Ease Software's SATA-on-AIX Replaces SCSI, SAS Drives

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30, 2007 -- What if there were SATA
hardware and software that worked seamlessly with IBM's
Virtual I/O system on System p(TM) and RS/6000 systems
running AIX(R)? As it turns out, there is: Ease Software,
Inc.'s SATA-on-AIX drives.
What's more, SATA-on-AIX eliminates the need for SCSI or SAS
drives - at a cost five to ten times lower than either one.

Most IBM users would agree a SCSI or SAS drive is the
logical way to manage LPARs and their myriad disks. And
IBM's Virtual I/O server allows those partitions to operate
smoothly with limited hardware. But when a naked
300-gigabyte SAS drive costs nearly $2,000, and a
300-gigabyte SCSI drive costs roughly half that, neither
option is affordable for small and mid-sized enterprises.

A 300-gigabyte SATA-on-AIX drive, in contrast, is just $200.

But what about performance? SATA-on-AIX shines there, too,
with 250 megabytes-per-second actual transfer rates per
four-channel SATA port. The drives are hot swappable and
provide up to 15 terabytes per host bus adapter.

SATA-on-AIX is also an attractive option to Internet service
providers (ISPs) whose customers want machines of their own.
More stable - and more easily serviced - than Linux, a
single AIX P5 platform can hold several customer "machines,"
and the LPAR/SATA-on-AIX combination makes it affordable.

"Because a SATA drive costs 80 to 90 percent less than a
SCSI or SAS drive, other options become possible to small
and mid-sized organizations," explained Perry Smith, Ease
Software president. "For instance, backups. Backups often
get neglected, but everyone knows they're absolutely
necessary. With disks as inexpensive as ours, customers can
afford to have their disk systems 'mirrored.' In that case,
they get the functionality and performance of RAID 5 without
the read, with double the bandwidth, but at just $2 per gig.
Things like that become viable options when clients are able
to save such a significant amount of money on their LPAR
solutions." (ERN)

About Ease Software, Inc.

Based in Austin, Texas and founded by IBM veterans who
worked on RS/6000 from its inception in 1988, Ease Software
has been a leader in AIX consulting for over ten years. The
company has been a direct IBM vendor, providing consulting
services to IBM, as well as to private businesses and
government entities, since 1995. To learn more, visit http://www.easesoftware.com.

SmugMug Enhances Photo Upload Options in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 29 - SmugMug members can access a new world of photo editing thanks to Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 6 software. Available for Windows(R), Photoshop Elements combines power and simplicity for consumers to find, view and easily infuse creativity and personality into their photos. The brand new software offers an option for SmugMug customers to edit photos before they appear on the Web.


"We wanted to work with Adobe to help simplify the process of posting photos online," explained Chris MacAskill, SmugMug cofounder. "Direct, integrated photo uploading to SmugMug was launched with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 and we are excited to continue our integration inside of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6."


Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 makes it easy to customize photos, fix flaws or adjust color and lighting and incorporate them into creations that can be shared with friends and family. For example, new Photomerge(R) technology helps address the challenge of capturing the perfect group photo by combining the best facial expressions and body language from a series of shots to create a single cohesive group shot. Clicking on a simple drop down menu allows members to "share with SmugMug," which will then upload pictures for display in a user's gallery.


"We are happy to work with companies like SmugMug that enable consumers to share photos online," said Jim Mohan, director of product management for Consumer Digital Imaging and Digital Video at Adobe. "We focused on making Photoshop Elements 6 a complete solution for our customers, which means they don't have to leave the application to view, edit, create or share. We've integrated popular services like SmugMug into the Photoshop Elements experience, so sharing photos with friends and family is convenient and easy."


About SmugMug


Founded in 2002 by father and son team Chris and Don MacAskill, SmugMug was created based on the duo's love for the Internet and digital photography. SmugMug is the largest independent profitable photo sharing destination online, one that continues to follow its vision for a destination free from outside pressures. With more than 300,000 paying customers and 160 million photos, the company continues to grow annually, adding new services and functions for. With a great sense of responsibility for each and every photo stored on the site, SmugMug has become the trustees for the priceless images of families, passionate amateurs and professional photographers the world over. For more knowledge, log on to SmugMug.com.

ServerPronto Offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux

The affordable dedicated server provider is now offering the most popular enterprise Linux server software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 25, 2007 - ServerPronto has long partnered with Red Hat and its Fedora Project. Now, the affordable dedicated server provider is offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, billed as the most significant collaboration with customers to date.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is renowned for performance, value and reliability. The software's latest enhancements include additional performance, scalability and security features, extensive new hardware support, an expanded development environment and toolset, and improved interoperability with Microsoft Windows and Unix.

ServerPronto and Red Hat share common goals: to drive down software acquisition and management costs and to deliver solutions that solve real business needs. ServerPronto customers can now tap into the same collaborative server software found in Fortune 500 environments. Whether you are running a file/print server, Web server, application server, database server, or network infrastructure server, Red Hat and ServerPronto are now working together to help you meet your goals.

ServerPronto customers can rest assured with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which promises the highest level of out-of-the-box security in the industry. The latest version offers Security Enhanced Linux, or SELinux, which provides support for Multi Level Security policies. Significant ease-of-use enhancements are provided with the inclusion of the SELinux Troubleshooter, a GUI-based analyzer that guides system administrators on appropriate actions to take in the event of a security alert.

As a Red Hat Hosting Partner, ServerPronto now offers the full spectrum of Red Hat Enterprise products on its entire line of dedicated servers, in addition to support for Microsoft and other Linux flavors. As always, ServerPronto offers speed, power, server grade parts, and a 99.999% uptime guarantee. The firm's reinforced Data Centers offer redundant power, lightning-fast fiber connections and 24X7X365 support from a staff with more than a decade of networking experience.

About ServerPronto

ServerPronto is a dedicated-hosting subsidiary of Infolink, which built a profitable Data Center Corporation by serving the "value-oriented" segment of the Internet market with a top-quality, feature-rich product at an incredible price. Following in those footsteps, ServerPronto is breaking the price barrier for dedicated hosting in secured and reinforced Data Centers with redundant power, lightning-fast fiber connections, and 24X7X365 support from a staff with more than 10 years experience building and maintaining servers and computer networks. To learn more, visit http://www.serverpronto.com.

About Red Hat

Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 50 satellite offices spanning the globe. CIOs have ranked Red Hat first for value in Enterprise Software for three consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat provides high-quality, low-cost technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.

Shape and Share your ideas in 3-D in Virtual Earth

Microsoft and Dassault Systemes Launch Microsoft Virtual Earth -3DVIA

REDMOND, Wash., and PARIS, Oct. 20 - Dassault Systemes (DS), a world leader in 3-D and product life-cycle management (PLM) solutions, and Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft(R) Virtual Earth(TM) -3DVIA (Technology Preview). This free online application, developed by Dassault Systemes, allows consumers to imagine and create realistic 3-D models -- such as of buildings and structures -- then share them through Microsoft Virtual Earth and online communities.


