AT&T Sells Stake in Mexican Telecom Company Alestra

AT&T and ALFA announced they have reached an agreement for ALFA to acquire AT&T’s 49% stake in Alestra, a Mexican telecom company. Once the acquisition is completed, ALFA will be the sole shareholder of Alestra. AT&T
said intends to continue to offer enterprise communications solutions to multinational enterprise customers through its AT&T Global Network Services in Mexico.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Belgacom Acquires the Phone House Belgium Chain

Belgacom acquired the parent company of the Phone House Belgium retail stores from its joint owners, Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse. Belgacom says it will use the 114 acquired stores to increase its own retail
presence, as well as provide more personalized service to its customers. The retail locations will retain the Phone House Belgium name and will continue to stock the same categories of merchandise. The transaction is expected to cost Belgacom EUR 22
million, and is still subject to regulatory approval.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

Cisco Closes Acquisition of Software Provider newScale

Cisco Systems acquired newScale, a privately held software provider that delivers a service catalog and self-service portal for selecting and deploying cloud services, and
provisioning systems and infrastructure as needed. The purchase will extend Cisco’s software for IT, cloud management, and automation. With the agreement now closed, the newScale team will report to Cisco’s Advanced Services organization.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

eBay Signs Agreement to Acquire Local Media Company WHERE

eBay signed a definitive agreement to acquire WHERE, a provider of location media and local discovery mobile applications. The auction site plans on using the acquired company’s assets to enhance its own local and
mobile offerings, including integrating the technology with PayPal’s mobile payment system. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2011. No financial terms for the transaction were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Gilat’s Spacenet Acquires CICAT Networks

Spacenet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, announced that it has acquired CICAT Networks, a broadband network solutions
provider based in Chantilly, Virginia. Gilat said the acquisition of CICAT Networks represents a milestone in Spacenet’s strategy to expand its business in the broadband managed network services market. CICAT specializes in deploying and managing
vendor-neutral networks for businesses with widely-dispersed, multi-site locations.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Morpho Detection Announces Plans to Acquire Syagen Technology

Morpho Detection (MDI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Syagen Technology, a mass spectrometry technology development company. MDI expects to operate Syagen as a mass spectrometry
technical center, developing its next generation of explosives and narcotics trace detection systems for global customers.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

PCTS Acquired by Awarepoint Corporation

Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) was acquired by Awarepoint Corporation, a provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for hospitals. The purchaser plans to combine its own ZigBee based technology
offerings with PCTS’ software platform to create an enhanced RTLS solution. PCTS will continue to operate at its current Charlotte, NC location, and will retain its current executive team. No financial terms for the deal were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Seagate to Buy Samsung’s Hard Drive Business

Reuters reported that Seagate plans to acquire Samsung‘s hard drive business for $1.375 billion in an agreement that also gives Samsung a
9.6 percent stake in Seagate. The announcement marks another step in the steady consolidation of the storage industry. Last month, Western Digital announced plans to acquire Hitachi’s hard-drive unit for $4.3 billion. Segate will pay $1.375 billion, half
stock and half cash, to Samsung. Seagate will supply Samsung with hard drives for its computers and consumer-electronics products, while Samsung will supply Seagate with flash memory for business-grade solid-state disk (SSD) storage products, the companies
said. Under the agreement, the companies will also cooperate on enterprise storage product development, a Samsung executive will be nominated to Seagate’s board, and the companies will expand their current patent cross-licensing agreement. The deal is
expected to close by the end of 2011

Source: Reuters, 4/19/2011

Telecom New Zealand Sells 49% stake in Yahoo!Xtra to Yahoo!7

Telecom New Zealand sold its 49% stake in Yahoo!Xtra to Yahoo!7. The company will now be 100% owned by Yahoo!7, but will continue to support Telecom NZ’s customer base. Following the close of the transaction, the
company will be rebranded Yahoo! New Zealand. No financial terms for the transaction were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

UniTek Closes Pinnacle Wireless Acquisition

UniTek Global Services – which provides outsourced infrastructure services to the telecommunications, broadband cable, and satellite television industries – announced that it has closed its previously-announced
acquisition of Pinnacle Wireless. Pinnacle is a systems integrator specializing in large-scale two-way radio and wireless communications system projects for the transportation, public safety, entertainment,
hospitality, and enterprise-level commercial real estate industries. UniTek is based in Blue Bell, PA.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

West Corporation to Acquire Smoothstone IP Communications

Omaha-based West Corporation, which offers outsourced customer contact solutions and voice-related services, announced it is acquiring Smoothstone IP Communications, which
develops cloud-based enterprise communications solutions West will pay approximately US$120 million to acquire Smoothstone. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011 after satisfaction of customary closing conditions. On completion
of the acquisition, Smoothstone will become a part of West’s Unified Communications operating segment.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

[return to top of this report]

Alcatel, China Mobile to Collaborate on Mobile Communications

Alcatel-Lucent signed an agreement with China Mobile to develop next-generation mobile communications technology, including further co-development around Alcatel’s
lightRadio technology. The research will further extend the close relationship between the two companies, establishing the framework to jointly explore the evolution of mobile network architecture.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Asus’ Xtion PRO to Be Sold Via Unity in Japan

Asus International announced an agreement for its Xtion PRO motion-sensing technology to be sold via Japanese retailer Unity. The device is a Kinect-like peripheral meant for use on PCs. It will sell for 19,800 JPY
($238 USD).

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

AT&T, Road America Debut Roadside Assistance Program for Businesses

Previously, most drivers needed to have GPS units installed in their cars to be located in the event of an accident or roadside breakdown, but a new solution offered by Road America is bringing this feature to
any basic cell, landline, or smartphone – on any network. Using AT&T Location Information Services, Road America has developed the new LocateMe Service to help capture vehicle breakdown locations for its business customers
calling from any wireless or landline communications device.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Cisco Technology Used in New Slovakian IPv6 Lab

Cisco Systems and the Technical University of Kosice opened a laboratory focused on IPv6 training and research in Slovakia. It is connected to the IPv6 lab in Paris, operated by French national research network
RENATER, and 17 other centers, worldwide. Its objective is to provide an open environment for validating technology, network setups, and applications built on IPv6. It is open to academics, government administrators, and telecommunications specialists.
Cisco provided the lab’s networking and communications equipment.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom Form Joint Procurement Business

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom agreed to combine their procurement activities for customer equipment, network equipment, service platforms and, certain IT-Infrastructure
into a 50/50 joint venture. The companies say the benefits of this plan include equipment harmonization for suppliers, a combined savings of more than EUR 1.3 billion, and the ability to be more competitive in their respective markets. The combined entity
will have two locations, one in Bonn, Germany, and one in Paris, France. This venture is the result of the Smart Industry Cooperation agreement signed in February 2011.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Microsoft and Nokia Sign Partnership Agreement Early

Microsoft and Nokia signed their definitive partnership agreement ahead of schedule. The companies said the terms of the deal announced on February 11, 2011 remain unchanged.
The agreement focuses on four areas: the sharing of complementary assets; a royalty paid by Nokia for access to the Windows Phone platform; payments to Nokia in the “billions of dollars”; and an exchange of intellectual properties between the two
companies. The duo expects to ship the first Nokia products running the Windows Phone platform some time in 2012.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Motorola Mobility, NII Extend iDEN Handset Agreement

Motorola Mobility and NII Holding said they will extend an agreement under which Motorola will supply iDEN handsets to NII Holdings through 2014. Motorola Mobility said the
continuation of the agreement reflects both companies’ commitment to iDEN technology as a leading platform for Push-to-Talk services. For the past 14 years, NII Holdings and Motorola have partnered to provide iDEN services to subscribers in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Under the NEXTEL brand, NII Holdings (based in Virginia) is the largest iDEN network operator in the Latin American region, serving more than nine million subscribers.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

NEC and Shenzhen AVIC Name Joint LCD Business NLT Technologies

NEC announced the name for its new joint venture with Shenzhen AVIC Optoelectronic. The new small and midsized LCD panel business will be dubbed NLT Technologies, effective July 2011. The renamed business was formerly
NEC LCD Technologies. The new business will continue to be based in Japan, and will provide display panels to industrial customers.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Sprint Commits $1 Billion to Clearwire Via New Pricing Agreement

Ending a months-long price dispute and bringing a much-need infusion of capital to Clearwire, Sprint Nextel announced an amendment to the firms’ long-term agreement that
establishes new wholesale pricing terms and provides Clearwire a minimum of $1 billion from Sprint to be paid during 2011and 2012 for 4G wholesale services. The agreement lays out minimum usage commitments from Sprint of $300 million in 2011, $550 million
in 2012, and $175 million in pre-payments for 4G wholesale services to be used in 2011, 2012, and beyond. The firms also reached an agreement regarding wholesale pricing for Sprint devices that operate on both Sprint’s 3G network and Clearwire’s 4G
network. The agreement includes usage-based pricing and volume discounts, and minimum payments per 4G device. The agreement also expands the mutual re-wholesaling rights whereby both companies can resell the other’s respective 3G and 4G networks to other
parties. Clearwire and Sprint said they also plan to continue their collaboration on expanding Sprint’s ability to offer customized 4G solutions.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

BIOMETRICS

[return to top of this report]

Fujitsu Develops New, Smaller Vein Authentication Sensor

Fujitsu said its researchers have developed the world’s smallest and slimmest contact-free vein authentication sensor. The sensor’s smaller form factor makes it easy to incorporate into the design of personal
computers and other electronic devices, thereby helping to expand the range of potential applications for palm vein authentication, Fujitsu said.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

NIST Seeks Comments on Biometric Specification

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comments for a special publication, identified as SP 800-76-2,
Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification. Comments are requested by June 6.

