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Novell's Moonlight 2 Beta Now Available		Avaya Expands Next-Generation 9-1-1 Ready Solutions to Help Public Safety Organizations Meet New and Emerging Communications Needs
The Mono Project, an open source initiative sponsored by Novell, today announced the beta release of Moonlight 2. The first and only open source project that provides Linux users access to Microsoft Silverlight content, Moonlight 2 beta is a Linux equivalent to Microsoft Silverlight 2 that gives users a platform to view and use Silverlight and Windows* Media content on Linux. The Moonlight 2 beta offers Linux users improved functionality compared to Moonlight 1, including support for adaptive streaming of video and audio playback. This feature allows for better streaming of multimedia content based on the quality of the user's connections. Moonlight 2 also embeds Mono runtime functionality, which is 300 times faster than the latest Javascript engine, and gives users increased performance. With the inclusion of the Mono runtime functionality, developers can now target Linux with rich Internet applications using a wide variety of programming languages, including C#, Ruby and Python as well as Javascript.		BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - To help public safety organizations meet the demands of new and emerging communications technologies increasingly used by the public, Avaya today announced it has enhanced its Next-Generation 9-1-1-ready (NG 9-1-1) solutions. The newly expanded solution adds a professional services consulting offer, technical capabilities, and developer partners to help deliver complete, fully-integrated solutions for public safety organizations. According to a recent report from the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the nation's 9-1-1 systems are "in need of a significant overhaul." Public safety organizations face multiple, critical challenges due to the highly-limited, legacy communications systems broadly used by more than 6,000 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPS) and 500,000 affiliate organizations such as police, fire, EMS, etc. Among the challenges created by these systems are the inability to incorporate and respond to new forms of media increasingly used by the public, such as video and SMS/text services, the ability to quickly add and redistribute staff to support high call volumes and the lack of interoperability among communications systems.
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SonicWALL Secures Academic Networks for New York's High-Need Neighborhood Schools		Raritan Unveils dcTrack with Flexible Implementation Wizards to Streamline Data Center Deployments
SUNNYVALE, Calif., (/PRNewswire-FirstCall/) -- SonicWALL, Inc., a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that Success Charter Network, an educational charter management organization, has deployed SonicWALL® E-Class NSA E5500 and Email Security appliances to expedite rapid and secure growth of their academic network. Expanding from its four current school locations, Success Charter Network intends to expand to forty schools in various high-need neighborhoods throughout New York City. To achieve its goals, the Success Charter Network is leveraging SonicWALL technology to provide secure academic tools for both its staff and students. Previously, Success Charter Network used a Cisco PIX for network security and a hosted Microsoft Exchange service for e-mail security. "With our growth, we began having difficulties managing our security using the Cisco device and the hosted e-mail services," said Bryan Winther, Director of Information and Communications Technology, Success Charter Network. "We needed greater ease-of-use and expandability."		SOMERSET, N.J. - Raritan today announced a major software upgrade to its dcTrack™ data center infrastructure management solution that helps data centers visualize and automate the tracking and management of IT and facility systems. Ideal for today's dynamic data centers where IT equipment is added and moved regularly, dcTrack maintains accurate, real-time views and granular details of every element and their connections across the entire data center -- including servers, networking and facilities elements. It also provides up-to-the-minute views of a data center's power consumption, heat dissipation, raised floor space and rack elevations. dcTrack's workflow and change management capabilities support the daily operations of managing data centers and reduce significant costs associated with decentralized and manual tracking of key data center assets.