"Virtual Earth -3DVIA users will be able to build a world that mixes their future projects and ideas with real-life places, buildings and structures," said Lynne Wilson, senior vice president and general manager of 3DVIA at Dassault Systemes. "Through Microsoft's online geographic location mapping technology and our 3-D modeling and realistic visualization know-how, we have created a new level of realism within Virtual Earth that provides an unrestricted freedom for creativity and innovation."


Users can download Virtual Earth -3DVIA for free and immediately begin using the fun, easy-to-use and intuitive application. Virtual Earth -3DVIA allows anyone to do the following with their ideas:


-- Create. With just a few clicks, users can easily design a 3-D model of
their house, favorite building or any structure, then select from
different visualization options, textures and colors to give their 3-D
model a style of its own.

-- Publish. Users can upload their 3-D models to Virtual Earth, specifying
an address or neighborhood so they can experience the model within a
real-life context.

-- Share. Users can add their 3-D model to collections, and share it with
friends and colleagues through Web communities.



"Our alliance with Dassault Systemes, a company that has 26 years of technology experience in 3-D modeling, will help us bring a new level of realism to Virtual Earth," said Stephen Lawler, general manager of Virtual Earth at Microsoft. "Microsoft is committed to delivering the highest-quality product for our Virtual Earth customers, and this enhancement is another step toward fulfilling that commitment."

Is Your Computer Safe?

Identity Theft Prevention Software - 'Identity Finder' - Launches Version 3.0


NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2007 - Personal information leakage from computers is at an all-time high. Recently the Associated Press covered stories ranging from SSNs being stolen via commonly used consumer file sharing networks to TJX spending tens of millions of dollars to investigate and compensate potential victims after a security breach of over 45 million credit and debit cards. Internet security experts say that one billion searches are conducted daily over peer-to-peer networks and that many involve terms that appear to be attempts by would-be thieves to dig up people's sensitive documents and personal information.

We know that over $100 billion in identity theft has been reported by consumers and businesses over the past two years. We also know that many more thefts go unreported and that someone becomes a victim of identity theft every two seconds in America.

Individuals and corporations have assumed they were protected against electronic identity fraud because they installed anti-virus or anti-spyware software on their computers. They learned a hard lesson when they realized that was not the case. The problem is that personally identifiable information resides unprotected on computers and people don't realize they're not doing enough to protect it. If they're not protecting their most sensitive information, it is left vulnerable to future exposure.

Velosecure has just released a major upgrade of its software to solve these problems and prevent identity theft, Identity Finder 3.0 (Home Edition now $24.95 - was $39.95; Business Edition $39.95). The new version includes all the features of prior releases - such as the ability to automatically search for social security numbers, credit card numbers, and other confidential information inside documents, spreadsheets, e-mails, web browsers, and hidden areas of computers. It then helps individuals securely delete the data or protect the information with encryption. Identity Finder 3.0 adds the ability to:
-- Quarantine files by securely moving them to safe locations
-- Search for worldwide personal information commonly used in
Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom
-- Store passwords safely using an encrypted password manager
-- Search for your own patterns of data using Regular Expressions
-- Connect to computers remotely and automatically search across
your network

PC Magazine reviewed an earlier version and said, " ... [an identity] thief has all the time in the world to sift through your personal Information. Velosecure's Identity Finder heads off this potential disaster by finding all that sensitive information before the bad guys do and either securely deleting it or encrypting it."

PC World said, "Velosecure's well-designed ... software locates sensitive information on your PC and either deletes it or shields it from data-stealing malware and laptop thieves ... the results may surprise you ... it can dig deep into saved browser passwords, which neither Google Desktop nor the native Windows search can."

Todd Feinman, CEO, is available to discuss their unique new software and this growing problem in general. Review copies of Identity Finder are available upon request.

About:

Identity Finder is a division of Velosecure LLC, a leading niche innovator of security and privacy technologies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in New York City, the company specializes in developing software solutions that meet business and consumer needs. Best known for Identity Finder and Velosecure CAM, the company's technologies have been used by over 3,000 organizations in more than 40 countries. The management team is a thought leader in the industry. They are well-published and have consulted with hundreds of clients to help manage their information technology risks. (ERN)

iSCSI SAN Boot Solution for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008

winBoot/i v2.1 Delivers Key New Functionality, Including Windows Crash Dump and Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) Support in Its SAN Boot Solution for Standard Network Interface Cards

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Oct. 17, 2007 (medianowonline)- emBoot Inc., an industry pioneer in delivering network boot capabilities, today announced the general availability of winBoot/i v2.1, an important update to its next-generation iSCSI boot solution for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 and the forthcoming Microsoft Windows Server 2008. winBoot/i provides a centrally managed SAN Boot solution using standard Ethernet network adapters that allows customers to accelerate server deployment and repurposing, reduce lifecycle operating costs, reduce power and cooling requirements, improve system resiliency and availability and implement more robust disaster recovery solutions.

New functionality in winBoot/i v2.1 includes:
-- Support for Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS). Utilizing Microsoft's VSS, issues related to open-files while copying boot images are eliminated.

-- Implementation of support for Windows crash dump diagnostics, providing the ability to write crash dump results directly to iSCSI storage. In addition to providing critical support for problem resolution, support for crash dump is a requirement for qualification under Microsoft's Windows logo certification programs.

-- The ability to directly install Windows Server 2008 from DVD to iSCSI storage. With this capability local storage is not required to generate iSCSI boot images - they can be generated directly on iSCSI storage during the Windows Server 2008 installation process.
"Microsoft is committed to working with industry partners to make enterprise-class storage technologies accessible and cost-effective for customers of all sizes," said Bala Kasiviswanathan, director of branch and storage solutions at Microsoft Corp. "We are pleased to work with emBoot to help drive the adoption of iSCSI and reduce the cost and complexity of storage for our customers."

"The release of winBoot/i v2.1 further demonstrates our commitment to delivering an iSCSI boot solution optimized for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 and 2008 platforms," said George Kostiuk, CEO of emBoot Inc. "With this release we are delivering important new functionality critical to deploying enterprise-class iSCSI boot solutions for the Microsoft-based platform."

About winBoot/i

winBoot/i utilizes Microsoft's iSCSI software-enabled SAN boot architecture to allow the booting of any Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Server 2008 using existing low-cost Ethernet adapters versus substantially more expensive host bus adapters (HBAs). With winBoot/i, customers can quickly and easily create, deploy, and centrally manage a SAN Boot environment to reduce costs, accelerate initial deployments and upgrades, and improve system availability. winBoot/i is available today from a growing worldwide network of partners including Integrators, Distributors, OEMs, and iSCSI storage vendors. (ERN)

RPX Introduces the World to BCP2.0

RecoveryPlanner.com Version RPX Introduces the World to BCP2.0

New software eliminates 70% of the work associated with disaster recovery planning.
SHELTON, Conn., Oct. 16, 2007 -- After pre-release showings at Disaster Recovery Journal's fall show last month, John Grant, VP of Enterprise Sales for RecoveryPlanner.com, welcomed everyone to the unveiling of BCP2.0 with RecoveryPlanners.com's new RPX at the companies headquarters.

"In the past 5 years we've worked with thousands of users to understand the challenges of effective Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity Planning within their organizations," says Mr. Grant. "The problem most organizations face is keeping their information current. With the introduction of BCP2.0, RPX eliminates this problem by using Web 2.0 technologies to integrate into the business platforms used today. This approach eliminates up to 70% of the work that most organizations associate with keeping their plans current."