Source: NIST, 4/18/2011

BUSINESS CONTINUITY

[return to top of this report]

Attivio Releases Regulatory Management Solution

Attivio announced the release of its Active Regulatory Management (ARM) solution, which monitors regulatory agencies, notifies staff members responsible for revising corresponding internal rules and policies,
documents completion, flags delinquent updates, distributes policy changes, and provides an on-demand audit trail. Along with the general availability of ARM, Attivio also announced the successful deployment of the solution at one of the world’s five
largest banks.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

FCC Schedules Forum on Earthquake Preparedness

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host an Earthquake Communications Preparedness Forum on May 3 at its
headquarters in Washington, DC. The forum will consider the preparations that should be made in advance of an earthquake and how to develop policies and procedures to respond to an earthquake’s potential impact on communications networks and services.

Source: FCC, 4/19/2011

Level 3 Debuts New Wireless Backup Service

Level 3 announced a new wireless backup solution that provides business customers protection against disruptions to their network services. Level 3 said the new service provides an alternative to traditional IP
network backup, simplifies business-continuity options, and offers an economical solution for organizations hoping to avoid the costs of purchasing diverse network paths. Level 3’s wireless backup access is now available for the company’s dedicated
Internet access, virtual private network, and converged business network services customers in the US.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

McAfee:Critical Infrastructure Attacks Rise, but Preparedness Lacking

McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said that, in a survey of 200 IT security executives from critical electricity infrastructure enterprises, nearly 30% believed their company was
not prepared for a cyberattack, and more than 40% expect such an attack within the next year. The report found that 80% of respondents have faced a large-scale denial of service attack (DDoS), and a quarter
reported consistent DDoS attacks or were victims of extortion through network attacks. The number of companies subjected to extortion increased by 25% in the past year, the report said.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

CARRIER SERVICES

[return to top of this report]

Verizon Introduces New Pricing for Wireline-based Internet Service

Verizon introduced new price tiers for both its stand-alone, unbundled High Speed Internet service and for so-called “dry-loop connections,” which are connections without voice service. No annual plan contracts are
required, and prices are good for one year. When ordered online, customers save $5 on the monthly price for any price point, and also receive a free wireless router. Stand-alone service prices are: 500 Kbps to 1.0 Mbps – $19.99 ($14.99 online); and either
1.1-3 Mbps, 3.1-7 Mbps or 7.1-15 Mbps – $34.99 ($29.99 online); Customers are required to have a Verizon landline voice plan for those price tiers. Dry-loop (without voice service) prices are: 500 Kbps to 1.0 Mbps – $29.99 ($24.99 online); and either
1.1-3 Mbps, 3.1-7 Mbps or 7.1-15 Mbps – $44.99 ($39.99 online).

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Vonage Launches World Premium Unlimited Calling Plan

Vonage launched a new World Premium Unlimited Calling Plan. The new offering includes all of the same features as the company’s
World Plan, but expands the number of countries included in the international calling plan to 80, up from 60. Additionally, the new plan adds free calls to mobile phones in 42 of those countries. The World Premium Unlimited Calling Plan is $54.99/month,
not including taxes and fees. A high-speed Internet connection is required for use.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

CLOUD COMPUTING

[return to top of this report]

AWS Launches Elastic MapReduce Service in Asia Regions

Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its Amazon Elastic MapReduce feature in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) service regions. This announcements concludes the expansion of Elastic MapReduce,
which is now available in all 5 of AWS’ service regions. Pricing and more details are available from AWS’ Elastic MapReduce information page.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

AWS Experiences Significant Downtime; Bringing Other Sites Down

Amazon Web Services (AWS) began experiencing significant downtime on April 20, bringing several other sites that it hosts down, too. By midday on April 21, the AWS
Service Health Dashboard reported that services had been restored, except the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud in Northern Virginia. The affected sites included well-known Internet companies like Quora, Foursquare, and Reddit.

Source: Vendor, 04/20/2011

Zoho Unveils Zoho Mail for Business

Zoho announced the launch of Zoho Mail for Business. The new offering takes the company’s two-year old Web mail service and adds features designed specifically for business
customers. These include user-defined email policies, labels, flags, rules, filters, support for multiple domains, enhanced search functionality, instant chat, and a mobile Web interface. The application also integrates with Zoho’s Calendar, Tasks, Notes,
and Contacts apps. The new service is available now for $2 per user, per month, with discounts offered for yearly subscriptions.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS & EQUIPMENT

[return to top of this report]

Alcatel-Lucent Deploys IMS for Russia’s Rostelecom

Alcatel-Lucent deployed its end-to-end IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for Macroregional Branch South, Rostelecom’s organization department in the Caucasus federal districts of Russia. It will provide a network
for delivering rich broadband services to consumers and enterprise users.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Alcatel, Chunghwa Demonstrate LTE Trial Results

Alcatel-Lucent and Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories demonstrated the results of a LTE field trial, using Alcatel’s end-to-end 4G technology. The trial
results include indoor demonstrations of applications and services on 4G LTE devices from various Taiwanese terminal manufacturers, and outdoor mobility tests on a high-speed train.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Cisco to Provide Infrastructure for FiberCorp Internet Services

Cisco Systems was chosen by FiberCorp – Cablevision’s corporate business unit – to offer new Internet services for its small and mid-sized business customers. The technical infrastructure includes Cisco routers,
connected directly to Cablevision’s hybrid fiber coaxial network. It also carries with it the possibility of integrating services within a Cisco Borderless Network Architecture.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Cisco Deploys Routing to Improve Bright House Services

Cisco Systems deployed routing technology for Bright House Networks, which will use it as a Carrier Ethernet platform to deliver advanced video, data, voice, and mobile backhaul services throughout its converged
network. The agreement should extend Bright House’s ability to increase bandwidth as consumer and business network requirements grow, while also reinforcing its ability to add Video On Demand services. Brighthouse is a cable television company
headquartered in Syracuse, NY, US.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Fairfield Details Fiber-Optic Network Build-Out Plans for New England

FairPoint Communications announced that it will build out its fiber-optic network in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to meet the increasing demand for wireless-broadband services The company said that its
initial network expansion will allow the telecom to transform more than half of its 1,600 3G towers to support higher-speed 4G technology.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Frontier Reports Network Improvement Expenditures

Frontier Communications announced that it has invested more than $10.7 million since July 2010 to increase broadband availability and enhance network performance in the US states of Oregon and Washington. In
addition, the company said it has made major upgrades to create a state-of-the-art network that significantly increases capacity and upgrades Internet connection speeds.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Juniper, Nokia Siemens to Aid MegaFon Network Migration

Juniper Networks implemented gateway and router technology for Russian mobile network operator MegaFon, to migrate from a legacy system to a 3G/LTE network. MegaFon is the only mobile network company in Russia
operating its own network. It offers long-distance communications, fixed-line and mobile broadband Internet, and converged services for more than 56 million subscribers. The operator also signed an agreement for Nokia Siemens Networks to provide systems integration. It will provide smart backhaul technology, as well as network design, project management, implementation, and other professional services over the next
two years.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Level 3 Providing Backbone Infrastructure for Verizon’s LTE Rollout

Level 3 said that it is providing Verizon Wireless with backbone infrastructure and cell-site backhaul solutions to support Verizon’s ongoing rollout of its 4G Long Term
Evolution (LTE) network. Level 3 said its fiber optic network will provide the footprint and redundancy needed to accommodate the projected network growth tied to Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network rollout. Level 3 is also supporting cell-site backhaul
requirements in a number of rural markets in New England and the Western United States for Verizon Wireless by using its recently-launched Tower Access solution that combines connectivity to existing cell towers with a mix of new on-site tower construction
and colocation at Level 3 sites.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Nokia Siemens to Provide Optus with Evolved Packet Core

Nokia Siemens Networks reported it was selected as the sole packet core provider for Optus, an Australian mobile operator looking to increase its mobile broadband presence while also addressing growing
data traffic demand. Nokia Siemens will provide an Evolved Packet Core to accommodate GPRS, WCDMA, and LTE network traffic, as well as other technology to boost capacity and headroom for new Optus launches.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

ZTE Receives Network Construction Contract from China Unicom

ZTE received a contract from China Unicom to build HSPA+ PTN networks in seven cities across China. Based on PTN and IP RAN technology, the new network sites will focus on providing coverage to urban areas, and will
pave the way for China Unicom’s eventual transition to 4G infrastructure, ZTE says. No financial terms for the agreement were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

CONFERENCING

[return to top of this report]

Raytheon Launches New Version of Trusted Thin Client

Raytheon released a new version of its Trusted Thin Client (TTC), the company solution for workers requiring secure remote access to sensitive networks. The product allows users to connect to multiple sensitive
networks over a secure connection that protects against data compromise. The latest version of TTC can be used on a thin client device, a virtual machine within a workstation, or a virtual machine running TTC from a secured device, such as an encrypted
memory stick. Raytheon says TTC will never leave any evidence of the work completed, or data accessed on the device used to run it.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

CONSULTING & MANAGED SERVICES

[return to top of this report]

Accenture Signs Digital Merchandising Agreement with Anheuser-Busch

Accenture signed an agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev to pilot a digital merchandising service. The service will allow the brewer to access point of sale (POS) data about its product’s presence and placement, as
well as allowing it to reduce the time retail locations spend out of stock on its products. The pilot will take plan at 55 stores in Russia, and will be expanded based on the success of the endeavor. No financial terms for the agreement were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Alcatel Providing Broadband Care Services for Beijing Unicom

