the charge on one side of the cell and the charge does not flow to the other side of the cell unlike floating gate cells. As a result, another charge can be stored physically on the other side of the cell providing two bits per cell. Programming of each bit is performed by hot electron injection, erase is performed by band to band tunneling, and read by the reverse read mechanism.
IBM expands open source hardware group
While Apple's departure leaves eyes distinctly dry
By Manek Dubash, Techworld
Power.org, a sui-disant open source organisation based around IBM's Power instruction set, has just expanded. It shows, said IBM, the health of the open source movement, this time in hardware not just software.
Eleven new members joined the 17-strong organisation which describes itself as "dedicated to accelerating collaborative innovation on the Power microprocessor technology". Among the innovations on show at the Barcelona conference where the new members were announced was a parallel processor architecture from small, 15-person start-up Rapport.
Rapport aims to harness large numbers of simple, parallel processors -- somewhat similar to the original 8088 PC chip, according to marketing VP Debby Hinds. Applications for such chips, dubbed Kilocore, include replacing large single or dual-core CPUs while generating much less heat because they run at a much lower clock speed. The kinds of tasks to which they might be put, said Hinds, include compute-intensive jobs for which massively parallel embedded processing is inherently suited, such as pattern recognition, VoIP and encryption.
Other companies present at the conference included Thales, which announced a new Power-based avionics system designed specifically for use in cutting-edge avionics development and military embedded applications.
Apple departure leaves dry eyes behindAmong the delegates Techworld spoke to, few seemed fazed by the departure, announced just 24 hours before, of one of the Power chip's most prominent - if not necessarily the most profitable - users: Apple. If anything, the attitude was that it made little difference, given that Apple's volumes are low, with just two percent of the PC market.
The stock market agreed, and IBM's shares barely shifted on the news. Big Blue makes chips for a range of other customers as well as its own servers. And with other customers such as Sony and Microsoft having selected IBM chips for the latest generation of Xbox, analysts do not expect too many tears to be shed when Apple finally folds its tent. Instead the tears, if any, look likely to be shed mainly by the Mac faithful who will end up funding Apple's third change of fundamental platform.
By Manek Dubash, Techworld
Power.org, a sui-disant open source organisation based around IBM's Power instruction set, has just expanded. It shows, said IBM, the health of the open source movement, this time in hardware not just software.
Eleven new members joined the 17-strong organisation which describes itself as "dedicated to accelerating collaborative innovation on the Power microprocessor technology". Among the innovations on show at the Barcelona conference where the new members were announced was a parallel processor architecture from small, 15-person start-up Rapport.
Rapport aims to harness large numbers of simple, parallel processors -- somewhat similar to the original 8088 PC chip, according to marketing VP Debby Hinds. Applications for such chips, dubbed Kilocore, include replacing large single or dual-core CPUs while generating much less heat because they run at a much lower clock speed. The kinds of tasks to which they might be put, said Hinds, include compute-intensive jobs for which massively parallel embedded processing is inherently suited, such as pattern recognition, VoIP and encryption.
Other companies present at the conference included Thales, which announced a new Power-based avionics system designed specifically for use in cutting-edge avionics development and military embedded applications.
Apple departure leaves dry eyes behindAmong the delegates Techworld spoke to, few seemed fazed by the departure, announced just 24 hours before, of one of the Power chip's most prominent - if not necessarily the most profitable - users: Apple. If anything, the attitude was that it made little difference, given that Apple's volumes are low, with just two percent of the PC market.
The stock market agreed, and IBM's shares barely shifted on the news. Big Blue makes chips for a range of other customers as well as its own servers. And with other customers such as Sony and Microsoft having selected IBM chips for the latest generation of Xbox, analysts do not expect too many tears to be shed when Apple finally folds its tent. Instead the tears, if any, look likely to be shed mainly by the Mac faithful who will end up funding Apple's third change of fundamental platform.
IBM's New Services WinsIBM reminds everyone that the best margins are in services; On Demand message absent
by Demir Barlas
IBM has signed three new services deals, with Danish telecommunications company TDC, Australian financial data and services provider Fiserv, and aluminum building product manufacturer YKK of Japan.
The Fiserv contract is worth $38 million. The value of the other deals was not disclosed, although it's a fair bet that, given the market's increasing distaste for high dollar, high risk deals, they are not massively different in scale than the Fiserv deal. One proof point, in the TDC instance, lies in the circumscribed nature of the deal and TDC's use of other service providers. "While TDC is using IBM to manage its ERP applications, it's keeping the management of its OSS/BSS applications internal, through the use of TDC Services. This is where Capgemini comes in, providing inexpensive labor to TDC Services," noted analyst Dominique Raviart of Ovum Senior Analyst at Ovum.
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But the monetary value of the deals isn't of sole importance here. More to the point, the deals serve as a reminder that, during a time in which IBM is getting squeezed in certain segments of middleware and hardware, the expertise and breadth of the company's services remains an irreplaceable and highly profitable (contrasted to, say, the personal computer business) part of the Big Blue mystique.
Previously, the services message was tied very closely to IBM's On Demand message but, in a fascinating omission given the amount of money and energy IBM has put into messaging, the phrase "on demand" did not seem to appear in any of IBM's press material surrounding the new deals.
IBM has signed three new services deals, with Danish telecommunications company TDC, Australian financial data and services provider Fiserv, and aluminum building product manufacturer YKK of Japan.
