CA planea comprar Wily Technology, empresa que provee aplicaciones de almacenamiento. CA integraría a dicha empresa como una división, junto con su unidad de Sistemas de Almacenamiento Empresarial. CA pagará 375 millones de dólares en efectivo para cerrar este trato.
Las aplicaciones de software de Wily están diseñadas para detectar y diagnosticar fallas y retrasos en aplicaciones. Utilizando esta tecnología, CA planea ofrecer productos integrados a los 30 días del cierre de la transacción, la cual se espera que concluya durante los siguientes tres meses.
John Swainson, ejecutivo de CA, mencionó que, con esta adquisición, CA será la única compañía que dirigirá la administración de aplicaciones, los activos de TI y los usuarios a través de todo el software y hardware.
Por: Staff High Tech Editores
Friday, January 06, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Qualcomm to conduct FLO technology demonstration with Samsung and LGE
Qualcomm, a US developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other wireless technologies, announced that the company will conduct a live over-the-air demonstration of FLO Technology with Samsung Electronics at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006 this month in Las Vegas.
Qualcomm will also demonstrate FLO technology on 3G handsets with LG Electronics Mobile Comm at the same event. FLO Technology, a multicast innovation and key component of Qualcomm's Media FLO System, is an air-interface technology designed to increase capacity and coverage and reduce costs for multimedia content delivery to mobile handsets. Qualcomm claims that FLO also reduces the network cost of delivering multimedia content by decreasing the number of transmitters that need to be deployed. In addition, FLO Technology-based multimedia multicasting will complement wireless operators' CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and W-CDMA cellular network data and voice services, delivering content to the same cellular handsets used on these 3G networks.
Media FLO USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, offering interactive wireless multimedia services to consumers in cooperation with US wireless operators. Beyond its Media FLO capabilities, Samsung's handsets will feature a two-megapixel camera with flash, video (MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV) and audio (MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA) support and a microSD external memory.
Qualcomm will also demonstrate FLO technology on 3G handsets with LG Electronics Mobile Comm at the same event. FLO Technology, a multicast innovation and key component of Qualcomm's Media FLO System, is an air-interface technology designed to increase capacity and coverage and reduce costs for multimedia content delivery to mobile handsets. Qualcomm claims that FLO also reduces the network cost of delivering multimedia content by decreasing the number of transmitters that need to be deployed. In addition, FLO Technology-based multimedia multicasting will complement wireless operators' CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and W-CDMA cellular network data and voice services, delivering content to the same cellular handsets used on these 3G networks.
Media FLO USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, offering interactive wireless multimedia services to consumers in cooperation with US wireless operators. Beyond its Media FLO capabilities, Samsung's handsets will feature a two-megapixel camera with flash, video (MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV) and audio (MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA) support and a microSD external memory.
Inovix Technology activa para España una línea de asistencia técnica al usuario final del hogar digital en tiempo real: 902 431 698.
Inovix Technology, fabricante de componentes y dispositivos electrónicos holandés, activa en España una línea de asistencia técnica al usuario final en tiempo real: 902 431 698. A través de éste número, todos los clientes de Inovix podrán recibir ayuda telefónica por parte de un experimentado equipo técnico para resolver sus dudas sobre el funcionamiento de los dispositivos adquiridos para el hogar digital.
Cuando Inovix anunció la apertura de su nueva oficina en España, en julio del 2004, sus planes de futuro abarcaban alcanzar un fuerte posicionamiento y expansión en nuestro país. Gracias a sus dispositivos digitales de última generación (cámaras, reproductores DVD, MP3, portátiles…), este fabricante holandés se está haciendo un hueco indiscutible en el sector tecnológico, acercándose así su primer objetivo: posicionarse entre las marcas de referencia en nuestro país. Para lograr su segunda meta, Inovix tiene claro que lo principal es poder llegar a todos sus clientes en el momento en que lo necesiten, brindándoles su asistencia en cualquier punto de la geografía española. Por eso, y siempre con la finalidad de mejorar sus servicios comerciales y de distribución, ha puesto en marcha una “hotline” o línea de asistencia técnica, dirigida al usuario final. El número de este nuevo servicio es el 902 431 698 y desde éste, el departamento técnico de Inovix ofrecerá ayuda a todos los consumidores que lo necesiten.
