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AJAX-Powered Features in CoaguTrak Optimized With Google Chrome Browser

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Medmatics, LLC, a leading vendor of on-demand, anticoagulation software for private practices and hospital settings, today announced its support for the Google Chrome Browser, a new open source browser intended to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. As the first anticoagulation management software application with native support for Firefox 3.0 (announced August), CoaguTrak continues to focus on innovation around the latest browser technology and is also the first anticoagulation software to support Google Chrome.

Intraware Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:23:34 EDT

Intraware, Inc. (Nasdaq: <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fq%3Fs%3Ditra%26d%3Dt&esheet=5800032&lan=en_US&anchor=ITRA&index=1">ITRA</a>), the leading provider of on-demand digital asset and entitlement management solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, ended August 31, 2008. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the company:

Sybase iAnywhere Launches New Migration Program for Nokia Intellisync Partners and Customers

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:10:20 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere today launched its new Nokia Intellisync Migration Program. The program is aimed at supporting Nokia Intellisync partners and customers affected by Nokia’s decision to stop the development and marketing of its behind-the-firewall business mobility solutions. Sybase iAnywhere is offering Nokia Intellisync customers free copies of selected Information Anywhere^® Suite components, including mobile email, device management, device security and application enablement capabilities.

Eloqua Announces Winners of the Second Annual Markies Awards

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:09:07 EDT

Eloqua, the leading supplier of automated demand generation applications and expertise for business-to-business (B2B) marketers, today announced the winners of the second annual Markies Awards. The Markies recognize innovative and visionary marketers in the field of demand generation, as well as ground-breaking campaigns and programs for sales and marketing effectiveness, lead scoring, lead management and campaign management. The awards were presented to winners in nine categories at Eloqua Experience '08, the industry's largest conference dedicated to innovation in marketing worldwide.

New Version of CA Insight Database Performance Monitor for Distributed Databases Maximizes Service Availability by Centralizing Database Management

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:48:59 EDT

Fiat Group Automobiles Selects IDOL to Power its Worldwide Technical Assistance Portal

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:00:36 EDT

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise today announced that automotive giant Fiat Group Automobiles has chosen Autonomy to power its portal eTech which provides technical assistance to Fiat Group Automobiles' dealers and workshops worldwide. The solution implemented in Fiat Group Automobiles covers Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Fiat Professional brands and supports customers in more than 80 countries. eTech is the technical documentation research point of reference for Fiat Group Automobiles' impressive network of auto traders who submit in excess of 25,000 technical queries a month in 11 different languages.

Taiwan RFID Opens ... New Era of Tags Wagging the World!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:00:12 EDT

Organized by TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and Taiwan Electric and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, the 2nd Taiwan International RFID Application Show unfolds from October 7th to October 11th for the first time at the new NANGANG Exhibition Hall. This event runs in conjunction with the globally famed TAITRONICS (Taipei International Electronics Show), the procurement hub of much of the world’s supply of electronics. The linking of these two shows not only increases media exposure but also brings greater business opportunities for electronics-related industries.

Sybase 365 Exposes Top Myths Surrounding Mobile Banking

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:14:00 EDT

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the global leader in mobile messaging services, exposed several myths surrounding mobile banking. The results of a recent survey (“Mobile Banking: The Second Wave. Global Mobile Banking Survey 2008”) commissioned by Sybase 365 showed that some 34% of banks offer mobile services to customers and an additional 32% plan to offer mobile services in the next 12-24 months.

Intraware to Host Teleconference to Discuss Fiscal Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:45:19 EDT

Intraware, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRA), the leading provider of on-demand digital asset and entitlement management solutions, today announced that it will report financial results for the company’s fiscal second quarter 2009 results on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Participating on the call will be Peter Jackson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Wendy Nieto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Attunity Delivers New Oracle and Teradata Connectors for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:24:16 EDT

Attunity, Ltd. (OTC BB: ATTUF.OB), a leading provider of real-time event capture and data integration software, announced today that its high-speed connectors for Oracle and Teradata are available as part of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. Provided at no additional cost to SQL Server 2008 Enterprise customers, the connectors deliver an integrated method of moving data in and out of Oracle and Teradata - via Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS).

