http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_about.php The UK's premier source of press releases in the technology and business sectors brought to you by SourceWire, the top website for technology journalists. en-gb Copyright 2008 sourcewire.com releases@dwpub.com support@dwpub.com http://www.sourcewire.com/images/rss/rss.gif 16 16 http://www.sourcewire.com Massive on-board storage and nano-second transmit granularity combine to give ultimate test and monitoring experience Auckland, New Zealand and Chantilly, VA - August 27, 2008 - Endace Limited (LSE/AIM: EDA), a world leader in network monitoring solutions, today announced enhancements to their leading NinjaProbe appliance that now allow the platform to capture, store and replay network traffic at speeds approaching 10Gb/s. These capabilities permit network operators to replay events on their network exactly as they occurred, providing the ability to recreate real network scenarios, identify the cause and effect of alarm conditions, load and test networking and security equipment and actively study user experiences for services like video on demand. Until now, testing has relied on expensive equipment to generate synthetic test patterns; an approach that does not reflect real world traffic conditions and therefore fails to allow for proper network optimization. Deployed as consolidated monitoring equipment and driving a full range of preferred monitoring applications, NinjaProbe is deployed by network operations and security officers alike, unobtrusively monitoring every packet on network links, writing a copy of each packet to system memory and simultaneously adding a time stamp with nano-second granularity. With on-board storage now expandable to 128TB, NinjaProbe can store days, weeks and even months of monitored data. “While customers are already familiar with NinjaProbe’s wire-speed traffic capture capabilities, our addition of synchronized traffic replay, even across multiple probes, adds a new dimension to network monitoring and trouble-shooting,” highlighted Stephen Gleave, VP of Marketing at Endace. “After precisely time-stamping every captured packet, NinjaProbe can now accurately replay stored data while maintaining inter-packet delay intervals, guaranteeing recreation of the originally monitored traffic.” Mirroring the exponential growth of content replay in mainstream applications, capture/replay capabilities are fast becoming de facto requirements for network operators. With end users demanding both high speed connectivity and an improved quality of experience, operators must be able to recreate the exact characteristics of a customer session for a broad range of network speeds and services. “High volume data storage coupled to accurate data replay is the equivalent of network CCTV, giving operators the reassurance that they can readily share a previous user experience, and quickly isolate issues that might be impacting network performance,” Gleave added. (Ends) CONTACTS: Endace Limited: Joni Moore, PR Counsel (US) Tel: +1 508 308 7900 David Evans, PR Counsel (Europe) Tel: +44 (0)1291 626200 Steve Gleave, VP Marketing Tel: +1 408 556 9922 Bankside: Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield (UK) Tel: +44 (0)20-7367-8888 / +44 (0)7802-888159 Panmure Gordon/Edward Farmer Tel: +44 (0) 20-7459-3600 About Endace For organisations that rely on their IP networks to do business, Endace provides traffic monitoring, latency measurement, network security and application acceleration solutions that capture, inspect and report on every single data packet. We enable our customers to be confident in their service performance, information security, and regulatory compliance. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Endace also has offices in the UK, USA and Singapore. Quoted on AIM, the stock code is LSE: EDA. For further information: http://www.endace.com Endace, the Endace logo, DAG and NinjaProbe are trademarks or registered trademarks in New Zealand or other countries of Endace Technology Limited. All other trademarks may be the property of their respective holders. - Carina Parmar 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXQAg Novelty gadget merchandising specialist needed global e-commerce solution. First Hosted of Cheshire, a UK-based NetSuite Solution provider has completed an integrated, online finance, ecommerce, CRM, marketing and distribution system implementation for BLUW; a young, dynamic novelty gadget manufacturing and merchandising group. From their HQ in London, BLUW Ltd manages operations in New York (USA); Hong Kong and Shenzen (China) with warehousing in Fort Worth Texas USA and Basildon, UK. As an international organisation operating in multiple time zones and across three continents, on-line availability and 24 hour support were the cardinal requirements which led to the selection of the NetSuite OneWorld solution. By using a subscription demand service, it has been estimated that the group has achieved savings in excess of £100K over the costs of installing and running a traditional on-premise solution. “We operate on three continents and our business is undergoing enormous growth. It would be impossible to predict future systems and infrastructure requirements for our business. With NetSuite OneWorld, we don’t have to,” explains BLUW, Financial Director, Ian Harkin. First Hosted Ltd (FHL) managed the implementation by tailoring the solution to meet BLUW’s business needs in finance, e-commerce, customer relationship management (CRM), marketing and distribution. Once configured, FHL delivered a combination of Web-based and one-to-one coaching and development sessions to each of the location teams to ensure rapid uptake of the solution and a fast track to improved operating efficiencies. Definition of roles and identification of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the dashboards contributed to a strong and cohesive team ethic. Automated sales and highly efficient fulfilment and customer service processes have all contributed to significant time savings throughout the operation. The net result is increased visibility of key data, improved sales, better team communications and a closer focus on performance. 