La principal ventaja de este servicio es que el usuario final podrá hablar directamente con un equipo humano especializado, para consultarle sus dudas o referirle cualquier problema que pueda tener con alguno de los dispositivos desarrollados por Inovix, sea cual sea el punto de venta en que adquirió el producto. Además se trata de un número válido para toda España, por lo que todos los usuarios tendrán acceso al mismo servicio.
Inovix Technology cuenta a nivel mundial con una eficiente red logística compuesta por magníficos y experimentados departamentos tanto en su central como sucursales, Por eso, Inovix Technology, puede asegurar una rápida distribución a cualquier punto en el mínimo tiempo.
Más información:www.inovixeu.com
Cuando Inovix anunció la apertura de su nueva oficina en España, en julio del 2004, sus planes de futuro abarcaban alcanzar un fuerte posicionamiento y expansión en nuestro país. Gracias a sus dispositivos digitales de última generación (cámaras, reproductores DVD, MP3, portátiles…), este fabricante holandés se está haciendo un hueco indiscutible en el sector tecnológico, acercándose así su primer objetivo: posicionarse entre las marcas de referencia en nuestro país. Para lograr su segunda meta, Inovix tiene claro que lo principal es poder llegar a todos sus clientes en el momento en que lo necesiten, brindándoles su asistencia en cualquier punto de la geografía española. Por eso, y siempre con la finalidad de mejorar sus servicios comerciales y de distribución, ha puesto en marcha una “hotline” o línea de asistencia técnica, dirigida al usuario final. El número de este nuevo servicio es el 902 431 698 y desde éste, el departamento técnico de Inovix ofrecerá ayuda a todos los consumidores que lo necesiten.
La principal ventaja de este servicio es que el usuario final podrá hablar directamente con un equipo humano especializado, para consultarle sus dudas o referirle cualquier problema que pueda tener con alguno de los dispositivos desarrollados por Inovix, sea cual sea el punto de venta en que adquirió el producto. Además se trata de un número válido para toda España, por lo que todos los usuarios tendrán acceso al mismo servicio.
Inovix Technology cuenta a nivel mundial con una eficiente red logística compuesta por magníficos y experimentados departamentos tanto en su central como sucursales, Por eso, Inovix Technology, puede asegurar una rápida distribución a cualquier punto en el mínimo tiempo.
Más información:www.inovixeu.com
Microsoft Confirms Dropping Chinese Journalist's Blog
Microsoft said it was complying with local law when it took down the blog of outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing. By Antone Gonsalves TechWeb News ene 4, 2006 05:32 PM
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday confirmed that it took down the blog of outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing, saying that it was complying with China's laws.
Blogger Rebecca MacKinnon, a former CNN Beijing bureau chief now a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, first reported that Jing's blog was taken down New Years Eve by Microsoft's blog-hosting service MSN Spaces. The blog has been replaced with the message, "This space is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
Zhao, aka Michael Anti, is among a number of Chinese bloggers that have grown in popularity in the Communist nation where the general media is government controlled.
China last year started tightening its control over Internet services, but has yet to launch a major crackdown on bloggers. Experts believe the government is still struggling with media control without stymieing the country's emerging Internet businesses. China is the second largest Internet market, and is growing quickly.
Microsoft said in a statement that the decision to unplug Zhao was inline with its practice of "ensuring that products and services comply with global and local laws, norms, and industry practices."
"Most countries have laws and practices that require companies providing online services to make the Internet safe for local users," the company said. "Occasionally, as in China, local laws and practices require consideration of unique elements.”
Microsoft is not the first U.S. tech company to help the Chinese government in controlling the media. Yahoo in September gave information about journalist Shi Tao's personal email account to Beijing, which later jailed him for 10 years on charges of divulging state secrets.
It's also not unusual for U.S. search engines, such as Google, Microsoft MSN, and Yahoo, to censor their Chinese-language search results at the request of the government.
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday confirmed that it took down the blog of outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing, saying that it was complying with China's laws.
