16th September 1998 Archive

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Intel gets Real on streaming video

Great Stan smells major upgrade sales opportunity

Real Networks has licensed Intel's Indeo video compression technology for use in its forthcoming video streaming software, RealVideo GE. The Indeo Video 5 codec is designed to specifically leverage features offered by Intel's processors. Intel has always stressed the benefits to viewers of Internet-based multimedia of upgrading …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 10:52
Dane-Elec adds Hitachi Compact Flash and ATA

Europe-wide deal

Dane-Elec has scored a Europe-wide agreement to supply Hitachi Compact Flash and ATA memory cards through its European reseller network. It intends to integrate both product families into its Cube memory selector. The Compact Flash and ATA cards are available in 8-45 megabytes and 8-150 megabytes respectively. According to Dane- …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 11:50
US set to ease encryption export rules

Specific industries to become exempt from regs; 'key recovery' no longer an pre-requisite

The Clinton administration is to further relax the US regulations on the export of cryptography technology. Restrictions will be eased on encryption systems used to protect data carried over networks, following proposals from a consortium of network specialists, led by Cisco, submitted to the US government in July. Controls will …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 12:02
Oracle to flog NC architecture as outsourcing service

Trust me with your business data, says Ellison

Oracle is to launch an outsourcing service, Oracle Business Online, within the next few weeks. According to Mark Jarvis, Oracle's senior VP of worldwide marketing, quoted on the US newswires, Business Online will provide small to medium-sized companies with hosted business applications running on Oracle's Applications software, …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 12:49
Tivoli rolls out Enterprise suite

Supports SAP initally, but more to follow

Tivoli Enterprise, announced yesterday, is a suite of products for systems and network management -- a market that is currently worth $11.4 billion according to IDC, and growing at 16 per cent/year. Among the big-name customers trotted out for the launch were Ford, the Halifax, and Reuters. Tivoli is an IBM company, …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 13:04
Lotus posts Notes 5 and Domino betas

Gold code for Q4?

Lotus has posted public betas of version 5 of Notes, Domino and Domino Designer on its website for public downloading. Notes is an integrated email and collaboration client with a browser and messaging. Domino is a family of servers for secure enterprise messaging and Web applications. Domino Designer is a Web application …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 13:08
Webdevelopment raises £1.5 million for US expansion

More VC fund-raising to follow

London software house Webdevelopment Ltd has secured £1.25 million funding for expansion into the US, through a syndicated equity investment by 3i, Thames Valley and Elderstreet Investor’s Club. Webdevelopment, which received £750k from 3i in an earlier round of funding, said it plans a fresh fund raising exercise for the first …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 13:40
Vendors prepare Wintel-based iMac rip-offs

Koreans think different -- but not that different

It has barely been selling for a month but already Apple's iMac is spawning imitators. US newswire news.com quoted an analyst from US investment bank Piper Jaffrey who claimed Korean manufacturers TriGem and Korean Data Systems had teamed up to form a joint venture, called E-Machines, to produce a $599 iMac-style PC. The as yet …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 14:02
Blair Y2K job scheme turns to dust

Can't work? Won't work

Tony Blair's crusade to recruit and train 20,000 millennium bug-busters is fizzling out into a very damp squib. The Government has set aside £26 million for the progamme, which has attracted just 24 recruits in its first three months, The Times reports. With a budget of over £1 million per pupil, the standard of teaching had …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 14:15
Intel calls for industry to support post PCI specification

Company claims already has products in its labs

Intel has spelled out future directions it will take after the PCI bus has reached its natural end, and said that it already had designed products based on new designs. That follows an early statement two days ago, when the head of IO at Intel US, Mitch Schultz, said that the PCI-X spec endorsed by IBM, HP and Compaq would not …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 15:56
Inprise bridges DCE and CORBA

Integrates legacy systems with e-commerce, says Graham. Hope he's not making it up...

Inprise - formerly Borland - has just unveiled a bridge that links Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) servers with the Object Management Group's Common Object Request Broker (CORBA). DCE was introduced ten years ago by the Open Software Foundation (now swallowed by the Open Group) as a distributed computing framework that …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 16:55
Intel to extend 370 pin Celeron socket to notebooks

Will segment notebook market for high and low end

Intel is to segment its notebooks into high and low end offerings, and will attack the low end of the market with Celeron chips available in both 370 pin and cartridge versions. At his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum today, Robert Jecman, manager of mobile platforms, said that Intel would also introduce its .18 …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 17:20
16/09/98 Daily Digest

RM PLC, ITG, Infobank, Reflex and many,many more

RM profits from National Grid for Learning RM Plc reports "significantly increased demand" for its RM Window Box products including RM SchoolShare, following the introduction of the Government's plan to build a National Grid for Learning. RM, is the UK's dominant technology supplier in the UK schools sector. And it is set to …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 17:29
Here comes Intel's Miramar

Secret software project relates to info management

Intel’s architecture labs have produced 3D software which will take advantage of Katmai instruction sets and provides an information management system. The secret project, codenamed Miramar, allows information to be organised in such a way that URLs and other often used files and addresses can be placed in a virtual 3D …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 19:28
Calluna "making good progress", claims chairman

Critical time

Disk drive manufacturer Calluna has reported it is making good progress. However, the claim, made at the company's AGM, may not be enough to rebuild confidence in the company. Last week, its shares fell nine per cent before recovering. In a statement, company chairman Alan Bates warned that it was a critical time for the company …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 21:51
Windows NT leads 50 per cent growth in demand for storage

IBM tops poll

Corporate storage needs will grow by 50 per cent in the next year, with storage for Windows NT being a critical issue, according to research firm Macarthur Stroud International. The main drivers of the market are email and messaging, data sharing, ERP and imaging finance. The survey was carried out among 450 medium to large …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 21:59
Rambus validates integration

OEMs show support

Rambus has announced a component validation programme, designed to smooth the transition to Direct Rambus memory systems next year. Standard procedures required for verification in the new system will make it easier for customers to integrate the new products, Rambus said. Validation procedures are being established for all the …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 22:21
Adaptec credit outlook worsens

Says it will be more cautious

Standard and Poor’s has marked down Adaptec’s credit rating from “stable” to “negative outlook”. The credit agency concluded that sustained weak margins or diminished financial flexibility could lead to lower ratings next year. Adaptec says that the change in outlook is due to challenges inherent in its business realignment …

Business 16 Sep 1998, 22:30