Alcatel-Lucent is providing its Motive Broadband Services Care Solution to Beijing Unicom, to upgrade its highspeed Internet services. It will provide intelligent and flexible customer care tools, as well as
problem resolution tools for its desk agents, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell secured the contract.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

IBM Selected to Revamp Audi’s SAP Cloud Environment

IBM received a contract from auto maker Audi to build a new cloud environment for its SAP infrastructure. The goal of the project will be to create a new, higher performance system that
is capable of rapid provisioning of SAP applications and capacities. Audi believes this move will allow it to lower infrastructure costs, and improve efficiency. IBM plans on leveraging its POWER 7 Servers and DB2 database technology for the project. No
financial terms were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

CYBERCRIME

[return to top of this report]

Kaspersky: Botnets Prove Lucrative to Cybercriminal

In a new article entitled “The Advertising Botnet,” researchers from Kaspersky Lab learned that, on average, botnets help
cybercriminals earn approximately USD $1,000 – $2,000 per day. A large number of infected computers coupled with a well-organized business model enable cybercriminals to deceive advertisers while raking in money from unsuspecting victims.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

DATA BREACHES

[return to top of this report]

The Children’s Place Hit with Data Breach

CSO Online reported that The Children’s Place, a retail store for kids’ apparel, had its database hacked recently. The retailer said that only its email address database was affected and no other information was
breached, but the hack has resulted in a phishing scam. The Children’s Place has notified its customers about the breach.

Source: CSO Online, 4/19/2011

Federal Lab Goes Offline after Phishing Attack

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a US federal research facility, shut down its email and Internet access systems last Friday after a spear phishing attack was discovered on systems that were sending data to remote
servers, according to an article in eWeek. The malware was linked to a remote code execution flaw in Internet Explorer. The lab restored its email access but is continuing to monitor incoming messages with attachments.
Internet and remote access remain shut down.

Source: eWeek, 4/20/2011

DBMS

[return to top of this report]

Oracle Releases Coherence 3.7

Oracle released version 3.7 of its Coherence software product. The company says the latest edition of the software simplifies the configuration and management of large-scale deployments while increasing data storage
capabilities. This is thanks to the software’s Elastic Data features, which Oracle says allows for “near memory speed access to data, regardless of storage medium.” Oracle
Coherence 3.7 is available now.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Teradata to Provide Data Warehouse Appliances to Charter

Teradata announced an agreement with Charter Communications that will see the telecom company using its Teradata Data
Warehouse Appliances for its engineering, marketing, and business intelligence needs. The Teradata solution was chosen following a testing phase in which multiple vendors’ solutions were vetted under realistic work scenarios. Teradata will also provide
its Teradata Viewpoint monitoring product, for quicker identification of poor-performing queries. No financial terms for the agreement were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

[return to top of this report]

AWS Launches Support for 5 New Services in Android and iOS SDKs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched support for 5 new services for its Android and iOS SDKs. The newly supported
services are CloudWatch, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Email Service (SES), SimpleDB, Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling. The company says this will allow developers to add messaging, compute services, and monitoring to their mobile
applications.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Oracle Releases Updated NetBeans IDE 7.0 with Support for JDK 7

Oracle released NetBeans IDE 7.0, the company’s recently acquired integrated development environment. Updates to the software include support for the
upcoming Java Development Kit 7, and interoperability with a variety of other Oracle products, including Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, Oracle Database, and Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

E-READERS & E-BOOKS

[return to top of this report]

Amazon Announces Kindle Library Lending with 11,000 Locations

Amazon announced Kindle Library Lending, a new book-loan feature for its stand-alone e-reader and e-reader apps. The new offering will allow library patrons to borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000
local libraries across the country. The online retailer is working with OverDrive, a digital content solutions provider for libraries across the US. Kindle users will be able to download the books to all generations of Kindle devices, as well as the full
selection of Kindle apps. The books will also support the company’s Whispersync technology, which will preserve notes and bookmarks through multiple check-outs, or if the user later purchases the same title from Amazon. More information will be available
when the service launches later this year.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Amazon Launches German Kindle Book Store, Kindle Apps

Amazon launched a new Amazon.de Kindle book store. The new outlet is designed to serve the company’s German customers, and includes a library
of more than 650,000 titles. To coincide with the launch of the new store, Amazon announced a localized line-up of its Kindle e-reader apps for the full range of supported devices available as free downloads for German-speaking users. The company also
opened up its 70% royalty option to publishers and authors selling titles through the new Amazon.de Kindle book store.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

[return to top of this report]

Novell Launches Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition

Novell launched Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition, the latest version of its identity management software. Features include integration with Microsoft Sharepoint and SAP ERP; as well as the ability to connect to Salesforce.com and Google Apps. This is the final release in the Identity Manager 4 family the
company announce in May of last year. More information about this offering is available from the Identity Manager Product page.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

FINANCIAL

[return to top of this report]

Acer Projects 10 Percent Drop in Second Qtr PC Sales

Acer International estimated that its PC shipments could decline by 10 percent sequentially, for the 2011 second quarter ended June 30th. It cited recent company restructuring, inventory
adjustment, and a seasonal slowdown for the global PC industry.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Apple Profits, Sales Up on Strong iPhone Sales

Apple posted record revenues of $24.67 billion USD for the second fiscal quarter ended March 26th, buoyed by strong, 113 percent year-to-year growth in iPhone sales. This was up from 2010 fiscal second quarter
revenues of $13.5 billion. It also posted record profits of $5.99 billion, or $6.40 per share, compared to 2010 fiscal second quarter profits of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per share. Apple sold nearly 19 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPads, 3.76 million Macs
(representing 28 percent year-to-year growth), and nine million iPods (down 17 percent).

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

AT&T Posts Strong First Quarter Earnings

AT&T said its first quarter 2011 earnings were up, rising to $3.41 billion USD, or 57 cents a share, from $2.45 billion, or 41 cents, a year earlier. Sales rose 2.3 percent, to $31.2 billion. Despite losing its status
as the exclusive US carrier for the popular Apple iPhone, AT&T added 62,000 wireless contract customers in the first quarter. Churn (customer loss) was up slightly from the preceding quarter, at 1.36 percent, compared with 1.32 percent in the fourth
quarter of 2010. The carrier said it lost some users as it integrated assets acquired from Verizon Wireless. In a press release, AT&T said it recorded
its best-ever first quarter smartphone sales – more than 5.5 million devices.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Huawei Reports Profits Up 30% for 2010

China-based networking company Huawei reported full-year 2010 financial results highlighted by sales revenues of CNY 185.2 billion (US$ 19.6 billion), a 24.2% growth over the previous year. Huawei also reported an
increased net profit of CNY 23.8 billion (US$ 2.5 billion), up 30.0% from 2009. The financial results were independently audited by accounting firm KPMG. Huawei maintained steady growth in 2010, driven by expansion in overseas markets, as well as continued
development in its three core business divisions – Telecom Networks, Global Services, and Devices. By the end of 2010, Huawei had deployed more than 80 SingleRAN networks for operators, of which 28 LTE networks were commercially launched or ready to be
launched. Huawei said it also shipped 120 million devices last year.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Huawei Profits Jump 30% on Strong International Sales

Huawei Technologies reported profits of 24 billion CNY ($3.64 billion USD) for 2010, ended December 31st. This represented 30 percent growth from expansion in overseas markets, as well as continued development core
business divisions such as Telecom Networks, Global Services, and Devices. In fiscal 2009, profits were 18.3 billion CNY. Revenues were 185.2 billion CNY, up 24 percent from 2009 fiscal revenues of 149 billion CNY. Huawei’s international sales climbed 34
percent, to 120 billion CNY last year.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

IBM Sees 10.3% Net Income Growth in Q1 2011

IBM posted its financial results for the first quarter of 2011. The company’s revenues totaled $24.6 billion, a 8% increase over the first quarter of 2010’s $22.63 billion. Net income also rose to $2.9 billion, up 10.3%
from the first quarter of 2010, when the company reported net income of $2.6 billion. This resulted in diluted earnings per share of $2.31, compared to $1.97, reported for the same quarter in 2010. The company says the success this quarter is largely due
to growth in its hardware, software, and services divisions, with more than 40 countries showing double-digit percentage growth. On these results IBM release a full-year 2011 outlook including EPS ranging from $12.56 to $12.73.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Intel Posts Record First Quarter Profit; Sees Strong Quarter Ahead

Intel reported a record 29% jump in profits for the first quarter of 2011, earning $3.2 billion USD, or 56 cents a share, compared with a profit of $2.4 billion, or 43 cents a share, for the year-ago period. Adjusted
income was 59 cents a share. Revenue jumped 25% to $12.85 billion from $10.3 billion for the same period last year. Intel said revenue from its data center group, which covers server chips, rose 32% year over year, highlighting the strong demand in the
corporate technology market. Revenue from its personal-client group, which covers PC chips, rose 17%. The company’s Atom chip business, which is aimed at the mobile computing market, posted a 4% gain in revenue. The company said it generated approximately
$4.0 billion in cash from operations, paid cash dividends of $994 million, and used $4.0 billion to repurchase 189 million shares of common stock. Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO, said “these outstanding results, combined with our guidance for the
second quarter, position us to achieve greater than 20 percent annual revenue growth.”