RPX moves away from the document-focused models of the past that left the BCP process as a secondary and burdensome chore. "With our proprietary BCP2.0 model we have created a platform that organizations can integrate with their current infrastructures and processes," says Chett Rubenstein, CTO of RecoveryPlanner.com. "Only by 'ditching the doc' were we free to look at the problem in a completely new way. By replacing the idea of a periodically updated document with a functional, real-time application we have been able to truly change the game. In making this philosophical change we see clients eliminating significant work that really wasn't improving their ability to recover or even manage the process. With RPX they can have a far more functional solution," adds Mr. Rubenstein.

"While the work reduction to support planning is a huge win, the bigger victory is that it will actually be functional," said Bill Lanzoni, Certified Continuity Manager and executive with RecoveryPlanner.com client CAPS Business Recovery. "As a former CIO I look at the practical side of this. Think of stale phone numbers at the point of a disaster and realize that someone could die because you were calling the wrong number. The benefits of RecoveryPlanner.com's BCP2.0 strategy are going to change the industry and save lives."

RPX BCP2.0 supports integrations such as:
-- Corporate Directories - many corporations use Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory or OpenLDAP. These directories can be synchronized into RPX allowing users to keep their own information current.

-- HR Management Systems - systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle HR or Orange HRMS can be integrated with RPX to empower existing HR strategies to keep DR/BCP information current including contact information, position, manager or other critical information.

-- Asset Management Systems - can be integrated into RPX to allow all critical assets to be populated in the application to facilitate adding them to their respective recovery strategies.

SimManager Enterprise Connect

MSC.Software and PROSTEP AG Announce the Industry's Most Robust Enterprise Access to Simulation Information


SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 13 (medianowonline)-MSC.Software (NASDAQ:MSCS) , the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services, today announced that the company has extended their partnership with PROSTEP, the leading PLM product data integration specialist, to offer SimManager Enterprise Connect. This new product will allow users to connect MSC SimManager to other enterprise PLM-solutions (including Enovia, TeamCenter, Windchill, MatrixOne, SAP), and Requirements Management (including Telelogic Doors).


"By extending our existing relationship with PROSTEP, we are now able to further enhance our enablement of enterprise wide access to simulation information, facilitating collaboration between PLM, requirements, design and simulation, enabling up front engineering and accelerating innovation efforts," said Frank Kovacs, vice president, strategic business development, MSC.Software. "This relationship creates the industry's first example of two SOA certified technologies interoperating to expose simulation information throughout the enterprise. We are committed to continuing to work with PROSTEP AG to advance worldwide interaction and accelerate design development."


SimManager Enterprise, one of the three platforms that comprise SimEnterprise, provides global product manufacturers with the ability to leverage their engineering data and processes throughout the enterprise to speed design and development. MSC.Software will use the SimManager Enterprise Connect powered by PROSTEP OpenPDM to integrate SimManager Enterprise with leading PDM systems to synchronize CAD design with CAE analysis, enhancing collaboration and accelerating product development. SimManager Enterprise Connect will also integrate simulation with leading requirements management systems including Telelogic Doors to track product performance against up-to-date targets and requirements. This link will help systems engineers and program managers to monitor risk and effectively deploy resources to manage schedule and performance risk.


"As companies deal with a growing network of partners and suppliers around the globe, they face the challenge of integrating product lifecycle management applications into other critical enterprise systems and business processes. With this new alliance, MSC.Software and ProStep support the vision of deploying software applications that use a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to help companies become more agile," stated Edward Bryan, director, IBM Software Sector Industry Solutions."


"We are pleased to deepen our global partnership with MSC.Software and work with them to integrate simulation with other engineering domains," said Martin Holland PROSTEP´s VP of sales. "SimManager Enterprise Connect provides the industry's most robust and complete enterprise integration of simulation information to other enterprise systems including SAP, PLM and Requirements Management." (prn)

4D Web 2.0 Pack v1.2 Released

Dynamic, high performance Web 2.0 applications are easier than ever to develop and deploy.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13 (medianowonline)- 4D Inc., maker of an integrated development platform for building and deploying business applications, announced today the release of version 1.2 of the 4D Web 2.0 Pack, a powerful toolset that lets 4D developers create rich Internet applications and integrate browser technology into 4D applications. Version 1.2 includes significant new feature additions, plus performance improvements and numerous bug fixes.


Version 1.2 of the 4D Ajax Framework provides developers with a new event mechanism, dynamic choice lists and new JavaScript callbacks. Version 1.2 also includes a new Set Up Wizard that enables Ajax applications to be developed quicker than ever.


"Version 1.2 delivers on the promise of continued improvement. This release empowers 4D Web 2.0 Pack developers to deliver more productive, higher performing dynamic live Web 2.0 applications," said Brendan Coveney, President and CEO of 4D Inc. "In addition, we're releasing a Developer Preview version of Web 2.0 Pack version 11, which includes full support for 4D v11 SQL, our recently released high performance business application platform."


4D Web 2.0 Pack retails for $599 and includes six months of free upgrades. An additional 12-month maintenance plan is $249. Updates and features will be added to the product on a regular basis. 4D Web 2.0 Pack is available from the 4D web site, http://www.4d.com/, or by calling 4D at (800) 785-3303.


About 4D


4D Inc., located in San Jose, CA, offers companies and developers an integrated platform for creating and deploying business applications. The 4D product line is used in more than 50 countries by a network of 7,000 professional software developers and millions of end users worldwide. 4D Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of 4D SAS, headquartered in Clichy, France. 4D Inc. can be reached at (408) 557-4600, or at http://www.4d.com/.

Clinical Trials Software Released

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (medianowonline)- Phoenix Software International today announced a major new release of their electronic data capture (EDC) software product for clinical trials, Entrypoint Plus 3.0. This release marks a departure from previous versions of the software that relied on a file-server architecture. Entrypoint Plus 3.0 is based on a client-server design that communicates over TCP/IP. A relational (SQL) database, accessed via ODBC, provides data storage. Other important new features include remote data entry, context-sensitive help to the dialog box level, and enhanced security.


"We at Phoenix Software are dedicated to providing the latest EDC innovations to support the vital services our customers deliver. This release is no exception," said John Brayman, head of the Entrypoint Plus development team. "The software was introduced in 1981 and was among the first products available for EDC. Entrypoint Plus is the software of choice for clinical research organizations that have been using EDC since the technology began."


Phoenix Software International (http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ and http://www.entrypointplus.com/) provides advanced software solutions to enterprises around the world. Phoenix Software's products support IBM and compatible mainframes, personal computers, and local and wide area networks and are available for purchase or lease in the United States through its direct sales force or worldwide through a network of distributors. Phoenix Software has been providing software solutions since 1979 and is a privately held corporation.


