Cisco Completes Purchase of DVN’s Set Top Box Unit

Cisco Systems completed the acquisition of DVN Holdings’ set-top box business, and incorporated it into Cisco’s International Cable Business Unit. The acquisition will allow Cisco to offer its Chinese customers an end
to end package that includes both box products and Cisco IP Next Generation Network technology. The business’ operations – including design, sourcing, logistics, marketing, sales, and service – will be run entirely from within China.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

IBM Buys Cast Iron Systems to Bolster Cloud Offerings

IBM acquired software company Cast Iron Systems, which it said will bolster the firm’s cloud computing portfolio. IBM said the deal will help customers integrate cloud applications
from such providers as Salesforce.com, Amazon, NetSuite, and SAP. Cast Iron is a privately-held company, with 75 employees. Financial terms of the acquisition were not released.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Private Equity Firms Buy IDC for $3.4 Billion

Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) is being sold to private equity frms Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus for $3.4 billion in cash, including a $2 billion payment to majority-owner Pearson. Pearson – which owns the Financial Times, Penguin Books, and a large education publishing business – said it would use the proceeds from the sale of its most profitable unit to accelerate expansion through
acquisitions. Pearson said it would look for acquisitions with a particular focus on technology and services that complement its international, consumer, and professional-education businesses. According to Reuters, over the past year, Pearson has bought
small and medium-sized companies to expand its education operations in India and China. IDC – which provides reference data, markets pricing and trading infrastructure services to customers including mutual funds, asset managers and banks – said its
new owners are committed to supporting its global expansion.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

NetCarrier Acquires SNiP Link

NetCarrier – a regional telecom provider serving business customers in Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware – has acquired Pennsauken, New Jersey-based SNiP Link.
SNiP provides voice, data, and colocation services for customers in the same region, primarily business customers. Financial terms of the deal – announced last month – were not released. NetCarrier said the acquisition increases its core commercial voice
and data customer base by more than 30 percent. NetCarrier and SNiP both started as ISPs, transitioning to competitive local exchange carriers in the last decade. NetCarrier is headquartered in Lansdale, PA.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Opera Buys Web-Based E-Mail Provider FastMail.fm

Opera Software announced that it has acquired Web-based e-mail provider FastMail.fm. The acquisition will enable Opera to expand its current messaging product portfolio and deliver cross-platform messaging to a wide
range of devices, including computers, mobile phones, TVs and gaming consoles. FastMail.fm is headquartered in Australia. Following the acquisition, Opera said it will be able to offer a consistent e-mail experience across all its browser products.
Financial terms of the deal were not released.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Apax Partners to Acquire Majority Interest in Sophos

Sophos has reached a definitive agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to Apax Partners, a global private equity group, in a transaction worth $830 million. When the transaction is completed, the
founders of Sophos will retain a significant minority shareholding. TA Associates, a minority shareholder in Sophos since 2002, will sell its full interest to Apax in this transaction.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Unisys Sells Health Information Management Unit to Molina

Unisys announced it completed the sale of its Health Information Management (HIM) business, to Molina Healthcare. The $135 million sale is subject to adjustment. The
HIM business provides system solutions and business process outsourcing services for state governments. The unit generated $110 million in revenues last year.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

ALLIANCES, JOINT VENTURES

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Agilent, Innowireless Establish LTE Testing Partnership

Agilent Technologies announced a strategic partnership with Innowireless that focuses on developing longterm evolution (LTE) wireless test platforms. Agilent develops
design automation tools, for the research, development, and manufacturing of LTE based components, base station equipment, and mobile devices.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Sony, Intel, Google, Logitech Working on Internet/TV Devices: Report

Bloomberg, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said Sony next month will unveil home-entertainment devices that use Intel chips and Google software. According to the report, the companies plan to discuss the
new products at a conference sponsored by Google in San Francisco on May 19-20. The three companies have been working with Logitech on ways to add more Internet content to televisions, and Logitech is reportedly working on a keyboard that would work as a
remote control.

Source: Bloomberg, 5/4/2010

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

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CA Updates Mainframe Software Manager

CA rolled out a new version of its Mainframe Software Manager suite. CA is also releasing several updates, health checks, and a mainframe software stack.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Convergys Introduces Smart CIS Solutions

Convergys announced the availability of Convergys Smart CIS Solutions, which it describes as a next generation billing and customer care solution for the utility and energy sectors. The new system includes a full
suite of customer, marketing, and workforce management software and a “phased” reference architecture, which is designed to evolve as utility and energy companies move to a smart grid and deploy advanced metering infrastructure and smart meters.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

IBM, WINUEL Announce Metering Software in Poland

IBM Poland and WINUEL announced a smart metering package focused on intelligent electricity use. The software – which allows utility companies and clients to better manage energy consumption – is based on
service oriented architecture, using WINUEL programming components and IBM WebSphere. It provides real time monitoring features, and can be integrated into virtually any utility company’s platform. It was developed jointly, with the IBM Software
Laboratory, in Krakow. IBM also announced at Polish media company Agora SA purchased four POWER7 systems, to streamline its services operations.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Oracle Updates Utilities Mobile Workforce Mgmt. Software

Oracle released Utilities Mobile Workforce Management 2.0, software that provides a single interface for helping dispatchers and supervisors use a single interface, to communicate with field workers, regardless of
the device in use. It allows utilities to upgrade all devices at the same time, regardless of device or network, and allows users to communicate via SMS or text message, over mobile phones and other low maintenance devices. The update includes features for
scheduling, dispatch, and field communications.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

BIOMETRICS

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Clear Service May Get Second Chance at US Airports

The New York Times reported that a monthly subscription service that allows people to jump to the head of airport security lines by submitting to a fingerprint or iris scan may be getting another chance. Fingerprint
scanners will be used to identify subscribers to the service, to be called Clear. The assets of Verified Identity Pass, the start-up that ran the Clear service in 18 airports in the United States and shut down about a year ago in a dispute with creditors,
were acquired for $6 million in a federal bankruptcy proceeding on April 16. The winning bidder, AlClear, is led by two former investment managers and backed in part by Robert V. LaPenta, chief executive of L-1 Identity
Solutions, a biometrics company based in Stamford, Connecticut, that supplied kiosks and other technology to the original Verified Identity Pass. The new company, to be renamed Clear, will be based in New York. LaPenta and Michael Chertoff, a former
secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, will sit on its board. Clear may begin operations this Fall, according to the Times report.

Source: NYTimes, 5/4/2010

Authentication from BIO-key Used by Oklahoma First Responders

BIO-key announced that the Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office has deployed an FBI-compliant advanced authentication offering for law enforcement mobile data system users
statewide, based on BIO-key’s fingerprint authentication. Upon completion of the deployment, 800 police vehicles will be equipped in Oklahoma.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Siemens Developing Blocking Technology for German ID Cards

Siemens IT Solutions and Services was commissioned by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior to develop and integrate IT software for blocking the functions of the country’s new ID card technology. Beginning in
November, German citizens can use the card to identify themselves, when using e-government or e-business services, over the Internet. The card’s electronic identity feature allows the user to have the card blocked should it be lost or stolen. Siemens will
act as the general contractor for the project, and is cooperating with the German Federal Printing Office.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

BUSINESS CONTINUITY

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New SunGard Business Continuity Site Opening in WA

SunGard Availability Services is opening a new workforce continuity facility in Federal Way, Washington to provide disaster recovery and testing services. The facility is available to organizations in
need of an alternative workspace, telecommunications capabilities and IT resources to support their workforce and recover business processes after a disaster, and during a recovery test.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

CARRIER SERVICES

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AT&T Extends Services in Tennessee, Missouri

AT&T announced plans to launch its U-verse services – including TV, High Speed Internet, and U-verse Voice – in parts of Chattanooga, Tennessee later this Summer. The carrier also announced the availability of its
third generation mobile broadband network in the Kirksville, Missouri area. The service is available now.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Sprint, Comcast, Clearwire Announce 4G Rollout Plans for this Summer