'Our demands were high' says Ian. 'The system was new to everyone. The service we received from First Hosted Ltd was second to none. Their delivery and customer management in what was a highly complex system implementation was an exemplary case of how all customers should be managed. We were communicated with efficiently and nurtured through the entire process. 'We look forward to continuing to use the services of First Hosted Ltd for continued training for our organisation and we would recommend them to everyone. NetSuite the product, like First Hosted Ltd, is top class! 'NetSuite allows us to focus on what actually generates income for our business, and that is spending time with our customers,' says Harkin. 'Having everything operating on a single platform is highly efficient. Our online stores, outsourced warehousing facilities, delivery and dispatch system, and shipping are fully integrated with UPS and our payment processing with PayPal, dramatically reducing investment on overhead.” Ian Harkin concludes saying: “NetSuite gives us the flexibility to meet our future needs, whatever they are, with little or no effort and minimum cost. With NetSuite we must have saved in excess of £50,000 in computer hardware and infrastructure alone; and at least as much again in salaries and fees for maintenance and support.” #### About First Hosted Ltd http://www.firsthosted.co.uk First Hosted Limited (FHL) delivers pre-sales consultancy and product implementation and services to support NetSuite Customer Relations Management & Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for business management applications. As a consultancy FHL provides training services backed up by in-depth experience and knowledge to support clients during the review and implementation of their business management processes. FHL has successfully implemented more than 30 NetSuite solutions Contact details: Issued by: Mike Ottewell MJO Associates for First Hosted Ltd Tel: 01538 361217 E-mail: mjo.associates@tiscali.co.uk Andrew Peddie First Hosted Ltd Tel:- 0845 680 6995 E-mail: andrew.peddie@firsthosted.co.uk - Michael Ottewell 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXQAm Internet Central, a leading provider of [internet business solutions|http://www.netcentral.co.uk] , today announced that they will be rolling out a new virtualised hosting platform for customers which will greatly improve reliability and scalability and help businesses reduce their maintenance costs as well as their environmental impact by making more efficient use of the virtual environment. Planning, development and significant investment into the very latest hardware, software, industry leading firewalls, routers and storage devices will ensure that the requirements of Internet Central’s customers are met both today and in the future. Due to ever changing customer requirements and demand for more robust and scalable service, Internet Central was looking to include a virtual platform that would offer advanced features at affordable prices for customers that were reliant on the web for business growth. This new platform presents a variety of new web hosting options based on enhanced features and functionality and have been designed for higher security and an enhanced online user experience. The company says they will be able to provision sites and servers far quicker than before and offer a greater range of services. Ian Rowley, Internet Central Sales Director comments: “It is claimed that over the next 5 years Virtualisation will be increasingly adopted by service providers and organisations and we wanted to be at the forefront of this development. Virtualisation is fast becoming a key requirement for every server and through the introduction of our virtualisation platform Internet Central is now able to further build on its SME business user base to meet customers' needs. We can tailor client’s server specification to their needs and bring it online easily. We also offer increased redundancy, reduced downtime, performance enhancements and faster upgrading. We will also offer the ability to roll-back to an existing image of a server - this is especially useful if clients host a server with us and want to create a 'restore point' before performing a Windows Update or software installation that could break that all-important web application. Most IT Managers will know that no amount of testing can ensure fault-free roll-outs of new software and updates onto live web servers, so this is an essential and excellent way to ensure that they have an image to roll back to instantly. Our customers have grown to expect high end network