The Fiserv contract is worth $38 million. The value of the other deals was not disclosed, although it's a fair bet that, given the market's increasing distaste for high dollar, high risk deals, they are not massively different in scale than the Fiserv deal. One proof point, in the TDC instance, lies in the circumscribed nature of the deal and TDC's use of other service providers. "While TDC is using IBM to manage its ERP applications, it's keeping the management of its OSS/BSS applications internal, through the use of TDC Services. This is where Capgemini comes in, providing inexpensive labor to TDC Services," noted analyst Dominique Raviart of Ovum Senior Analyst at Ovum.
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But the monetary value of the deals isn't of sole importance here. More to the point, the deals serve as a reminder that, during a time in which IBM is getting squeezed in certain segments of middleware and hardware, the expertise and breadth of the company's services remains an irreplaceable and highly profitable (contrasted to, say, the personal computer business) part of the Big Blue mystique.
Previously, the services message was tied very closely to IBM's On Demand message but, in a fascinating omission given the amount of money and energy IBM has put into messaging, the phrase "on demand" did not seem to appear in any of IBM's press material surrounding the new deals.
IBM fights back after losing chip customer
New York's IBM is moving quickly to ensure strong sales of its Power processor in the wake of long-time customer Apple Computer's switch to Intel chips.
The California company's decision to switch from IBM to Intel chips was a blow to Big Blue, but the venerable computer giant responded with new specifications and software to make it easier to build computers using the forthcoming Power-based Cell processor that IBM, Toshiba and Sony developed.
IBM also announced it has new customers in medical imaging and in defense, said Nigel Beck, chairman of the Power.org consortium.
The company also went on the public relations offensive, arguing in a new section of its Web site that most growth in the processor market is taking place with servers, game consoles and mobile devices -- markets where Power is used -- not PCs.
Apple has been an IBM chip customer for more than 10 years.(UPI)
The California company's decision to switch from IBM to Intel chips was a blow to Big Blue, but the venerable computer giant responded with new specifications and software to make it easier to build computers using the forthcoming Power-based Cell processor that IBM, Toshiba and Sony developed.
IBM also announced it has new customers in medical imaging and in defense, said Nigel Beck, chairman of the Power.org consortium.
The company also went on the public relations offensive, arguing in a new section of its Web site that most growth in the processor market is taking place with servers, game consoles and mobile devices -- markets where Power is used -- not PCs.
Apple has been an IBM chip customer for more than 10 years.(UPI)
IBM debuts new top-end Intel server
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com,
IBM on Wednesday announced a new top end to its xSeries server family, a machine that accommodates as many as 32 of Intel's latest Xeon processors.
The x460 is built using IBM's x3 chipset, which permits four-processor modules with interconnecting cables to be stacked together into a larger system. That technique means customers buying a system they might want to expand later don't have to pay for a large chassis with just a few processors.
The machines use Intel's newest Xeon MP processor, code-named Potomac, which is geared for multiprocessor servers. It's the first such model that includes 64-bit features to easily accommodate more than 4GB of memory, and servers built for it will be able to accept a successor scheduled to arrive in early 2006 that has dual-processing engines called cores.
First versions of the x460, with either four or eight processors, will be generally available June 17, said Jay Bretzmann, a director in IBM's xSeries high-performance division. A machine with eight 3.33GHz Xeon MP processors will have a price of $72,182. In July, customers will be able to link more of the 5.25-inch-tall cabinets together to make machines with as many as 32 processors.
IBM's approach to the Intel server market changed in 1998, when Big Blue began work on in-house chipsets--the supporting chips that link processors to one another and to other computer subsystems. The x460 uses IBM's third-generation chipset for Intel servers, called the x3.
Big Blue's strategy mirrors that of competitor Sun Microsystems, which is designing high-end servers that use a rival x86 processor: Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron. The two leaders of the x86 server market, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, both have backed away from plans for higher-end x86 servers and sell only models with four processor sockets.
But IBM believes Intel, not AMD, is the best way to go for high-end servers.
"We continue to evaluate whether that makes sense," Bretzmann said of IBM's Opteron evaluation. "But in the commercial space, all we would really do is confuse the sales force and maybe suboptimize our investment. We think we've made the right bet with the Intel architecture. It's the most validated, the most reliable, and customers accept it."
Opteron has put Intel on the defensive, though. "Intel's 64-bit Xeon processors hoed a fairly tough row in a market where AMD's first-to-market Opteron processors set the pace," Pund-IT analyst Charles King said in a report on Wednesday. Opteron chips introduced 64-bit support to the x86 market in 2003, and dual-core models are available today.
IBM sells dual-processor Opteron servers for high-performance computing tasks. An Opteron blade server, the LS20, is scheduled to become available later this month.
The x460 is a big brother to the four-processor x366 introduced in February.
The last top-end model, called the x445, packed processors more densely--as many as eight in a 7-inch-high cabinet. The newer model takes up more space, with four processors in a 5.25-inch high cabinet, because IBM had to accommodate the heat thrown off by the dual-core Xeon processors to come, Bretzmann said.
IBM initially said the x445 would work in 32-processor configurations, but the company only advised its use with 16 processors because of the 64GB memory limit, Bretzmann said. With the 64-bit Xeon chips, the x460 can handle as much as 512GB of memory.