Clearwire, Comcast, and Sprint announced plans to launch their respective 4G mobile Internet services in additional US cities this Summer:
Jacksonville and Daytona, FL; Kansas City, KS; Nashville, TN; St. Louis, MO; Salt Lake City, UT; Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Visalia, CA; Wilmington, DE; Grand Rapids, MI; Eugene, OR; and Yakima and Tri-Cities, WA. Each company will offer the 4G service
under its own brand name. Clearwire’s 4G service is branded CLEAR; Comcast’s is High-Speed 2go; and Sprint’s service is called Sprint 4G. Clearwire said its 4G mobile broadband service is available now in 32 US markets; services are offered by Clearwire
and Sprint in each of the 32 markets, and by Comcast in selected markets.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Sprint Offers 4G Services to Additional Cities in Pennsylvania

Sprint and Clearwire (which is majority owned by Sprint) announced the launch of 4G mobile broadband services in the Pennsylvania cities of Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, and
York. Sprint is also offering residents of these cities its Free Guarantee, under which customers can try 4G for 30 days and if they are not satisfied, can cancel the service and apply for a refund. Sprint said it now offers 4G in 32 US markets.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

CHIP TECHNOLOGY NEWS

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Intel Launches Atom Chip for Smartphones, Tablets

Intel announced the launch of its Atom chip for smartphones and tablets. Previously known by the code name “Moorestown,” the Atom Z6 processor series be used in smartphones and tablet computers. To date, Intel’s Atom
has been used primarily in netbooks, and has been widely adopted by PC makers.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

IDC: Semiconductor Revenues Down 9% in 2009

Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased 9% year over year in 2009 to US$225.1 billion, according to a new study by International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC’s study found the industry was hit especially hard in the
first half of 2009 due to the global economic downturn. Despite the recession, the largest vendors held steady or grew revenue and market share compared to 2008, thanks to a sharp snapback in chip demand in the latter half of 2009. Intel, with total
semiconductor revenues of $33.8 billion in 2009, once again was the market leader. It also increased its share of the semiconductor market by about 1% to 15.2%. Second place Samsung saw its semiconductor revenues increase by about 6.7% over 2008. For the
year, the top five chip suppliers were Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and Qualcomm, respectively, according to IDC. Together, these five suppliers maintained about 34.3% of the market.

Source: IDC, 5/4/2010

CLOUD COMPUTING & SAAS

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Fujitsu Releases New Software as a Service Product

Fujitsu Japan released RapidWeb Plus, a new Software as a Service offering, for managing and sharing information between multiple locations, in real time. It was developed to work with tasks such as data management,
and profit and loss calculations, allowing data that has been entered and modified to be shared, online.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

IBM Opens Cloud Computing Lab in Singapore

IBM opened a new cloud computing facility in Singapore. IBM said the new facility will work closely with local businesses, government, and research institutions to design and deploy their own cloud environments. It is
part of a network of facilities that IBM operates in Hong Kong, Ireland, Vietnam, China, South Africa, Japan, Brazil, India, South Korea, and the US.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Verizon, Novell Partner for Securing Cloud Services

Verizon Business announced a new service powered by Novell technology designed to provide enterprise clients with security for their cloud-based applications. Secure Access
Services from Verizon is an on-demand identity and access management service. The new managed service also includes built-in audit features that can help clients with compliance reporting related to the access of systems and data.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS & EQUIPMENT

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Agilent Updates Signal Studio Software for 3GPP LTE

Agilent Technologies updated its Signal Studio for 3GPP longterm evolution (LTE) and 89600 vector signal analysis software. Signal Studio runs on Agilent signal generators and emulators. It was developed for
engineers, performing design and verification of LTE components. New features include: support for the 3GPP standard version, introduced last December, and features supporting evolved Node B and user equipment.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Alcatel-Lucent Wins Five-Year Network Upgrade Deal from BT

Alcatel-Lucent announced it has signed a major five-year agreement with BT for the UK-based carrier’s link21st Century Network (21CN). BT will use Alcatel-Lucent’s High
Leverage Network architecture and services to enhance 21CN’s infrastructure. The network upgrade is designed to increase capacity and enable 21CN to introduce new “video-rich” services.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Australia’s VERNet Completes Optical Networking Trial

Ciena announced that VERNet – an education and research network in Australia – has completed a successful trial of Ciena’s 40G and 100G optical networking solutions on
its live DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) network. VERNet spans 1872 kilometers (1163 miles) across Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia. It provides more than 180 network services to its ten member institutions.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Cisco to Provide Network Support, Services for UAE Firm

Cisco Systems will provide network support and optimization services for the Emirates Group, a Middle Eastern travel and tourism company. IT solutions provider Gulf Business Machines will purchase the services, and
work closely with Cisco to deliver and support the infrastructure. The services will be financed by Cisco Capital, in the UAE.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Huawei Deploys CDMA Core Network, for PT Bakrie

Huawei Technologies deployed a CDMA core network for PT Bakrie Telecom, in Indonesia, to help it accommodate new network resources. The network is based on Huawei’s MSC pool architecture, which, it claims, provides
network resource sharing and service continuity, during network upgrades.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Huawei, China Mobile Launch TD-LTE/SAE Trial Network

Huawei Technologies reported it assisted China Mobile Communications in launching a time division – longterm evolution / system architecture evolution
(TD-LTE/SAE) trial network, which the vendors claim offers 10X faster data downloads than existing 3G networks. The network is being used to serve the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Park, and some key pavilions, to provide access to mobile broadband services,
high definition video transmission and video conferencing, video monitoring, and video on demand and live broadcasting.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Level 3 to Provide Voice Termination Services to VIP

Level 3 announced that it has been selected to deliver voice termination services to VIP Communications, which provides prepaid long-distance service in the US and some 30 other
countries. Under the contract, Level 3 will provide international voice termination services to VIP, with real-time reporting and routing as well as real-time pricing. VIP Communications provides long-distance and international calling services via land
lines and cell phones.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Motorola Completes First Phase of LTE Field Trials in China

The Networks business of Motorola announced that it has successfully completed Phase I TD-LTE field trials with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The trial included performance and
mobility test cases in a multi-sector, multi-site environment, Motorola said. Motorola is now ready to begin Phase II TD-LTE field trials in China, with increased focus on applications and quality of service.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Motorola Releases Compact Optical Node Offering

Motorola‘s Mobile Devices and Home business released the new MCN100 compact optical node, designed to help European cable operators offer new high definition and streaming video services. It extends fiber optics
deeper into the cable operator network, Motorola claims, into pedestal and street cabinet locations where form factor and speed of installation are considerations. The unit also introduced new RX48 decoupled upstream modules, for its BSR 64000 integrated
Cable Modem Termination System.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Motorola to Extend Network for German Cable Operator

Motorola‘s Mobile Devices and Home business announced it has been selected to provide new EuroDOCSIS 3.0 solutions for Kabel BW, a German cable network operator. The deployment will allow Kabel to offer
personalized media experiences, to customers in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Motorola claims. Kabel’s services portfolio is based on Motorola’s integrated, cable modem termination system and TX32 decoupled, downstream modules. Motorola also provided integration and
implementation services, in support of its network rollout.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

CONFERENCING

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HP Expands Telecom Consulting Services

HP introduced an expanded suite of consulting services the vendor said are designed to help telecom companies improve customer service, streamline operations, and accelerate service creation. HP said it has expanded its
Solution Consulting Services portfolio with new telecom-related consulting capabilities, more consultants, and an enhanced core methodology.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

CONSULTING & MANAGED SERVICES

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Nokia Siemens Providing Outsourcing for Vodafone Hutchison

Mobile operator Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is outsourcing its network operations, and a key portion of its equipment supply, to Nokia Siemens Networks, part of a seven year agreement. The
contract includes service management for part of VHA’s mobile network – including core, transmission, and radio networks – and equipment supply, for its core network. Nokia Siemens will combine two existing operations, and consolidate two core
networks.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

CYBERCRIME & PUNISHMENT

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US Treasury Sites Hacked

AVG researchers discovered that three Web sites belonging to the Department of the Treasury were hacked this week. Visitors to the sites were redirected to a hacker Web site in the
Ukraine that then unleashed malware. The three sites were all script injected with iframe HTML code, but it is still not known how the hackers were able to attach the code to the three sites.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

DESKTOPS

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Asus Rolls Out its EeeKeyboard PC Offering

Asus International launched the EeeKeyboard PC, which features a PC concealed within a keyboard. It includes a five inch, multi-touch panel, with on-screen cursor. It can be connected to a HDTV, monitor, or projector,
to become a full functional PC. It also provides a wireless computing platform, with Ultra wideband wireless display, for streaming high definition 720p videos.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

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Google Releases Web App Vulnerability Tutorial