Source: Phoenix Software International

FlyKicks Software on New Tween flyPhone

Firefly Mobile and Avanquest Software Announce flyKicks(TM) Software on New Tween flyPhone(TM)

CHICAGO and DENVER, Oct. 11 (medianowonline)-Firefly Mobile, America's leading designer, developer and manufacturer of innovative technology-based mobile products for kids and tweens, and Avanquest, a global developer of best-selling personal and professional software, jointly announce the debut of flyKicks(TM) software for the new Firefly Mobile flyPhone(TM). The flyKicks(TM) software, included free with the flyPhone(TM) will allow users unprecedented ability to customize and personalize their phones by giving them the ability to create their own unique ring tones, wall papers and slide shows all for free and to share them with their friends.


flyKicks(TM) is a customized version of Avanquest's popular Mobile PhoneTools software. flyKicks(TM) provides unsurpassed customization and entertainment options for tween users of the flyPhone(TM). flyKicks(TM) is also the portal to the flyStore, which features a wide array of downloadable for purchase games, music, ring tones, wallpapers and video from leading tween content suppliers parents trust.


The flyPhone(TM) is designed with a patent pending electro-luminescent keypad that automatically morphs to game controller, MP3 and video controller or full numbered keypad based on the flyPhone(TM) feature being used. In addition, the sleek, lightweight handset design will appeal to technologically and fashion savvy tweens.


"We are thrilled to be entering a new market," says David Wright, president, Denver based Avanquest OEM Division. "Firefly Mobile's proven strength in mobile solutions for kids and tweens coupled with Avanquest's innovative technology synchronize very well and allows us to reach an underserved segment of the market."


"Avanquest has developed powerful and highly intuitive tools that let tweens create personalized content for their phone," says Patrick Marry, CEO of Firefly Mobile. "We are thrilled to be able to bring these innovative and industry leading capabilities to our MVNO subscribers through our flyPhone(TM)."


ABOUT AVANQUEST SOFTWARE


Avanquest Software is a global developer of best-selling personal and professional software designed for utilities, office productivity, communications and mobility worldwide. Avanquest Software products are marketed in over 100 countries, through OEM partnerships, e-commerce, and IT resellers. Founded in 1984 as BVRP Software and listed since December 1996 on Euronext (ISIN FR0004026714), Avanquest Software forms part of the Eurolist, NextEconomy segment and SBF 250 index. Additional information on Avanquest Software is available at http://www.avanquest.com/.


ABOUT FIREFLY MOBILE


Firefly Mobile is dedicated to making everyday life easier by providing unique mobile products for niche markets.


The original Firefly Blue phone is winner of the 2007 Red Herring 100 Award, 2006 Consumer Electronic Association "Best of Innovations" Award, 2006 Kid Power Breakout Award and 2005 CTIA Wireless Widget Award for Coolest New Wireless Device. The company's products are targeted to children from ages 5-12 and are available at major retailers in the U.S. including Target, Toys R Us, Kmart, BarnesandNoble.com, as well as regional mobile phone operators. Firefly Mobile presently manufactures cell phones for the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.fireflymobile.com/.

Linspire 6.0 Desktop Linux Operating System Released

Commercial Offering Builds on Popular Ubuntu Distribution, Adding New CNR
Service, Proprietary Software, Drivers, Codecs, and is First Release to
Include Microsoft Technology

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 (medianowonline)-Linspire, Inc., developer of the
Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems
and CNR.com, a free Linux software delivery service, today announced the
immediate availability of Linspire 6.0, the latest commercial release of
the desktop Linux operating system. Building on the best of open source
software using Ubuntu as its base line, Linspire 6.0 adds licensed
proprietary drivers, codecs, and software in its core distribution to
provide a better user experience.

The first commercial release from Linspire, Inc. in over two years,
Linspire 6.0 continues its traditional focus on ease-of-use and bundles
proprietary software where there are no viable open source alternatives,
providing improved hardware, file type, and multimedia support, such as
MP3, Real, Java, Flash, ATI, nVidia, WiFi, and many more. Linspire 6.0 is
also the first commercial release to incorporate several technologies from
Microsoft including Windows Media, True Type Fonts, as well as Open XML
translators that allow OpenOffice to open and edit Microsoft Word .docx
formatted documents.

"Today we continue the Linspire tradition by offering the choice of a
better overall experience for users new to desktop Linux," said Larry
Kettler, President and CEO of Linspire, Inc. "Linspire 6.0 further bridges
the gap between open source and commercial software, combining the best
from each into a single easy-to-use, familiar and productive operating
system."

Linspire 6.0 is the first commercial desktop Linux operating system to
bundle the CNR Client (beta), providing one-click access to thousands of
open source and popular commercial applications such as Sun's StarOffice,
Parallels Workstation, Win4Lin, CodeWeaver's Crossover Office,
TransGaming's Cedega, commercial games and many more.

"If you are genuinely interested in finding an OS alternative, Linspire
6.0 will show you how far desktop Linux has come" continued Kettler. "We
have put everything into this latest commercial release to make it our most
complete offering to date."
Linspire 6.0 begins with Ubuntu (Version 7.04) as its base line and
then adds software from six broad categories, further expanding Linspire's
capabilities:
CNR Client (beta) provides free one-click access to thousands of open
source applications, as well as commercial software such as Sun's
StarOffice, Parallels Workstation, Win4Lin, CodeWeaver's Crossover Office,
TransGaming's Cedega, commercial games and many more. Linspire 6.0 users
will be able to automatically update the CNR Client when future versions
are released.

KDE is added for an easier-to-use and more comfortable interface, with
a more familiar look and feel for Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows users.
Enhanced applications and features are added for superior usability and
ease of use, modifying software applications such as Firefox and
Thunderbird, and along with the inclusion of Linspire-sponsored open source
software like Lsongs and Lphoto.
Proprietary software is added when necessary, such as Java, Flash, and
Adobe Acrobat, in order to provide overall increased interoperability and
enhanced user experience.
Proprietary codecs are added to expand multimedia compatibility and
provide a superior overall computing experience so users can listen to MP3
files, play Windows Media files and much more.
Proprietary drivers are added to expand hardware compatibility and
provide optimum 3D graphic card support, better WiFi support and more.

Version 6.0 is also the first commercial offering from Linspire to
provide customers with Microsoft patent covenants. In June of 2007,
Linspire and Microsoft entered into a broad interoperability and technical
collaboration agreement to facilitate interoperability between Windows and
Linspire, which included intellectual property assurances. The agreement
promotes customer choice and strengthens the bridge between the
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux operating systems.(PRN)