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Juniper Reports Profits of $130M

Juniper Networks reported its preliminary earnings of $130 million USD, or $0.24 per share, for the 2011 first quarter ended March 31st were in line with the profits analysts projected Juniper to earn. This was down
from 2010 first quarter profits of $163 million, or $0.30 per share. Revenues were $1.1 billion, representing 21 percent, year-to-year growth.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Juniper Reports Increased Revenue, Decreased Net Income

Juniper Networks reported its financial results for the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year. The company’s revenue for the quarter was $877 million, up from $721 million. However, net income was down to $129.7
million, after being reported at $164.6 million for the same quarter last year. This translated for earnings per share of $0.24, down from $0.30 for the same quarter in 2010. On these results the company released its outlook for the remainder of the year,
which included its expected impact from the recent natural disasters in Japan on its business in the region. For the second quarter, Juniper expects revenue from $1.130 billion to $1.180 billion, with net income per share between $0.31 and $0.34.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

KPN Lowers 2011 EBITDA Expectations on Sour Netherlands Economy

KPN released an updated outlook for its 2011year-end results. The company previously expected to post a higher EBITDA for the year than its 2010 total. However, it says recent economic conditions in the Netherlands have
caused it to lower those expectations to EUR 5.3 billion, less than 2010’s total. The company’s other predicted 2011 figures remain the same, including its capex, free cash flow, and dividend. To combat the economic downturn the company announced plans to
cut between 20% and 25% of its workforce in the Netherlands. It says the cuts will consist mostly of “outsourcing and off-shoring back-office activities.”

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Nokia Profits Down Despite Deal with Microsoft

Global cell phone maker Nokia reported that profits were down slightly for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2011, amidst the announcement Nokia has signed a definitive agreement to work with Microsoft in developing
smartphone software. According to reports, product design and engineering are already underway. Profits were 344 million EUR ($499 million USD), or 0.13 EUR per share, compared to 2010 first quarter earnings of 349 million EUR, or 0.14 EUR per share. Sales
were 10.4 billion EUR, up nine percent from 2010 first quarter revenues of 9.52 billion EUR. Sales of smartphones were up six percent, to seven billion EUR. It also reported Nokia Siemens Networks‘ sales
were 3.2 billion EUR, up from 2009 first quarter revenues of 2.7 billion EUR.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Siemens to Increase Stake in Siemens (India)

Siemens will increase its stake in Siemens (India), from 55.3 percent to 75 percent, following the closing of an offer period on April 13th in which 29 percent of all outstanding shares were offered. Siemens will
acquire, on a proportional basis, an additional 19.7 percent.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Sony Ericsson Profit, Revenue Down; Supply Chain Disruptions Cited

Sony Ericsson said its first quarter 2011 net profit fell 48% as the company suffered from a lack of new products and supply chain disruptions following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Still,
despite the problems, the company did post a profit. Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between Sweden’s Ericsson and Japan’s Sony, said net was 11 million euros (US$15.7 million), down from 21 million euros in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was 1.15
billion euros, down from 1.41 billion euros in the prior year. Sony Ericsson said it shipped 8.1 million handsets in the first quarter, compared with 10.5 million in the same quarter last year. In a press release, Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert
Nordberg said “the Japan earthquake made it a challenging quarter operationally and we are experiencing some disruptions to our supply chain.”

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

TeliaSonera Reports Declining Net Sales, Profits in Q1 2011.

TeliaSonera posted its financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2011. The company’s net sales totaled SEK 24.7 million, a 5.6% decrease over the same quarter last year. Net income decline, although not
as severely, coming in at SEK 4.64 million, a total drop of 1.6%. This was duplicated in TeliaSonera’s earnings per share, which were reported at SEK 1.04. On these results the group amended the net sales growth included in its 2010 year-end report to
3%.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

TI: Earnings Curbed by Earthquake Damage to Plants

Texas Instruments said production setbacks linked to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan curbed its first-quarter net income and would cut into second-quarter growth. Richard K. Templeton, the Texas Instruments
chief executive, said that the quarter started strong, but the Japan earthquake damaged two of its factories in the country and disrupted local demand. He said that one of the company’s Japanese factories would soon be back in full production and that he
expected the second factory damaged by the quake to be running at full speed in July, as predicted. But many of the company’s Japanese customers are still working on reopening their factories, which could result in supply chain issues. For the quarter,
Texas Instruments earned $666 million, or 55 cents a share, compared with $658 million, or 52 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2010. The company said repercussions from the quake trimmed $30 million, or 2 cents a share, from results. Revenue rose 6
percent, to $3.39 billion.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Wireless Unit Performance Lifts Verizon’s Q1 Financial Results

Verizon Wireless‘ strong first quarter results lifted the overall performance of Verizon Communications, which reported earnings-per-share of US$0.51 in the quarter, up
from US$0.16 per share from a year ago (or US$0.48 per share on an adjusted basis). Verizon Wireless is a joint venture with Vodafone. Verizon’s total operating revenue was $27 billion in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of just 0.3 percent compared
with 2010 first quarter results. Once revenues from operations that have since been divested were stripped out of the year-earlier total, the increase was 5.3 percent. Service revenue at Verizon Wireless was $14.3 billion, up 6.3 percent year over year,
while data revenue hit $5.5 billion, up 22.3 percent. Verizon Wireless added 1.8 million total connections in the quarter, including 906,000 retail postpaid customers, and 897,000 wholesale and other connections. This brought the operator’s total to 104
million, an increase of 6.1 percent versus the prior year. At the end of the first quarter 2011, 32 percent of Verizon Wireless’ retail postpaid customer base were smartphone users, up from 28 percent at the end of the prior quarter. Following the launch
of its LTE network in 38 markets in December 2010, the company said it is on track to roll out the network to “more than 175 markets, covering a population of more than 185 million people” by year’s end. Verizon Wireless activated 2.2 million Apple
iPhones in the quarter, the first period in which it has offered the device. That was fewer than the 3.6 million iPhones activated by AT&T in the quarter.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Yahoo Reports Declining Revenue, Income in First Quarter Results

Yahoo revenues in the first quarter fell to $1.21 billion, a 24% drop from its Q1 2010 total of $1.59 billion. Net income was down, as well, to $222.8 million, a 28.1% drop from the same quarter in 2010, when the
company’s net income was $310.1 million. Earnings per share for the quarter came in at $0.17, down from $0.22 for the same quarter in 2010. Despite the declining numbers, CEO Carol Bartz says the company is on track with its plan to return to profit
growth.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

ZTE Releases Q1 2011 Financial Results

ZTE released its financial results for the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year. The company experienced a 13.80% increase in operating revenue for the quarter, taking in RMB 15.08 million. Meanwhile, net profits
grew 15.86% to RMB 127 million, and earnings per share rose to RMB 0.05. ZTE reported success in its domestic market with new network construction. It also saw encouraging returns on its investments in Europe and the US.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

[return to top of this report]

Booz Allen Hamilton Receives Cyberspace Contract from SSC Pacific

Booz Allen Hamilton received a contract from the US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide cyberspace science, research, engineering, and technology integration. Under the terms of
the deal, Booz will provide operations and requirements analysis; concept formulation and development; feasibility demonstrations; operational support, and technology capabilities. The contract has a two-year base period worth $71.5 million, and options to
extend it to 5 years, and $189.4 million.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

[return to top of this report]

US Government Opens up “Meaningful Use” Submissions on April 18

The US Government opened its “meaningful use” submissions on April 18, according to Computerworld. This clears the way for healthcare professionals and facilities to receive thousand or millions of dollar in
reimbursements by switching to electronic health record systems (EHRs). Comptuerworld says 58% of small physician practices plan on transitioning to the electronic records within the next two years. Any facility or individual not using EHRs by 2015 will
face a penalty under the same American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) legislation that provides the aforementioned reimbursements. Hospitals are expected to receive an average reimbursement of $4 million, with the largest single payment expected to
reach $12 million.

Source: Computerworld, 4/19/2011

Integrated Document Solutions Releases New AbbDox Portal

Integrated Document Solutions – a provider of healthcare information and applications through cloud computing – released the new version of its AbbaDox modular healthcare workflow and documentation portal with
additional cross-platform compatibility and a streamlined user interface. With the release, AbbaDox can access multiple hardware devices and operating systems while allowing users to retrieve information and worklists using their preferred Web browser on
any Windows or Apple environment. It supports the iPad and other tablet devices.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

McKesson Releases InterQual 2011 Solution with Enhancements

McKesson released its InterQual 2011 solution. The newest edition of the company’s acute criteria product includes a new specialty pharmaceutical criteria set, as well as the company’s Clear Coverage point of care
decision support platform. These changes give the healthcare software access to 10 new condition specific subsets. The company says these will simplify the review process, and proactively drive quality clinical care. More information about the InterQual
2011 solution is available from its product page.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

INTERNET

[return to top of this report]

APNIC Exhausts Last Block of IPv4 Addresses

The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the agency responsible for distributing IP addresses to most of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific announced that its allotment of IPv4 addresses was officially exhausted as of April 15, Ars Technica reported. Since the worldwide pool of IPv4 addresses has already run out, this leaves no traditional way for the agency to
replenish its own supply. In response to this APNIC set aside a single block including 16,777,216 addresses, which it plans to distribute in rationed segments of 1024 address, with each network operator being eligible to receive only one segment. Ars
Technica says the implementation of IPv6 as a relief effort in the region is an impossibility in the short term. This means that the ISPs within APNIC’s jurisdiction will be required to use the remaining addresses, reclaimed Ipv4 addresses, and NAT
technology in an attempt to accommodate as many users as possible until the IPv6 transition can be accomplished. Ars predicts the next agency to find itself in a similar situation will be RIPE NCC, the organization that handles Europe, the Middle East, and
the former Soviet Union.