Google said it has released (in conjunction with Google University) a new “codelab” on common types of Web application vulnerabilities. Codelabs are interactive programming
tutorials that walk participants through specific programming tasks. Part of the new codelab demonstrates how an attacker can exploit Web app vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities covered by the lab include
cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (XSRF) and cross-site script inclusion (XSSI), as well as client-state manipulation, path traversal, and AJAX and configuration vulnerabilities.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Microsoft Releases Second IE9 Build to Developers

Microsoft announced in its IEBlog that it has released to developers the second Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft said the release builds on the first Platform Preview for IE9, delivering improvements to IE9’s performance, support for standards, and hardware acceleration
of HTML5.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Realtek to Deploy Opera SDK on New Digital Media Processor

Opera Software and Realtek Semiconductorannounced that Realtek will deploy the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) on its latest Full-HD Digital Media Processor, the
RTD1073/RTD1283.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

FINANCIAL

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ADC Narrows Second Quarter Loss With Fewer Charges

ADC reported that its losses narrowed for the fiscal second quarter – ended April 2, 2010 – compared to a year ago quarter in which the network equipment maker’s results were weighed down by charges. ADC posted net
losses of $12.5 million, or $0.13 per share, including certain charges and other items, totaling $22 million. This was up significantly from 2009 fiscal second quarter losses of $434 million. Revenues were $274 million, a 6.8 percent increase from 2009
fiscal second quarter revenues of $256.6 million.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Electronics Parts Shortage Drive Steep Revenue Decline for Alcatel

Alcatel Lucent posted a 9.8 percent decline in revenue for the first quarter. The communications equipment maker said the economic recovery was accelerating so rapidly it was unable to obtain enough basic electronic
parts to meet the demand of US operators. According to the company’s chief executive, the shortages contributed to a 9.8 percent decline in Alcatel-Lucent’s sales in the first quarter, which fell to 3.25 billion euros (US $4.16 billion), from 3.6 billion
euros in the first quarter of last year. The net loss at the Paris-based company, which was created by the 2006 merger of Alcatel of France with Lucent Technologies, widened to 515 million euros (US$ 655 million ) from a 405 million euro loss a year
earlier. Adjusted for currency fluctuations, Alcatel-Lucent sales rose 6 percent in North America during the quarter, to 1.11 billion euros (US$1.4 billion), while sales fell by 19 percent in the Asia-Pacific region, by 9 percent in Europe, and 23 percent
in the rest of the world.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

America Movil Profit Held Down by Increased Taxes

America Movil, Latin America’s largest mobile operator, reported that first quarter profit was 16.87 billion pesos (US$1.38 billion), or 0.52 peso per share, up from MXN 16.56 billion, or 0.50 peso per share,
in the first quarter of 2009. According to Total Telecom, a 57.5% increase in taxes, to MXN10.49 billion, kept profits flat versus the same period last year. Sales rose 9.8%, to MXN98.68 billion, of which MXN87.64
billion corresponded to service revenues. America Movil said that data services represented 21.3% of its service revenues in the quarter, up from 16.4% a year earlier. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization grew 12.4% to MXN42.28
billion. Total Telecom said the carrier added 5.5 million subscribers during the quarter, bringing to 206.4 million its wireless subscriber base in 17 countries in the Americas. “Wireless penetration is estimated to have reached 92% in our region of
operations (excluding the US) at the end of March,” the company said.

Source: Total Telecom, 5/3/2010

Capgemini Issues Optimistic Forecast

European IT services firm Capgemini is forecasting a return to profitable growth in the second half of 2010, saying the firm seesst “real signs of recovery in the IT industry,” and after reporting revenues of 2.05
billion EUR ($2.6 billion USD) for the 2010 first quarter, ended March 31st. Still, this was down nearly seven percent from 2009 first quarter revenues of 2.2 billion EUR. One key sign of optimism is that Capgemini has begun hiring again; it had been
forced to shed more than 5,000 jobs during the economic downturn.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

CenturyLink, Qwest Post First Quarter Results

CenturyLink announced operating results for the first quarter 2010, which included the positive effect of its Embarq acquisition completed July 1, 2009. CenturyLink comprises the former CenturyTel and Embarq.
CenturyLink announced last month that it plans to acquire Qwest Communications. Qwest posted its quarterly financial results, as well. Both companies recorded declines in the number of landline customers but CenturyLink
posted increased profit and revenue numbers. For the first three months of 2010, CenturyLink posted net income of $252.6 million, or 84 cents a share, up from $67.2 million, or 67 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2009. Revenue tripled to $1.8 billion
from $635.4 million in the year-ago first quarter. Qwest recorded quarterly net income of $38 million, or 2 cents a share, down from $206 million, or 12 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue fell 6.5% to $2.97 billion. Qwest, the legacy carrier in 14 Western
US states, reported a 10.5% decline in total phone lines, including business and wholesale, to 9.66 million. CenturyLink’s base of local customers fell 8.4% to 6.9 million lines, adjusted for the Embarq purchase.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Cincinnati Bell Revenue Down Slightly; Profits Up

Incumbent local exchange carrier Cincinnati Bell announced financial results for the first quarter of 2010. Revenue was $324 million, a decrease of 1 percent compared to the first quarter of 2009. Cincinnati
Bell generated adjusted EBITDA of $123 million in the first quarter, its highest adjusted EBITDA since the second quarter of 2005 and a $10 million, or 9 percent, increase compared to the same period last year. President and CEO Jack Cassidy said the
company is “extremely pleased” with the first quarter results, adding that “continued strong growth in the data center business and our high level of focus on cost management will allow us to deliver superior 2010 results.”

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Cleawire Posts 72% Surge in Revenue; Says LTE Is Future Option

Clearwire reported a 72% surge in first-quarter revenue as the wireless broadband services provider added 283,000 subscribers, reaching a total of 971,000 customers. Clearwire markets its service through its own
brand (CLEAR) as well as through its wholesale relationships with Sprint, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable. Those firms are among Clearwire’s financial backers, as are Intel Capital, Google, and Bright House Networks. Sprint owns 55% of Clearwire’s stock.
Clearwire posted a loss of $94.1 million, or 48 cents a share for the quarter ended in March, compared with a year-earlier loss of $71.1 million, or 38 cents a share. Revenue soared 72%, to $106.7 million. The company also said average revenue per retail
customer rose to $42.77 from the fourth quarter’s $39.86. Looking ahead, Clearwire said it will sell two Clear-branded WiMAX smartphones by year-end, and that it has revised its WiMAX-exclusive technology agreement with Intel, thereby giving Clearwire the
option of adopting LTE. On the handset front, the company said that a Samsung Android-based “3G/4G/WiFi device optimized for heavy video and video communications use” will makes its debut this year, as well as a 3G/4G/WiFi-enabled phone from HTC.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Earthlink’s First Quarter Revenue, Profit Down

ISP Earthlink reported revenue of $157.3 million in the first quarter of 2010, a 4 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2009, and down 21 percent from the first quarter of 2009. Broadband services comprised
59 percent of EarthLink’s revenue in the first quarter of 2010, up from 58 percent in the prior quarter and 55 percent in the year-ago quarter. For the first quarter of 2010, EarthLink’s net income was $26.7 million, or $0.25 per share, as compared to net
income of $32.5 million, or $0.30 per share, in the first quarter of 2009. The company’s subscriber losses continued, but at a slower pace, with net subscriber losses of 118,000 in the first quarter, an improvement from 137,000 in the fourth quarter of
2009 and 208,000 in the year-ago quarter. Earthlink said it continues to “aggressively manage expenses.” Total sales and marketing, operations, customer support, and general and administrative expenses were $45.3 million for the first quarter of 2010, a 22
percent reduction from the fourth quarter of 2009 and a 29 percent reduction from expenses in the year-ago quarter.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

France Telecom Earnings Down for First Quarter

France Telecom said its first quarter earnings declined as revenue from business sales fell. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization dropped 5.5 percent to 3.76 billion euros ($4.97
billion) from 3.98 billion euros a year earlier. Revenue dropped 2.7 percent to 10.96 billion euros. In a press release, the company said it “proved its ability to maintain its performance in terms of revenues and profitability against the backdrop of an
economic and regulatory environment that remains difficult.” On April 22, Swiss regulators rejected a proposed merger of France Telecom’s Swiss operations with those of TDC A/S on competition grounds.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Global Crossing Posts Wider First Quarter Loss