Sony Unveils 4X Blu-ray Disc Writer Drive

Cuts Burning Time in Half from Previous Model

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9 (medianowonline)Sony Electronics today
announced its second generation internal Blu-ray Disc(TM) (BD) writer drive
for the computer aftermarket, which boasts 4X BD-R and 16X DVD+R recording
speeds.
The new BWU-200S model cuts BD-R burning time by half compared to the
first generation model, allowing for a full 50GB BD-R disc to be recorded
in about 45 minutes. It also features improved DVD burning speeds, making
it a multi-format combo burner that eliminates the need for more than one
drive in a system.
The drive comes with CyberLink BD Solution software that provides a
comprehensive application for capturing, authoring, editing, burning and
viewing high-definition personal content captured in the native HDV 1080i
format from an HDV camcorder. In addition, the software supports recording
on DVDs and CDs, as well as playback of DVDs recorded in the AVCHD format.
The BWU-200S drive can record up to 50GB of data for random access
storage and backup on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs, or up
to 230 minutes of high-definition HDV 1080i video on a BD-R/RE 50GB disc.
It also supports recording on standard single layer 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM
discs, 8.5GB DVD+R double/dual layer discs, and CDs.
The internal drive features a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and standard
5.25-inch form-factor for easy installation inside a desktop PC with
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP or Windows Vista(R) software.
"Consumers and professional videographers alike can enjoy the huge
storage capacity to record and experience high-definition video with our
Blu-ray Disc drive," said Bob DeMoulin, marketing manager for branded
storage products in Sony Electronics' IT Products Division.
The new drive is supported by Adobe(R) Encore(R) CS3 that now comes
bundled with Adobe Premiere(R) Pro CS3 software, providing video production
professionals with another option for outputting high-definition video on a
Blu-ray Disc with MPEG-2 or H.264 compression.
"Advanced optical storage technologies, such as Blu-ray Disc technology
with its vast capacity compared to DVD technology, will be key enablers for
next generation PC applications like HD personal video content and high-
definition TV recording," said Wolfgang Schlichting, research director for
removable storage at IDC. "Sony's many innovations in optical storage have
prepared the company to be a leader in the Blu-ray Disc writable market."
Availability and Pricing
The BWU-200S drive will be available directly from Sony at
sonystyle.com next month for about $600. Pre-orders are now being accepted.

New Email Management for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

New E-mail Management Capabilities for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help
Users To Quickly, Transparently Manage Email, Address Legal and Compliance
Risks


ARMA 2007, BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (medianowonline) - Open Text(TM)
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the largest independent provider of Enterprise
Content Management (ECM) software and solutions, today released its newest
email management application which provides advanced features for Microsoft
Exchange Server 2007. The latest version of Livelink ECM - Email Management
lets customers more easily deploy and manage email with Microsoft's newest
release of Exchange Server, providing comprehensive capabilities that can
improve information governance and mitigate the legal and regulatory risks
posed by email.

A key feature of the new release is tight integration with Exchange
Server 2007's managed folders functionality, which lets users organize
messages into customized Microsoft Office Outlook folders for individual
departments, users or functions based on corporate policy requirements.
Open Text's email management application enhances the Exchange Server 2007
environment by enabling organizations to apply their centralized records
management policies through these managed folders transparently. With this
application, each message automatically inherits the centralized record
classification assigned to a folder when users drag and drop emails into
that folder. Based on the classification, the message is assigned an
appropriate retention and disposition lifecycle.

"For us, user adoption and ease of use, not to mention ease of
deployment, were top considerations when looking at email management
solutions," said Greg Brown, Senior Project Manager, Records Information
Management, Halliburton Legal. "We liked Open Text's solution because users
could still work 100 percent in the Microsoft interface and very little was
required of them to maintain our records policies. Employees get a system
that helps them be productive, while we get a comprehensive system that can
uniformly apply records policies to email in order to meet legal and
regulatory requirements."

Key capabilities of Livelink ECM - Email Management for Exchange
Server 2007 include:

- Industry-leading records management to provide a structured approach
to determining how long emails are kept, defining and enforcing the
process by which they are archived, and ensuring their eventual
destruction.

- Automatic or interactive archiving. Emails can be easily dragged and
dropped in the archive by users or the system can automatically scan
email folders and apply pre-configured archiving and records
management rules.

- Audit trails to define the history of activities associated with
emails considered important business records. With a single click,
users can review details such as when and by whom an email was
deleted.

- Comprehensive search capabilities so that administrators, reviewers
and auditors can quickly and easily access archived emails. Emails
are exposed to enterprise search capabilities, so that companies can
make full use of email in content across the enterprise.

- Transparent archiving that lets users access and work with archived
emails, just as they do with emails on the email server. Archived
emails can be retrieved with single-click access from the archive and
users can edit, forward or move emails as needed.

- The ability to easily offload email content to more cost-effective
storage media, so that customers can improve the performance of their
email systems and reduce storage costs.

- Can be deployed quickly and easily without installations on the
Exchange Server or individual desktops or laptops.
"Few things scare a CIO more than email - it's ubiquitous in the
enterprise, proliferates at a fast pace and is fraught with legal and
compliance risks," said Peter Lipps, Vice President & General Manager,
Enterprise Records Management Business, at Open Text. "We continue to
introduce leading email management applications to give customers an easier
way to bring email under control, manage it consistently alongside other
important records, and minimize the cost and complexity of archiving and
storage."

Industry's First Consolidated Enterprise Archive for Mailbox Management

Autonomy ZANTAZ Delivers Industry's First Consolidated Enterprise Archive for Mailbox Management, Compliance and Electronic Discovery

New Release of Enterprise Archive Solution Brings Unprecedented Automation
and Intelligence to Archiving Software

CAMBRIDGE, England and PLEASANTON, California, October 9 (medianowonline)- ZANTAZ, an Autonomy company (LSE: AU. and LSE: AU.L) and the leader in the archiving, eDiscovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets, today introduced the newest release of its industry-leading Enterprise Archive Solution version 6 (EAS 6), which is now powered by Autonomy's award-winning Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL). The archive software is the first of its kind to provide a single platform that enables intelligent information processing across both an
enterprise's operational systems and archived data. EAS 6 gives companies
the first and only consolidated archive for all information sources in more
than 1,000 different data formats, including voice and videos, and across
100 languages stored in more than 400 different content repositories,
including business applications such as SAP and Oracle. Highly scalable and
secure, EAS has the ability to process data from tens of thousands of users
across locations worldwide.


EAS 6 extends its market-renowned mailbox management capabilities by
introducing new functionality including support for Microsoft 2007
technology and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino. In addition, this latest release
significantly enhances storage optimization with advanced de-duplication
and near-duplication capabilities, eliminating long-term retention of
inconsequential information.

The EAS solution has helped hundreds of global companies to effectively
comply with government regulations, such as the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, which dictates that all "electronically stored information" must
be discoverable. These regulations have placed increasing pressure on
companies to implement an effective archive solution that can be searchable
across all information, not just email. EAS 6 provides real-time
classification of corporate information, enabling the ability to set
automatic legal holds on digital information. As a result, companies can
apply the most appropriate rules for proactive prevention of information
risk, and be confident in their level of preparedness in the event of
litigation. In addition, retention periods no longer need to be set by
arbitrary time periods, allowing judicious, well-informed decisions to be
made based on the substance of the content.


Real-time policy management capabilities enable organizations to
effectively meet industry regulations' compliance by automating the
creation of corporate policies for information retention and disposition.
This provides tight control over the management of data, allowing companies
to dictate exactly what information is archived, where it is stored and for
how long it is retained before disposition.

"Organizations are looking for solutions that help them understand the
corporate value and legal significance hidden within their information, and
facilitate the seamless processing of this content from initial search and
collection all the way to eventual trial presentation," said Laura DuBois,
senior research analyst, IDC. "The combination of EAS and IDOL aligns the
e-Discovery workflow with actual user requirements across both operational
and archived content, ultimately making it faster, easier and less costly
for law firms and corporate counsel to identify and produce relevant
content."