Autonomy Unveils New Situational Awareness Web Portal to Revolutionize the Security Center

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:29 EDT

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today unveiled its new unique Situational Awareness Web Portal that offers global companies the ability to control and monitor their security and surveillance activities through a rich user interface accessible over a standard Internet connection. This Portal not only provides security officers with a secure, comprehensive view and analysis of security scenarios, but it also allows them access to all relevant intelligence information without being restricted to the Security and Control Centre. This frees security officers to engage in hands-on investigation and monitoring throughout the premise, allowing them to keep abreast of the situation on the rest of the premises via a mobile device, or through portals installed in strategic locations.

Sybase Mirror Activator Now Available Through EMC Select

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:09:12 EDT

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced Mirror Activator™, a disaster recovery solution for mission-critical databases, is now available through the EMC Select program. Through EMC® Select, new and existing EMC SRDF® (Symmetrix® Remote Data Facility) and EMC MirrorView™ customers can purchase Mirror Activator – the industry’s only solution to combine the benefits of database replication with storage array replication – directly from EMC. The solution is designed for enterprises with mission-critical, transaction-intensive environments, including those in the financial services, healthcare and retail market sectors.

Highland Capital Partners Celebrates Entrepreneurship and 20 Years of Working Together to Build Great Companies

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:08:43 EDT

Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm celebrating its twentieth year of helping great people build great companies, today announced their 20th Anniversary Entrepreneurial Gala Celebration and Highland CEO Summit 2008. Over the course of the next several days, the firm will be gathering limited partners, CEOs, key executives and business, technology and entrepreneurial leaders from around the world to foster collaboration and further help advance the company-building process.

TeamQuest Announces New Capacity Planning Software

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:19:05 EDT

TeamQuest Corporation, the global leader in IT Service Optimization (ITSO) software, today released an update to its TeamQuest Performance Software suite. A new version of TeamQuest Model, the company's flagship capacity planning product, is a key part of the release. The product includes new capabilities that greatly simplify predicting performance when a workload is moved from one vendor platform to another.

AvcomEast Expands Management Team to Meet Sales Growth

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:30:17 EDT

IT solution provider AvcomEast has announced the enhancement of its operational capabilities and management team with Ken Stewart taking on new responsibilities leading AvcomEast's operations and shared services companywide as their Vice President of Operations. He will oversee the growth and scaling of AvcomEast's internal processes, quality control, and customer service as the company continues its sales growth. Additionally, Nils Schroder has joined AvcomEast's leadership team directing and managing AvcomEast's sales in their Mid-Atlantic region. Schroder has over thirty years of sales and management experience in the technology industry. He was most recently with Sun Microsystems where he exceeded goals managing over 100 million dollars in business for various enterprise accounts both domestically and internationally. Previous to Sun, Schroder had great success in sales and management positions at Sybase and Digital Equipment Corporation. Stewart and Schroder are based in the company's headquarters in Vienna, VA and report to AvcomEast President and CEO, Rob Wolfe.

Enthiosys Champions Customer Collaboration and Product Innovation

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:15:35 EDT

Enthiosys:

Sybase iAnywhere Delivers New Version of XTNDConnect PC with Support for Windows Vista and Google

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:05:18 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere today announced the latest version of its XTNDConnect^® PC mobile personal information management (PIM) synchronization software, with new support for Windows Vista Contacts, Calendar and Tasks, and Google Calendar. Sybase iAnywhere’s XTNDConnect PC 7.0 further improves effectiveness and productivity through the easier, faster two-way synchronization of PIM data between mobile devices and popular PC applications — all without requiring the support of IT departments.

Storage Networking World Announces Finalists for the Fall 2008 "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:43:26 EDT

Storage Networking World (SNW) today announced 25 Finalists for its twice yearly "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program. From this prestigious field of Finalists, the top Honoree in each category will be announced during a special celebration on October 15, 2008 at Storage Networking World, which is taking place October 13-16, 2008 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Specifically, each category Honoree and remaining Finalists will be acknowledged with an award on stage during the ceremony.

Atomic Labs Announces Pion

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:26:35 EDT

Today Atomic Labs announced the first release of Pion. Pion addresses the needs of companies dealing with some of the most performance-intensive challenges facing the IT industry today with its fast event-driven architecture. The Pion architecture is able to process millions of complex calculations per second on commodity hardware.