The x460 works with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9, and server versions of Microsoft Windows. Support for the newer RHEL 4 is scheduled for the third quarter of the year.
IBM on Wednesday announced a new top end to its xSeries server family, a machine that accommodates as many as 32 of Intel's latest Xeon processors.
The x460 is built using IBM's x3 chipset, which permits four-processor modules with interconnecting cables to be stacked together into a larger system. That technique means customers buying a system they might want to expand later don't have to pay for a large chassis with just a few processors.
The machines use Intel's newest Xeon MP processor, code-named Potomac, which is geared for multiprocessor servers. It's the first such model that includes 64-bit features to easily accommodate more than 4GB of memory, and servers built for it will be able to accept a successor scheduled to arrive in early 2006 that has dual-processing engines called cores.
First versions of the x460, with either four or eight processors, will be generally available June 17, said Jay Bretzmann, a director in IBM's xSeries high-performance division. A machine with eight 3.33GHz Xeon MP processors will have a price of $72,182. In July, customers will be able to link more of the 5.25-inch-tall cabinets together to make machines with as many as 32 processors.
IBM's approach to the Intel server market changed in 1998, when Big Blue began work on in-house chipsets--the supporting chips that link processors to one another and to other computer subsystems. The x460 uses IBM's third-generation chipset for Intel servers, called the x3.
Big Blue's strategy mirrors that of competitor Sun Microsystems, which is designing high-end servers that use a rival x86 processor: Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron. The two leaders of the x86 server market, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, both have backed away from plans for higher-end x86 servers and sell only models with four processor sockets.
But IBM believes Intel, not AMD, is the best way to go for high-end servers.
"We continue to evaluate whether that makes sense," Bretzmann said of IBM's Opteron evaluation. "But in the commercial space, all we would really do is confuse the sales force and maybe suboptimize our investment. We think we've made the right bet with the Intel architecture. It's the most validated, the most reliable, and customers accept it."
Opteron has put Intel on the defensive, though. "Intel's 64-bit Xeon processors hoed a fairly tough row in a market where AMD's first-to-market Opteron processors set the pace," Pund-IT analyst Charles King said in a report on Wednesday. Opteron chips introduced 64-bit support to the x86 market in 2003, and dual-core models are available today.
IBM sells dual-processor Opteron servers for high-performance computing tasks. An Opteron blade server, the LS20, is scheduled to become available later this month.
The x460 is a big brother to the four-processor x366 introduced in February.
The last top-end model, called the x445, packed processors more densely--as many as eight in a 7-inch-high cabinet. The newer model takes up more space, with four processors in a 5.25-inch high cabinet, because IBM had to accommodate the heat thrown off by the dual-core Xeon processors to come, Bretzmann said.
IBM initially said the x445 would work in 32-processor configurations, but the company only advised its use with 16 processors because of the 64GB memory limit, Bretzmann said. With the 64-bit Xeon chips, the x460 can handle as much as 512GB of memory.
The x460 works with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9, and server versions of Microsoft Windows. Support for the newer RHEL 4 is scheduled for the third quarter of the year.
Tivoli Database Delivers IBM Middleware
VARs will soon have less to wrestle with when trying to bring IBM's Tivoli, Rational, WebSphere and DB2 middleware in concert with one another.By Dan Neel CRN
VARs will soon have less to wrestle with when trying to bring IBM's Tivoli, Rational, WebSphere and DB2 middleware in concert with one another.
Scheduled for availability later this year, IBM's Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) will advance IBM's efforts toward autonomic computing by offering tighter integration among Tivoli, Rational, WebSphere and DB2, said Bob Madey, vice president of strategic marketing management at Tivoli, an IBM business unit based in Austin, Texas. Wizardike "tool mentors" within CCMDB will also help VARs consult on and implement customer deployments along IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices, he said.
One significant improvement is that task-level automation has been taken up a notch, providing a way to automatically communicate an application change across all related databases. By doing so, CCMDB will better orchestrate large IT networks through increased awareness of application changes, said Madey.
"CCMDB is a very strong piece of the autonomic computing puzzle," said Madey. "It integrates the separate silos of IT expertise by alerting everyone involved in an application of a change."
Without CCMDB, Michael Roy, president of Blue World Information Technology, a security-centric IBM VAR in Seattle, said he has been having to "build WebSphere Business Integration hooks into Tivoli software" on his own. With CCMDB, Roy said he expects to save time and reduce complexity, with very little risk, adding "[CCMDB is] all based on proven elements, not a new gamble."
"In the past, the framework that was the basis for much of the monitoring software in Tivoli was tough to implement, but that's being replaced as well. That's another excellent improvement," said Roy.
From the customer perspective, CCMDB will improve interdepartmental communication, increase organizational productivity, extend application life spans and help keep organizations within their compliance guidelines, said Madey.
To help stage a CCMDB deployment, IBM will roll out platform implementation tools called Tivoli Process Managers, said Madey. These systems will offer modeling environments that resellers can use in consultation with customers to determine the most efficient way to structure and outfit a CCMDB setup.
"If you are going to execute a certain process, like release management, [Process Managers] say, 'Here is the process, and here are the point products you need,' " said Madey. "Then once the modeling is done, it exports the plan out of the modeler into the process choreographer in the CCMDB."