EAS 6 delivers unprecedented intelligence to the archive software
through IDOL's ability to automatically understand the meaning of
information and its relationships. Advanced conceptual search capabilities,
including dynamic hyper-linking and categorization, as well as
visualization tools enable organizations to gain more business insights
from their information stored in both operational systems and archives.
Users are also able to quickly and easily identify relevant content, spot
unforeseen patterns, and establish connections among seemingly disparate
documents and files.

"We accelerated the delivery of EAS 6 powered by IDOL in response to
enormous demands from customers who are seeking a scalable, consolidated
archive to manage and analyze all of their corporate information," said
Steve King, CEO of Autonomy ZANTAZ. "IT can better serve Corporate
Compliance and Legal professionals with the software's rich and intelligent
analytic capabilities, which bring an unprecedented level of accuracy and
efficiency from both archived and operational systems."

About ZANTAZ
ZANTAZ, an Autonomy company, is the leader in the archiving, eDiscovery
and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets. It is the only
vendor that offers an entire spectrum of Proactive Information Risk
Management solutions ranging from consolidated archiving of all information
sources including email, IM, enterprise systems, voice and video, to
discovery and review, advanced eDiscovery, real-time policy management and
analytics - all based on a common platform, IDOL. ZANTAZ solutions, which
support more than 100 languages, are available as on-site software
applications or on-demand software services (SaaS), or a combination of
both. ZANTAZ customers include 9 of the 10 top global law firms, 11 of the
Fortune 25 and 14 of the top 20 financial securities firms. Customers
include Abbott Laboratories, Capital One, JMP Securities, Johnson &
Johnson, Liberty Mutual, Linklaters, Philip Morris International and the
U.S. Department of Interior. For more information, visit
http://www.ZANTAZ.com or call 800-636-0095.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. and LSE: AU.L) is a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the
meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms a conceptual
and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including
unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's
software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise
applications including information access technology, BI, CRM, KM, call
center solutions, rich media management, information risk management
solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts
as the clear leader in enterprise search.
Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies
and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg,
Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,
Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York
Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy,
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners and more than
400 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as
BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Satyam,
Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO, Vignette and Wipro. The company has offices
worldwide.
The Autonomy Group includes: ZANTAZ, the leader in the archiving,
eDiscovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets;
Cardiff, a leading provider of Intelligent Document solutions; etalk,
award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products and
Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance
technology. (PRN)

McAfee Delivers Most Flexible and Manageable Data Loss Prevention Solution

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 9 (medianowonline)- Extending its
leadership in helping organizations prevent the loss of confidential data,
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) released McAfee(R) Data Loss Prevention Host 2.0
in early September. The new version includes comprehensive device
management and integration with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator(R) (ePO(TM)).
It is a key component of the industry's most comprehensive solution for
preventing both accidental and malicious data loss.

High profile data breaches continue to make headlines, impacting
corporate reputations and bottom lines. According to Privacy Clearinghouse,
more than 166 million American records (personal data) have been
compromised. McAfee Data Loss Prevention offers complete visibility and
control by monitoring and preventing confidential data loss everywhere --
at work, at home, and on the road. It stops information loss across
networks, through applications, and via removable storage devices, even
when data is disguised. McAfee is the first to safely enable the use of
valuable employee productivity tools such as USB thumb drives by offering
granular control over which devices are allowed to be used, while enforcing
control over what data can be copied onto them.
Easy management through McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator enables event
monitoring and incident details to prove internal and regulatory compliance
measures to auditors, board members, and other stakeholders.
"Enterprises face dire consequences because they are losing
confidential data without even knowing it," said Vimal Solanki, senior
director of marketing for McAfee. "McAfee DLP protects enterprises from the
risks of financial loss, brand damage, competitive disadvantage, lost
customers and non-compliance."
New Standards in Data Loss Prevention
McAfee is the first large security vendor in the Data Loss Prevention
(DLP) space offering the rich heritage, desktop and gateway expertise, and
stability not available with startups. McAfee DLP is part of an overall
Security Risk Management portfolio that customers can add without adding a
new agent or console to minimize management time and costs while offering a
complete security view for faster response. McAfee is the first to combine
comprehensive device management with flexible controls to stop confidential
data copied onto USB devices so that employees can use them safely.
Existing McAfee customers can leverage strengths of industry leading
security management console; ePO manages 55M+ endpoints in 30K+
enterprises.(PRN)

Availability
McAfee Data Loss Prevention Host 2.0 is available now in English,
German and Japanese.

Paradigm GOCAD Suite Achieves Microsoft Windows ISV Solution Certification

Leading reservoir engineering solution now provides familiar user interface and superior reliability

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 9 (medianowonline)- Paradigm(TM) (www.pdgm.com), a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry, announced that its GOCAD Suite(R) Version 2.5, a leading reservoir engineering solution, has met the high criteria for the Microsoft Platform Test of Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Solutions both on Windows 32 and Windows 64.


"This recognition as a Microsoft-certified ISV Solution platform provides our GOCAD Suite with instant industry leadership credibility, and gives our customers an even higher level of assurance that our applications offer consistent availability, reliability, security and support on Windows," said Jean-Claude Dulac, executive vice president and chief architect at Paradigm. "This Microsoft certification also gives IT decision-makers greater confidence in the quality and viability of our solutions."


The Microsoft certification applies to the entire GOCAD Suite Version 2.5, including the Base Module and more than 25 additional companion products. VeriTest, a testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, conducted testing independently.


For more information on GOCAD Suite Version 2.5 and other Paradigm products and services, contact your regional office directly (information at www.pdgm.com), or email info@paradigmgeo.com.


About Paradigm

Paradigm Geophysical Corp. (www.pdgm.com) helps global oil and gas companies locate new reserves and optimize production in complex geological areas. Paradigm's technology advances the science of hydrocarbon detection with solutions in seismic data processing and subsurface imaging, prospect interpretation and modeling, reservoir characterization, and well planning and drilling. These exploration and production solutions operate in an open environment with connectivity to third-party data stores to accelerate project creation and turnaround. Paradigm has a global network of sales, services and user support, serving major oil and gas producing regions around the world. (PRN)

Rosetta Stone Software

Chitimacha Tribe to Develop Rosetta Stone Software

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 4 - Rosetta Stone Inc., creator of the world's No. 1 language-learning program, has formed a partnership with the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to develop a unique edition of the award-winning software in the tribe's language, Sitimaxa.


The tribe will own distribution and sales rights to the tribal language version created through the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program, which has developed culturally relevant language-learning software with the Mohawk of Kahnawake, NANA Regional Corporation of Alaska, and other indigenous communities.


Through its new corporate grant program, the global language-learning software company will underwrite a substantial portion of development costs for the Sitimaxa software. Rosetta Stone has pledged to underwrite at least one project per year with endangered language speaking communities interested in developing editions of the cutting-edge immersion learning software.


"Our hope is that Sitimaxa Rosetta Stone(R) software will be a tool that will make a difference in the vitality of the language of the Chitimacha Tribe," said Marion Bittinger, manager of the Endangered Language Program. "We look forward to working with the tribe to help realize their vision for a living and growing language."


On Louisiana's coast, the Chitimacha tribe endured for century after century -. surviving war, settlement and assimilation. This same determination to survive has allowed the Chitimacha to revitalize their language, which they almost lost.


