Archive | June 8, 2005

Sun Java Enterprise System Provides Reliable, Secure Messaging Infrastructure

Sun Microsystems, Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java(tm) technology, has been chosen by the Holy See to provide a secure end-to-end infrastructure to manage its Internet Office activities. The Sun Java Enterprise System, an integrated, open standards-based software system, along with Sun Fire servers running the Solaris Operating System and connected to a Sun StorEdge array create the foundation of this collaborative infrastructure.

“E-mail is one of the most important IT services we provide at the Holy See — enabling our internal communication, facilitating correspondence between our consulates, and aiding our worldwide evangelization efforts,” said Sister Judith Zoebelein, Internet Office, Holy See. “We now have an efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic.”

As the first phase of the project, the Sun Client Solutions team designed and implemented an end-to-end messaging infrastructure in just two months, which was comprised of key components of the Sun Java Enterprise System, including the Messaging Server and Directory Server.

The Messaging Server’s enhanced e-mail account management, security and filtering capabilities enable messages to be managed in a highly sophisticated way, enabling the new messaging solution to support more than 100,000 e-mails a day, with 99.999% system availability. The new infrastructure also provides the Holy See with other benefits, including a significant reduction in system administration and a substantial decrease in help-desk call volume.

“The reliability of our Solaris-based platform and Sun’s experience in managing complex IT infrastructures were key to providing a complete solution to enable Holy See with the ability to handle high-volume email exchanges,” said Mauro Banchero, Managing Director, Sun Microsystems Italy. “We welcome the Holy See as one of our valued customers and we are proud of our contribution to such a strategic project.”

Moving forward, the Holy See plans to build a new worldwide portal to strengthen its web community and centralize its multiple external and internal Internet sites. Sun is now working with the team to implement the Portal Solution with components of the Sun Java Enterprise System. The new portal will provide users with fast, anytime access to comprehensive applications and services, including content management, streaming, e-learning, and collaboration.

Sun also provided instructor-led training for the Holy See IT staff on administering the Sun Java Enterprise System and Sun Fire servers. Because of the flexibility of the open standards-based software system, the Holy See can easily integrate third-party products for increased security services into its new infrastructure.

About Sun Java Enterprise System

The Java Enterprise System is an open, standards-based software system that delivers a core set of industry-leading shared enterprise network services as a single, integrated entity on a predictable release cycle. It serves as the strategic underpinning of Sun’s software strategy. Components of the Java Enterprise System, such as Sun Java Communications Suite, can be purchased separately for as low as $50 per employee per year to deliver a rich set of communication and collaboration services–messaging, real-time collaboration, calendaring, and scheduling–at less than half the cost of alternative solutions. For more information on the Java Enterprise System or the Java System Suites please visit: http://sun.com/javaenterprisesystem

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, , Solaris, StorEdge, Sun Fire, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Company Received Top Honor for Low-Volume to Mid-Volume Scanning Hardware and was Recognized as a Finalist in the High-Volume Category

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, today announced that at the AIIM ON DEMAND Conference, ECM Connection magazine selected the company as the Industry ACE Award winner for low-volume to mid-volume scanning hardware vendors, and as a finalist in the high-volume hardware category. The Industry ACE designation honors noteworthy achievement across three criteria: appeal, content and education.

According to Brian Sherman, chief editor, ECM Connection, “Fujitsu’s appeal refers to its innovative, feature-rich product line; content refers to the valuable information resources offered on the company’s website and in its marketing collateral; and education refers to the vendor’s outstanding outreach programs and services.”

The Fujitsu scanner product portfolio delivers a broad spectrum of scanning solutions to address the needs of many document management applications or requirements. Some of the most popular Fujitsu low-volume to mid-volume scanning solutions include fi-4120C2 and fi-4220C2 color workgroup scanners, the fi-4530C, and the fi-5650C. These scanners have both speed and versatility with innovative scanning features including hard-card scanning, dual interfaces, auto de-skew, and page-size detection.

“It is an honor to be recognized by ECM Connection for our product and service offerings,” said Victor Kan, vice president of sales and marketing, Imaging Products Group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “Currently we have about 20 distinct scanner models and a wide variety of service options available to meet the different needs of our customers. We also work hard to keep our customers educated on our scanning solutions, services and the benefits of document and enterprise content management by having detailed information easily accessible via our website and by participating in a number of industry events.”

Judged by a panel of industry analysts and editors, ECM Connection’s ACE Awards recognize vendor commitment to helping users and/or integrators make informed decisions about technology adoption and deployment.