The Process Managers can act as templates for ITIL deployments, but what's more important is how much time they can save a VAR in deploying an efficient Tivoli framework, said Blue World's Roy. "IBM is unique in that they are leveraging other leading WebSphere tools, including the WebSphere Business Integration elements and Rational ClearCase, as a repository for models. The overall approach is quick to set up," he said.
"We are looking at it this way: We build solutions based on elements of several of the IBM middleware pillars: Tivoli, WebSphere, Rational, etc. If existing processes can at least be defined and then optimized, that's an excellent starting point. It's a simpler migration into the platform that Tivoli is preparing," he said.
Pricing for CCMDB will be announced when the product nears availability later this year, said Madey.
VARs will soon have less to wrestle with when trying to bring IBM's Tivoli, Rational, WebSphere and DB2 middleware in concert with one another.
Scheduled for availability later this year, IBM's Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) will advance IBM's efforts toward autonomic computing by offering tighter integration among Tivoli, Rational, WebSphere and DB2, said Bob Madey, vice president of strategic marketing management at Tivoli, an IBM business unit based in Austin, Texas. Wizardike "tool mentors" within CCMDB will also help VARs consult on and implement customer deployments along IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices, he said.
One significant improvement is that task-level automation has been taken up a notch, providing a way to automatically communicate an application change across all related databases. By doing so, CCMDB will better orchestrate large IT networks through increased awareness of application changes, said Madey.
"CCMDB is a very strong piece of the autonomic computing puzzle," said Madey. "It integrates the separate silos of IT expertise by alerting everyone involved in an application of a change."
Without CCMDB, Michael Roy, president of Blue World Information Technology, a security-centric IBM VAR in Seattle, said he has been having to "build WebSphere Business Integration hooks into Tivoli software" on his own. With CCMDB, Roy said he expects to save time and reduce complexity, with very little risk, adding "[CCMDB is] all based on proven elements, not a new gamble."
"In the past, the framework that was the basis for much of the monitoring software in Tivoli was tough to implement, but that's being replaced as well. That's another excellent improvement," said Roy.
From the customer perspective, CCMDB will improve interdepartmental communication, increase organizational productivity, extend application life spans and help keep organizations within their compliance guidelines, said Madey.
To help stage a CCMDB deployment, IBM will roll out platform implementation tools called Tivoli Process Managers, said Madey. These systems will offer modeling environments that resellers can use in consultation with customers to determine the most efficient way to structure and outfit a CCMDB setup.
"If you are going to execute a certain process, like release management, [Process Managers] say, 'Here is the process, and here are the point products you need,' " said Madey. "Then once the modeling is done, it exports the plan out of the modeler into the process choreographer in the CCMDB."
The Process Managers can act as templates for ITIL deployments, but what's more important is how much time they can save a VAR in deploying an efficient Tivoli framework, said Blue World's Roy. "IBM is unique in that they are leveraging other leading WebSphere tools, including the WebSphere Business Integration elements and Rational ClearCase, as a repository for models. The overall approach is quick to set up," he said.
"We are looking at it this way: We build solutions based on elements of several of the IBM middleware pillars: Tivoli, WebSphere, Rational, etc. If existing processes can at least be defined and then optimized, that's an excellent starting point. It's a simpler migration into the platform that Tivoli is preparing," he said.
Pricing for CCMDB will be announced when the product nears availability later this year, said Madey.
IBM To Add Blade Servers To Deal Registration Plan
IBM is preparing to add xSeries blade servers to its deal registration program, but some partners worry that the strategy may not be well-suited to the volatile blade market.
Adding blades to what IBM calls its "bid certification" program may protect solution providers' margins, but the process can take too long, said Joe Vaught, COO of PCPC, an IBM business partner in Houston.
"Is bid certification good for blades? Yes, it is, and no, it's not," Vaught said. He said certification could eliminate last-minute swooping of deals by large national product resellers. But he said it can take several days to certify a deal, which works for pSeries deals, but may not work as well in the fast-moving industry standard server market.
"Several days is forever [with] the xSeries," he said. "If you're slow [at closing the deal], it gets all over the world [to competitors]."
Nevertheless, IBM is moving to extend its bid certification beyond pSeries, iSeries and high-end xSeries servers to blades.
"We are looking at expanding bid certification for blades," confirmed Towney Kennard, vice president of IBM Business Partners, Americas. "Where our partners are going after incremental blade business against Unix boxes, that's a little heavier lifting. What they tell us is that they don't want to go in and do the heavy lifting and not be protected for their efforts."
Bid certification is designed to preserve margins for the partners that develop business opportunities by locking out aggressive 11th hour bids from other IBM solution providers. Under the program, a partner first registers an opportunity, then submits documentation proving that his or her company actually generated demand for the IBM solution. The certified partner then is the only one that receives the full discount for the product, effectively locking out low-margin bids from other solution providers.
But IBM business partners point out that a blade deal in an account could take months to develop. And once the initial Blade Centers are installed, the customer populates the chassis with individual blade servers over time as needed. Because of this, while the initial deal would be protected under the current bid certification plan, the back-end blade server business still would be vulnerable to commodity competitors.
"This is a major issue for us," said Bill Larsen, CEO of Computech Resources, an IBM partner in Green Bay, Wis. "In trying to convert customers into an enterprise-level [blade] deal, sometimes that's a year or two effort, and after that, it's a commodity and the customer just orders it from CDW."
Larsen said he would like to see some time extension attached to blade deals that would protect him beyond the initial sale. Rollout for a large deal could take six months or a year, he said. "If it's [bid certification] on every little deal, it creates an administrative nightmare for us."