"Language is really the heart of who you are. It's not just about learning the words; it's about learning your past. It's that connection," said Kimberly S. Walden, M.Ed., cultural director of the 1,000 member tribe.


The native tongue of the Chitimacha people almost disappeared when its last fluent speaker died in 1934 and its last semi-fluent speaker died in 1940. One generation, then another, grew up knowing no more than a few words of the rich language of their ancestors.


Then in 1986, the Library of Congress mailed the tribe copies of wax cylinder recordings made in the 1930s by Swedish linguist Morris Swadesh. Tribal members listened to over 200 hours of their language .- sounds no one had heard in decades, a cultural treasure buried in archives for half a lifetime. The Chitimacha began rebuilding these fragments back into a fluently spoken language. They recovered field notes made by Swadesh and his wife to help decode what was recorded.


"The recordings were very hard to understand, especially if you'd never heard the language spoken before," Walden said. "You have to realize that, as long as I was growing up, all we had in Sitimaxa was a few words on a museum brochure that no one could pronounce."


In 1995, the Chitimacha tribe established a cultural department. Employees asked archeological contractors in Louisiana if they knew of anyone familiar with the Chitimacha's language .- a long-shot request that, improbably, paid off. Contractors suggested the tribe contact Dr. Julian Granberry, a linguist and anthropologist living in Florida who had worked with Swadesh as a high school sophomore.


Granberry, now 80, had studied their language for decades, but had never visited the reservation. The tribe invited Granberry to share his findings. "When Dr. Granberry spoke Sitimaxa to a group of Chitimacha elders assembled at a meeting, some of the elders began to cry," said Walden. "Words started coming back. They remembered."


With Granberry's help, the Chitimacha tackled the Sitimaxa challenge, using the returned resources to develop dictionaries, curriculum, primers and recordings. The tribe now offers Sitimaxa classes for students as young as six weeks old at its child development center. Students in kindergarten through the eighth grade learn the language at the Chitimacha Tribal School, and adults in night classes.


Rachel Vilcan was one of the first students in the adult class. Now she's an aide in the K-8 Sitimaxa program. "The language sounds natural; it sounds like it fits me, like it fits the area," Vilcan said. "It was scary, at first, to be learning it as an adult, but the desire to learn was stronger. It's our identity."


Like other tribes working to bring tribal language back into daily use, the Chitimacha's goal is to develop conversational fluency. "We want to bring the language back to the point where we can use it conversationally when we gather as a tribe," said Walden.


Through its immersion-based software that can be customized to reflect unique linguistic and cultural features, Rosetta Stone will help the tribe solve this problem. The tribe will work with Rosetta Stone to translate and record lessons in Sitimaxa. The paired audio recordings of tribal speakers and images from the community will teach this endangered language in culturally relevant context using the company's award-winning Dynamic Immersion(TM) methodology.


"I think the chances are very great that they will succeed," Granberry said. "There has been for the last decade a strong interest on the part of a large number of the tribal members."


Ilse Ackerman, editor-in-chief at Rosetta Stone, said this language teaching tool multiplies existing efforts. "If you have a small number of fluent speakers, student time with these teachers is valuable and limited. The software can give students access to their teaching around the clock, allowing communities to save valuable face-to-face instruction time for conversational practice," said Ackerman.


The Chitimacha Tribe will use the immersion-based software to enhance ongoing education programs for children and adults. Tribal members as far away as Guam and Germany will be able to learn Sitimaxa using CDs or through online access when the project finishes.


Communities interested in learning more about the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program should visit the program's Web site, at: http://www.rosettastone.com/global/endangered, or call 1-800-788-0822, ext. 5331.

i-flex Announces Major New Release of FLEXCUBE

New J2EE Based Solution Supports BPM and SOA, with Task-based UI, Web Services, and BPEL integration

BOSTON, Oct. 3 - i-flex(R) solutions (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS), a leading provider of technology solutions to the global financial services industry, announced the launch of FLEXCUBE(R) Universal Banking Solution (UBS) Release 10.0 at Sibos in Boston, MA, USA. Sibos is the world's premier financial services event attracting the industry's leading figures and firms.


i-flex has invested the equivalent of more than 50,000 days of design and development to create the new functionality for FLEXCUBE UBS Release 10.0.


The release enables banks to standardize, transform and optimize their business processes. Banks can use FLEXCUBE to simplify and streamline processes, track and rapidly administer complex multi-step transactions, efficiently distribute workload by identifying bottlenecks and improve customer service by using predefined custom processes for different segments of customers.


FLEXCUBE Release 10.0 has a new, task-based User Interface on an agile J2EE-based architecture. It uses Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) technologies to provide powerful business process management capabilities to banks. The new release enables FLEXCUBE to participate in an SOA environment and contains a comprehensive and wide ranging set of Web Services to cover all transactional and business process orchestration requirements.


"Banks want to achieve competitive differentiation by developing innovative business offerings and to fine tune their processes based on insight and measurement. The release of FLEXCUBE enables banks to and accomplish this holistically," says Joseph John, Executive Vice President, Banking Products Division, i-flex solutions. "i-flex has made a strategic choice of adopting Oracle Fusion Middleware with complete SOA support enabling the adoption of open standards. We are continuously adding new functionality to meet evolving business needs and are excited about the value we provide to our customers."


The new User Interface (UI) provides high throughput via easy access to task-lists, customer profiles and transaction context. This supports configuration of screens without any impact to the underlying business logic that is exposed as Web Services. Leveraging BAM technology, FLEXCUBE provides users with dashboards to measure process performance and identify bottlenecks for process improvement. The product serves Governance and Risk & Compliance frameworks allowing institutions to be compliant with changing regulations, monitor fraud and manage their risks effectively.


This release preserves the rich business functionality that FLEXCUBE offers wholesale banks for their cash, trade, payments, treasury and lending and retail banks for their savings, deposits and loans businesses. Other key features of this new release include SWIFT 2007 enhancements, SwiftNET connectivity and comprehensive support for SEPA Payment Processing. FLEXCUBE, since the first release of the application in 1997, offers users the ability to configure new products without any software code change. It allows them to process these for multiple entities from a single-instance of the application installed in the bank.


i-flex solutions previously announced, i-flex Process Framework for Banking, a repository of banking processes developed based on i-flex's years of experience in working with over 765 financial institutions across over 130 countries. FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solution implements these processes with executables built with Oracle BPEL Process Manager.


About i-flex solutions


i-flex(R) solutions (Reuters: IFLX.BO and IFLX.NS), majority owned by Oracle, is a world leader in providing IT solutions to the financial services industry, with more than 765 customers in over 130 countries. Its range of applications software, custom solutions and consulting services enable financial institutions to cut costs, respond rapidly to market needs, enhance customer service levels and mitigate risk.