About ECM Connection

ECM Connection is the source for enterprise content management news and solutions covering the full range of technologies used for capturing and managing all types of digital content: scanners, imaging software, content management software, workflow tools, mailroom solutions, and so on.

For more information, please see: http://www.EnterpriseContentManagementConnection.com

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers’ success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.

For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, and Magneto-Optical drives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.
For more information, please see: http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com

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Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and The Possibilities are Infinite is a trademark of Fujitsu Ltd. Statements herein are based on normal operating conditions and are not intended to create any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. reserves the right to modify at any time without notice these statements, our services, products, and their warranty and performance specifications.

New Products Evidence Company’s Position at Forefront of ATCA Development

Continuous Computing® Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the release of two innovative blades for AdvancedTCA (ATCA): FlexCore™ ATCA-FM30 and FlexDSP™ ATCA-TI320. FlexCore allows for three times the density improvement over current solutions, while FlexDSP is the first general purpose ATCA digital signal processing blade on the market and an ideal triple-play solution. Continuous Computing’s delivery of these two unique blades demonstrates the company’s dedication to and leadership in the ATCA market.

FlexCore is a highly optimized ATCA switching card that allows customers to maximize performance and density while minimizing the overall solution cost. The blade optimizes system deployments by providing in only two slots the same functionality typically found in six cards, thereby allowing telecom equipment manufacturers to develop cost competitive 3G wireless network elements by combining multiple functions in a single chassis such as RNC, SGSN and GGSN. FlexCore includes an integrated Intel Pentium M application processor that eliminates two CPU blades in the system, thereby saving money and freeing up slots for revenue-producing payload blades. Switching, application processing and storage options are all contained in the single FlexCore blade.

“FlexCore is unique in the industry since it includes so much functionality on one blade,” said Mike Coward, CTO and general manager of Continuous Computing’s Platforms business unit. “With this option, our customers get a lower overall solution cost while maintaining the performance capabilities of previous system incarnations. Furthermore, if FlexCore is used in conjunction with our Trillium® protocol stacks, customers will spend less time working on integration and more time developing applications – which is their core competency.”

Continuous Computing’s other blade introduction, FlexDSP, is the first general purpose DSP blade for the ATCA market. FlexDSP allows a new set of applications to run on ATCA platforms, including media servers, media gateways, video gateways, wireless nodes and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications. Supporting voice (with a capacity of 8,064 voice channels in a single slot), video and data processing, FlexDSP makes for an ideal high-density triple-play solution.

“The availability of FlexDSP bolsters Continuous Computing’s leadership in the ATCA space because we’re offering the highest density DSP product – up to 32 DSPs,” said Mr. Coward. “Additionally, the blade’s support of converged communications will allow our telecom equipment manufacturer customer base to continue the migration to next-generation service offerings.”

According to Heavy Reading analyst Simon Stanley, “The AdvancedTCA industry is rapidly transforming into a market that values new capabilities, top performance and high density as well as low overall solution cost. Continuous Computing is one player helping to drive the trend with innovative offerings such as FlexCore and FlexDSP.”

Benefits and features of FlexCore include: Base and Fabric Gigabit Ethernet switching; up to five 10Gigabit Ethernet uplinks; an integrated application processor that is open to customer applications or system management; and onboard storage options such as disk drive, DVD and CompactFlash. Available in July, FlexCore’s pricing is dependent on configuration and is available upon request; customer samples are available now.

Benefits and features of FlexDSP include: 32 Texas Instruments C6415T DSPs with up to eight GigaMACs per DSP for a total of 256 GigaMACs per blade; local memory for each DSP; shared memory for DSP clusters allowing for complex multi-DSP algorithms; supports for up to two channelized OC-3 links; and an integrated network processor for traffic management and distribution. FlexDSP uses the latest Texas Instruments DSP for maximum performance and capacity to deliver the highest density blade available in ATCA

More information about FlexCore and FlexDSP is available on Continuous Computing’s web site at www.ccpu.com and at the company’s SUPERCOMM trade show booth (#32076) at Chicago’s McCormick Place from June 7 to 9.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing® Corporation provides high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications. The company supplies integrated solutions in the wireless and Voice over IP markets to over 125 customers worldwide who rely on Continuous Computing to accelerate time to market, reduce total life cycle costs and increase return on investment. The company offers a comprehensive set of Trillium® protocol software; AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems; upSuite® platform management; Trillium+plus Network Service-Ready Platforms™; and customization and product life cycle management services. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is based in San Diego with offices globally. The company is ISO-9001 certified and a member of the Intel® Communications Alliance. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com

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Continuous Computing is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance.

The Intel Communications Alliance is a member-based program comprised of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments. For more information, please visit: www.intel.com/go/ica