GARDEN CITY, NY, March 22, 2007 - TDK, a world leader in digital recording solutions, today announced that it has begun shipping ultimate performance recordable Blu-ray Discs with printable surfaces. The two new products are the BD-R25PWX25CB ($24.99) for inkjet systems, and BD-R25THX25CB ($24.99) for thermal systems. Both incorporate exclusive surface coatings to deliver professional quality printing results. The discs utilize TDK's exclusive DURABIS technology to offer legendary durability. TDK's proprietary printable surfaces yield the highest quality output from a range of devices including Microboards, Microtech, Primera (including the Primera Accent II Disc Laminator), Rimage Everest and TEAC*. The BD-R25PWX25CB for inkjet systems features a blank, matte white surface, and the BD-R25THX25CB for thermal systems features a blank, glossy white surface. Both allow printing all the way to the disc hub, to maximize visual impact. "With the launch of these two new Blu-ray Discs, TDK is reaffirming its role as a leader in the format's advancement," commented Sethu Palat, TDK Director of Marketing. "TDK's new 25GB BD-R printable surface media products deliver the exemplary performance and durability required for professional applications. Not only do the discs incorporate TDK's award-winning recording and hard coating technologies; they also offer optimal printing results with specially formulated print to the hub surfaces designed for inkjet and thermal systems." Recordable, Printable, RemarkableAs a leading developer of Blu-ray Disc technology, TDK has realized many of the format's greatest innovations. From pioneering the spin coating manufacturing method, to developing DURABIS, the world's first hard coating formulation, TDK has proven its leadership time and again. With the introduction of leading quality printable surface recordable Blu-ray Discs, TDK has reached another milestone. TDK 25GB BD-R printable surface Blu-ray Discs are exclusively manufactured at TDK
Nicosia, Cyprus - 21, March 2007 - 3CX a developer of a software-based IP PBX for Windows, today announced that it will give away 100,000 free phone systems. Companies are encouraged to take advantage of this offer to experience first handedly the benefits of an IP PBX when compared with traditional proprietary hardware PBX. 3CX Phone System is a complete software-based office phone system that replaces a traditional hardware PBX. It liberates companies from cumbersome phone wiring and solves the management headaches associated with proprietary PBXs. Since 3CX Phone System is based on the open SIP standard it works with any SIP-based VOIP provider, VOIP gateway or phone. The product integrates easily with most business networks because it runs on Windows - no Linux experience required. "IP PBX technology includes advanced communication features but also provides a significant dose of worry-free scalability and robustness that all enterprises seek. Our free phone system offer allows companies to familiarize themselves with the technology and to see for themselves that upgrading to an IP PBX, should be the obvious choice for any company," said Nick Galea, CEO 3CX. 3CX Phone System for Windows key features No need for separate phone wiring - phones use computer network Easier to install & manage via web-based configuration interface A software-based office phone system is far less expensive than a hardware-based PBX / PABX Employees can move offices without requiring any changes in the wiring or IP PBX configuration Choose from the many SIP based hardware phones instead of getting locked in with one vendor Receive & Make calls via the standard PSTN using VOIP Gateways Save on call costs using any SIP VOIP service or WAN. Obtaining the free editionThe offer is available from: http://www.3cx.com/ip-pbx/index.html. The FREE edition is a fully featured free IP PBX, has no time outs, and is supported via the 3CX forums. For more information, take the product tour
REDMOND, Wash. - March 21, 2007 - Yesterday at the Microsoft Hosting Summit 2007, Microsoft Corp. announced updates to two solutions for hosting service providers: Microsoft® Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) Version 4.0 and Microsoft Solution for Windows®-based Hosting Version 4.5. The solutions take advantage of new features in the recently launched Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint® Services 3.0, two key Microsoft products that improve communications and information sharing and increase worker productivity. With these updates, service providers will have an expanded set of tools along with guidance to help them deliver a complete suite of hosted services to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). "Hosting providers are at a critical crossroads as the demand for hosted services continues to increase exponentially, particularly from SMBs," said John Zanni, director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft. "Successful hosters need to go beyond traditional hosting and cost-effectively develop and offer value-added services that will help deepen customer relationships and differentiate themselves from the myriad commodity options that currently exist. Microsoft provides the platform, solutions and guidance to help service providers achieve this." Key Benefits of HMC Version 4.0 The new version of Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration utilizes Exchange Server 2007, the industry's leading platform for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging. Exchange Server 2007 helps protect the organization with built-in technologies that provide high availability, reduce spam and viruses, enable confidential communications, and aid compliance of regulatory or corporate policies. Employees benefit from anywhere access* to their e-mail, voice mail, calendars and contacts from a variety of clients and devices. Exchange Server 2007 enables new levels of operational efficiency by optimizing hardware, networking resources and features t
Interesting news are coming from Raytheon, one of the lead developers in the aerospace and defense industry: EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 20 -- The world's first computers whose architecture can adopt different forms depending on their application have been developed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN). Dubbed MONARCH (Morphable Networked Micro-Architecture) and developed to address the large data volume of sensor systems as well as their signal and data processing throughput requirements, it is the most adaptable processor ever built for the Department of Defense, reducing the number of processor types required. It performs as a single system on a chip, resulting in a significant reduction of the number of processors required for computing systems, and it performs in an array of chips for teraflop throughput. "Typically, a chip is optimally designed either for front-end signal processing or back-end control and data processing," explained Nick Uros, vice president for the Advanced Concepts and Technology group of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. "The MONARCH micro-architecture is unique in its ability to reconfigure itself to optimize processing on the fly. MONARCH provides exceptional compute capacity and highly flexible data bandwidth capability with beyond state-of-the-art power efficiency, and it's fully programmable." In addition to the ability to adapt its architecture for a particular objective, the MONARCH computer is also believed to be the most power- efficient processor available. "In laboratory testing MONARCH outperformed the Intel quad-core Xeon chip by a factor of 10," said Michael Vahey, the principal investigator for the company's MONARCH technology. MONARCH's polymorphic capability and super efficiency enable the development of DoD systems that need very small size, low power, and in some cases radiation tolerance for such purposes as global positioning systems, airborne and space radar and video processing systems. The company has begun tests on pr
Press release from IBM and CISCO: WASHINGTON, DC - 20 Mar 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM), a global leader in business continuity and resiliency services and Cisco, a global leader in networking, today announced they will partner to provide emergency crisis response capabilities for the first time as an end-to-end managed service. The new IBM Crisis Management Services for Crisis Response service combines advanced communications, collaboration and coordination technologies, satellite and wireless capabilities and broad experience from both companies to help businesses, governments and first responder organizations prepare, respond and rapidly recover from disruptive events and challenging environments. The introduction of a managed service for crisis response marks a turning point in the growing area of Business Continuity and Resiliency Services, where vendors focus on helping clients maintain continuous access to their enterprise information and critical business processes during emergency situations. Traditionally, an organization is forced to choose from an array of product-based point solutions for crisis response, only to be challenged by the need to integrate disparate components. The IBM and Cisco solution packages hardware, software, services and satellite-based capabilities as one service, offering clients a one-stop emergency response communications network. The solution is designed to integrate into a client's daily operational fabric to act as a network communications and information hub during times of disruption. The new Crisis Management Services for Crisis Response from IBM and Cisco offers open, modular, wireless and standards-based commercial platforms that address key aspects of a catastrophic or disruptive event, while preserving the integrity and security of infrastructure. Specifically, it is designed to provide: Continuity of operations Network operability and recovery Internet Protocol (IP) based interoperable communications Secure cross-orga