connectivity and reliability from our hosted platform. We had to ensure that the new platform was even more resilient and reliable than that of our competitors. The new solution will host sites across a range of machines - not just one server. This reduces the chances of failure and, should a server fail, client data, server or website will continue to operate and be available. All data is stored externally with ultra-fast redundant Gigabit connections to connect these servers to the data repository, meaning that client’s valuable server or website can be automatically moved from one host server to another without downtime. We can also centrally manage a customer’s server and ensure that it performs at its best - increasing memory, hard drive space, even allocating more powerful CPU's - all without the usual downtime and data migration from physical servers.” With customers and visitors to websites getting faster and faster connections it is more important now than ever that websites and data servers respond quickly and reliably. Internet Central’s new platform will be monitored and controlled centrally using highly advanced automated systems which will move servers and websites to the least occupied system to ensure an extremely high quality of service for customers. More information can be found at http://www.netcentral.co.uk Contacts: Press Information: Stephanie Freeman FM Marketing, Tel: 07961 149399 or +44(0)1270 883782 Email: stephanie@fmmarketingpr.com - Stephanie Freeman 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXQAQ SANDISK BOOSTS SD CARD SPEED BY FIFTY PERCENT — SETS NEW SPEED RECORD FOR SD FLASH MEMORY CARDS The New SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC Line Easily Supports Continuous Shooting Performance in Nikon’s New D90 Digital SLR Camera London, UK, August 27, 2008 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second1 for SD™ flash memory cards with the introduction of the SanDisk Extreme® III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC™ Cards. The new cards, expected to be available worldwide in September in 4-gigabyte (GB)2, 8GB and 16GB capacities, are designed to deliver peak performance when used with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90. The Nikon D90 is the industry’s first DSLR camera to support SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards at increased performance. Featuring a 50-percent speed boost from previous 20MB/s cards, the new SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC card makes it possible to record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image.3 The Nikon D90 camera captures high-resolution, 12.3 megapixel still images, and it is Nikon’s first DSLR to offer movie recording capability. With ever-increasing technology advancements in DSLR cameras, higher megapixel growth and new video capturing capabilities, SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s SDHC cards make it easy for consumers to capture and store more high-resolution images and video content. When placed in SanDisk’s new ImageMate® Multi-Card USB 2.0 Reader/Writer, still images and video can be transferred from the new SDHC card to a computer up to 30MB/s, greatly reducing the waiting time to offload large files from the card to the computer. “The high capacities and performance of the SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards give users the freedom to shoot lots of high-resolution photos and video clips,” said Susan Park, director of consumer product marketing for SanDisk’s performance cards. “The combination of our new SanDisk Extreme III 30 MB/s Edition SDHC card technology and the Nikon D90 camera maximizes performance.” According to research firm IDC, demand for DSLR cameras is growing as users replace older models with more sophisticated options. Global sales of DSLR cameras grew by 41 percent last year, which was nearly twice the growth rate of the overall digital camera market worldwide.4 “Increasingly we’re seeing more second- or third-time digital camera buyers upgrading to more technologically-advanced prosumer DSLRs because they offer richer feature sets at more affordable prices than ever before,” said Chris Chute, research manager of IDC's Worldwide Digital Imaging Solutions Group. “The new SanDisk Extreme III cards provide optimal performance levels and high-capacity points to match that latest technology innovation.” “Whether capturing a special moment in sports, a wilderness hike, or just your toddler running across the room, life doesn’t always stop when you want to take a picture. The combination of the new Nikon D90 camera and SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards helps ensure that photographers capture winning action shots and experience quicker transfer of files from the camera’s memory card to a computer,” said Mr. Koichiro Kawamura, General Manager, 1st Designing Department, Imaging Company Nikon Corporation Beyond their high capacities and performance levels, all SanDisk Extreme III cards are capable of functioning in extreme temperatures, from -13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit or -25 to 85 degrees Celsius. The cards also carry a lifetime limited warranty.5 SanDisk Extreme III SDHC 30MB/s Edition cards, which have a Class 6 performance rating, are fully backwards-compatible; working in any camera, card reader or other device that supports SDHC cards.6 Pricing and Availability SanDisk Extreme III SDHC 30MB/s Edition cards are expected to be available worldwide in September. