*Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has announced the
expansion of the ColorLok paper standard with new benefits for commodity-grade
office papers for laser printing. A study conducted by Buyers Laboratory Inc. and
commissioned by HP concludes that ColorLok quality standard papers can help maximize
the life of laser printers – running up to nine times longer – compared to
tested papers that do not meet the standard. ColorLok papers helped protect
critical laser engine parts and kept them clean on the inside, enabling the
consistent, reliable performance and quality customers expect. The
large-particle mineral filler papers included in the BLI analysis that do not
meet the ColorLok quality standard are manufactured in Asia and distributed
primarily in China and India.
*NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a cloud-based financials
/ ERP software vendor, has announced the NetSuite Accountant Program. The program
is designed exclusively for accountants that want to use NetSuite to offer
accounting services to their clients. It offers accountants services including
secure real-time, browser-based access to their clients’ NetSuite accounts, at
the clients’ discretion and preferred rates on NetSuite training. The program
is provided at no charge to accounting firms, and their clients who are running
NetSuite. It allows accountants to securely, easily and remotely support
clients who are running NetSuite, receive training and tools to learn NetSuite
and navigate the client’s NetSuite-based financials, learn about the latest
NetSuite innovations and get advice from fellow NetSuite users, and get benefits
for referring new business to NetSuite.
*BitDefender, an internet security software vendor,
is warning social networking devotees to be careful when accepting friend
requests and to be conscious of the data they share. According to a new study
conducted by BitDefender over a two week period, social network users do not
appear to be preoccupied with the real identity of the people they meet online
or about the details they disclose while chatting with total strangers. The
study revealed that 94 per cent of those asked to “friend” the test profile, an
unknown, attractive young woman, accepted the request without knowing who the
requester really was. The study sample group included 2,000 users from all over
the world registered on one of the most popular social networks. In the first
step, the users were only requested to add the unknown test profile as their
friend, while in the second step several conversations with randomly selected
users aimed to determine what kind of details they would disclose. The study
showed more than 86 per cent of the users who accepted the test-profile’s
friend request work in the IT industry, of which 31 per cent work in IT security.
The most frequent reason for accepting the test profile’s friend request was
her “lovely face” (53 per cent). After a half an hour conversation, 10 per cent
disclosed personal sensitive information, such as: address, phone number,
mother’s and father’s name, etc. – information usually requested as answers to
password recovery questions. Two hours later, 73 per cent siphoned what appears
to be confidential information from their workplace, such as future strategies,
plans, as well as unreleased technologies/software.
New Products
*IBM (NYSE: IBM) is producing what it claims is the
world's fastest computer chip which will power a new version of the IBM
mainframe that begins shipping to customers on Sept. 10. IBM said the speed is
necessary for businesses managing huge workloads, such as banks and retailers,
especially as the world becomes increasingly more inter-connected, data has
grown beyond the world's storage capacity, and business transactions continue
to skyrocket. The z196 processor is a four-core chip that contains 1.4 billion
transistors on a 512-square millimeter surface. The chip was designed by IBM
engineers in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and was manufactured using IBM's 45 nanometer SOI
processor technology in the company's 300mm fab in East Fishkill, N.Y. The
mainframe processor makes use of IBM's embedded DRAM technology, which allows
IBM to place dense DRAM caches, or components, on the same chips as high-speed
microprocessors, resulting in improved performance. The chip will power the new
zEnterprise System. The core server in the zEnterprise System -- called
zEnterprise 196 -- contains 96 microprocessors, capable of executing more than
50 billion instructions per second.
*SmartBear Software has announced the release of
its application runtime analysis and performance profiling tool, AQtime 7.0. Version
7.0 brings its powerful capabilities to the latest development frameworks,
including the newly released Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Embarcadero RAD
Studio XE, and adds support for Java and Microsoft .NET 4 Framework. In
addition, AQtime Standard 7.0 is now included in Embarcadero RAD Studio XE and
profiles its Delphi and C++Builder applications. Users can upgrade to AQtime
7.0 Pro which provides many additional advanced features for code profiling,
including line-level profiling, 64 bit and .NET support, compare and merge
options, and unlimited number of modules. AQtime 7.0 Pro is available
immediately.
*Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX), an
enterprise content management software vendor, has announced the availability
of a complete set of products and services intended to help enterprise
information technology groups centrally manage large numbers of Microsoft
SharePoint 2010 sites from creation through archiving. The services will be led
by Burntsand, which joins Open Text after a recent acquisition. Burntsand
brings experienced consultants who focus on SharePoint 2010 and ECM
implementations. Using the recently released SharePoint 2010 version of Open
Text Content Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Open Text Case Management Framework
for SharePoint 2010, Open Text services can help IT departments deploy the
infrastructure needed to take control over unmanaged SharePoint 2010
deployments. Moreover, it can help accelerate the rollout of critical projects
by giving users simple tools to create and deploy SharePoint 2010 sites and
applications in accordance with corporate governance policies and manage the
entire lifecycle of SharePoint 2010 sites.