Telerx Partners With Autonomy for Customer Interaction Solutions

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:40 EDT

Leading Contact Center Outsourcer Selects Autonomy Advanced Analytics to Foster Client Success

Data Center Leaders, Innovators, and Trendsetters to Be Recognized at Data Center Executive Summit Featuring the DaCEY Awards 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:56:41 EDT

Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums worldwide, announced today over 50 nominees for the Data Center Executive and Project of the Year National Awards to be held Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA.

Autonomy's Meaning-Based Computing Technology Integrated in Adobe Reative Suite 4

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:28 EDT

Enables Real-Time Analysis of Video and Audio Within Adobe's Post-Production Solution

Cloakware Provides Enterprise-Grade Password Management Solution

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:18:20 EDT

Cloakware Inc., the provider of proven software solutions for securing business applications and digital assets, today announced the immediate availability of Cloakware Password Authority 4.0, the only enterprise-grade solution to automate the lifecycle management of privileged passwords in the datacenter. Cloakware Password Authority 4.0 (formerly Cloakware Server Password Manager or CSPM) enables business and government IT operations to meet strict Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) requirements by enforcing policies and regulations on who and what can access sensitive data and IT infrastructure, eliminating the often overlooked risks of unmanaged hard-coded system administrator (Administrator) and application-to-application (A2A) passwords and increasing operational continuity.

Sybase PowerDesigner 15 for Enterprise Architecture Increases Business Agility with Modeling and Metadata Management

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:02:52 EDT

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced the planned availability date of Sybase® PowerDesigner® 15, an all-in-one modeling and design solution for enterprises that need to build and streamline business processes quickly and consistently. This new version of Sybase PowerDesigner provides enterprise architects, IT professionals and business managers with the ability to improve business and IT alignment through its unique Link and Synch technology. Sybase PowerDesigner 15 also increases the capability for impact analysis and provides greater visibility for all stakeholders independent of technical experience.

Fortinet Debuts Database Vulnerability Assessment Appliance for Data Theft Detection and Prevention

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:11 EDT

today introduced the first in a family of security appliances dedicated to database vulnerability assessment (VA). The FortiDB-1000B appliance is a mid-enterprise product designed to "harden" databases by detecting weaknesses in passwords, access privileges and configuration settings. As databases are fast becoming the next big target for cybercriminals due to the sensitive and valuable information they hold, there is an increasing need for powerful tools that can detect and help guard against data breaches. This is especially critical for vertical industries such as retail, which require compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) to protect customers' personal and credit card information.

Oracle Releases Oracle(R) TopLink(R) 11g Based on EclipseLink

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:36:09 EDT

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Tier One Partners Adds PR Industry Veteran to Management Team; Expands Presence in Mid-Atlantic Region

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:30:04 EDT

Tier One Partners, LLC, a full-service public relations agency that offers "all senior talent, all the time," today announced that Jill Monahan, a veteran of Fleishman-Hillard, The Weber Group (now Weber/Shandwick Worldwide) and Tierney Communications, has joined the agency's management team. Monahan is based in Philadelphia and will expand Tier One's presence in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Quest Software Releases New Version of Performance Analysis

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:52:10 EDT

Today at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) announced the latest version of Foglight® Database Performance Analysis, which captures and analyzes database workload to identify performance issues and isolate root cause. The new version addresses the needs of customers who increasingly deploy Performance Analysis across the enterprise and rely on it to alert them of changes, baseline deviations, threshold violations, and tuning opportunities.

Quest Software Introduces New Version of Toad for Oracle; Now Includes Toad for Data Analysis

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:07:41 EDT

With an ever-changing business landscape, Oracle database professionals are under constant pressure to manage and maintain their database environments. Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) today unveiled its latest version of Toad® for Data Analysis, designed to simplify the process of querying and reporting on multiple database platforms. Toad for Data Analysis, now included on the newest upgrade of Toad for Oracle (also released today), will be showcased at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco.

Embarcadero(R) Change Manager(TM) Transforms the Database Change Management Lifecycle

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:02:44 EDT

Embarcadero Technologies today released a groundbreaking version of Embarcadero® Change Manager™ 5.0, making Change Manager the only database change management tool that provides deep cross-DBMS support from a single user interface, across all three areas of database change management: schema, data, and configuration. Embarcadero Change Manager 5.0 provides developers and DBAs with advanced schema compare and alter functionality, data compare and synchronization capability, and configuration auditing, enabling users to report on database changes, roll out new releases, and pinpoint database performance problems that result from planned or unplanned changes.