Kennard, meanwhile, said IBM is sensitive to the add-on issue in blade server projects and is looking fora solution before extending bid certification to blades. "Once you're certified and win one of these [deals], for a set of upgrades and additions, you'll be protected for a period of time," he said. "We haven't decided whether it will be 60, 90 or 180 days, but it will be something like that."
Business partners said adding time to the blade certification will help but won't solve all problems. "If I close the deal, there are going to be some add-ons and growth,[so] I think it's fair to give me 90 days or some kind of lock on my costs," Vaught said.
Figuring out how to protect business partner margins in the blade market is a critical issue for IBM because of the explosive growth in blade servers. IDC reported the worldwide blade server shipments grew more than 68 percent in the first quarter of 2005 compared with the first quarter of 2004.
Adding blades to what IBM calls its "bid certification" program may protect solution providers' margins, but the process can take too long, said Joe Vaught, COO of PCPC, an IBM business partner in Houston.
"Is bid certification good for blades? Yes, it is, and no, it's not," Vaught said. He said certification could eliminate last-minute swooping of deals by large national product resellers. But he said it can take several days to certify a deal, which works for pSeries deals, but may not work as well in the fast-moving industry standard server market.
"Several days is forever [with] the xSeries," he said. "If you're slow [at closing the deal], it gets all over the world [to competitors]."
Nevertheless, IBM is moving to extend its bid certification beyond pSeries, iSeries and high-end xSeries servers to blades.
"We are looking at expanding bid certification for blades," confirmed Towney Kennard, vice president of IBM Business Partners, Americas. "Where our partners are going after incremental blade business against Unix boxes, that's a little heavier lifting. What they tell us is that they don't want to go in and do the heavy lifting and not be protected for their efforts."
Bid certification is designed to preserve margins for the partners that develop business opportunities by locking out aggressive 11th hour bids from other IBM solution providers. Under the program, a partner first registers an opportunity, then submits documentation proving that his or her company actually generated demand for the IBM solution. The certified partner then is the only one that receives the full discount for the product, effectively locking out low-margin bids from other solution providers.
But IBM business partners point out that a blade deal in an account could take months to develop. And once the initial Blade Centers are installed, the customer populates the chassis with individual blade servers over time as needed. Because of this, while the initial deal would be protected under the current bid certification plan, the back-end blade server business still would be vulnerable to commodity competitors.
"This is a major issue for us," said Bill Larsen, CEO of Computech Resources, an IBM partner in Green Bay, Wis. "In trying to convert customers into an enterprise-level [blade] deal, sometimes that's a year or two effort, and after that, it's a commodity and the customer just orders it from CDW."
Larsen said he would like to see some time extension attached to blade deals that would protect him beyond the initial sale. Rollout for a large deal could take six months or a year, he said. "If it's [bid certification] on every little deal, it creates an administrative nightmare for us."
Kennard, meanwhile, said IBM is sensitive to the add-on issue in blade server projects and is looking fora solution before extending bid certification to blades. "Once you're certified and win one of these [deals], for a set of upgrades and additions, you'll be protected for a period of time," he said. "We haven't decided whether it will be 60, 90 or 180 days, but it will be something like that."
Business partners said adding time to the blade certification will help but won't solve all problems. "If I close the deal, there are going to be some add-ons and growth,[so] I think it's fair to give me 90 days or some kind of lock on my costs," Vaught said.
Figuring out how to protect business partner margins in the blade market is a critical issue for IBM because of the explosive growth in blade servers. IDC reported the worldwide blade server shipments grew more than 68 percent in the first quarter of 2005 compared with the first quarter of 2004.
IBM's Chip Shift Will Blunt Apple Effect
IBM's Chip Shift Will Blunt Apple EffectJune 10, 2005 10:52AM "Despite the potential customer loss, IBM's ramp of video game business over the next year will likely far exceed the loss of Apple business," Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don't be surprised if you achieve your business goals sooner. Introducing PlanView Enterprise. You can now align IT with your business strategies, elevate your company's IT performance and increase enterprise-wide visibility. For details, visit www.planview.com/enterprise --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Apple Computer Inc.'s decision to use PC chips made by Intel Corp. may not have as great an impact on current chip supplier IBM as some investors might suppose at first glance. That's because IBM has been shifting its emphasis in recent years away from PC chips to those used to power other types of devices, especially video game players, several analysts wrote Monday. IBM is supplying the microprocessors that will act as the brains for the next generation of best-selling video game consoles, including Microsoft's Xbox 360 , Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution. Even though the average selling prices of those chips are estimated to be lower than those sold to Apple, the volume of shipments should more than exceed the loss of business to Apple, according to reports from both Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank Securities. "Despite the potential customer loss, IBM's ramp of video game business over the next year will likely far exceed the loss of Apple business," Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore said. Deutsche Bank estimates IBM will sell its gaming chips for about US$100 on average. It sells its chip to Apple for roughly $150 on average. The news that Apple is dumping IBM as its PC-chip supplier after more than a decade comes just six months after IBM sold its own PC unit, which struggled to make a profit, to Chinese rival Lenovo. To be sure, sales at IBM's semiconductor unit won't be helped by comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that his company judged the performance of Intel's chips as superior to IBM's. IBM's chip unit was expected to generate $300 million in sales, or 13 percent of its revenue, from sales of Apple chips, up from $248 million, or 12 percent of chip sales, in 2004. Still, its chip sales to Apple contribute less than 1 percent of IBM's total revenue of $99 billion, suggesting the financial impact of Apple's decision will be minimal. "The headline risk is greater than the actual risk," wrote Goldman Sachs analyst Laura Conigliaro, who left her profit estimates for IBM this year unchanged. © 2005 AFX News Ltd. All rights reserved.© 2005 NewsFactor Network.
