PORTFOLIO NEWS ARCHIVENewsletter: Winter Edition 2002/2003
AITech International, the world leader in scan conversion and desktop video technology, introduces the Wireless pc2TV Upgrade KitTM, a wireless device allowing video scan converter, desktop and notebook computer users to upgrade their existing wired products to wireless. It eliminates the hazards of tripping over wires during your business presentation or the dubious effort involved in hooking-up and running cable wires every time you're going to use multimedia content in your lecture. Whether in the business world, classroom or at home, the Wireless pc2TV Upgrade KitTM extends the range of presentations, training sessions and home entertainment to 600 feet (200 meters) without wires. The Wireless pc2TV Upgrade KitTM consists of a premium 2.4 GHz long-range sender/receiver set which can send high-quality video & sound from your computer to any TV with an RCA/composite video port. The Wireless pc2TV Upgrade KitTM provides 4 selectable radio frequency channels, which increase the flexibility and reliability of the video transmission creating crystal clear broadcasts. Its patented omni-directional high gain antenna reduces multipath interference, transmitting signals throughout the home, office, or school obstructed by walls, ceiling, and furniture. For more information on AITech International Corp. and its products and technologies, visit the AITech International website at http://www.AITech.com.
BroadWare Technologies, Inc. is one of the industry's earliest pioneers in providing viewing, storage, and management of very low-latency video and audio streams in a networked environment. BroadWare customers include Argonne National Labs, Delaware Department of Transportation, Defense Information Systems Agency, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Siemens Energy & Automation, and others. The company has announced the immediate availability of its Interactive Media Server™ (IMS) 3.0, a turnkey platform that allows systems integrators and application developers to build customized, network-based video solutions for transportation, defense, government, enterprise security, and other markets. BroadWare's IMS 3.0 now provides everything in the box that systems integration partners need to quickly build and deploy complex, real-time video and audio applications. Customers can now gain access to the best development platform available for custom streaming and archiving systems. BroadWare IMS 3.0 is available immediately. For more information, visit http://www.broadware.com/tech.
Cycolor, Inc. was established as a new enterprise to develop, manufacture and market digital imaging media and technology. Cycolor announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a business relationship to fund, develop, and commercialize a new type of digital photo/digital ticket kiosk based upon Cycolor's cylithography technology and Digital HK's e-payment system targeting at the China market.
Cycolor and Telegen Corporation also announced their MOU to develop and commercialize a new type of photo printer head based upon Telegen's High Gain Emissive Display (HGED) technology. Telegen's subsidiary, Telegen Display Corporation (TDC) will develop the printer heads to be tested and manufactured for use in a line of digital photo printers, which are designed specifically for use with Cycolor's patented imaging technology. For further information, visit http://www.cycolor.com.
Fortinet, a provider of network protection systems and the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus solutions announced that its Network Protection Gateway (NPG) platform won a new, more stringent version 4.0 firewall certification from independent testing organization ICSA Labs. This certification provides further assurance that the FortiGate NPGs successfully screen and secure corporate networks against a wide range of threats from public or other untrusted networks. With this certification, of the FortiGate series, Fortinet becomes the only provider of hardware-accelerated platforms that have achieved ICSA certifications for firewall, IPSec and antivirus services in an integrated, multifunction system.
In other news, the editors of TMC Internet Telephony Magazine awarded Fortinet with the magazine's prestigious 2002 Product of the Year award. The award recognized Fortinet's entire FortiGate line of Network Protection Gateways for their "vision, leadership and technological innovation." Internet Telephony editors reviewed more than 150 of applications for the honor, before selecting the companies that demonstrate the attention to detail that are the hallmarks of IT magazine Product of the Year award winners. Fortinet is especially honored to have earned the recognition and believes that the award once again validates the strength of the company and its platform.
Fortinet has also recently established a new office in South Korea with the appointment of J.D. Kim as country President. Additionally, the company announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Sysone Inc., a leading Korean IT infrastructure provider, to target the rapidly growing antivirus gateway security market. For further information, visit http://www.fortinet.com.