Source: Ars Technica, 4/16/2011

Google Opens Map Maker to US Users

Google is opening its Google Map Maker tool to the US. The Web app was previously limited to other countries, where Google encouraged users to help it improve the accuracy
of its local maps. The company suggests uses such as correcting business names, adding business descriptions, marking bike lanes, and other alterations. The user contributions will then be reviewed and, if approved, will appear online within minutes,
Google says.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Google Updates Internet Explorer Toolbar with Release of Version 7

Google released the 7th iteration of its toolbar for Internet Explorer. The new release includes support for Google Instant, a simplified user interface, new customization options, and improved privacy settings. The
new toolbar is available from Google’s download page.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

ICANN Publishes Report on the Impact of DNSSEC on the Root Zone

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released its report on the effect the
secured DNSSEC protocol is having on the root zone. Among its findings were the fact that the size of the average DNS response grew by about 40%; that the introduction of the Deliberately Unvalidatable Root Zone (DURZ) increased root server queries by
approximately 1333%, and TCP-based queries grew very little, rising from 0.02% before DNSSEC, to 0.17% after its initiation.

Source: Vendor, 4/14/2011

ICANN Approves String Evaluation Phase for Yemen’s IDN ccTLD

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the String Evaluation phase of the
Internationalized Domain Named (IDN) country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) approval process for Yemen. This clears the non-Latin domain suffix to pass on to the String Delegation phase, the final obstacle before the domain can be put into public use. Yemen
is the 27th country to successfully pass the String Evaluation phase, with 17 of those having already been added to the root zone.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

ICANN Posts Draft of Revised gTLD Guidebook for Public Comment

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) posted a draft of the newly-revised gTLD (generalized Top Level Domain) Guidebook. All six modules of the new edition will be available for public comment until May 15th.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

Internet2, Partners to Create New Network Platform

Internet2, Indiana University, and the Clean Slate Program at Stanford University announced the
Network Development and Deployment Initiative (NDDI), a partnership to create a new network platform and complementary software, which together will support global scientific research. Through “substantial investments” by each of the partners, the NDDI
will yield a new Internet2 service called the Open Science, Scholarship and Services Exchange (OS3E). OS3E and NDDI capabilities will be developed and interconnected with links to Europe, Canada, South
America, and Asia through coordinating international partners like CANARIE in Canada, GEANT in Europe, JGNX in Japan, and RNP in Brazil – with additional service partners to be identified. NDDI will be built using the first production deployment of
OpenFlow technology to deliver “software defined networking” capabilities. Internet2 – a US research and education consortium – said NDDI will provide a common infrastructure that can create multiple virtual networks, allowing network researchers to test
and experiment with new Internet protocols and architectures, and at the same time enable scientists to accelerate their active research with collaborators worldwide.

Source: Internet2, 4/21/2011

Nokia Updates Ovi Maps with Photorealistic 3D Models of 20 Metro Areas

Nokia updated the Web version of its Ovi Maps navigation software to include new photorealistic 3D models of metropolitan areas. The company says the new feature, which is still in beta, will make entire cities,
including their suburbs, available for exploration in three dimensions. In its current state the software supports 3D navigation of 20 metropolitan areas in Canada, the US, and Europe. The new feature can be accessed at the Ovi Maps Web site.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Yahoo Reverses Course on Data Retention Times

Yahoo has reversed its position on data retention. The company was among the first of the major Internet players to announce a policy of “anonymizing” the data its collects on its users after 90 days. Yahoo announced
that it has decided to extend that time up to as much as 18 months, with some forms of data being retained even longer. The data in question includes Web searches, page views, and ad clicks.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

LAPTOPS & TABLETS

[return to top of this report]

Dell Alienware Unveils Laptops with Wireless HD Streaming

Dell Alienware introduced new 11-18-inch gaming laptops. The Intel systems offer optional, high-definition wireless audio and video, for streaming on a larger screen.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Motorola Announces Asia-Pacific XOOM Deployments

Motorola Mobility announced that its XOOM tablet will launch on Telstra’s Australian next-generation network in May, while its the XOOM Wi-Fi will now be available in Singapore, the first market in
Southeast Asia to offer the popular tablet featuring the Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform.

Source: Vendor, 4/22/2011

Toshiba Introduces Laptop with No-Glasses 3D Viewing

Toshiba Japan unveiled its dynabook Qosmio T851/D8CR, a 3D notebook that does not require specialized 3D glasses. It shows 2D and 3D content simultaneously on the same screen. It features Toshiba’s glasses-free 3D
technology uses parallax – essentially delivering separate images to the left and right eyes – as well as a “face-tracking” Webcam technology that tracks the user’s face to recognize the eye’s position. It will be available starting in late July.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

LEGAL

[return to top of this report]

Apple Sues Samsung Over Mobile Interface Patent

Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, claiming its Galaxy Android phones and tablets violate Apple’s interface patent, and even accusing Samsung’s cellphones and
tablets as “slavishly” copying the iPhone and iPad. The complaint – filed in Northern California US District Court and discussed in a recent Wall Street Journal report – is similar in nature to other Android proxy suits filed by Apple, Oracle, and Microsoft in the past. It includes 10 Apple patents, seven trademarks, and
several trade dress registrations. It names Samsung’s Galaxy S 4G, Nexus S, and Galaxy Tab as examples of the infringement.

Source: US District Ct, 4/18/2011

Apple Sues Samsung Over Alleged Copying of iPhone, iPad

Apple is suing Samsung, claiming the company “slavishly copied” its iPhone and iPad devices with its Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab products, the BBC reports. Apple claims the copying of
its technology includes both the exterior or the device, and its icon-based operating system. Interestingly, the operating system found on Galaxy devices is actually a customized version of Google’s Android operating system, the primary competitor of
Apple’s iOS. To add an extra wrinkle to these proceedings, Samsung is the supplier of the A4 and A5 processors used in the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, as well as some of the internal components of Apple’s MacBook line. Despite this, Samsung has responded
by stating that it intends to vigorously defend its position that all of its technology was derived from internal research and development.

Samsung Sues Apple

Samsung Electronics has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in Seoul, Tokyo, and Germany. The Wall Street Journal
reported that the Samsung lawsuits do not directly respond to the Apple suit filed against Samsung earlier this week. Rather, they accuse Apple of violating patents covering cellphone transmission technologies.

DISH Network Plans to Appeal Ruling Against it in TiVo case

DISH Network released a statement regarding the Federal Circuit court’s 7-5 ruling against it in TiVo’s intellectual property infringement case with the carrier. The television provider says it intends to appeal
the decision, and will seek a stay of injunction in the interim. DISH Network says the outcome of the case will not immediately affect any of its customers. Furthermore, the set-top boxes named in the case, the company’s MPEG2 DVR, have already been
upgraded for most users, and, should the court’s ruling stand, it will attempt to upgrade the remaining units as rapidly as possible, the provider says.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Swisscom Wins Appeal on Mobile Termination Fees Case

Swisscom revealed that the Federal Supreme Court found in its favor on the recent mobile termination case. Specifically, the Court upheld the fact that the carrier does not verifiably hold a dominant position in
the mobile termination market, and, therefore did not act unfairly in setting its mobile termination charges at the levels in question. This overturns an earlier ruling handed down by the Swiss Competition Commission, which stated that the telecom company
was abusing its position to charge unfair amounts for the mobile termination fees paid by other carriers using company’s hardware. The company is no longer required to pay the CHF 333 million fine levied against it by the Competition Commission.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

T-Mobile USA Wins Final Judgments in Phone Fraud Schemes

T-Mobile USA said it has obtained final judgments and permanent injunctions in four separate lawsuits alleging phone trafficking and airtime theft schemes. The judgments entered by four federal judges in New Jersey
and Illinois award damages totaling nearly $19 million and prohibit the defendants from continuing to engage in the alleged misconduct.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Telecom NZ Ordered to Pay $12 Over Data Tails Breach

Telecom New Zealand revealed that the High Court has issued a $12 million penalty judgement against it in relation to the “data tails” case, which the court ruled on in 2009. The case alleged that between 1999 and
2004 Telecom NZ breached pricing regulations on high-speed data services. The courts eventually found that the carrier was only guilty in two of the cases, and that the breach affected only a small portion of its subscriber-base. However, the company
maintains that the breach was accidental, and has already appealed the $12 million penalty judgement, as well as the original 2009 decision. The appeal is expected to be heard in September 2011.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

M2M

[return to top of this report]

Ericsson to Acquire Telenor Connexion M2M Platform

Ericsson entered an agreement to purchase Telenor Connexion’s machine-to-machine (M2M) technology platform as part of its initiative to drive the market for M2M communication. The acquisition includes the transfer
of 11 staff members, who will continue to work on the development of the service offering provided on Ericsson’s Device Connection Platform. The Device Connection Platform allows telecommunications operators to set up tailored M2M services for business
customers, using a Software-as-a Service model. Telenor Connexion is a wholly-owned subsidiary of mobile operator Telenor.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

MALWARE WATCH

[return to top of this report]

Forget Big Brother – Apple Is Watching You

A report from O’Reilly Radar claims that Apple‘s iPhone and iPad are surreptitiously storing
location information and time stamp data from users, keeping tabs on where they are at all times. The report says the devices record latitude-longitude coordinates in a hidden file which is unencrypted, leaving it easily accessible to hackers.