What's Really Behind the Apple-Intel Alliance
Tony Avelar/Reuters
Apple's chief, Steven P. Jobs, announcing his company's move to Intel processors and the end of a 14-year relationship with I.B.M. The switch could help Apple in the market for digital entertainment equipment.
By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: June 11, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 - Nearly a quarter-century ago, Apple Computer ran a snarky ad after its onetime rival encroached on its territory: "Welcome, I.B.M. Seriously." This week, however, Steven P. Jobs had a different message for Big Blue, which had since become a chief ally: "Goodbye. Seriously."
Mr. Jobs, 50, a co-founder of Apple, is famously brash and mercurial. Even so, the Apple faithful - not to mention I.B.M. itself - were caught by surprise by Apple's decision to end its 14-year relationship with I.B.M. and team with Intel for its computer chip needs.
The buzz that began Monday among developers, bloggers, analysts and Apple followers trying to guess Mr. Jobs' true designs has not let up. After all, Mr. Jobs is a legend in no small part because he defied the monster combination that is Wintel - as the digerati call the Windows and Intel alliance - and lived to talk about it.
Apple's decision in the 1980's to use a different chip from the one put in most personal computers "fit in with the idea of Think Different," Stephen G. Wozniak, who founded Apple with Mr. Jobs in 1976, said in an e-mail exchange. "So it's hard for some people to accept this switch."
So what could a Macintel possibly hope to accomplish?
Potentially, quite a lot. In striking the deal, Mr. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, has opened a range of tantalizing new options for his quirky company.
Many people in the industry believe that Mr. Jobs is racing quietly toward a direct challenge to Microsoft and Sony in the market for digital entertainment gear for the living room. Indeed, Sony's top executives had tried to persuade Mr. Jobs to adopt a chip that I.B.M. has been developing for the next-generation Sony PlayStation.
An Intel processor inside a Macintosh could put the vast library of Windows-based games and software programs within the reach of Mac users - at least those who are willing to run a second operating system on their computers.
Moreover, having Intel Inside might solve an important perception problem that has long plagued Apple in its effort to convert consumers who are attracted to the company's industrial design, but who have stayed away because the computers do not run Windows programs.
There is an immediate risk in the tie-up with Intel, however: Mr. Jobs could soon find himself trapped if his best customers stop buying I.B.M.-based Macintoshes while they wait for more powerful Intel-based systems, which are likely to begin arriving in January 2006.
"There is going to be a long wait," said Mark D. Stahlman, a Wall Street analyst at Caris & Company. The power-conserving 64-bit Intel chips that Apple is counting on to rejuvenate its laptop products will not be available until early 2007, he pointed out.
In an interview, Mr. Jobs rejected the notion that Apple might suffer from what is known as the "Osborne Effect," a term that describes the fate of the computer pioneer Adam Osborne whose firm went bankrupt when he announced a successor to his pioneering portable computer before it was available.
At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Mr. Jobs talked of a transition that would appear almost seamless to customers. "As we look ahead we can envision some amazing products we want to build for you and we don't know how to build them with the future PowerPC road map," he said.
Nothing was seamless about how the deal with Intel came together.
Several executives close to the last-minute dealings between Apple and I.B.M. said that Mr. Jobs waited until the last moment - 3 p.m. on Friday, June 4 - to inform Big Blue. Those executives said that I.B.M. had learned about Apple's negotiations with Intel from news reports and that Apple had not returned phone calls in recent weeks.
Each side disputes what led to the breakup. People close to I.B.M. said pricing was a central issue, while Mr. Jobs insisted on stage Monday that I.B.M. had failed to meet promised performance measures.
On stage, Mr. Jobs noted that he had promised both a 3-gigahertz Macintosh as well as a more powerful PowerPC-based portable computer, promises that he had not been able to deliver.
In the end, Mr. Jobs was given no choice but to move his business to Intel, when I.B.M. executives said that without additional Apple investment they were unwilling to pursue the faster and lower-power chips he badly needs for his laptop business.
"Technical issues were secondary to the business issues," said an executive close to the I.B.M. side of the negotiations. Because the business was not profitable, I.B.M. "decided not to continue to go ahead with the product road map."
Apple's chief, Steven P. Jobs, announcing his company's move to Intel processors and the end of a 14-year relationship with I.B.M. The switch could help Apple in the market for digital entertainment equipment.
By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: June 11, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 - Nearly a quarter-century ago, Apple Computer ran a snarky ad after its onetime rival encroached on its territory: "Welcome, I.B.M. Seriously." This week, however, Steven P. Jobs had a different message for Big Blue, which had since become a chief ally: "Goodbye. Seriously."
Mr. Jobs, 50, a co-founder of Apple, is famously brash and mercurial. Even so, the Apple faithful - not to mention I.B.M. itself - were caught by surprise by Apple's decision to end its 14-year relationship with I.B.M. and team with Intel for its computer chip needs.