IP-based network services providerGlobal Crossing reported a first-quarter loss of US $120 million compared to a loss of $59 million in the same period last year. Loss per share was $1.99 compared to a loss
of $1.04 in the prior year. Company officials said the loss widened primarily because of unfavorable foreign exchange impacts, an increase in interest expense, and higher depreciation and amortization. Global Crossing’s re revenue for the period was $648
million compared to $609 million in the first quarter of last year.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

L-1 Identity Solutions Reports on Q1 Financials

L-1 Identity Solutions reported revenues of $148.2 million for the first fiscal quarter of 2010 which ended on March 31. Net loss was 7.5 million, or a loss of $0.09 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.8 million, or a
loss of $0.04 per share in the first quarter of 2009.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Level 3 CEO Optimistic Despite Wider Loss

Level 3 reported revenue of $910 million for the first quarter of 2010, compared to revenue of $980 million for the first quarter, 2009. Its net loss for the first quarter 2010 was $238 million, or $0.14 per share.
Excluding a loss of $54 million, or $0.03 per share on the debt payments, the net loss was $184 million, or $0.11 per share. This compares to a loss of $132 million or $0.08 per share for the first quarter 2009. CEO James Crowe was optimistic, however,
saying “We are encouraged by the positive improvement we’ve seen this year for both sales and churn.” He added that demand for broadband services “is providing sales opportunities across the company.”

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

McAfee Revenues Jump 12% in Q1 2010

McAfee reported revenues of $502.7 million for the first fiscal quarter that ended on March 31. This represented a 12 percent increase over the first quarter of 2009’s revenues, which were $447.7 million. Net income
for the quarter fell 30 percent to $37.6 million, or $0.23 per share, from $53.5 million, or $0.34 per share, in the same quarter one year ago.

Source: Vendor, 4/29/2010

Prepaid Provider MetroPCS Reports Strong First Quarter

MetroPCS reported record first quarter earnings and subscriber growth for the period ended March 31, 2010. The prepaid provider said it had revenues of approximately $971 million, an increase of 22% over the first
quarter of 2009. Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) were approximately $224 million, an increase of about 13% over the first quarter of 2009. The company said its churn rate improved in the quarter – at 3.7%,
down from 5.0% during the first quarter 2009. MetroPCS added 692,000 subscribers in the quarter, surpassing 7 million subscribers, with approximately 1.3 million net subscriber additions over the last 12 months.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Rogers’ Board Declares Quarterly Dividend

Rogers Communications said its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend totalling $0.32 per share on each of its outstanding Class B Non-Voting shares and Class A Voting shares. The quarterly dividend will
be paid on July 2, 2010 to shareholders of record on May 14, 2010.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Symantec Releases Q4, Year-End Financials

Symantec reported that its revenues for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended on April 2, was $1.53 billion. For the fiscal year, revenue was $5.99 billion. Net income for the fiscal fourth quarter was $184
million, or $0.23 per share, compared with a net loss of $264 million, or a loss of $0.32 per share, for the same quarter last year. Net income for fiscal year 2010 was $714 million, or $0.87 per share, compared with a net loss of $6.8 billion, or a loss
of $8.17 per share, for fiscal year 2009.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Toshiba Eyes Year End Return to Profits

Toshiba reported that it continues to recover from deep economic losses but was doing better as its 2010 fiscal year ended on March 31, 2010. Toshiba reported either smaller losses or better profits at all of its
key business units, despite an across-the-board drop in sales. Net losses were 19.7 billion JPY ($212 million USD), an improvement from 2009 fiscal losses of 343.6 billion JPY. Revenues were 6.4 trillion JPY, a four percent year to year drop. The better
results are due in part to a round of cost cutting and cost reduction measures that Toshiba imposed as the financial year began in April 2009. Business was also helped by slightly better economic conditions in the second half of the year, the company
said.

Source: Vendor, 5/7/2010

United Online Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend

United Online announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share. The dividend is payable on May 28, 2010 to shareholders of record on May 14, 2010. This marks the
21st consecutive quarter that United Online will have paid a cash dividend to its shareholders. United Online owns a range of companies including value-priced ISPs Juno and NetZero.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

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Raytheon Wins Air Force Contract for Jammer Variant

Raytheon announced that the US Air Force has awarded the company a $48.9 million contract to begin engineering, manufacturing, and design of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy stand-in jammer variant. The MALD
vehicle is a decoy flight vehicle weighing less than 300 pounds with a range of approximately 500 nautical miles (about 575 statute miles). The jammer variant adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

GRANTS

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SAIC Awards Grant to U Alabama Business School

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it has awarded a $125,000 grant to the University of Alabama in Huntsville business school to help further develop programs in enterprise resource
planning using SAP software. SAP software, which helps manage business solutions, is currently used in 12 UAHuntsville business school courses, including a course in business intelligence management. More than 1,500 students have taken these classes since
2006, SAIC said.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

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Avaya Announces ACE Powered Healthcare Applications

Avaya announced healthcare applications powered by Avaya’s Agile Communications Environment (ACE), a service oriented architecture application that uses Web services to help healthcare providers integrate
communications, from virtually any vendor with clinical support. The software runs on IBM’s Health Integration Framework, which includes WebSphere and DB2, presumably allowing clients to integrate patient and clinical data, using a single interface.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Harris Open-Sources CONNECT Installation Wizard

Harris Corporation has released an open-source CONNECT installation wizard. The company said the CONNECT code will dramatically reduce the time and effort required to link healthcare organizations in the US to the
Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). CONNECT is a gateway to the NHIN, enabling federal agencies and private-sector health entities to securely exchange electronic patient information. CONNECT was developed by Harris under contract for the Federal
Health Architecture within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

IBM Announces Research Initiative for Human Health

IBM announced the IBM Research project, a multi year research initiative to connect and analyze healthcare data. IBM said the project will analyze several data sources to simulate the cause and effect relationships
between agriculture, transportation, city planning, eating and exercise habits, socio-economic status, and family life. The project will first focus on childhood obesity.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

INDUSTRY GROUPS

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Dell Joins the IT Sector Coordinating Council

Dell announced it is joining the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (ITSCC), which focuses on technology activities related to US Infrastructure protection. Dell
contends the move extends a longstanding commitment to standards leadership to cyber security, developing technology for protecting the flow of information, for commerce, education, public services, and defense. The IT SCC also represents the technology
industry with the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security, which interacts with government to convey a private sector perspective.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Industry, Government Experts Meet at Cybersecurity Summit

The Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit, organized by the EastWest Institute think tank, was held this week in Dallas, Texas. The summit brought together
representatives from both the public and private sectors to “reframe” cybersecurity concerns and devise collective strategies to address them. A key initiative of the summit: to formulate security recommendations that are truly international in scope and
involve both industry and governments.

Source: EWI, 5/5/2010

INTERNET

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FCC Chairman Sees “Third Way” to Regulate Broadband Services

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission announced his strategy for moving forward toward regulating broadband Internet service despite a recent court ruling that the FCC has limited powers to do so. FCC
Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined his “third way” in a formal statement posted at the FCC’s Web
site. Outlining the two approaches widely discussed in the wake of the Comcast versus FCC decision, Genachowski said he had “serious reservations about both of these approaches.” The approaches he rejected are: reclassifying Internet communications as
a telecom service; or relying on Title I “ancillary” authority while indirectly drawing on provisions in Title II of the Communications Act that seem to give the FCC the needed authority to regulate broadband services. Genachowski described his preferred
approach – the “third way” – as a narrow, tailored approach that would provide the FCC “only the modest authority it needs to foster a world-leading broadband infrastructure for all Americans.” Specifically, the “third way” would: recognize the
transmission component of broadband access service – and only this component – as a telecommunications service; apply only a handful of provisions of Title II that, prior to the Comcast decision, were widely believed to be within the FCC’s purview for
broadband; forbear from applying sections of the Communications Act that are unnecessary and inappropriate for broadband access service; and put in place up-front boundaries to guard against regulatory overreach.