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price is U.S. $64.99 for the 4GB card, US $109.99 for the 8GB card, and U.S. $179.99 for the 16GB card. About SanDisk SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world’s largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory – from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk’s product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. MEDIA CONTACT: Solid Ground Chris Geear Tel: +44 (0)20 7566 0160 Email: sandisk@solidground.eu ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Up to 30 MB/s read/write. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes. X=150KB/sec. 2 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity is not available for data storage. 3 Based on internal testing, the SanDisk Extreme III SDHC 30MB/s Edition cards make it possible to record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image. In comparison, SanDisk testing results with standard SanDisk Extreme III cards operating at SDHC 20MB/sec. resulted in 26 images captured in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image. 4 Source: IDC, Worldwide Digital Camera 2008-2012 Forecast (IDC #212152, May 2008) 5 Warranty may vary by country. 6 Actual read and write speeds of the SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s SDHC Edition cards are dependent on host device. SanDisk’s product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp SanDisk’s web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, SanDisk Extreme and ImageMate are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. SD and SDHC are trademarks. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s). This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, our products may not perform as expected or may not be available at the prices, in the regions, in the capacities or at the time expected and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release. - Chris Geear 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXQAX BitDefender® researchers have identified a new large spam wave featuring abusive use of a well known delivery company’s name to deceive the users into downloading extremely dangerous malware. Beware of a malicious payload that is being distributed using an e-mail spam falsely presented as from FedEx. The message claims that the company was not able to deliver a postal package sent one month ago. Recipients are then invited to download and print an attached invoice in order to retrieve the package. See example depicted in the screenshot below. However, the attached archive does not hold the alleged invoice, but an extremely dangerous piece of malware, known as Trojan.Spy.ZBot or one of its many variants, such as Trojan.Spy.Wsnpoem.HA. This malware was specially engineered to steal sensitive e-banking data. Once it penetrates a system, it installs in Windows\System32 directory, where it creates the rootkit-hidden wsnpoem folder that it populates with the encrypted ntos.exe, audio.dll and video.dll files (in effect, the two so-called “DLLs” are used for configuration and storage purposes). It also creates a registry entry that enables its automatic launch each time Windows® starts up. To harvest the sensitive e-banking details, it injects code into winlogon.exe and iexplorer.exe processes and downloads one or several files from a remote server. It employs these files to store the data it gathers by monitoring the Web browser activity. “ZBot and its family have an increased damage potential, as they are able to deactivate the firewall, steal sensitive financial data (such as credit card and account numbers, as well as login details), make screen shots and create logs of current working sessions. In addition, it is capable of downloading supplemental components and providing a remote e-criminal with the means to access the compromised system. Hence, we strongly recommend you not to open these e-mails and their attachments and to install and activate a reliable antimalware, firewall and spam filter solution.” said Sorin Dudea, Head of BitDefender Anti-malware Research. BitDefender® is the creator of one of the industry’s fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified security software. Since its inception in 2001, BitDefender has continued to raise the bar and set new standards in proactive threat prevention. Every day, BitDefender protects tens of millions of home and corporate users across the globe – giving them the peace of mind of knowing that their digital experiences are secure. BitDefender solutions are distributed by a global network of value added distribution and reseller partners in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more details about BitDefender’s security solutions, please check http://www.bitdefender.co.uk Mike Ottewell PR for BitDefender UK and Ireland Tel: 01538 361217 E-mail: mottewell@bitdefender.co.uk Nick Billington BitDefender Country Manager (UK and Ireland) Tel: 08451305096 E-mail: nbillington@bitdefender.co.uk Fax:- 0845 130 5069 - Michael Ottewell 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzz Business Performance Consultancy expands its global presence with new regional partner and office in India New Delhi: 27 August 2008 – Nishant Grover has been appointed by international business performance