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IT Weekly Roundup, October 22
From the business wires this week: authentication solutions, enterprise-class switches and other tools to smoothen infrastructure management.
DoubleClick
announced the launch of
Real Time Messaging (RTM),
a new component to its DARTmail e-mail deployment platform. RTM automatically
deploys and delivers e-mail messages in response to consumer actions,
such as order confirmations and shipping notifications, giving marketers
control over operational and transactional e-mail.
http://www.doubleclick.com
Entrust’s IdentityGuard
helps organizations address identity theft with an affordable and
easy-to-implement and -deploy second factor of authentication. Using
random grids of alphanumeric characters to answer challenges presented
to users for authentication, attackers have less chance of intercepting
logins. http://www.entrust.com
Westbrook Technologies’ Fortis
LDAP Support allows administrators to synchronize Fortis
to their Active Directory service and gives users a secure and faster
method of authentication through an LDAP (Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol) server. http://www.westbrooktech.com
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| Aten Technology's KH88 8-port
KVM switch can control up to 512 computers. |
ATEN Technology released a new enterprise-class
KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) solution: the KH88,
an 8-port, high-density switch that allows access to up to eight
computers, which is cascadeable to three levels from any port for
controlling up to 512 computers from a single console. The KVM switch
features a video quality of 2048 x 1536 resolution, a 1U-high rack,
flash ROM firmware, hot pluggability and an On Screen Display (OSD)
module for network authentication. The KH88 is priced at $449.95.
http://www.aten-usa.com
FastEDI from Internet
Resource Group automates EDI data routing and delivery and
can be run on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux and several
varieties of Unix. FastEDI can process any data format – from
XML, HL7, X12 to HIPAA transactions, spreadsheets, images and PDF
files – and deliver it over FTP, SSL, HTTPS, e-mail or within
a network. Built in are PGP command-line encryption and decryption
and three levels of user access. http://www.fastedi.com
Computer Associates has released new
versions of its lifecycle management solutions AllFusion
2E and AllFusion Plex for efficient
creation of Web services and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) from existing
application designs. AllFusion 2E offers trigger programs that simplify
development projects and an option for IBM iSeries sessions to run
instantly through a Web browser. AllFusion Plex now provides the
ability to create business logic components that can be used as
Web services or components for .NET-based applications. http://ca.com
Alcatel has introduced two new products
and a capability to its OmniSwitch 6000
enterprise workgroup lineup for chassis-grade availability, security
and manageability. The Alcatel OmniSwitch 6602
layer-3 workgroup switch features policy-based OneTouch QoS and
VLAN tools and is available in 24- and 48-port 10/100 models. The
Alcatel OmniSwitch 6600 U24 fiber-to-the-desk
solution is also built on the Alcatel Operating System (AOS) and
was designed for military and campus networks. Its pluggable
optics design supports all optic types found in enterprises. Also,
Alcatel OmniSwitch 6600 workgroup
switches now supports 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) to power
a range of products through Category 5 cables. Pricing is $2,410,
$3,495 and $3,195, respectively. http://www.alcatel.com
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| Interwoven Records Manager centralizes
control over paper and electronic documents, and e-mail. |
Interwoven Records Manager provides enterprises
with a single unified records management (RM) system and covers
the entire content lifecycle, from creation to archiving to retention.
The enterprise content management (ECM) solution is integrated with
Interwoven Worksite 8 software and enables unified management of
paper and electronic documents, as well as e-mail. http://www.interwoven.com
Ivis Technologies announced the availability
of XBoost, an integrated set of management
infrastructure management services for .NET and Java environments.
XBoost offers codeless cross-platform integration to simplify management
of .NET and Java applications, accelerate localization with support
for single- and double-byte characters, and assists regulatory compliance.
http://www.ivis.com
Cabinet NG 5.0, an automated file management
solution that files as soon as you type, from Cabinet
NG, Inc., features a new document workflow module, which
allows users to launch documents into a rules-based or manually
defined approval/review process. Cabinet NG 5.0 also has a new PreView
mode that can display a document without opening or even requiring
its native application, with support for nearly 300 document types.
http://www.cabinetng.com
ZANTAZ released version 4.0 of its EAS
e-mail management solution. EAS 4.0 features
three new applications, File Archive Solution (FAS), EAS Supervisor
and EAS Pre-Review. Together they enable companies to manage both
e-mail and NTFS file systems using a single archive server; monitor
and control corporate communications to comply with supervision
regulations such as NASD 3010 and NYSE 342; and provide real-time
review of electronic communications. The updated version of EAS
offloads Microsoft Exchange servers and file servers to improve
performance and availability. http://www.zantaz.com