Source: FCC, 5/6/2010

Google Calendar Goes Down for Several Hours

Google confirmed through its Apps Status Dashboard, that its Calendar applications was down several hours on May 6 for a “majority of users.”. Google
said the problem was fixed by 1 pm ET.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

WSJ: Google to Open e-Bookstore this Summer

No final ruling has been made in the Google Books settlement, but the company is planning to launch its online digital bookstore this Summer with titles it is clearly authorized to sell. According to The Wall Street Journal, the search giant’s e-bookstore, Google Editions, will be open for business in late June or July. The move will open up a new distribution channel for digital-book publishers and give Amazon and Apple a
new competitor in

Source: wsj.com, 5/4/2010

Domain Name System “Health” Report Released

ICANN, which oversees the Internet’s domain name system, announced it has released Measuring the Health of the Domain Name System, a new whitepaper that presents the findings from the recently-held 2nd Global Annual Symposium on Domain Name System (DNS)
Security, Stability and Resiliency. The Symposium endeavored to analyze the state of understanding regarding DNS health, the key vital signs for the DNS, and how measurement and assessment of DNS health might be improved. Among the Symposium’s findings:
there is no consensus on what precise set of parameters define a “healthy” DNS; and the DNS community needs to develop an interim high-level consensus of DNS “vital signs” that can be used to determine DNS system health, evaluating coherency, integrity,
speed, availability, and resiliency.

Source: ICANN, 5/4/2010

Internet Milestone: First Non-Latin Characters being Used for TLDs

For the first time in the history of the Internet, non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains. The first IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) country-code top-level domains (TLDs) were
inserted in the DNS root zone this week. The countries are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. These are the first IDN ccTLDs to appear online as a result of the Fast Track Process approved by the ICANN board at its annual meeting in Seoul,
South Korea on October 30, 2009. ICANN oversees the Internet’s domain name system. The IDN effort has been underway since 2006, and involved resolving a number of technical (and policy) issues. The total number of requests received in the Fast Track
Process is 21. The requests span eleven different languages, including: Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Sinhalese, Tamil, and Thai.

Source: ICANN, 5/5/2010

Chrome Browser Surges; IE Drops below 60% Market Share

Ars Technia reported that, as of April, fewer than 6 out of 10 people now use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. According to the Ars Technica analysis, the browser trends it has seen over the past several months are continuing with no sign of alteration. Those trends: IE continues to slip, Firefox and Opera are fairly static, Safari is very slowly
moving forward, and Chrome is pushing ahead at breakneck speeds. According to the publication, during April, only Internet Explorer and Opera failed to show positive growth. Between March and April, Internet Explorer dropped a significant 0.70 percent
(from 60.65 percent to 59.95 percent) and Firefox increased 0.07 percent (from 24.52 percent to 24.59 percent). Chrome jumped a sizeable 0.60 percent (from 6.13 percent to 6.73 percent), Safari gained 0.07 percent (from 4.65 percent to 4.72 percent), and
Opera dipped 0.07 percent (from 2.37 percent to 2.37 percent).

Source: Ars Technica, 5/4/2010

Verizon Says FCC Chairman’s Proposal “Legally Unsupported”

Within hours of the FCC chairman’s “Third Way” proposal for regulating broadband services, Verizon Communications weighed in with its concerns. In a publicly-released statement, Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications, said the FCC chairman’s announcement
“raises obvious concerns about whether the chairman is suggesting a path that could ultimately harm consumers and inhibit the innovation and investment he wants to encourage. ” Verizon’s response concluded: “We believe that the chairman’s stated approach
is legally unsupported. The regulatory and judicial proceedings that will ensue can only bring confusion and delay to the important work of continuing to build the nation’s broadband future.”

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

W3C Opens New Office in India

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced the opening of a new office in India. The office is hosted in New Delhi by the Technology Development for Indian Language program, which is part of India’s Department of
Information Technology. In a press release, the standards group said the opening is part of its efforts to ensure that Web standards meet global needs.

Source: W3C, 5/3/2010

W3C to Examine Privacy Challenges of Advanced Web Technologies

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that it will host a workshop in London to examine the privacy challenges of advanced Web technologies. The workshop will be
held July 12-13 in London, hosted by Vodafone. Workshop participants will review recent experiences and investigate strategies for effective, near-term privacy protection on the Web.

Source: W3C, 5/3/2010

Draft of New CSS Template Layout Module Published

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that its Cascading Style Sheets Working Group has published a working draft of the CSS Template Layout Module. This
specification is part of level 3 of CSS and contains features to describe layouts at a high level, meant for tasks such as the positioning and alignment of “widgets” in a graphical user interface or the layout grid for a page or a window, in particular
when the desired visual order is different from the order of the elements in the source document.

Source: W3C, 5/3/2010

LAPTOPS & NETBOOKS

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Apple Claims 1 Million iPads Sold Already

Apple said it has sold 1 million of the new iPad tablet computers in the month after the table device’s launch, a rate the company said is twice as fast as the iPhone smartphone sold when it was new. Apple said it
reached the iPad milestone April 30th, when the new 3G model of the device was delivered to its first buyers.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

HP Unveils New Laptops Featuring AMD VISION

Hewlett-Packard (HP) unveiled 14 new Pavilion, ProBook, and Compaq laptop models that feature AMD’s VISION and VISION Pro technology, for improved performance on applications. HP claims the systems – which span its
consumer, SMB, and enterprise business segments – offer an extended battery life. Further information is available at hp.com/personal. HP also unveiled new, redesigned ENVY, Pavilion, and Mini, Intel processor
based consumer laptops. The ultra thin, 14.5 inch systems feature up to 2TB of storage capacity. They will be available in the US, starting May 19th, and range in price from $649.99-$1,399 USD.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

MALWARE WATCH

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PC World: Facebook Adding Apps without Your Knowledge

An article in PC World reported that Facebook may be adding applications to profiles without users knowing it. When Facebook users visit other sites, the popular social
networking site may be adding them to users’ profiles. It seems that Facebook users don’t need to be signed into the site for this to happen or for a Facebook window to even be open. The added applications appear to be related to Facebook’s sharing tools.
There are no opt-out options on Facebook to prevent this from occurring.

Source: PC World, 5/6/2010

MEDIA

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ABC News Moving Assets to Digital

ABC News plans to cut about 35 positions worldwide in an effort to redeploy assets to digital divisions, according to a two-year strategic plan outlined by ABC News President David Westin in an internal e-mail to
the division that was circulated to reporters. The cuts represent about 1% of the division’s workforce. At the same time, according to a report from Broadcasting & Cable, the company is adding positions in
other areas, such as international newsgathering and digital.

Source: B & C, 5/4/2010

MOBILE SOFTWARE & PLATFORMS

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HeathEx to Deploy AT&T Rugged Devices for eCourier App

AT&T announced that it has signed a contract with HealthEx, a specialist courier for healthcare companies, to help manage shipments and deliveries for HealthEx customers in the
US. Under a new two-year contract, HealthEx will implement an e-Courier application on more than 200 AT&T devices. HealthEx will use a variety of AT&T’s rugged devices to run its third-party e-Courier application, which supports mobile management of all
incoming and outbound shipments to healthcare facilities in New York City, Chicago, and other cities in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Microsoft, Nokia Announce First Jointly-Developed Mobile Application

Microsoft and Nokia launched the first product developed from their collaboration effort announced last August: the Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia devices. The new
unified communications client – which will compete for RIM’s BlackBerry business client base – connects directly with an enterprise communications system, letting people see a colleague’s availability and click to communicate instantly via IM, email, text
message, or phone call. The names and status of colleagues are embedded directly into a device’s contacts application, enabling people to update their own presence, start and join instant messaging sessions, and begin calls directly from the contact card.
Owners of Symbian-based Nokia E-series smartphones can immediately download the English version of Communicator Mobile from Nokia’s Ovi Store. The companies plan to deliver Communicator Mobile for Nokia
pre-installed on other Nokia smartphones in the future, and plan to support additional devices, including the recently announced Nokia E5.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

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AT&T Contributes $150K to Jobs Training Program

AT&T announced a $150,000 contribution to support the Michigan Alliance for High Tech Skills Training – a job training program announced earlier this year. The Michigan Alliance for High Tech Skills Training is a
public-private partnership, made up of a business coalition formed by AT&T that includes Henry Ford Community College. The job retraining program will be available to displaced workers and interested students in Michigan later this year, AT&T said.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

CA Names Weinback to Board

CA announced Arthur Weinbach has been named a non-executive chairman of the board, effective immediately. He succeeds CEO Bill McCracken and Gary Fernandes, who briefly served as lead independent director. Weinbach is
the executive chairman of Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Source: Vendor, 5/7/2010

Cisco, EMC Appoint Head for VCE Coalition and Acadia

Cisco Systems and EMC announced that industry veteran – and former First Data chair and CEO – Michael Capellas will head up their Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, and
was also appointed as CEO of Acadia, a joint venture that includes investments from Intel and VMware. He will report to EMC CEO Joe Tucci, Cisco CEO John Chambers, and the Acadia Board.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Google Invests $38.8 Million in North Dakota Wind Farms

Google announced the firm has made its first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project: two wind farms that generate 169.5 megawatts of power, enough to power more than 55,000 homes. The search
giant, which has been involved in funding alternative energy projects for several years, is investing $38.8 million in the wind farms, developed by NextEra Energy Resources. The wind farms are located in the North Dakota plains and use existing
transmission capacity to deliver clean energy to the region. Google said its goal is to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy “in a way that makes good business sense, too.”