Together, Oracle and i-flex solutions offer financial services institutions the world's most comprehensive banking applications and technology footprint to address the most complex IT and business requirements.


i-flex and FLEXCUBE are registered trademarks of i-flex solutions. Reveleus, Daybreak, Mantas, PrimeSourcing, i-flex Consulting and iPFB are trademarks of i-flex solutions and are registered in several countries. (PRN)

RealView Profiler for Embedded Software Analysis

ARM Announces RealView Profiler for Embedded Software Analysis

Unique Tool That Enables Fast and Non-Intrusive Software Analysis With No Time Limit on the Length of the Analysis Run

CAMBRIDGE, England, October 3 - ARM (LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY) today announced at the ARM(R) Developers' Conference, Santa Clara, Calif., the launch of the RealView(R) Profiler, a unique tool specifically designed to enable non-intrusive analysis of software performance and code coverage of real system workloads running over minutes, hours or days. Using the tool, developers can typically improve the performance of their application by more than 20 percent, while at the same time enabling reduction of the ROM size requirements by a similar amount. The RealView Profiler also includes comprehensive analysis of both statement and branch code coverage, enabling software testing to achieve and demonstrate 100 percent code coverage to ensure the highest levels of software validation


The RealView Profiler is designed to complement ARM's industry-leading Compilation technology and will drive ARM processor-based devices to new performance levels. Based on the comprehensive ARM debug and trace infrastructure, the RealView Profiler delivers unrivalled insight into the performance of embedded device software. The RealView Profiler supports performance analysis from the early stages right until the end of the design cycle and, therefore, greatly reduces software development project risks. To enable this, the ARM RealView Profiler supports both hardware profiling, via the new RealView Trace 2 capture unit, and virtual platform profiling, via the ultra-fast RealView Real-Time System Models.


"The consumer electronics market requires increasingly complex applications delivering rich media content, making embedded software performance and quality an absolute imperative," said John Cornish, vice president, Marketing, System Design Division, ARM. "The RealView Profiler supports non-intrusive analysis of software performance and code coverage of real system workloads, and provides critical insights and hot spot information. This enables developers to quickly optimize their code for both performance and code coverage and makes it the ideal product to test and measure production level embedded software".


"Our customers want to make the most of our ARM Powered(R) Wireless CPU(R) and expect optimal real-time responsiveness and high computing performance," said Stephane Baixas, director of Software department at WAVECOM SA. "The RealView Profiler will help us to identify bottlenecks in our code and improve the performance of our Open AT(R) OS. In addition, thanks to the code coverage feature, we will be able to broaden our test capabilities to ensure the quality and reliability of our solutions."


The RealView Profiler is a plug-in to the industry-leading Eclipse(TM) Integrated Development Environment and in this environment provides a graphical user interface that is designed for ease of use with a familiar look and feel. This significantly increases productivity in the normally challenging optimization phase.


Technical information


The RealView Profiler can be used alongside RealView Development Suite and the GNU tools to provide performance and code-path coverage information. The RealView Profiler provides its information for both the executed machine instructions and the original source code. This is essential for the success of the widely-used practice of incorporating third-party software into the end product; without this a thorough impact analysis is exceedingly difficult.


The RealView Profiler offers unrivalled insight into the performance and behaviour of ARM processor-based devices, providing detailed information on CPU interlocks, unexpected instruction delays, code efficiency and low-level instructions views mapped back to software developer's source code annotated with performance information. This enables software developers to take full advantage of ARM processor-based devices in the shortest possible time.


The RealView Profiler provides hardware profiling in combination with the new RealView Trace 2 unit using a unique streaming profiling technique. This enables continuous profiling for long periods of time at frequencies up to 250 MHz. This first release of the RealView Profiler will support the ARM926EJ-S(TM), ARM1136JF-S(TM), ARM1176JZF-S(TM) and Cortex(TM)-R4 processors, with more to be added in the next months. The RealView Trace 2 unit also supports classic 32-bit data and instruction trace at up to 400 MHz to enable advanced trace and debug using the ARM RealView Development Suite.


The RealView Profiler also provides profiling without the need for actual hardware by including four RealView Real-Time System Models of the ARM926EJ-S, ARM1136JF-S, ARM1176JZF-S and Cortex-A8 processors. These models can execute at more than 200 MHz running on a standard PC platform and can be deployed across development teams at low cost. (PRN)

More information on the RealView Profiler is available at http://www.arm.com/realview/profile

Biometrics Software for Tenprint Autocapture

Aware, Inc. Introduces Biometrics Software for Tenprint Autocapture

Software kits applies advanced image processing technology to the difficult challenge of rapidly collecting ten high-quality fingerprints

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 2 -Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWRE), a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today announced the introduction of CaptureSuite, a family of software development kits used to perform rapid autocapture and compliance assurance of ten fingerprints, and subsequent formatting for submission to a
watchlist database. Capturing ten fingerprints quickly while maintaining
sufficient image quality is crucial to this emerging requirement and poses
a difficult image processing challenge. CaptureSuite was developed to
address this challenge, improving the efficiency of the tenprint capture
process while ensuring that images are compliant, properly identified, and
of sufficient quality. CaptureSuite software components work in conjunction
with fingerprint live scan hardware devices, performing several key
functions including autocapture, segmentation, hand detection, quality
analysis, and standard-compliant formatting. The U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs has begun to deploy CaptureSuite to its
consulate offices as part of its BioVisa program. The BioVisa enrollment
process has recently been modified to require collection of ten
fingerprints from visa applicants; it had previously required collection of
just two fingerprints.
"Aware's CaptureSuite represents a groundbreaking advancement of
fingerprint autocapture technology that enables users to capture ten high-
quality, compliant fingerprints rapidly and reliably," commented David
Benini, director of product marketing. "We're pleased to have the
opportunity to apply our deep image processing expertise to this
increasingly important requirement."
About CaptureSuite
CaptureSuite is a family of software development kits with sample
applications that are used to build enrolment stations for capture and
submission of fingerprints, and includes FastCapture(TM),
SequenceCheck(TM), and NISTPack with WSQ1000. FastCapture performs
real-time and post-capture analysis of fingerprint images to ensure their
quality and compliance. SequenceCheck helps ensure that all captured
fingerprints are correctly captured and identified. NISTPack with WSQ1000
performs image compression and data formatting in full compliance with the
2007 version of ANSI/NIST standards for submission of background check
fingerprint files to the FBI. More information about CaptureSuite is
available at http://www.aware.com/CaptureSuite.
About Aware
Aware is a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and
imaging software components used in government systems worldwide since
1992. Aware's interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging
products are used in a number of applications, from border management to
criminal justice to medical imaging. Aware is also a leading technology
supplier for the telecommunications industries. For more than ten years,
Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting
organizations and continues to develop and market DSL silicon intellectual
property and test and diagnostics products. Its StratiPHY(TM) IP product
line supports DSL standards, including ADSL2+ and VDSL2, and has been
broadly licensed to leading semiconductor companies. Telecom equipment
vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules
and Dr. DSL(R) software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware is a
publicly held company (NASDAQ: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
http://www.aware.com
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates
or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the
biometrics market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated
by such statements. The biometric factors include, but are not limited to:
market acceptance of our biometric products, changes in contracting
practices of government or law enforcement agencies, announcements or
introductions of new products by our competitors, delays, failures or
problems in our biometric products, delays in the adoption of new industry
biometric standards, and competitive pressures resulting in lower software
product revenues. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section
titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2006 and other reports and filings made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Aware, CaptureSuite, FastCapture, SequenceCheck, StratiPHY, and Dr. DSL
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