The buzz that began Monday among developers, bloggers, analysts and Apple followers trying to guess Mr. Jobs' true designs has not let up. After all, Mr. Jobs is a legend in no small part because he defied the monster combination that is Wintel - as the digerati call the Windows and Intel alliance - and lived to talk about it.
Apple's decision in the 1980's to use a different chip from the one put in most personal computers "fit in with the idea of Think Different," Stephen G. Wozniak, who founded Apple with Mr. Jobs in 1976, said in an e-mail exchange. "So it's hard for some people to accept this switch."
So what could a Macintel possibly hope to accomplish?
Potentially, quite a lot. In striking the deal, Mr. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, has opened a range of tantalizing new options for his quirky company.
Many people in the industry believe that Mr. Jobs is racing quietly toward a direct challenge to Microsoft and Sony in the market for digital entertainment gear for the living room. Indeed, Sony's top executives had tried to persuade Mr. Jobs to adopt a chip that I.B.M. has been developing for the next-generation Sony PlayStation.
An Intel processor inside a Macintosh could put the vast library of Windows-based games and software programs within the reach of Mac users - at least those who are willing to run a second operating system on their computers.
Moreover, having Intel Inside might solve an important perception problem that has long plagued Apple in its effort to convert consumers who are attracted to the company's industrial design, but who have stayed away because the computers do not run Windows programs.
There is an immediate risk in the tie-up with Intel, however: Mr. Jobs could soon find himself trapped if his best customers stop buying I.B.M.-based Macintoshes while they wait for more powerful Intel-based systems, which are likely to begin arriving in January 2006.
"There is going to be a long wait," said Mark D. Stahlman, a Wall Street analyst at Caris & Company. The power-conserving 64-bit Intel chips that Apple is counting on to rejuvenate its laptop products will not be available until early 2007, he pointed out.
In an interview, Mr. Jobs rejected the notion that Apple might suffer from what is known as the "Osborne Effect," a term that describes the fate of the computer pioneer Adam Osborne whose firm went bankrupt when he announced a successor to his pioneering portable computer before it was available.
At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Mr. Jobs talked of a transition that would appear almost seamless to customers. "As we look ahead we can envision some amazing products we want to build for you and we don't know how to build them with the future PowerPC road map," he said.
Nothing was seamless about how the deal with Intel came together.
Several executives close to the last-minute dealings between Apple and I.B.M. said that Mr. Jobs waited until the last moment - 3 p.m. on Friday, June 4 - to inform Big Blue. Those executives said that I.B.M. had learned about Apple's negotiations with Intel from news reports and that Apple had not returned phone calls in recent weeks.
Each side disputes what led to the breakup. People close to I.B.M. said pricing was a central issue, while Mr. Jobs insisted on stage Monday that I.B.M. had failed to meet promised performance measures.
On stage, Mr. Jobs noted that he had promised both a 3-gigahertz Macintosh as well as a more powerful PowerPC-based portable computer, promises that he had not been able to deliver.
In the end, Mr. Jobs was given no choice but to move his business to Intel, when I.B.M. executives said that without additional Apple investment they were unwilling to pursue the faster and lower-power chips he badly needs for his laptop business.
"Technical issues were secondary to the business issues," said an executive close to the I.B.M. side of the negotiations. Because the business was not profitable, I.B.M. "decided not to continue to go ahead with the product road map."
Nasa's shot at comet's secrets
By David Adam, Science correspondent
(Guardian News Service)
NASA scientists are preparing the ultimate Independence Day firework - a copper missile shot into the heart of a giant comet.
After a voyage of more than six months and 268m miles, the Deep Impact spacecraft will intercept the 2.5-mile wide (4km) Tempel-1 comet travelling at 23,000mph and fire a one-metre copper projectile into it.
Astronomers hope the explosive encounter on July 4 will smash a hole in the comet's icy exterior and show what lies inside.
Michael A'Hearn, chief scientist on the project, said: ``The last 24 hours of the impactor's life should provide the most spectacular data in the history of cometary science. We know so little about the structure of cometary nuclei that almost every moment we expect to learn something.''
Scientists think the core of comets are made of primordial material left over during the formation of the solar system more than 4bn years ago.
Cameras on the projectile and the Deep Impact mothership will record the collision and sensors will analyse material dug out of the comet's interior and beam the data to Earth.
``We will be capturing the whole thing on the most powerful camera to fly in deep space,'' said Dr A'Hearn.
Nobody knows how hard the comet's outer layers are, or the size of the resulting impact crater. It could produce anything from a small dent to a cavern big enough to house the Roman Colosseum.
Tempel-1 is hurtling through space at about 6.3 miles per second. Two hours before impact, the impactor will be instructed to steer itself into the comet's path using automatic navigation. The project manager, Rick Grammier, said: ``The autonav is like we have a little astronaut on board.
It has to navigate and fire thrusters three times to steer the wine cask-sized impactor into the mountain-sized comet nucleus closing at 23,000mph. We are threading the needle with this one.''
The mission is named after the 1998 Hollywood film when astronauts try to stop a massive comet on a collision course with Earth. But Nasa insists its act of celestial vandalism will do nothing to deflect Tempel-1 from its five-year orbit around the sun. ``This is the equivalent of a 767 airliner running into a mosquito," said Don Yeomans, a scientist on the project.