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Google Invests in TV Ad Startup Invidi

The Business Insider reported that TV ad startup Invidi has secured more than $23 million in series D funding led by Google, with GroupM, Motorola Ventures, Menlo
Ventures, InterWest, and EnerTech Capital, Westbury Equity Partners, BDC Capital participating in the round. Invidi provides software applications that track targeted advertising and offers a digital set-top box application that delivers targeted
advertising and marketing messages to individual viewers.

Source: BusInsider, 5/5/2010

Former Microsoft Executive Joins HP Software, Solutions Unit

Hewlett-Packard (HP) appointed former Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte as EVP for its Software and Solutions unit, effective May 17th. He will report to Ann Livermore, the EVP for HP’s Enterprise business.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

IBM Announces Technical, Industry Advocates Initiative

IBM announced a new initiative – Technical and Industry Advocates – to provide business partners with direct access to technical and industry leaders, across 70 IBM software labs, worldwide. The initiative will help
partners create business applications, based on IBM technology and services. New resources include both social networking communities and cloud computing certifications.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

IBM Collaborating on Transportation R&D Initiative

IBM is working with the Texas Transportation Institute on R&D related to intelligent transportation projects throughout the state. The agreement will bring together research scientists and engineers, as well as faculty
and students, who will work with state and municipal agencies to explore technology to help solve transportation issues.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Lenovo to Establish Financial Services Program

Lenovo and CIT Group signed a letter of intent to establish Lenovo Financial Services (LFS), a program to provide vendor financing for Lenovo business partners and customers. The LFS program will offer leasing and
financing options, and tools and online capabilities, with the operational support of CIT. It will begin in North America, on June 1st.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

McAfee Sets Sights on Chile for New Office

McAfee plans to open a new facility in Santiago, Chile later on this year. The new McAfee Labs location will employ more than 60 researchers, developers, quality assurance engineers and support personnel.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Motorola Reaches Licensing Agreement with OPTO

Motorola USA and OPTO Electronics of Japan announced a cross-licensing deal, settling all outstanding intellectual property disputes between the companies and their subsidiaries. As a result, Opticon and Opticon
Sensors Europe – OPTO’s subsidiaries in the US and Europe – have taken a royalty bearing license to Motorola’s patents, in the fields of laser based barcode scanning, imaging based barcode scanning, and mobile computing.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Rogers Media CEO to Retire

Canada’s Rogers Communications announced that Tony Viner, 63, President and CEO of Rogers Media, will be retiring from Rogers. He has been with the firm since 1982. Viner will stay with the company until a successor
is named.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Punaro Retiring from SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced that Executive Vice President Arnold Punaro would retire effective May 14. Punaro said he plans to start a strategic consulting business, complete a book
on national security decision making, and “take on government-related projects.” Punaro is the senior corporate official responsible for SAIC’s government affairs, worldwide communications, real estate and support operations, and general manager of its
Washington operations. He joined SAIC in March 1997.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Siemens Addresses Departure of Supervisory Board Member, CCO

Siemens reported that its Supervisory Board will hold an extraordinary meeting – on June 9, 2010 – in response to the proposed appointment of Heinrich Hiesinger as future chairman for ThyssenKrupp. Hiesinger wishes
to prematurely resign from the board, on September 30th. Siemens also announced that Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Andreas Pohlmann will leave his position to become an executive with Ferrostaal. General counsel and managing board member Peter Solmssen
will serve as acting CCO, until a successor is named.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Toshiba to Consolidate Operations of Two US Units

Toshiba announced that its Toshiba America Information Systems and Toshiba America Consumer Products operations will be unified into a single, operating company. This initiative will integrate the consumer unit as
part of Toshiba Digital Products, a division of America Information Systems. The unification process will commence July 1st.

Source: Vendor, 5/7/2010

Verizon Business Completes SAS 70 Audit

Verizon Business said it has successfully completed annual SAS 70 Type II examinations of its global data centers, which support the company’s colocation, managed hosting, and application management services.
SAS 70 is an auditing standard performed by a third-party accounting firm, conducted in compliance with standards set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. SAS 70 audits functions including: organizational structure, governance ;and
administration; access to facilities; logical access to systems; network services; operational processes and environmental safeguards; and system availability and performance.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

PUBLIC SAFETY

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GAO Says FBI Background Checks Going Okay

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied the processes and outcomes in which the FBI is notified when a firearm or
explosives background check involves an individual on a terrorism watchlist. In 2005, the GAO made some recommendations to the FBI, which have been acted on. The FBI processes all background checks involving the terrorist watchlist and has taken actions to
collect and analyze information from these background checks for counter-terrorism purposes. At this time, the GAO has not made any new recommendations to the FBI.

Source: GAO, 5/5/2010

Defense Dept Needs to Enhance Disaster Capabilities, GAO Says

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reviewed the Department of Defense’s (DoD) role in supporting a
coordinated civilian-military response to a catastrophe. The GAO discovered that, although the DoD has increased its personnel dedicated to coordinate civilian requests for assistance, it has not clearly defined their roles and responsibilities during
such events. The GAO reported that the DoD should make sure that dedicated personnel have defined roles and responsibilities and that the agency update its civil support guidance to reflect current rules and regulations.

Source: GAO, 3/30/2010

NYC Is Top US Terrorist Target, Says New Report

A new report from the University of Maryland‘s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism details how New York City has been the most common target for terrorists in the US. Of the 1,347 total attacks in the United States from 1970-2007, more occurred in New York City during this period than in the next 4 most
frequently targeted US cities combined (Miami, 70 attacks; San Francisco, 66 attacks; Washington, DC, 59 attacks; and Los Angeles, 54 attacks). While al-Qaeda has launched the deadliest attacks on New York City targets, almost 40 other identified groups
engaged in terrorism in NYC from 1970 to 2007, representing a range of different ideologies, backgrounds, and goals, with changing actors over time.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

REGULATORY

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VP Biden Urges Euopean Parliament to Allow Access to Bank Data

Reuters reported that US Vice President Joe Biden has urged the European Parliament to allow terror investigators from the United States access to citizens’ bank data in Europe, promising to guarantee their privacy.
In February, the European Parliament vetoed an agreement between the United States and the European Union on sharing data, citing insufficient safeguards. Talks are due to start this month and the EU’s executive commission has vowed to win improvements in
privacy protection. The US lost access to data on European bank transfers several months ago when the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which tracks most of the cash changing hands across borders, reconfigured its server
infrastructure. US officials now warn they have lost a vital tool in monitoring plans for any future terrorist attacks.

Source: Reuters, 5/6/2010

Reports: US Changes Requirement for Airlines Checking No-Fly Lists

NBC News and other news services reported that the US government is now requiring airlines to check no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of list updates – a move aimed at preventing known terror
suspects from boarding airplanes, as the man accused in the Times Square bombing attempt did. When updates are made to the no-fly list, notifications are sent to airlines instructing them to check the updated list. Until now, airlines have been required to
check for updated lists every 24 hours. Effective immediately, airlines must check the updated list within two hours of being notified of changes, according to a US Homeland Security official who spoke on condition of
anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the policy change. The official said airlines could be fined if they do not comply. The New York Times reported that one long-planned change in security
procedures may reduce the chances of a repeat failure to check an updated no-fly list. The Transportation Security Administration is taking over the job of checking passenger manifests against the no-fly list under
its Secure Flight program. Such checks are currently being done by the TSA for domestic flights, and the agency is scheduled to begin checking all international flights by the end of the
year.