Source: O’Reilly Radar, 4/20/2011

Kaspersky: March Spam Affected by Libya, Japan, and Rustock

The conflict in Libya and the disaster in Japan were among the most popular themes for spammers during the month of March, according to Kaspersky Labs‘ monthly spam report. Kaspersky noted that between March 17 and 20, when the Rustock botnet was taken offline, spam volume fell by 15 percentage points. India accounted for 11.4% of
the spam that was circulated in March with Brazil taking over second place at 6.6%. Additionally, malicious files were discovered in 3.23% of all emails, an increase of 0.05 percentage points from the prior month.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

SonicWALL Sees New Variant of Rayon Worm

SonicWALL is warning of a new variant of the Rayon worm that is spreading in the wild. The worm disables Windows security features and security applications that are used to detect malware.

Source: Vendor, 4/13/2011

Verizon Study Finds Cyber Attacks Up in 2010, Data Loses Down

Data loss through cyber attacks decreased sharply in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to the “Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report.”
The number of compromised records involved in data breaches investigated dropped from 144 million in 2009 to only 4 million in 2010, representing the lowest volume of data loss since the report’s launch in 2008. Despite the lower data loss numbers, this
year’s report covers approximately 760 data breaches, the largest caseload to date. Verizon security researchers said the seeming contradiction between the low data loss and the high number of breaches likely stems
from a significant decline in large-scale breaches, caused by a change in tactics by cybercriminals. Cybercriminals appear to be engaging in small, opportunistic attacks rather than large-scale, difficult attacks, and are using relatively unsophisticated
methods to successfully penetrate organizations. The study – compiled from information collected by Verizon, the US Secret Service, and the Netherlands Police
Agency‘s High Tech Crime Unit – also found that outsiders are responsible for 92 percent of breaches, a significant increase from prior years. Although the percentage of insider attacks decreased significantly over the previous year (16 percent versus
49 percent), the decrease is largely due to the huge increase in smaller external attacks. As a result, the total number of insider attacks actually remained relatively constant, the study concluded. Hacking (50 percent) and malware (49 percent) were the
most prominent types of attack, with many of those attacks involving weak or stolen credentials and passwords. For the first time, physical attacks – such as compromising ATMs – appeared as one of the three most common ways to steal information, and
constituted 29 percent of all cases investigated.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

MOBILE APPS

[return to top of this report]

Bing Introduces Photosynth Panorama Creation App for iPhone

Bing introduced a new photographic panorama application for the Apple iPhone, called Photosynth. The app allows users to capture photos which are then stitched together by the
software into a single panoramic image of their surroundings. Photosynth supports a full 360 degrees of rotation on both axes, and gives the users the option to upload their completed panoramas to Facebook,
Photosynth.net, or Bing Maps. Panoramas tagged with a location will also be viewable when a user visits that location on the Bing Maps Web site. Photosynth is available now from the Apple App Store.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

T-Mobile USA Launches Bobsled Brand, Calling App for Facebook

T-Mobile USA announced “Bobsled by T-Mobile“, a new brand the carrier said is aimed at bridging traditional telecommunications and Internet-based voice and data services.
The new brand’s first product is the Bobsled application for Facebook, which provides offers Facebook users free calling to their Facebook friends from a personal computer and through the social platform’s chat window. In addition to making live voice
calls across the globe, users will also be able to send voice messages to their friends either privately or via their Facebook “walls.” The Bobsled application for Facebook is available as a free download for all Facebook users, and is not exclusive to
T-Mobile customers. In the near future, T-Mobile USA said it plans to upgrade Bobsled to support video chat, to create the ability to place VoIP calls to mobile and landline US numbers, and to offer applications on smartphones and tablets across various
mobile platforms, regardless of carrier. The Facebook application for Bobsled by T-Mobile was developed by Vivox, which makes an integrated voice platform for social media.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

MOBILE PLATFORMS

[return to top of this report]

comScore Finds Apple Still Dominates when Tablets are Included

comScore released a new study on the relative market share of the iOS and Android mobile platforms. The company examined the entirety of each OS’ ecosystem, including phones, media players, and tablets running each
operating system. comScore found that, with the full range of devices taken into account, Apple‘s iOS beat out Google‘s Android by 59 percent. The specific users bases are 37.9
million iOS users versus 23.8 million Android OS users. The study also found that iPad users were not limited to those with pre-existing affinity for Apple’s products, with only 27.3% of users owning both an iPad and an iPhone.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION

[return to top of this report]

Acer Approves Jim Wong as Corporate President

Acer International‘s board of directors approved the candidacy of Jim Wong as corporate president, effective immediately. Wong formerly served as corporate SVP and president of the IT Products
Group.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Acer Establishes Touch Business, PC Operations Groups

Acer International reported it is separating its back-end product line operations into two separate entities: the Touch Business Group and PC Global Operations. Touch BG includes the former
tablet PC and smartphone teams. PC Global Operations consists of the main PC product lines. These will be headed by corporate president Jim Wong and former smart handheld unit VP Campbell Kan, respectively. Eten Information Systems president Simon Hwang
was also appointed Touch BG deputy president. Acer also announced new Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer positions, and created an Operation Analysis Office for studying and analyzing company business models and financial affairs.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

AOL Appoints David Kiley as Editor-in-Chief for AOL Autos

AOL appointed David Kiley Editor-in-Chief of AOL Autos, a division of its newly formed AOL Huffington Post Media Group. He will report to Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of The AOL Huffington Post Media
Group. Kiley has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist, most recently serving as Detroit bureau chief for USA Today.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

CA Names Greg Valdez New CIO

CA named Greg Valdez its new Chief Information Officer. He will replace Stephen Savage, who has moved onto the position of chief government relations officer at the company’s Global Government Relations program. Both men
will report to Phil Harrington, executive vice president, risk, and chief administrative officer. Valdez comes to CA from the Houston Independent School District, where he served as a technology information officer.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

CenturyLink Begins Re-branding Qwest

CenturyLink has begun the transitioning of the Qwest brand name after its purchase of the telecom received final regulatory approvals last month. CenturyLink has posted ads at
Denver’s Coors Field and in other baseball stadiums that read, “Qwest is becoming CenturyLink.” Fierce Wireless reported that CenturyLink informed employees this week that it will replace the Qwest brand over
its 14-state region in early August.

Source: FireceWireless, 4/20/2011

Cisco Unveils Data Center to Support Cloud, IT-as-a-Service

Cisco Systems announced a new green data center in Allen, TX, US. The facility will deploy Cisco data center products for computing, switching, and data center access, and will support the internal Cisco private cloud
while delivering IT-as-a-Service. The data center integrates Cisco unified fabric, computing, and network services within a holistic data center fabric. For delivering applications within the data center, across multiple data centers, and to the cloud. The
facility is paired with a second data center in Richardson, Texas.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Cox Names Former Clearwire Exec to CTO Position

Cox Communications announced that Kevin Hart has been named executive vice president and chief technology officer, effective April 25. He will be responsible for planning and development of an integrated technological
platform. He is also charged with aligning the technology strategy with overall business objectives. Hart most recently served as Chief Information Officer at Clearwire.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Firetide Launches Campaign Targeting Education Sector

Firetide, a provider of wireless infrastructure mesh and broadband access solutions, announced a new campaign targeting the education wireless LAN (WLAN) market. Firetide said its WLAN products are now available at
“significant discounts” to North American educational institutions, where the need for multimedia-capable WLAN “is especially urgent.”

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

HP Losing Executive Responsible for Instant-On Enterprise

Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that Thomas Hogan – EVP, Enterprise Business Sales and Marketing – is leaving the company on May 31st. Under Hogan’s leadership, HP embarked on a multi-year sales and marketing initiative,
including launching the Instant-On Enterprise strategy for business and governments. HP EMEA managing director Jan Zadak will fill the role. HP also announced that former SAP executive Martin Homlish will join the company as EVP and chief marketing
officer.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Nokia Siemens Appoints New Business Solutions Head

Nokia Siemens Networks announced Amiram Mel will join the company as head of Business Solutions, starting June 1st. Mel’s career spans telecommunications, information technology, and academia, with most
of his career spent as an executive with Amdocs.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Saba Opens New Offices in Beijing, China

Saba opened a new office in Beijing, China. The new location will serve as the regional HQ for the company’s sales, marketing, and support efforts for the entirety of China. Saba also expects the new facility to serve
as a hub for its partners in the region, including IBM, Hewlett Packard, Dingxun, and Tangview.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

SunGard Names New Executives

SunGard Availability Services announced new appointments within the company. These include: Michael Beck to the position of Senior VP and General Manager of Managed Services; William T. Price to the
position of Senior VP and General Counsel; and Robert C. Singer to the position of Executive VP and CFO.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Swisscom Announces CHF 21 Dividend, New Chairman

Swisscom announced an increased dividend of CHF 21 for the fiscal year at the 2011 annual shareholder’s meeting. This is ninth consecutive year the company has raised its annual dividend. At the same meeting, the
company also announced that Hansueli Loosli will take over as Chairman of its Board of Directors as of September 2011. He will replace Anton Scherrer, who is retiring from the company.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

Telecom New Zealand Makes Offer to CFH, Reorganizes Business

Telecom New Zealand signed a binding agreement with Crown Fibre Holdings (CFH) for its Ultra-fast Broadband (UFB) initiative, and announced a reorganization of its business structure. The reorganization will
include a reduction in the size of the company’s executive team, the appointment of Mark Ratcliffe as CEO of the Chorus business unit, the creation of a Chief Product Officer role, and a reduction in corporate center executives from five to three. The
company says these changes are designed to help it better compete in a market that is rapidly shifting to a fiber-based model. No terms for the Crown Fibre Holdings offer were disclosed.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Telecom New Zealand Posts Specifics on Executive Shuffling