Global Factory, a provider of distributed manufacturing operations solutions, today announced that Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) has selected the company's GF!Quality solution to monitor, manage and control key quality indicators and business processes for Amkor manufacturing operations.
Terry Lubsen, vice president of procurement engineering at Amkor, states: "With manufacturing operations in Asia and suppliers distributed around the globe, Amkor needed a way to gather key quality indicators, make them visible at critical times to the right individuals, and automate the steps to proactively manage our operations. In addition, we needed a solution that our distributed organizations would readily accept and adapt over time. Global Factory delivers this to us."
Global Factory's unique solution delivers critical quality information and automates key processes so a manufacturer can not only see how well its distributed operation is running, but also can manage the exceptions and inevitable changes that occur within a company's manufacturing and supplier base. Key to the adoption process, Global Factory allows suppliers and factories to get up and running without change to their current business processes and allows an organization to do this with minimal staff and resources. For further information, visit, www.globalfactory.net.
Intraspect Software, Inc., a leading provider of collaboration solutions that power key business processes for account management, deal flow management and project management, announced that Econtent Magazine recognized Intraspect Software as on of the top 100 innovators and leaders in the digital content industry.
From Econtent 100: "As telecommuting and branch offices become the norm, companies are looking for collaboration tools that will let them coordinate activities, share knowledge, and collaborate on projects. Intraspect Software's document and content management systems are so strong that collaboration companies such as Siebel Systems, BEA, and Epicentric are recent converts. One of the software's strongest features is its ability to let users email content including attachments directly into folders for later use. The best part? The folders and their contents are full-text indexed, allowing users to access content more quickly, even via a PDA."
mSAFE provides the enabling platform for mCommerce used with emerging new cellular technologies. mSAFE helps operators maximize IP network profits by enabling advanced billing technologies for content and data services. The mSAFE client-based Secured Agents products (patent pending) enable the implementation of features such as usage-based billing, Prepaid data services, QoS/SLA monitoring, content based-billing, location based billing, etc. mSAFE addresses the new billing challenges for the Cellular Service Providers expected to emerge with the launch of a large number of new mobile applications.
mSAFE will demonstrate its Billing Agent technology at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes in February 17th-21st, 2003. For further information about mSAFE, please visit http://www.msafe.com.
Oplus Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider of innovative system-on-chip and software solutions for digital displays, released the Matisseä-1 digital video de-interlacer ("line doubler") chip. Matisse-1 combines superb image quality with market-leading functionality, providing digital display manufacturers with a flexible, cost-effective single-chip solution for enhanced digital video processing. Designed for flat panel displays, projection systems, progressive scan TVs, and advanced video processing devices, the Matisse-1 chip solution implements Oplus' proprietary Pixel Entropyä and PMRä (Pixel Mode Recognition) technologies, as well as other state-of-the-art features. It also includes a comprehensive set of development tools and extensive support.
The company also announced that it will be previewing two new products in invitation-only meetings during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV. The new products are intended to provide manufacturers of digital displays with highly integrated solutions for emerging markets and applications. Oplus will demonstrate the new product concepts in an off-site meeting room, January 9-11, 2003. "Our new product development is driven by real market needs and is targeted to applications where we feel Oplus can offer truly differentiating functionality," said Ron Dagan, vice president of marketing at Oplus Technologies. "Our discussions with leading display manufacturers, including our existing customers, has made it clear that a high degree of integration will be key to almost all future devices. We believe that our broad array of proprietary technologies and expertise in networking and other disciplines make Oplus uniquely capable of meeting the integration challenge."
For further information, please visit http://www.oplus.com.
RightOrder, Inc., formed in late 1999, develops and markets infrastructure software that dramatically increases the value of enterprise applications by improving their performance, scalability and operating efficiency. RightOrder's products employ a revolutionary, patented indexing and encoding technology - Index FabricT, delivering orders-of-magnitude improvement to the enterprise applications. The company is presently conducting very successful performance benchmarks with two potential customers in Japan and has established RightOrder's presence in Japan. RightOrder is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information please visit http://www.rightorder.com.
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