Tech & IT
Spirent launches multi-GNSS navigation, positioning test system
Spirent Communications, a provider of navigation and positioning test solutions, has launched the Spirent GSS6700 Multi-GNSS Constellation Simulator for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) testing. The GSS6700 offers not only GPS test capability but also support for the Russian GLONASS system and planned European Galileo system, the company said. The company further noted the GSS6700 [...]
Neural acquires Fico’s Liquid Credit for Telecom solution
Neural Technologies, a provider of risk management software solutions, and Fico, a provider of analytics and decision management technology, have announced that Neural Technologies has acquired a key asset from Fico, the Liquid Credit for Telecom solution. Current customers for Fico’s Liquid Credit for Telecom solution will experience a transition of their current services and [...]
Avistar appoints Bob Kirk as CEO
Avistar Communications, a player in unified visual communications solutions, announced the resignation of its CEO Simon Moss. In a press release, the company noted that with Avistar having completed its strategic, financial, product redesign and market repositioning during the last 18 months under Moss’ leadership, “he has decided to follow his career objectives and to [...]
Malaysia Airlines selects Akamai solution
Malaysia Airlines has selected Akamai to power its main website, Malaysiaairlines.com, and the airline’s booking engine to provide customers with a better website experience. Akamai informed its Web Application Accelerator solution is aimed at enabling Malaysia Airlines to improve its website performance and increase online bookings. The Web Application Accelerator solution provides customers with a [...]
Acronis launches backup & recovery solution
Acronis, a provider of storage management and disaster recovery software, has launched Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, a portfolio of disaster recovery products that combine data deduplication, support for virtual environments, and centralised management features based on the company’s disk imaging and bare metal technology. Acronis informed the new software is the next generation of [...]
Microtune to acquire Auvitek
Microtune has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Auvitek International. Under the terms of the agreement, Microtune will pay approximately $6.8m in cash and one million shares of Microtune stock, with a current value of approximately $2.2m, for the Auvitek business. The acquisition is expected to close during the month of [...]
Smartmatic signs $150m deal for elections in the Philippines
The Commission On Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines has signed a contract for the automation of the 2010 National Elections with Smartmatic. Smartmatic, a supplier of electoral solutions and services, won the bid to carry out the 2010 Election project — to provide voting machines, consolidation platforms and roll-out services — in the Philippines. As [...]
KDF equips digital x-ray production facility in NY
KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services has announced its role in the opening of a $165m digital X-Ray mammography production facility in New York state. The facility is headlined by a health equipment OEM and will manufacture and transfer its technology to healthcare facilities worldwide. KDF, a New Jersey-based producer of batch-sputtering systems used in the [...]
Accenture launches new Alnova Core Banking Platform
Accenture has introduced a new version of Alnova Financial Solutions, its core banking platform, which is aimed at faster implementation and upgradation through the “broader use of standard software components”. The company informed the new version can help banks support their changing product and pricing requirements and can be integrated with legacy systems using service-oriented [...]
Microsoft announces changes at the helm
Microsoft has promoted Steven Sinofsky to president of the Windows Division. Sinofsky, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, most recently led the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, contributing to the 22 October availability of Windows 7. As president, Sinofsky will be responsible for the Windows business including both the engineering and marketing functions for Windows, Windows [...]