Telecom New Zealand provided further details on its executive appointments and reorganization announced earlier this week. First, the company confirmed that its executive team will be reduced from 10 to 8. This
will include a new Chief Product Officer role, which will be filled by Rod Snodgrass. Meanwhile, the two corporate directors positions will be filled by Tristan Gilbertson as Group General Counsel, and Tina Symmans as Director Corporate Relations. The role
of group HR director will go to Jan O’Neill. She will replace Wayne Peat, who is leaving the company.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

PUBLIC SAFETY

[return to top of this report]

APCO Endorses LTE As 4G Standard for Public Safety Networks

APCO International’s Global Alliance – with delegates representing public safety communications professionals from Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and elsewhere around world – announced that it passed a formal policy statement endorsing LTE (Long Term Evolution) as the preferred 4G technology for emergency services. As passed unanimously, the statement was adopted to include:
“The partner associations of the APCO Global Alliance recognize that Long Term Evolution (LTE) is emerging as the leading standard in 4G technology; being adopted worldwide by the largest mobile communications service providers. Since LTE is a global
standard, it is capable of providing emergency service agencies and governmental organizations with a cost-effective way to meet their broadband communications needs and one that gives them a greater selection of devices and applications – a capability
that has been sought for years.” The Global Alliance’s statement went on to explain the benefits of adopting LTE as the international public safety broadband standard, as follows:

Source: APCO, 4/13/2011

Schools Asked to Participate in Earthquake Drill on April 28

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are instructing K-12 schools, colleges and universities across the country to participate in a public earthquake drill
on April 28. The purpose of this drill is to help students and faculty prepare for a possible earthquake. This upcoming event will be the first multistate earthquake drill ever in the US.

Source: DHS, 4/19/2011

Motorola Demos LTE-based Public Safety Platform, New Capabilities

Motorola Solutions demonstrated its Long Term Evolution (LTE) solutions for the public safety sector at the Philadelphia Police Academy for representatives of the city of Philadelphia (PA) and
the public safety community in the region. Motorola showed off new capabilities for its next generation public safety technology, including dynamic prioritization and intelligent mobile
video streaming, all live over the air on devices operating in the Public Safety Spectrum Trust band. The company also said that when users travel beyond the coverage of the Motorola Public Safety LTE network, they will be able to connect to Verizon Wireless‘ network through the Motorola-Verizon Wireless alliance.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

No-Entry Zone Imposed Near Crippled Nuclear Plant (04/21/2011)
Kyodo News reported that Japanese
officials have imposed a no-entry zone prohibiting residents from remaining
within a 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant. Tens of thousands of people left the zone after the March
11 earthquake and tsunami battered the power station, which is operated by Tokyo
Electric Power (TEPCO), but
some have gone back to collect belongings. Under the new order, people can only
go into the zone under government supervision. TEPCO said it hopes to bring the
damaged plant under control by year’s end, but the nuclear emergency is ongoing.
More than 130,000 people are living in shelters more than a month after the
March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left some 28,000 dead or missing. On April
22nd, Kyodo News
reported that the Japanese government has added some towns outside a
20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the list of
areas covered by its evacuation directive due to concerns over high cumulative
levels of radiation exposure.

Verizon Wireless Increases Call Capacity in Flood-Threatened Areas

With floods anticipated this month in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, Verizon Wireless said it has prepared for expected spikes in call volume by increasing its call capacity 25 percent at
its facilities in Fargo, Grand Forks, Warsaw, and Wahpeton, ND, along the Red River; in Hillsboro and Mayville, ND., along the Goose River; and in Crookston, Minnesota, along the Red Lake River. When the Red River crested earlier this month, Verizon
Wireless said it activated a temporary cell site in Oakport, Minnesota to increase call capacity in the area and equipped the North Dakota National Guard, the Minnesota National Guard, and other first responder organizations with cell phones and 3G data
cards for email and Internet access to support their emergency response activities. The carrier has also activated new cell sites in the flood-prone communities of Harrison County, Kentucky and Gaylord, Michigan. New cell sites in both locations are
equipped with backup generators that can keep cell sites operating even when commercial power is lost.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

WHO Brokers Deal on Framework for Fighting Pandemics

The World Health Organization said in a press release that, after a week of negotiations, an open-ended
working-group meeting of member states successfully agreed on a framework to ensure that, in a pandemic, influenza virus samples will be shared with partners who need the information to take steps to protect public health. The working-group meeting was
convened under the authority of the World Health Assembly and coordinated by WHO. The deal resolved a long-running dispute between poorer countries and developed nations over access to emerging flu viruses and vaccines against them. Under the
agreement, vaccine manufacturers have committed to setting aside at least 10 percent of the world’s flu vaccine production for developing nations when the next flu pandemic strikes. Poorer countries would either get vaccine free or pay reduced prices
for it. In return, developing nations agree to routinely share samples of mutating flu viruses with the World Health Organization so that effective vaccines can be developed.

Source: WHO, 4/19/2011

REGULATORY & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

[return to top of this report]

White House Introduces Cyber Identity Strategy

The Obama administration has released the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a strategy designed to protect consumers from
fraud and identity theft, boost privacy, and "foster economic growth." The goal of NSTIC is to create an interoperable system of credentials, or an “Identity Ecosystem," where consumers can use a credential, such as a smart card or token, to
prove their identity when making sensitive transactions. Consumers would no longer need to remember multiple passwords or have to type in personal information to Web sites. The strategy also promotes adopting standards that restrict the type of
information services could collect on consumers.

Source: White House, 4/15/2011

Color Coded Threat Alert Level System Replaced by DHS

The five color codes used since the early years of the George W. Bush administration to describe the threat of terrorist attacks against the US are being replaced. The Department of Homeland Security announced that
only two levels will be used when there is a threat: Elevated Threat, which warns of a credible terrorist threat against the United States; and Imminent Threat, which warns of a "credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United
States.” According to the National Terrorism Advisory System Public Guide released by the Department of Homeland Security, the basic difference between the two levels is that
“elevated” applies when there is no specific information about the timing or location of a credible threat, and “Imminent” applies when US authorities believe the threat is likely to occur very soon.

Source: DHS, 4/20/2011

EU Publishes Report from First Cyber Security Exercise

ENISA, the European Union’s (European Union) cyber security agency, released a report and video clip from Cyber Europe 2010, the first pan-European cyber security exercise for public organizations. The report details the need for
more cyber security exercises, increased collaboration among EU member states, and the importance of the private sector to be involved in security practices.

Source: ENISA, 4/18/2011

SEARCH

[return to top of this report]

Google Updates Auto-Completion Technology to Improve Accuracy

Google announced an update to the auto-completion technology used in its Google Instant search term predictions. Previously, the search engine would attempt to auto-complete the user’s query by finding the most
popular search terms that begin with the letters the user had already typed in. However, this performed poorly on searches for uncommon terms. In an attempt to remedy this, Google has updated the technology to recognize the last word or phrase in a query
to attempt to refine its suggestions based on a smaller, but more commonly searched for portion of the user’s entire entry. As usual, the changes will be rolled out to all English Google users first, with additional languages to follow.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

SECURITY FLAWS & FIXES

[return to top of this report]

Flaws Discovered in Both iOS and iOS for iPhone 4; Update Needed

Users should update iOS for Apple‘s iPhone 4 to version 4.2.7 due to several critical reported vulnerabilities. Apple has also issued an advisory to provide further
information. To fix flaws in iOS, Apple released version 4.3.2 and is offering an advisory with update instructions.

Source: Secunia, 4/15/2011

Apple Releases Advisory, Update for Safari Issues

Apple Safari has two vulnerabilities which has resulted in the vendor releasing a new version, 5.0.5. An advisory has been posted to offer further details about this
update.

Source: Secunia, 4/15/2011

Apple Releases iTunes 10.2.2

The latest version of iTunes is now available from Apple. Version 10.2.2 has been released to address flaws within the WebKit package. Further details are available from the vendor’s advisory.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

O’Reilly Researchers Claim Apple iOS4 Tracks Users

Apple is now tracking the location of iOS4 device users – including those who use thee iPhone – according to new findings released by
O’Reilly researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden. The researchers discovered that iOS4 secretly obtains location information and records it to a hidden file, raising obvious privacy concerns and questions as to why Apple would be storing such
information. The researchers believe it is intentional, as the file is restored after backups, and even when the user switches to a new device. They also claim to have attempted contact with Apple’s security team but have yet to hear back. Their findings
were presented at the Where 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, California.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

CA Posts Security Advisory for Output Management Web Viewer

Two critical vulnerabilities have been reported in CA Output Management Web Viewer. The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version r11.0 SP1 and reported in version r11.5. CA issued an advisory to address these flaws.

Source: Secunia, 4/21/2011

HP Issues Security Advisories

HP recommends updating its System Management Homepage to version 6.3 or later due to multiple vulnerabilities. The application bundles with vulnerable versions of PHP, OpenSSL, and libxml. An advisory details the flaws and the update. Another advisory was issued by the vendor to address
critical vulnerabilities in the HP Systems Insight Manager. This application bundles with a vulnerable version of Flash Player.

Source: Secunia, 4/21/2011

Security Advisory Posted for IBM Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony has critical vulnerabilities which are referenced in a vendor advisory. Users should update to version 3.0.0 Fix Pack 2.

Source: Secunia, 4/19/2011

Microsoft Makes Correction in March Security Bulletin

Microsoft updated a security bulletin from March regarding a vulnerability in Remote Desktop Client. The update corrected the bulletin
replacement information for Remote Desktop Connection 6.0. This bulletin is deemed “important.”

