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Siemens Medical Solutions, the Malvern, Pa.-based division of Siemens AG , today announced Staffware plc, a New York City-based provider of business process management solutions, as its strategic partner to provide workflow engine technology for Soarian, Siemens’ new generation health solution. Siemens says Soarian is designed to assist the healthcare industry by streamlining the workflow […]

Interliant, Inc. , the Purchase, N.Y.-based ASP and one of the largest Lotus Premier Partners, announced today at IBM’s Lotusphere 2002 developer conference, the expansion of its INIT messaging services to include additional products and services organized into three core areas: strategy, messaging, and applications. The product line expansion coincides with Lotus’ own strategy to […]

BakBone Software , a provider of storage management software, announced the appointment of John Fitzgerald to the position of Chief Financial Officer. “I am delighted to appoint John Fitzgerald as Chief Financial Officer. Over the past year he has been a key player in the growth of BakBone. I am confident that John will play […]

Alacritech, a provider of TCP/IP acceleration solutions, Nishan Systems, a supplier of native IP storage solutions, and Hitachi Data Systems announced that they have achieved wire-speed iSCSI (Internet SCSI) throughput on a single Gigabit Ethernet connection. In the demonstration, an Alacritech Gigabit Ethernet Server and Storage Accelerator was connected to a Nishan IP Storage switch […]

Network Appliance, a provider of network-attached storage, has announced a new software product, SnapDrive for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, which is an integrated data management solution that is desinged to increase SQL Server 2000 database availability, scalability, and reliability. Network Appliance said it developed the new client software for its customers seeking a scalable solution […]

Maxtor Corporation has entered into a strategic OEM agreement with Network Appliance. Maxtor said its Network Systems Group is supplying the storage subsystem modules that are being integrated into Network Appliance’s recently announced NearStore product family. NearStore systems are designed to provide backup consolidation, rapid data recovery, and online archive solutions for the enterprise. “We […]

JNI Corporation, a provider of enterprise storage connectivity products, has signed an exclusive liscensing agreement with Troika Networks, a provider of storage infrastructure products. JNI said it has licensed the exclusive rights to Troika ‘s Fibre Channel software and hardware products that provide high availability storage area network (SAN) solutions for enterprise class servers running […]

Vastera, Inc. has named Mark J. Ferrer as its new chief executive officer, effective Feb. 1. Ferrer will retain his position as the Dulles, Va.-based company’s president. Mr. Ferrer joined Vastera as its chief operating officer in December 1999 and was promoted to the position of president in April. Since his arrival at Vastera, the […]

By @NY Staff Bedminster, N.J.-based Verizon Wireless announced the launch of its commercial 3G network in the Northeast U.S., an add-on service that allows high-speed Web connectivity on mobile phones, laptops and PDAs. The service, which promises full wireless Internet and intranet access and traditional e-mail service on cell phones and laptops at average speeds […]

PeopleSoft, Inc. , the Pleasanton, Calif.-based Internet business software provider, yesterday announced its fourth quarter and full year 2001 results. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001, software license revenue rose to a record $174 million and total revenue increased to $528 million. Income from recurring operations increased by 40 percent to a record […]

Centra Software, Inc. , the Lexington, Mass.-based provider of eLearning and collaboration software, yesterday announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2001. Signing a record 97 new customers, Centra’s revenue climbed to $11.0 million in the fourth quarter, a 41 percent increase over the same period last year, and 20 […]

Bedford, Mass.-based RSA Security is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said in a regulatory filing. The probe relates to whether a change in RSA’s method for estimating distributor revenue disclosed in its quarterly report filed with the SEC should have also been in its earning press release a few […]