Source: NBCNews, 5/5/2010

DoJ Announces Convictions for Selling Counterfeit Cisco Gear

The US departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced 30 convictions and more than $143 million in seizures from an initiative targeting traffickers in counterfeit network
hardware. Operation Network Raider, a domestic and international enforcement initiative targeting the illegal distribution of counterfeit network hardware manufactured in China, has resulted in 30 felony convictions and more than 700 seizures of
counterfeit Cisco network hardware and labels with an estimated retail value of more than $143 million.

Source: DoJ, 5/6/2010

Report Says Housing Finance Agency Should Secure its IT Systems

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessed the effectiveness of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) computer systems to determine if security controls were being properly utilized to protect financial
details from misuse or destruction. The GAO reviewed the FHFA’s security policies, procedures, and other documents; tested controls over key financial applications; and interviewed key agency officials. Several recommendations were made by the GAO including that the Acting Director of the FHFA take steps to fully implement a comprehensive information security program.

Source: GAO, 4/30/2010

Report: Limits on Using Handhelds Increased Census Cost

FloridaToday.com reported that The US Census Bureau’s 2008 decision to reduce its use of Harris Corporation-made handheld computers over concerns about introducing the new system raised costs of the 2010 census
by $3 billion. The publication cited Census Bureau officials for the information in its report. Initial plans and a $595 million contract for the Melbourne, Florida-based Harris called for census takers to use the
handheld devices to assist them in compiling data from people who did not mail back their 2010 census forms. Because of concerns about the integration of hardware and software, however, the Census Bureau in 2008 decided to return to the traditional
paper-based system. That meant the loss of cost savings from reduced time in compiling data, increased efficiency from two-way online communications between census takers on the streets and their supervisors, and reduced floor space required in census
field office. As a result of changes in the Harris contract, instead of census workers using Harris handheld computers in the field during the next 10 weeks , they are filling out paper forms. For its part, Harris Corporation in response to questions from
FloridaToday.com questioned how much of the budget increase should be attributed to the Census Bureau’s decision regarding Harris handheld computers.

Source: FloridaToday.com 5/4/2010

NEC’s IP Communications Server Certified by OSHPD

NEC Corp. of America announced that its UNIVERGE SV8500 enterprise IP communications server was certified by the State of California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). The certification is
required of technical equipment in Californian hospitals and clinical settings, where earthquakes are common. According to the OSHPD, in the event of an earthquake, the SV8500 maintains all necessary communications to ensure business continuity.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

SEARCH

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Google Launches Revamped Search Results Page

After months of testing, Google launched a new look for its search results page, a three-column design that includes a permanent menu of search options and tools to help searchers refine their queries. The new user
interface displays search options in a column on the left-hand side of the search results page. Search results themselves appear in the middle, in a wider column. Ads appear in the right column, although some ads continue to appear in the middle column
above “picks.” The revamped looked is being rolled out globally, across 37 languages, so not all users will see the changes immediately. Google is also launching the new look for its mobile version of search for English interfaces in the United States.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Google Integrates Virtual Keyboard into Local Language Searches

Google announced that it is integrating virtual keyboards into its Google search page in 35 languages. This allows those using its search service to key in search queries in their native languages. The feature is
especially helpful, Google said, for those who speak, type, and read in non-Latin scripts.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

SECURITY FLAWS & FIXES

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Photoshop CS4 Flaws Discovered, Update Needed for Resolution

Adobe Photoshop CS4 version 11.0.0 has been found to have some vulnerabilities. Adobe released an advisory and recommends that users update
to version 11.0.1.

Source: Secunia, 5/3/2010

Avaya Advises on Multiple Product Vulnerabilities

Various Avaya products contain critical vulnerabilities. Although no updates are currently available, Avaya has issued an advisory that provides more
information about these issues.

Source: Secunia, 5/4/2010

Facebook Bug Let Users See Private Chat Conversations

TechCrunch reported midweek that Facebook users suddenly found themselves able to monitor the supposedly private conversations their friends were having on the social network’s chat service. The chat feature was
subsequently disabled “for maintenance.” In a statement emailed to TechCrunch, Facebook
acknowledged the problem and subsequent shutdown of chat to fix the problem.

Source: TechCrunch, 5/5/2010

Fedora Releases Fix for Opendchub

Fedora released a fix for Opendchub, which has a critical flaw. Two advisories have been listed on Fedora’s Web site and updates are available via the yum utility.

Source: Secunia, 5/3/2010

Foxit Updates Reader

Foxit has released Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows, which fixes a flaw within the PDF specification. Users should read the release notes
regarding this new version for more details.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, Services 3.0 Have Critical Flaw

Microsoft issued a security advisory for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary script that could result in elevation of
privilege within the SharePoint site. It is advised that users restrict access to SharePoint Help.aspx

Source: Vendor, 4/29/2010

Microsoft Updates VBScript Bulletin

Microsoft updated a security bulletin that was originally released on April 13 regarding a vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine, which could result in a remote code execution. The vendor corrected the
registry key verification for VBScript 5.6 on Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Microsoft Silently Patched Bugs, Says Researcher

Computerworld reported that a security researcher at Core Security Technologies noticed that Microsoft secretly patched three
vulnerabilities in April without noting the issues within the released advisories. Two of the unannounced flaws were buried within the advisory for Exchange and Windows SMTP
Service, which was released on April 13. Core Security Technologies’ CTO Ivan Arce said that the disclosure of all bugs is important to mitigate risks, because system administrators may not have applied the updates since they didn’t receive adequate
information in the advisory.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Microsoft Updates Security Bulletin from March

Microsoft revised security bulletin MS10-016, which was issued in March, to correct installation switches for Movie Maker 2.6 on
Windows Vista and Windows 7 and to announce the availability of Microsoft Producer. In addition, the vendor recommended that users of Microsoft Producer 2003 upgrade to the newest version.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

Opera 10.53 Fixes Flaws

Opera Software released Opera 10.53 to fix a vulnerability that has been rated severe. Users should read the advisory and update immediately to mitigate
risks.

Source: Vendor, 4/30/2010

SECURITY PRODUCTS & CONTRACTS

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Verizon, Secret Service Collaborating on Data Breach Report

Verizon Business announced that it is joining forces with the United States Secret Service on Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The 2010
DBIR, slated to be issued this Summer, will present aggregated findings from Verizon’s own caseload as well as computer crime cases investigated by the Secret Service.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

AT&T Adds Soft Token Support to Its Authentication Service

AT&T announced the addition of soft token authentication support to its Token Authentication Service, which is designed to provide secure access to virtual private networks by mobile workers. A soft token is the
software equivalent of a traditional hardware token, which generates a one-time passcode that authenticates a user’s identity to enable highly secure access to private networks. AT&T’s Token Authentication Service is based on two-factor SecurID
authentication software from RSA, EMC‘s security division.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

New Security Appliances Available from Check Point

Check Point Software rolled out new UTM-1 Edge N and Safe@Office N appliances that include capabilities for firewall, intrusion prevention, antivirus, antispam, Web filtering and remote access connectivity. The
two products are available for purchase and pricing begins at $750.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

DHS Touts Potential Benefits of New Surveillance System

A new video surveillance system currently being developed by the Department of Homeland Security ‘s Science and Technology Directorate may soon give law enforcement an extra set of eyes, according to the agency. The
Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS) deploys a video camera and image-stitching technology in a unit that bolts it to a ceiling, mounts it on a roof, or fastens it to a truck-mounted telescoping mast.. Software for the surveillance system will
be provided by a suite of video analytics software applications, many of which are commercially available, DHS said. Many of the ISIS capabilities were adapted from technology previously developed by MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory for military applications. With
the help of technology experts from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lincoln Laboratory built the current system with commercial off-the-shelf cameras, computers, image processing boards, and software. Eventually, DHS plans
to develop a version of ISIS that will use infrared cameras to detect events that occur at night. According to DHS, its Science and Technology Directorate formed a partnership with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), and in December 2009, began an
ISIS pilot at Logan International Airport, allowing potential Homeland Security end users the opportunity to evaluate the technology. Beyond the potential for enhancing security at our nation’s airports, if successful, the current testing at Logan could
pave the way for the eventual deployment of ISIS to protect other critical venues.

Source: DHS, 5/7/2010

McAfee Offers New Channel Program for Partners

McAfee launched its new channel program that offers assistance in building margin, business, and profits for its partners. This new program was first announced in January.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

New Guide Assesses Security Framework for Government Agencies

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 1 (FPD), Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. This report is part of an initiative to develop a unified information security framework for the federal government and its contractors.