consultancy, McKinney Rogers, as regional partner for Indian Subcontinent at its newly opened office in New Delhi. The appointment and new location are furthering McKinney Rogers’ vision to be a truly global organization, recognized internationally for its passion and results. Prior to his appointment at McKinney Rogers, Nishant worked as Vice President and Head of Indian operations at Rodyk and Davidson Consulting India, where he assisted foreign investors with their business ventures in India as well as Indian corporates’ ventures overseas. He has also sat on the boards of Indian subsidiaries of German multinational Grohe and Singapore listed CSC. A trained lawyer, Nishant specializes in International Business and will be responsible for engaging directly with clients as well as driving new business development across the Indian Subcontinent. Damian McKinney, CEO and founder of McKinney Rogers, comments: “McKinney Rogers is growing on a global scale and Nishant’s understanding of international business coupled with his knowledge of the Indian marketplace will be a welcome addition to McKinney Rogers’ expanding client base.” - Ends – About McKinney Rogers: McKinney Rogers is a global business performance consultancy, with operations in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the US. In partnering with its clients, McKinney Rogers strives to continually add value, by focusing on driving business performance and delivering sustainable growth year on year. Its Business Performance Solutions take business from strategy to execution through the rigor of robust processes and behaviours. McKinney Rogers works with a number of global clients including Diageo, Pfizer, Wal-Mart and Thomson Financial Services. Visit McKinney Rogers’ website at www.mckinneyrogers.com For more information: Please contact Claudia Kellermann or Emily Young at Portfolio Communications on +44 (0)20 7240 6959 or by email at claudia.kellermann@portfoliocomms.com or emily.young@portfoliocomms.com REF: 08-121 DATE: 27.08.08 - Claudia Kellermann 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzE Customers to Benefit from Real-time Compliance Optimisation Platform Cupertino, CA — 27 August 2008 — ForeScout Technologies, a leader in access control and compliance solutions, today announced that it has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) partner programme. Under the McAfee SIA programme, ForeScout will integrate its CounterACT™ Network Access Control solution with ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™) software, the McAfee enterprise security and compliance management system. This integration will extend the network enforcement options managed therein and extend coverage to more devices on the corporate network, including those in non-802.1x environments. Ayelet Steinitz, vice president of business development, said: “ForeScout is excited to partner with McAfee to address our mutual customers’ need for our complementary NAC functionality. Furthermore, this combined offering enables stronger enforcement across corporate networks drawing on the strength of McAfee ePO software in combination with CounterACT’s network enforcement mechanisms. Mutual customers will be able to deploy the integrated offering without any changes to their networks.” CounterACT is an out-of-band, clientless network access control appliance that delivers business-ready NAC by providing the ability to detect every device, interrogate the device for policy compliance, enforce network security policies and remediate non-compliant systems. This is accomplished without any form of network disruption. CounterACT provides complete pre- and post-connect access control policy enforcement ensuring devices remain fully compliant with network security policies. In addition, CounterACT’s built-in intrusion prevention module ensures the network is always protected from malicious threats no matter where or how a device connects. The McAfee ePO platform lets enterprises and governments centrally manage security and compliance products from multiple vendors, offering unprecedented cost savings and return on investment. With more than 35,000 customers and managing more than 60 million PCs and servers, this unique platform is helping McAfee SIA partners to extend their reach and create complementary functionality. Detailed information on the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance and McAfee ePO are available at: http://www.mcafee.com/sia. According to Joe Gottlieb, vice president of corporate strategy and technology alliances for McAfee: “Our customers must manage risk by balancing network access with security policy enforcement and continuous compliance management. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is the management platform of choice for these tasks and ForeScout will fit right in with their innovative NAC enforcement options.” About ForeScout Technologies, Inc. ForeScout specialises in network policy management for enterprises looking to secure their networks without needlessly punishing end users. The company's network appliances are in service in over 500 enterprises in 37 countries, with customers from Banking, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology and Transportation. Its flagship product, CounterACT™ is the world's most deployed NAC solution: it is fast and easy for administrators to deploy, manage and maintain and offers users zero-disruption. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, ForeScout has an R&D centre in Tel Aviv, Israel and offers a global sales and support network. For more about ForeScout and CounterACT, visit www.forescout.com. ### PR Contacts: Nancy Renzullo ForeScout 408.213.3194 nrenzullo@forescout.com Sally Bratton Bratton PR +44 (0)1296 394000 sally.bratton@brattonpr.com - Sally Bratton 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzg WELLESBOURNE, 27 August 2008… Bynx (www.bynx.com), the software supplier to the global automotive sector, has expanded its operations with a number of key partnerships and appointments around the globe. The move will strengthen Bynx’ presence within the countries involved, bringing its pioneering fleet management solutions to a wider and greater number of organisations. New Bynx distributors have been appointed in Italy and Romania (Safo), Japan (Global Systems), and Spain (IT Actua Management). Bynx has also strengthened its presence within the Middle East with the appointment of Middle East Market Makers. In addition, Bynx is in the process of making significant in-roads in Russia. Commenting on the global expansion Mark Binks, Bynx’ group managing director, says, “As organisations expand their own offerings and move into new, emerging territories, they expect the same services and standards that they have become accustomed to in their established bases. This includes how they manage their fleets and as such we see immense potential within these particular regions. In the established, Central European regions, a growing number of companies are turning to Bynx to develop solutions to meet their specific, individual requirements, hence the appointment of the new distributors.” The latest global expansion means that Bynx now has a foothold within seven countries including Australia, USA and Africa. ENDS Notes to Editors: About Bynx As a leader in its class, Bynx provides the most functionally rich and flexible automotive software solutions for contract hire, fleet management and rental organisations across the globe. Utilising the latest technology, Bynx delivers innovative applications providing real business benefits to customers. Fore more information, please contact Switch Communications: Jillian Alexander, Tel: 079 49 602 484 / jillian@switchcomms.com or Paul Doran, Tel: 077 683 73100 / paul@switchcomms.com - Paul Doran 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzL Gallium (an EOH company) recently announced a strategic partnership with UK-based ChangeBASE AOK, a relationship that will deliver AOK’s solutions for automated application compatibility to the local market. Gallium supplies specialised application services, technology and test factory solutions and services to customers throughout South Africa. ChangeBASE AOK solutions enable businesses to quickly, automatically and cost effectively assess the impact of changes to their software applications, and thereby make informed decisions with confidence as they evolve their infrastructure and operating environments. This is of particular significance as companies look to roll out Microsoft Vista, virtualisation projects and ongoing application estate upgrades and changes, says Haydn Pinnell, MD, Gallium. “As application specialists in the field of performance management, quality and security testing, we are excited to have partnered with ChangeBASE AOK and see it as the ideal opportunity to diversify our product offering and break into a new market.” Colin Gray, Sales Director, ChangeBASE AOK, says that partnering with Gallium makes perfect sense in South Africa as it strengthens its ability to address the needs of global customers. He explains that as businesses migrate to new operating systems or explore the benefits of virtualisation, they must first assess their application estate and address any potential issues of incompatibility that may impact on productivity. The challenge they face is a lack of consistent metrics and semi-automated processes that provide the right degree of information to make informed decisions, and prioritise effectively. “ChangeBASE AOK gives partners like Gallium the means to automate many of the elements of the application readiness process, delivering fast assessment, accurate project priorities and, hence, significant migration and on-going service performance improvements. Typical time savings over manual compatibility assessment and remediation processes are in the region of 70 percent, with vastly improved accuracy and consistency. It’s now possible to assess a large application portfolio in hours and to make the vast majority ready for deployment in days rather than months, which is typical in traditional, manual project processes.” The move to deliver these types of services is being very well received by big vendors, such as Microsoft. As they deliver increased functionality and performance from their newest platforms, companies with skilled resources, best practice processes and efficient automation technology will reap the rewards, being able to adopt new technologies faster and at a much lower impact to the business, Gray concludes. Ends About Gallium Gallium, a member of the EOH group of companies, supplies Business Technology Optimisation Solutions from HP Software, Specialised Technology based Professional Services, Training, Managed Services, Test Factory Solutions and Ad hoc Quality and Performance Testing