Oracle Reports Q1 GAAP EPS Up 28% to 21 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 32% to 29 Cents

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:01:13 EDT

Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced fiscal 2009 Q1 GAAP earnings per share were up 28% to $0.21 compared to the same quarter last year. First quarter total GAAP revenues were up 18% to $5.3 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 28% to $1.1 billion. Total GAAP software revenues were up 20% to $4.2 billion with new software license revenues up 14% to $1.2 billion. GAAP Software license updates and product support revenues were up 23% to $2.9 billion. GAAP Services revenues were up 9% to $1.2 billion. GAAP operating margins were up 170 basis points to 29%.

Hyundai Securities Selects Teradata for Next-Generation Enterprise Data Warehouse

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:31:08 EDT

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphx.corporate-ir.net%2Fphoenix.zhtml%3Fc%3D215054%26p%3Dirol-IRHome&esheet=5781891&lan=en_US&anchor=TDC&index=1">TDC</a>), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today announced that Hyundai Securities has selected Teradata to provide a data warehouse, which will include Teradata 12 Database and the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse 5550.

Quest Software to Showcase Leadership and Database Solutions at Oracle OpenWorld

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:13:46 EDT

Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) will commemorate more than ten years of providing support for the Oracle community at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, September 20 – 25. The Quest booth (number 2112) theme, “Leadership is in Our DNA,” illustrates the pride that the company takes in both its market-leading products and its industry thought leaders.

Shelia Dright Joins Aspyra as Help Desk Manager

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:30:30 EDT

Aspyra, Inc. (AMEX: APY), a leading provider of clinical and diagnostic information solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced Shelia Dright has joined the Company as Help Desk Manager.

Autonomy 'Enterprise-Proofs' Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Large, Global Enterprise Customers

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:26 EDT

Microsoft Hosts Autonomy's Software to Meet Scalability, Connectivity and Conceptual Search Requirements of Most Demanding Deployments

Eloqua Named to Oracle(R) CRM On Demand 'Elite 8'

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:01:32 EDT

offering an ideal combination for end-to-end marketing and sales automation.

Vormetric Introduces Database Security Packs for Oracle and SQL Server

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:08:51 EDT

Vormetric™, Inc., the leader in data security management and enforcement solutions, today announced the introduction of the Vormetric Database Security Packs, which deliver proven, customer-tested data security, key security and separation of duties for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database environments. The Vormetric Database Security Packs are the first solutions providing fully-tested policies to quickly establish a consistent and centralized approach for securing Oracle and SQL Server database data and also provide strong separation of duties. Ready-to-implement, pre-defined security best practices and policies leverage Vormetric’s deep experience working with the world’s largest enterprises and government agencies to secure Oracle and SQL Server environments across all index types, all data types and all versions, including Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g and 11g as well as Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008.

Highland Capital Partners Adds Two Managing Directors in China

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:00:10 EDT

Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm celebrating its 20th year of helping great people build great companies, today announced that John Hsin and Kuantai Yeh have joined the firm as Managing Directors. The new Shanghai-based team members bring an in-depth understanding of local market dynamics along with extensive experience in investing and growing successful companies in China.

Sybase, Inc. Ranks 15 on 2008 InformationWeek 500

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:16:13 EDT

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the largest enterprise software and services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information, today announced that it ranked 15 on the 2008 InformationWeek 500 revealed last night at a gala awards ceremony, part of the exclusive InformationWeek 500 Conference at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif. Joining the ranks of the InformationWeek 500 for the fourth consecutive year, Sybase has moved up 30 spots in the last year by demonstrating the company’s innovative use of technology, such as Sybase® IQ analytics server, with projects in storage and virtualization as well as in next-generation revenue analysis.

FRANCE 24 Selects Autonomy to Enhance Video Archive

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:21 EDT

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that FRANCE 24, the leading French international news channel broadcast on a 24/7 basis, has selected Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) and Rich Media Management solution to manage and enhance its video archive. The archive currently has over 50,000 rich media files, consisting of the channel's daily broadcasts in French, Arabic and English, as well as other purchased programs, and is added to daily. With Autonomy's Meaning-based Computing technologies, the broadcaster will be able to automatically organize and categorize large volumes of multi-media content, eliminating the cost and time associated with the manual aggregation and meta-tagging of files.