Another craft went through the coma (head) of another comet, Wild-2, in January, and will bring samples back to Earth in 2006. Another craft, Rosetta, was launched this year to land on a comet in 2014.
But Deep Impact will be the first to send back data from such a meeting. Comets delivered water for the Earth's oceans, and they carry complex organic molecules that may have played a role in triggering life on Earth.
(Guardian News Service)
NASA scientists are preparing the ultimate Independence Day firework - a copper missile shot into the heart of a giant comet.
After a voyage of more than six months and 268m miles, the Deep Impact spacecraft will intercept the 2.5-mile wide (4km) Tempel-1 comet travelling at 23,000mph and fire a one-metre copper projectile into it.
Astronomers hope the explosive encounter on July 4 will smash a hole in the comet's icy exterior and show what lies inside.
Michael A'Hearn, chief scientist on the project, said: ``The last 24 hours of the impactor's life should provide the most spectacular data in the history of cometary science. We know so little about the structure of cometary nuclei that almost every moment we expect to learn something.''
Scientists think the core of comets are made of primordial material left over during the formation of the solar system more than 4bn years ago.
Cameras on the projectile and the Deep Impact mothership will record the collision and sensors will analyse material dug out of the comet's interior and beam the data to Earth.
``We will be capturing the whole thing on the most powerful camera to fly in deep space,'' said Dr A'Hearn.
Nobody knows how hard the comet's outer layers are, or the size of the resulting impact crater. It could produce anything from a small dent to a cavern big enough to house the Roman Colosseum.
Tempel-1 is hurtling through space at about 6.3 miles per second. Two hours before impact, the impactor will be instructed to steer itself into the comet's path using automatic navigation. The project manager, Rick Grammier, said: ``The autonav is like we have a little astronaut on board.
It has to navigate and fire thrusters three times to steer the wine cask-sized impactor into the mountain-sized comet nucleus closing at 23,000mph. We are threading the needle with this one.''
The mission is named after the 1998 Hollywood film when astronauts try to stop a massive comet on a collision course with Earth. But Nasa insists its act of celestial vandalism will do nothing to deflect Tempel-1 from its five-year orbit around the sun. ``This is the equivalent of a 767 airliner running into a mosquito," said Don Yeomans, a scientist on the project.
Another craft went through the coma (head) of another comet, Wild-2, in January, and will bring samples back to Earth in 2006. Another craft, Rosetta, was launched this year to land on a comet in 2014.
But Deep Impact will be the first to send back data from such a meeting. Comets delivered water for the Earth's oceans, and they carry complex organic molecules that may have played a role in triggering life on Earth.
Beware Of The Jackson Suicide Virus
Europe Daylight Time A word to the wise: be warned that you could receive the now infamous Jackson suicide virus in your email...
A word to the wise: be warned that you could receive the now infamous Jackson suicide virus in your email. And, no, despite what you might think, the Michael Jackson suicide virus doesn't encourage you to click on a link where it plays Jackson's last CD — causing you to commit suicide. Sophos reports it does this: Experts at SophosLabsâ„¢, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis centers, have warned of a spam campaign that claims that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide in an attempt to lure innocent computer users into being infected by a Trojan horse. The message, if you are dumb enough mistakenly open it is this: Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt Message text: Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt. They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.
A word to the wise: be warned that you could receive the now infamous Jackson suicide virus in your email. And, no, despite what you might think, the Michael Jackson suicide virus doesn't encourage you to click on a link where it plays Jackson's last CD — causing you to commit suicide. Sophos reports it does this: Experts at SophosLabsâ„¢, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis centers, have warned of a spam campaign that claims that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide in an attempt to lure innocent computer users into being infected by a Trojan horse. The message, if you are dumb enough mistakenly open it is this: Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt Message text: Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt. They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins.
Microsoft to release a bunch of security patches coming Tuesday
Microsoft to release a bunch of security patches coming Tuesday
The second Tuesday of the month is coming and as usual, we would see Microsoft releasing their latest updates to the various applications from their stables. The company announced on Thursday that some crucial fixes are coming up this coming Tuesday and users are advised to download them to keep their online working environment safe.
The company would be releasing as many as 10 security bulletins to fix flaws in their applications as it covers a range of software releases. Some critical patches are for the Operating System Windows XP itself, which is the most used Operating System in the world today. However, they will not be releasing any high-priority updates that do not cover security issues through its Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, or Software Update Services.
Some of the applications to be fixed by these updates are Windows Services for Unix, Microsoft Exchange, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) server and Small Business Server (SBS). The company would also be webcasting details about these security vulnerabilities and their fixes on Wednesday. Also due is an update to their beta Anti-Spyware application.
The second Tuesday of the month is coming and as usual, we would see Microsoft releasing their latest updates to the various applications from their stables. The company announced on Thursday that some crucial fixes are coming up this coming Tuesday and users are advised to download them to keep their online working environment safe.
The company would be releasing as many as 10 security bulletins to fix flaws in their applications as it covers a range of software releases. Some critical patches are for the Operating System Windows XP itself, which is the most used Operating System in the world today. However, they will not be releasing any high-priority updates that do not cover security issues through its Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, or Software Update Services.
Some of the applications to be fixed by these updates are Windows Services for Unix, Microsoft Exchange, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) server and Small Business Server (SBS). The company would also be webcasting details about these security vulnerabilities and their fixes on Wednesday. Also due is an update to their beta Anti-Spyware application.
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