Source: NIST, 55/2010

First OV Ready Certified Offering Makes Debut

ObjectVideo announced that Synetic Systems, a surveillance and security systems provider, is the first manufacturer to offer a video analytics enabled OV Ready certified offering. OV Ready is the XML-based
intelligent video network protocol that standardizes ObjectVideo analytic rule, alert, and configuration communications.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Trend Micro Takes Wraps Off PortalProtect 2.0

Trend Micro introduced PortalProtect 2.0, which supports the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform and contains Web threat protection and data loss prevention. It is based
upon the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network which scans, filters, and correlates emails, Web sites, and files daily. Trend Micro PortalProtect will be available June 25.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

Verizon Upgrades Security for Wholesale VoIP Customers

Verizon announced that its Wholesale division is now offering additional functionality for three of its product platforms, providing voice-over-Internet-protocol customers with a secure connection for transmitting
information over the Internet and other public networks. The new functionality enables the product platforms – SIP Gateway Service, Advanced Toll Free IP Termination and Carrier IP Termination Transport – to share a single, secure virtual private network
connection called an IP Security (or IPSec) tunnel.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

SERVERS

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Motorola Introduces M3 Media On Demand Servers

Motorola‘s Mobile Devices and Home business introduced new M3 Media on-demand servers for streaming multimedia content and services using a TV, PC, or mobile device. The carrier class servers will be offered as
part of Motorola’s Media Delivery System, for cable and content delivery network management systems. They will ship beginning in the third quarter.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

SGI Updates Altix ICE Blade Servers

SGI is updating its Altix ICE blade servers with the latest x86 processors from both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and a bulked-up InfiniBand
network designed to increase scalability. The Altix ICE 8400can scale as high as 65,536 nodes, and can be powered by either Intel’s six-core Xeon 5600 “Westmere EP” processors or AMD’s eight- to 12-core Opteron 6100 “Magny-Cours” chips. SGI said other
improvements to the Altix ICE LINE include a Quad Data Rate InfiniBand that, combined with SGI’s integrated backplane, offers three times the link-to-node bandwidth of other InfiniBand clusters.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

SMARTPHONES

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T-Mobile USA Previews New Android-Based Smartphone

T-Mobile USA introduced the myTouch3G Slide, an Android 2.1-based smartphone. The Slide, made by HTC, combines a QWERTY keyboard with a touch screen, offers multiple social apps,
and features a “Genius Button.” The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications, enables the use of voice commands to control the phone and its features. The Slide is expected to be available
in June.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

SOCIAL MEDIA

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Microsoft’s Fuse Labs Unveils Social Media Dashboard Spindex

Microsoft’s Fuse Labs debuted Spindex, a project still under development that presents an overview of a user’s entire social networking world on one page. The social media “dashboard” lets a user connect to
Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, RSS, and Bing – with more services are on the way, according to the Spindex Web site. Spindex is currently a Tech Preview only available to attendees of the Web 2.0
Expo San Francisco. Microsoft said information will be provided in the near future as to when theSindex project will become more widely available.

Source: Vendor, 5/6/2010

Ning to Keep Service Free for Educators

Ning, which lets users build their own social networks, has signed a letter of intent with a “major educational company” to keep its service free for educators. The sponsoring company was not named. In a post at its
Web site, Ning said the educational company has offered to sponsor Ning Mini Networks for educators globally in primary and secondary education. The company promised more information on the deal soon.Ning announced in April that it was ending its free
service and has since rolled out three new paid-service plans, starting at $19.95 per year.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

STORAGE

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CA Announces Portfolio of Updated ARCserve Products

CA announced new ARCserve backup, replication, high availability, and disk to disk backup and restore products. Release 15 was designed to provide protection, recovery, and availability for systems, applications, and
data. The products offers virtualization and data deduplication enhancements, with new features for infrastructure virtualization and Microsoft Active Directory restore, CA claims. The ARCserve family supports more than 20 applications and platforms,
providing management for data, from a physical server to multi server, hybrid physical, and virtual IT environment.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Iomega Unveils New Rack-Mountable Storage Array

Iomega announced a new rack-mountable storage array aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses and enterprise workgroups that offers up to 24TB of capacity. Iomega said the StorCenter ix12-300r Network Storage array
incorporates parent-company EMC‘s management, backup, and networking software, and can support up to 250 users with either block-level or file-level storage. The array comes with EMC’s LifeLine software, a management
utility based on Linux and designed for cross-platform support of Windows, Mac, Linux and UNIX computers and is HCL certified for use with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer.

Source: Vendor, 5/4/2010

STREAMING MEDIA

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AT&T Launches Revamped Streaming Video Web Site

AT&T has launched U-verse Online, a newly rebranded and expanded site for viewing streaming TV shows, movies, and video clips on a PC. U-verse Online is open to all Web
users; it offers additional features and account integration for AT&T’s U-verse TV customers.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

Cisco Enhances Education Fortfolio

Cisco launched its new Video-Enabled Teaching and Learning Solution, which integrates two products: the Cisco Media Experience Engine (MXE) 3500 and Cisco Show and Share into Cisco’s existing portfolio of video-based
solutions for education. The Cisco MXE 3500 is a media processing device that enables teachers, students, and administrators to share video content across a network to a range of devices, including laptops, digital signs, and mobile devices such as
smartphones. Cisco Show and Share is a “social” video system that helps schools create secure video communities, and personalize the connection between students with user-generated content.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

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IBM Updates its Business Process Management Suite

IBM unveiled its new Business Process Management (BPM) suite, software that provides real time visibility and management features, for addressing market pressures, regulatory changes, and other external forces. The
family includes: BPM Blueprint, a Web offering for improving communications and business processes; WebSphere Commerce, a customer interaction platform that allows retailers and customers to share information and events on social networking sites; Rational
Automation Framework for WebSphere, a customizable framework to automate administration for the WebSphere family; and enhancements to WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

IBM Introduces Software for Managing Transportation Systems

IBM unveiled a new software framework for tracking and managing critical aspects of airline and rail transportation systems. The IBM Time and Travel Framework is designed to help model and manage aspects such as routes,
schedules, and capacity, in near real time. It includes new features for information management, analytics, automation, and process integration.

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

VOIP

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Skype Rolls Out New, Cheaper Subscription Plans

Skype introduced new subscription plans it says will allow for cheaper calls to international cell phones and landlines. Under the new pricing, Skype users will be able to sign up for subscriptions in more than 170 countries, with plans starting at as $1.09 per month. Options include unlimited
calls to US- and Canada-based cell phones and landlines for $2.95 per month, unlimited calls to landlines in 39 countries (not the US) for $5.95, or unlimited calls to more than 40 countries worldwide (including US mobiles and landlines) for $12.95 per
month. A subscription also includes voicemail and call forwarding. Skype user to Skype user video calls and messages remain free of charge.

Source: Vendor, 5/5/2010

WEB COMMERCE

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Visa Bans Data Pass Practice

Credit card giant Visa has banned a long-standing practice call “data pass” that signs up unwitting online shoppers for services that charge a monthly fee, often without the consumers knowing they have been signed up
or that their credit card information has been passed to a third party site. Consumers who shopped at sites employing the practice were enticed to click on an advertisement that offered free shipping or a discount. In many cases, merely clicking on the
link to find more information led to enrollment in a monthly service. Millions of consumers ended up paying monthly charges for useless travel clubs and similar services after shopping at popular Web sites like 1-800-Flowers.com, Buy.com, Classmates.com,
and more that 450 other sites, according to staffers for Senator Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., who compiled a report on the issue last year. Rockefeller said told MSNBC he is glad Visa has banned the practice, but
plans to keep pushing legislation that would make data passing illegal.

Source: MSNBC, 5/5/2010

WIRELESS

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Location Based Technologies Nears Product Family Launch

Location Based Technologies – which makes personal, pet, and asset location devices – announced that its PocketFinder, PetFinder, and PocketFinder Pets devices have “officially” entered the AT&T laboratory
for final network approval. In addition, the company said it has received four design patents, one utility patent,” and several other trademarks over the past five weeks. According to the California-based company, AT&T network approval – typically a 30 day
process – is the final technical step for delivery of its family of products in the United States,

Source: Vendor, 5/3/2010

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