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Lattice Technology Releases Updated XVL System Toolkit Applications		Netapp and Brocade Expand Relationship- Unveil New FCOE Product Offerings
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- Lattice Technology®, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL® format, today announced that it has released updates to its applications that comprise the XVL System Toolkit. With updates to XVL Filter, XVL Reducer and XVL Processor, manufacturers can now handle XVL v10 files easily and quickly within their integrated manufacturing IT infrastructures. XVL System Toolkit empowers a manufacturing operation to turn enterprise-wide 3D data into a competitive advantage and extend best practices with 3D across an entire manufacturing supply chain. XVL System Toolkit delivers the tools to quickly and easily integrate automated processing of 3D CAD data into XVL across an integrated PLM, PDM or ERP system. With these tools, 3D data can be automatically processed and delivered in many different forms including, but not limited to, interactive work instructions, 3D parts lists and BOMs, assembly animations, and 2D illustrations direct from 3D. XVL applications sit within the automated system to provide all these outputs as well as advanced Digital Mock Up (DMU) and Design Review tools.		Sunnyvale and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NetApp and Brocade® today announced three new Brocade products as part of NetApp's next-generation Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) product offerings. The new Brocade switch, blade, and converged network adapters (CNAs) continue NetApp's leadership in FCoE and add to NetApp's ability to provide customers with flexible, simple, and efficient unified storage. The new Brocade FCoE products allow customers to bridge their Ethernet and Fibre Channel (FC) networks by offering both 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) and 8Gb FC ports within the same platform, as either a top-of-rack switch or a blade in the Brocade DCX or DCX-4S backbone. At the server level, the Brocade CNAs help customers consolidate their Ethernet and FC cabling by supporting both protocols on the same port. In addition to NetApp's expanded partnership with Brocade, NetApp also unveiled a new next-generation unified target adapter for its storage systems, switches, and converged network adapters. These solutions allow customers to simplify their IT infrastructure at the server edge while leveraging their existing investments in FC architecture.
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SafeNet Announces Launch of New eSafe® SmartSuite™ Web and Mail Security Gateway		IBM X-Force Report Reveals Unprecedented State of Web Insecurity
BALTIMORE, SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security now affiliated under common management with Aladdin Knowledge Systems, today announced the general availability of its new eSafe SmartSuite Secure Gateway for Web and mail protection and control. An entirely new gateway platform, eSafe SmartSuite offers Security that Thinks - the strong combination of intelligent protection, ease of use, and value-focused management and reporting that provides the insights today's businesses require. Building on the foundation of eSafe's real-time, intelligent technology platform, designed to protect organizations from current and future threats, eSafe SmartSuite offers real-time, intelligent inspection of all inbound and outbound Web and mail traffic while delivering unmatched performance and scalability. Additionally, eSafe SmartSuite now improves productivity and management visibility, and enhances security decision-making capabilities through simple, intelligent, and value-driven monitoring, trend analysis, and reporting functionality.		ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge to create an untenable risk landscape. According to the report, there has been a 508 percent increase in the number of new malicious Web links discovered in the first half of 2009. This problem is no longer limited to malicious domains or untrusted Web sites. The X-Force report notes an increase in the presence of malicious content on trusted sites, including popular search engines, blogs, bulletin boards, personal Web sites, online magazines and mainstream news sites. The ability to gain access and manipulate data remains the primary consequence of vulnerability exploitations. The X-Force report also reveals that the level of veiled Web exploits, especially PDF files, are at an all time high, pointing to increased sophistication of attackers. PDF vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2009 surpassed disclosures from all of 2008. From Q1 to Q2 alone, the amount of suspicious, obfuscated or concealed content monitored by the IBM ISS Managed Security Services team nearly doubled.
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Iomega Announces High Performance Yet Affordable Four-Drive NAS Appliance with Innovative Features for Small Businesses and Distributed Offices		Netherlands' Telfort Selects EDS, an HP Company, to Help Grow Its Business with Increased Technology Efficiency
San Diego, CA - Iomega, an EMC company and a global leader in data protection, announced the next generation of its quad-drive desktop NAS appliance with the worldwide launch of the new Iomega® StorCenter™ ix4-200d. Based on industry-leading enterprise-class EMC® storage technologies, the affordable ix4-200d is the ideal NAS appliance for small businesses, distributed offices and home office networks that require advanced data storage and protection features without the need for a dedicated IT staff. Up and running in a matter of four mouse clicks and a few minutes, the ix4-200d NAS appliance provides up to 8TB* of networked storage that easily integrates with existing infrastructure for expanded storage, file-sharing and backup of critical business data.		Palo Alto, CA -- EDS, an HP company, today announced that Telfort, a mobile telecommunications company in the Netherlands offering both mobile and fixed line telecommunication services (Internet and VoIP), has signed a five-year technology infrastructure and applications services agreement to help Telefort grow its business while improving quality and reducing operational costs. Under the terms of the agreement, EDS will manage the development and operation of Telfort's applications and infrastructure, amongst others to provide the company with improved agility and cost performance. As Telfort's service integrator, EDS also will act as a single point of contact. "In order for Telfort to grow our business in the low-cost wireless segment, it is necessary to adopt a cost leadership strategy and become more efficient," said Marco Visser, chief executive officer at Telfort BV. "By partnering with EDS, we will be able to streamline our organization for efficiency, providing us the opportunity to focus on new areas for growth."