Services. About EOH EOH is a business and technology solutions provider creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients. EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business: Technology – Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement and support a range of world-class business applications including ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence, Advanced Planning and Scheduling, e-Commerce and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Consulting – Concentrated under the EOH Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education. Outsourcing – EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client’s IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT Outsourcing, Application Hosting and Managed Services. In addition EOH offers full Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and operates in the rest of Africa. About ChangeBASE AOK Founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, England, ChangeBASE AOK is the provider and developer of AOK, software that automates the compatibility assessment, remediation, management and upgrade of applications in a Microsoft operating system or virtual environment. ChangeBASE AOK counts Dimension Data, SCC, Satyam, Getronics, Symantec, and Microsoft as its partners and Irish Life, Astra Zeneca and Old Mutual amongst its enterprise customers. For more information contact John Tate, Managing Director on john.tate@changebase.com - Monique Chambers 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzi emuse and T-Home go live with ground-breaking Bundesliga Interaktive service on Microsoft Mediaroom in Germany 27th August 2008 – T-Home, the IPTV division of Deutsche Telekom AG, and emuse have launched the first interactive IPTV application in the world to enhance a major sporting event. Following the German Telecommunications giant’s acquisition of the IPTV rights to all of the Bundesliga (German Premier League football) for their T-Home platform and the signing of a development agreement with emuse in late-2007, the companies have now launched the latest release of the Bundesliga Interaktive service. The application features coverage of up to 9 concurrent live matches every game weekend, the facility to watch a variety of those games simultaneously and to access “catch up” footage enabling viewers to see selected match highlights from as little as 30 seconds after they occur. The service is further enhanced with the addition of club updates, player news and match statistics. The full games and match highlight packages are then archived and can be viewed at any time by T-Home subscribers. T-Home subscribers can access this free service by pressing the blue button (which is a dedicated Bundesliga Interaktive button), by navigating through the T-Home interactive services menu or by entering the dedicated Bundesliga Interaktive channel number. T-Home’s customers may access video clips for every significant event in all Bundesliga football matches both live and retrospectively for the whole season. It also allows T-Home customers to construct play lists for the entire league and for individual teams in the league. emuse and T-Home launched a Beta release of the service at the end of the 2007-2008 season and extra features in the latest release include a live summary of all games currently being played, a league table and a top scorers list and an at-a-glance view of all games being played on the current day. “emuse has an unparalleled track-record in live IPTV deployments having worked with companies including British Telecom and T-Home” says Patrick Rainsford, CEO emuse “It is especially rewarding, however, to have deployed the Bundesliga Interaktive service which we believe is the most sophisticated event-driven and video rich application yet deployed on the Microsoft Mediaroom platform anywhere in the world” he concluded. emuse and T-Home expect to announce further developments to their already close working relationship in the coming months. About emuse emuse - the leading international, interactive advertising and content solutions supplier. Currently the largest independent cross-platform, interactive advertising provider in the UK, emuse also supplies the creation and deployment of targeted integrated, world-wide campaigns across DTT, DCab, DSat, Mobile, IPTV, Broadband TV and Social Networks. www.emusetechnologies.com For further information please contact: Lucy O'Brien, Fleishman Hillard Tel: 0044 207 395 7070 Kara Hanahoe, emuse Tel: 00353 86 24 64 353 About Deutsche Telekom AG Deutsche Telekom is one of the leading integrated telecommunications companies worldwide with more than 119 million mobile customers, around 37 million fixed-network lines and more than 13 million broadband lines (as at: December 31, 2007). Deutsche Telekom's three product brands, T-Home, T-Mobile and T-Systems, offer its customers around the world modern telecommunications products and services from a single source – fixed-network telephony, broadband Internet, mobile communications and ICT solutions. As an international group of companies with some 240,000 employees in around 50 countries throughout the world, Deutsche Telekom generated half of its revenues of EUR 62.5 billion outside Germany in 2007. Further information is available on the Internet at: www.telekom.com - Lucy O'Brien 27-08-2008 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LXXzQ