Blogger Rebecca MacKinnon, a former CNN Beijing bureau chief now a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, first reported that Jing's blog was taken down New Years Eve by Microsoft's blog-hosting service MSN Spaces. The blog has been replaced with the message, "This space is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
Zhao, aka Michael Anti, is among a number of Chinese bloggers that have grown in popularity in the Communist nation where the general media is government controlled.
China last year started tightening its control over Internet services, but has yet to launch a major crackdown on bloggers. Experts believe the government is still struggling with media control without stymieing the country's emerging Internet businesses. China is the second largest Internet market, and is growing quickly.
Microsoft said in a statement that the decision to unplug Zhao was inline with its practice of "ensuring that products and services comply with global and local laws, norms, and industry practices."
"Most countries have laws and practices that require companies providing online services to make the Internet safe for local users," the company said. "Occasionally, as in China, local laws and practices require consideration of unique elements.”
Microsoft is not the first U.S. tech company to help the Chinese government in controlling the media. Yahoo in September gave information about journalist Shi Tao's personal email account to Beijing, which later jailed him for 10 years on charges of divulging state secrets.
It's also not unusual for U.S. search engines, such as Google, Microsoft MSN, and Yahoo, to censor their Chinese-language search results at the request of the government.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Advanced German Technology (AGT), the leading IT security solution provider in the Middle East demonstrates its capabilities at GITEX 2005.
AGT provides turn-key solutions, tailored for every individual security problem and based on state-of-the-art technology from its partners in Europe, especially in Germany. Despite the growing interest in IT security in the region, Mr. Chbib, Managing Director of AGT, said during an interview at GITEX 2005 in Dubai: 'There is an urgent need for more security awareness in this market. Hacker intrusion, which may ruin a whole economy, still prevails.'
Many believe that it is an easy game for hackers in the Middle East to access all kinds of data networks if these networks are not protected. 'The result can be fatal if the victim is for example a bank, an electricity provider, or a governmental institution,' according to Mr. Chbib.
Virus 'Slammer' which caused a global slowdown of the Internet a couple of years ago is just one example. Political decision makers in the Middle East need to have more awareness of security technology issues. Mr. Chbib indicates that 'Arab countries allocate only 5% of their overall IT-budget to IT security. Although the Gulf States plan to increase their IT spending to US $ 165 Million by 2008, this is only a drop in the bucket compared to the € 36 million, spent by the German Federal Authority for Data Security every year.'
In addition, e-business and e-government will hardly take place without the adequate legal environment. Some elementary laws have just been released recently but are not sufficient. Customers using the Internet for daily transactions are still unprotected when it comes to cyber crimes. 'Together with our partners, AGT is interested in changing that situation in this region. Our projects thus focus on providing the clients with a clear strategy in IT-security, physical security, security solutions in the telecommunication sector and e-government tools,' affirms Mr. Chbib. AGT is well equipped to handle all security projects. It is backed by a strong infrastructure from its German headquarter.
It also has a main office in Dubai and regional branches in Manama, Riyad, Cairo, and Damascus. This helps AGT to offer full-service along the process chain which includes analyzing clients' needs, providing robust concepts, choosing the right partners, managing the implementation projects, training customers, and maintaining solutions.
AGT range of products include firewalls, biometric authentication systems, high-availability VPN's, site control devices to cryptographic techniques and ID-card systems, to mention a few. AGT has brought together some of its best partners at GITEX 2005. These partners include global players in the IT-security sector such as Clavister, VarySys Technologies, F-Secure, KOBIL Systems and GeNUA, just to name a few. This follows a road show organized by AGT and its partners about IT security solutions in Cairo, Kuwait, Teheran, Ryiad and Doha.
Many believe that it is an easy game for hackers in the Middle East to access all kinds of data networks if these networks are not protected. 'The result can be fatal if the victim is for example a bank, an electricity provider, or a governmental institution,' according to Mr. Chbib.
Virus 'Slammer' which caused a global slowdown of the Internet a couple of years ago is just one example. Political decision makers in the Middle East need to have more awareness of security technology issues. Mr. Chbib indicates that 'Arab countries allocate only 5% of their overall IT-budget to IT security. Although the Gulf States plan to increase their IT spending to US $ 165 Million by 2008, this is only a drop in the bucket compared to the € 36 million, spent by the German Federal Authority for Data Security every year.'