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

Microsoft Adds Products to Security Advisory Regarding Comodo Hack

Microsoft updated a security advisory from March 23 regarding the nine fraudulent digital certificates that were accidentally issued by
Comodo to a hacker. The update added Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Kin, and Zune devices to the affected software and devices list.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Oracle Releases Mammoth Critical Patch, Fixes 73 Security Issues

Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for April, which contains fixes for 73 vulnerabilities across its product families.
Eighteen of the updates are for the Sun Products Suite alone while 14 fixes address flaws within the PeopleSoft product line. Users are asked to apply the updates immediately to mitigate risks.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

Skype Fixes Android App Hole

A vulnerability in Skype for Android that allowed data to be accessed by a third-party has been fixed. The vendor posted a blog
entry and released version 1.0.0.983 of Skype for Android to mitigate risks in earlier versions which could have allowed hackers to steal personal information including birth date, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

SECURITY PRODUCTS & COMPANIES

[return to top of this report]

ADT Lands Surveillance Camera Contract in South Carolina

ADT Security has been awarded a contract to install surveillance cameras in Clemson, South Carolina. The cameras will be installed to improve security in downtown areas that draw large crowds at various events.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

Fenway Park to Add ADT Security Cameras

ADT Security Services will install IP-based cameras and other security equipment at Boston’s Fenway Park. The added cameras are expected to boost security at the 99-year-old park.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

AuthenTec Debuts Downloadable Play Ready-Based DRM Offering

AuthenTec announced the immediate availability of a Microsoft PlayReady-based downloadable digital rights management (DRM) client application for Android-based phones and
tablets and Apple iOS-based devices including iPhone and iPad. The PlayReady-compatible DRM offering is now part of its Downloadable DRM Fusion Agent, which was rolled out last week.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Axis Communications Boosts Security at PGA Event

NAVCO, a systems integrator and partner of Axis Communications, installed a hosted video surveillance system at the PGA Tour’s annual Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, Texas. The Axis Video Hosting System platform and
One-Click Camera Connection are now in use to supplement onsite security staff.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

Cisco Unveils Security Options for Borderless Networks

Cisco Systems introduced new security, management, and video products for its Borderless Networks portfolio. The releases include a new identity policy engine, context-aware security policies, network services
management options, and a media services interface for embedding network intelligence into video endpoints. Cisco also began offering Collaborative Professional Services, for helping partners build their professional services practices around the
borderless network architectures.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Proofpoint Receives FISMA Certification from the USDA

Proofpoint‘s Enterprise Archive application has received Federal Information Security Management (FISMA) certification from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA is
using Proofpoint’s email archiving product in conjunction with that department’s deployment of Microsoft‘s cloud-based Enterprise Messaging Services. This deployment will provide compliant email archiving for
120,000 Microsoft Exchange users spread throughout 21 departments.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Survey Finds that Workers Worry about Mobile Device Security

Sophos published details from a survey which found that 50% of respondents don’t feel confident that the information on their mobile or laptop would be secure if they lost the device. Additionally, 30% of workers
state that their company does not have a security policy in place to protect information on personal devices used for work purposes. Of the 1,075 people surveyed, 60% of respondents said that they’ve used their personal mobile for work tasks and 43% have
used their personal laptop for work, despite limited or no security policies being in place.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Facebook Adds New Security Features to its Site

The day after Sophos published an open letter to Facebook, asking the social networking site to add better security features, Facebook announced new safety tools. Among the new
security features are two-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access to users’ accounts, and secure connections via HTTPS.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security Betas Available Now

Symantec released the 2012 beta versions of Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, which are now available for free download. The betas feature Insight 3.0, the latest version of Norton’s reputation-based
security technology.

Source: Vendor, 4/15/2011

SERVERS

[return to top of this report]

Dell Unveils Server, Storage Products with 10GbE

Dell introduced new server and storage products that use Dell’s Scalable File System technology and provide 10GbE capabilities. It introduced new low-end PowerEdge T110, midrange R210 servers, and PowerVault NX3500
offerings.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY

[return to top of this report]

Boeing Forms Energy Partnership with SCE&G

Boeing formed a renewable energy partnership with South Carolina Electric & Gas. The goal of the alliance is to let Boeing South Carolina operate as a 100 percent renewable energy site. The energy for the facility
will be generated at the energy company’s North Charleston site via solar panels, with a portion of it being derived from renewable energy certificates.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Google Invests $100 Million in Shepherds Flat Wind Farm

Google announced a $100 million investment in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, a new energy production facility currently under construction near Arlington, Oregon. When it is finished, the farm is expected to be among
the largest in the world, with energy production of 845 MW predicted. The facility will also be the first in the US to use turbines featuring permanent magnet generators, a new technology which Google says will improve efficiency, reliability, and grid
connection capabilities. This is Google’s third major investment in alternative energy initiatives, with a total of $350 million having been spent to date.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

NEC Teams with Enel Distribuzione on New Smart Grid Tech

NEC signed a strategic partnership agreement with Enel Distribuzione, the energy distribution arm of Enel SpA. The agreement focuses on the formation of a joint effort to develop and market new technologies and
solutions in the smart grid arena. The deal includes provisions for joint feasibility studies, equipment deployment, and storage options. The first collaboration will be a pilot program designed to study the storage potential of lithium-ion batteries. All
developed solutions will be tested and deployed in Italy.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

SOCIAL MEDIA

[return to top of this report]

AOL Offering Free Business Cards to about.me Users

AOL formed a partnership with MOO to offer its about.me users free business cards with their aggregated about.me profile information in printed form. The company is offering 50 free business cards, not including
shipping, which include the users’ profile info, their profile’s URL, and a scannable QR code leading to their profile. The cards can also include a user-provided image, and personal contact information. The details of this new offer are available at the
about.me Web site.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

Yahoo to Pull the Plug on Buzz Service on April 21

Yahoo announced that it will discontinue its Buzz social recommendation service as of April 21, 2011. The search provider only said that the
cancellation will allow it to better focus on its “core strengths and new innovations.” Buzz is only the latest victim of the company’s reorganization efforts that have seen several of the its non-search-based services being cut in recent month. The Buzz
site will remain accessible until the aforementioned date.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

STORAGE

[return to top of this report]

HP Announces New Converged Infrastructure Deployments

Hewlett-Packard (HP) deployed Converged Infrastructure technology for Opus Interactive, a managed services provider, and the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (ODDD). The Opus deployment should improve its
data center’s capacity for delivering technology services. Portland, Oregon-based Opus provides managed hosting, dedicated virtual and standard servers, and data storage services. It previously employed several physical servers and storage arrays. For the
ODDD, the deployment will support a new, agile cloud solution to help the agency provide support services for 80,000 citizens with developmental disabilities.

Source: Vendor, 4/20/2011

Toshiba Reports NAND Flash with 19-NM Process Technology

Toshiba Japan reported it has fabricated NAND Flash memory technology that uses 19-nanometer process technology, the finest level achieved to date. It has already been applied to two bit-per-cell, 64-GB chips, the
world’s smallest, for a single-chip density of 8GB. Toshiba also disclosed it will add three bit-per-cell products fabricated with the 19nm process technology to its lineup. Two bit-per-cell sampling will soon be available, with mass production to begin
between July and September.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

STREAMING MEDIA

[return to top of this report]

AWS Launches HTTP Live Video Streaming on Amazon CloudFront

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of HTTP streaming for Amazon CloudFront. Used in collaboration with Amazon EC2 running Adobe Flash Media Server and Amazon Route
53, the updated service allows customers to offer live video. Amazon has created a CloudFormation template for first-time users to provision and sequence all of the AWS resources required to run the aforementioned setup. Streaming customers will pay for
the assets they use, and will be able to control the stream via Flash Media Server. More information about the new service is available from Amazon’s new Live Streaming page.

Source: Vendor, 4/19/2011

WEB COMMERCE

[return to top of this report]

Amazon.co.jp Begins Offering Print-on-Demand Books

Amazon.co.jp launched a new Print-on-Demand (POD) service which allows authors and publishers to print and ship their books as they are ordered. The program, launching with 600,000 titles, eliminates the possibility of
a title being out of stock, and does not add any additional time to the shipment process. Amazon is promoting this service in particular to foreign publisher that wish to sell their titles in Japan while avoiding the cost of having hard copies shipped to
the country. It also suggests the service could be used for out-of-print works, niche titles, custom books, foreign language editions, and alternative formats. No word was released on whether the company plans to expand the program to include other
countries.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

eBay Expands Instant Sale Buying Program to Include Broken iOS Items

eBay announced that its Instant Sale program is now accepting broken iPods, iPhones and iPads. The paid electronics recycling program previously offered little or no
cash incentive for non-working devices, although it did offer free shipping and recycling. Prices for the non-functional items peak at $150 for broken iPads, $100 for iPhones, and $50 for iPods. As part of a launch promotion eBay will also give a $5 gift
card to customers that send in one of the aforementioned devices.

Source: Vendor, 4/18/2011

WIRELESS

[return to top of this report]

LightSquared Signs Roaming Deals with Cellular South, SI Wireless

LightSquared, which is building a wholesale 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless broadband communications network integrated with a satellite network, announced two new agreements. The first is with SI Wireless, a partnership of rural independent telephone companies, delivering 3G-CDMA/EVDO technology to rural parts of Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. SI Wireless and LightSquared have entered into a bilateral
roaming agreement. The second deal is with Cellular South, the largest privately-owned wireless communications provider in the US. The companies have signed a bilateral roaming agreement that will provide
Cellular South subscribers with a nationwide 4G-LTE footprint as well as satellite coverage in rural areas where there is no terrestrial network. It will also expand LightSquared’s 4G data coverage to additional rural communities. LightSquared plans to
launch its network later this year.

Source: Vendor, 4/21/2011

©2011 Faulkner Information Services