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Hitachi Data Systems Unveils One of the Industry's Most Robust and Reliable Green Data Centers		Tyler Technologies to Provide Tyler's VersaTrans Transportation Management Solution to Denver Public Schools
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced the opening of its green data center in Yokohama, Japan. The Yokohama Third Center is one of the most robust and reliable in the industry and occupies 10,000 square meters of total floor space. The newly opened green facility incorporates power-efficient data center technology designed to achieve a benchmarking rating of 1.6 PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness), while offering among the industry's highest level of reliability, availability and data security. To maintain a competitive edge, today's businesses demand technology infrastructure with a 100 percent uptime. With machines running constantly, businesses quickly find that such high levels of energy usage are not sustainable and have a negative impact on the bottom line. To meet customer needs for security, cost management and efficiency, the new data center has been established with the objective of helping businesses adopt a 'greener' and more sustainable approach that enables them to streamline operations and lower operational expenditures./td>		Dallas, TX -- Tyler Technologies, Inc. announced that it has successfully implemented Tyler's VersaTrans® transportation management system, part of Tyler's broad range of software solutions for the K-12 school market, at Denver Public Schools (DPS). Specifically, DPS and Tyler, working together for the last eight weeks, have successfully implemented Tyler's VersaTrans RP®, and VersaTrans e-Link®. VersaTrans OnScreen® and the VersaTrans SIF AgentTM were also purchased by DPS and will be implemented in near the future. VersaTrans RP provides superior planning capabilities to simplify bus scheduling, routing and planning. VersaTrans OnScreen offers real-time GPS fleet tracking and management. VersaTrans e-Link enables a school district's transportation department to share school bus information online with principals, teachers and parents. Additionally, VersaTrans RP is certified with the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) and is scalable to meet the needs of districts large and small.
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Windsor Foods Selects LiveOffice for Cloud-Based Email Archiving and E-Discovery		Embotics Partners with Surgient to Simplify IT Administration with Self-Service Provisioning and Automation of Virtual Environments
TORRANCE, CA - LiveOffice, the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS), email archiving, email hosting and email continuity solutions, announced that Windsor Foods has deployed LiveOffice Personal Archive and LiveOffice Discovery Archive to provide unlimited storage capacity, improved server performance and e-discovery capabilities to its more than 600 users spread throughout 11 U.S. facilities. A national provider of frozen food products, Windsor Foods required a scalable email archiving and e-discovery solution to address its rapidly growing data stores, which were pushing the company's in-house mail servers to near capacity and beginning to cause performance issues. Windsor Foods' Vice President of Information Technology, Stephan Henze, knew they had to make a choice: "Start deleting, buy more storage or start archiving." Following a lengthy evaluation of the leading on-premise email archiving providers, Henze -once a skeptic of the SaaS delivery model -determined that a hosted email archiving solution would be the best fit.		Ottawa, ON -- Embotics, the Virtualization Automation and Control Company™, today announced a partnership agreement with Surgient, a leader in self-service provisioning for dynamic data centers. Together, the companies are offering enterprises complete lifecycle management and self-service provisioning of virtual environments. Manual controls that work well for small, contained virtual environments can create significant issues as these virtual environments grow. The resulting overload of administration teams and potential process bottlenecks have created what has come to be known as the IT Service Delivery Gap. While IT budgets have stayed flat or even decreased in recent history, the demand for complex, virtualized IT resources to support business activities continues to increase, creating a critical IT service delivery gap. As a result, frustrated users are creating their own virtual infrastructure outside the bounds and controls established by IT.
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STORServer: Data Protection Appliances and Email Archiving Leader

STORServer, Inc. was founded in 2000 to provide simple, adaptable and scalable solutions for data protection. A privately held corporation with locations in the United States and Europe, STORServer®, Inc. is the manufacturer of the award-winning line of STORServer® Appliances. Each appliance is an enterprise-wide, comprehensive solution that installs quickly, and takes just minutes a day to manage. STORServer's ongoing mission is to help their customers protect their digital information in an environment of ever-increasing complexity. The hallmarks of their solutions are turn-key implementation, simplicity of administration through automation and improved uptime through an innovative support approach delivered by highly qualified solution engineers. STORServer solutions significantly reduce operating expense, minimize risk and easily adapt to changing business and technology landscapes. STORServer's support organization provides all-inclusive and efficient product support. Their outstanding customer support has resulted in customer satisfaction almost double the industry average with 95 percent of customers renewing their STORServer support contracts annually.

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