In addition, e-business and e-government will hardly take place without the adequate legal environment. Some elementary laws have just been released recently but are not sufficient. Customers using the Internet for daily transactions are still unprotected when it comes to cyber crimes. 'Together with our partners, AGT is interested in changing that situation in this region. Our projects thus focus on providing the clients with a clear strategy in IT-security, physical security, security solutions in the telecommunication sector and e-government tools,' affirms Mr. Chbib. AGT is well equipped to handle all security projects. It is backed by a strong infrastructure from its German headquarter.
It also has a main office in Dubai and regional branches in Manama, Riyad, Cairo, and Damascus. This helps AGT to offer full-service along the process chain which includes analyzing clients' needs, providing robust concepts, choosing the right partners, managing the implementation projects, training customers, and maintaining solutions.
AGT range of products include firewalls, biometric authentication systems, high-availability VPN's, site control devices to cryptographic techniques and ID-card systems, to mention a few. AGT has brought together some of its best partners at GITEX 2005. These partners include global players in the IT-security sector such as Clavister, VarySys Technologies, F-Secure, KOBIL Systems and GeNUA, just to name a few. This follows a road show organized by AGT and its partners about IT security solutions in Cairo, Kuwait, Teheran, Ryiad and Doha.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
National Technology Transfer, Inc. brings Industrial Technical Training to Minneapolis
(PRZOOM - Newswire) - Minneapolis, MN, 09/24/2005 - NTT provides seminars for Industrial professionals looking to update their skills and understanding of code compliance topics.
Code regulations and technology keep evolving, how can industrial professionals keep pace with the changes? National Technology Transfer, Inc. is bringing three of its highly acclaimed technical training seminars to Minneapolis: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration with Heating and Ventilation, October 31–November 4, ’05; 2005 National Electrical Code® with Grounding and Bonding, October 31–November 4, ’05; Basics of Industrial Electricity, November 8 –10, ’05. Industrial technicians dealing with HVAC related equipment and electrical systems will greatly benefit from these seminars. Attendees will gain information about the latest and most effective maintenance procedures, troubleshooting techniques, and the newest code compliance information and regulations that must be followed. These topics are essential for technicians of all levels.NTT has been the industry leader in hands-on industrial training for maintenance, operations and repair professionals for over twenty one years. NTT earned that position by providing clients with the most professional, value added, Hands-On training, from the most respected industry subject matter experts, on the latest equipment, for over 21 years! NTT consistently earns a 99.6% satisfaction rating from our clients. We have over 85% of the Fortune 500 training with us again and again! Without exception, NTT provides the most focused, information-rich industrial technical training available. With NTT you get the right training, the right way! Experience the difference!For more information about where these seminars will be offered, please call 800-922-2820 or visit www.nttinc.com
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Code regulations and technology keep evolving, how can industrial professionals keep pace with the changes? National Technology Transfer, Inc. is bringing three of its highly acclaimed technical training seminars to Minneapolis: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration with Heating and Ventilation, October 31–November 4, ’05; 2005 National Electrical Code® with Grounding and Bonding, October 31–November 4, ’05; Basics of Industrial Electricity, November 8 –10, ’05. Industrial technicians dealing with HVAC related equipment and electrical systems will greatly benefit from these seminars. Attendees will gain information about the latest and most effective maintenance procedures, troubleshooting techniques, and the newest code compliance information and regulations that must be followed. These topics are essential for technicians of all levels.NTT has been the industry leader in hands-on industrial training for maintenance, operations and repair professionals for over twenty one years. NTT earned that position by providing clients with the most professional, value added, Hands-On training, from the most respected industry subject matter experts, on the latest equipment, for over 21 years! NTT consistently earns a 99.6% satisfaction rating from our clients. We have over 85% of the Fortune 500 training with us again and again! Without exception, NTT provides the most focused, information-rich industrial technical training available. With NTT you get the right training, the right way! Experience the difference!For more information about where these seminars will be offered, please call 800-922-2820 or visit www.nttinc.com
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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