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Numara Software Expands Presence in Growing Asia Region

November 29th, 2011
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Numara(R) Software, a global leader in service management, endpoint lifecycle management and mobile device management solutions for IT professionals, announced the launch of its operations in the thriving and rapidly evolving Asia market.

“As one of the few markets in the world that showed resiliency through the global economic crisis, we see the Asia, and in-fact entire Asia-Pacific region, as a large growth area for Numara,” said Geoff Masters, Vice President for APAC. “By strategically expanding our global operations, we are setting the foundation for Numara to be a leader in this significant economic market.”

Atul Sinha, with 25 years of experience in the IT industry, has been appointed head of Asian operations. Based in Singapore, Sinha is responsible for managing customer-driven sales, marketing and partner management.

“I am delighted to have Atul on board to manage our Asian business. Atul brings to Numara a rich experience and impressive track record having worked previously with IBM and Hewlett Packard. Atul, along with our partners, will be dedicated to addressing the needs of customers here,” said Masters.

As an integral part of the Asia Pacific growth strategy for the region, Numara will build on its existing partner network and customers. Currently customers and partners participate in key regional markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and India with expansion planned for Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and other regional markets.

“The Asia market and our customers and partners are extremely important to Numara and a regional presence will ensure that we have the best engagement platform in place to support the growing base of customers and partners,” said Sinha.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/numara-software-expands-presence-in-growing-asia-region-2011-11-29

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HP pairs Autonomy and Vertica software

November 29th, 2011
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Hewlett-Packard is quickly putting to use its recent acquisitions of Autonomy and Vertica, integrating the software from these companies into a single software package, called the HP Next Generation Information Platform.

Customers will be available to use the combined offering, which will be made available at the end of January, to search and analyze both structured and unstructured data, said June Manley, who is HP’s director of information optimization business solutions.

The Vertica Analytics Platform is a data warehouse software for storing and analyzing structured data, or data that has been stored in a relational database. Autonomy’s IDOL (Intelligent Data Operating Layer) server can index unstructured data within an enterprise, providing users with a search-based interface.

HP completed its purchase of Autonomy in October, and purchased Vertica in March.

HP’s Autonomy unit has updated IDOL so that it includes a set of hooks that would allow it to be easily integrated with Vertica, said HP Autonomy chief marketing officer Nicole Eagan. IDOL version 10, available Dec. 1, will offer users the ability to work with structured data that is being held in the Vertica platform, she said.

“Autonomy’s strength has been in text, audio, and video, while Vertica brings more of the columnar database processing and analytics,” Eagan said.

The unified interface could be handy for synthesizing in a single workflow both structured and unstructured data, which are typically dealt with by separate systems within an enterprise, Eagan said.

For instance, data culled from social media sites such as Twitter, which is typically captured as unstructured data, could be explored using Vertica’s social graphing functionality and projective analytics. The package could also combine click-stream analytics captured in Vertica with sentiment analysis data captured in Autonomy.

Video or audio, both of which IDOL can ingest, could be paired with related sensor data or historical data stored in Vertica for real-time intelligent monitoring. As an example, a bank could monitor a phone call with a customer requesting credit, which can be parsed through Autonomy. “If during that call, the caller said something to cause the mortgage provider or bank to be worried about a credit risk, they might want to run that against a Vertica credit risk analyzer in real time,” Eagan said.

The paired offering could also provide a single interface for working with both IDOL and Vertica data. Ovum enterprise software analyst Tony Baer has stated that the Autonomy and Vertica software would be a good fit for each other, because the Autonomy software could provide a superior user-facing front-end for the Vertica software.

Beyond the HP Next Generation Information Platform, HP may also combine IDOL and Vertica for other analytic packages, Eagan said. “This is a great starting-off point. With things like big data and social media being as hot as they are, you will see different things evolve,” she said.

In addition to IDOL 10, HP also made other announcements around its family of products for information management. It revealed the newest version of its deduplication appliance, the HP B6200 StoreOnce Backup System, which can scan material and erase duplicate copies at a speed of 28TB per hour. It expanded its IT Performance suite with additional reporting metrics. The company also introduced a set of services for helping customers install Vertica, called HP Advanced Information Services for Vertica.

Source:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222224/HP_pairs_Autonomy_and_Vertica_software

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RIM branching out into security software for iPhone, Android

November 29th, 2011
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Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM said on Tuesday that the device management software should arrive in the late March. Though the company declined to provide a price for the application, RIM vice-president for enterprise product management did say that it will be “competitive” with rival offerings.

According to the announcement’s press release, RIM is looking to “bring together” its BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology for BlackBerry devices with mobile device management (MDM) capabilities for iOS and Android onto a single web-based console..

Reuters reports that Mobile Fusion will help “corporate IT staff to set and monitor rules for passwords, apps and software on a range of devices,” including Apple’s iPad and iPhone and devices running Google’s Android mobile OS.

“What our enterprise customers are looking for, and the opportunity for us, is to become the de facto platform,” Panezic, told the publication in an interview.

Panezic went on to say that the company would take “full advantage” of security capabilities on each platform. “We’re not going to hold that back in any way, shape or form,” he said.

According to the report, the software “will manage RIM’s PlayBook independently from” a BlackBerry smartphone, though that will require a PlayBook software update, which is due out in February. RIM released the PlayBook this spring, declaring that “amateur hour” was over, but the tablet has failed to gain momentum.

Some analysts were skeptical of the move into the multi-platform MDM marketplace. “It will help stem the tide of those companies that may have considered eliminating their BES but it won’t help sell more phones,” said Gartner analyst Phillip Redman. “That’s what they really need to do.”

RIM made a name for itself selling its BlackBerry smartphones and accompanying services to businesses and their employees, but the company has faltered as of late. Recent reports suggest that Apple has chipped away at RIM’s core business as enterprise clients have increasingly taken to the iPhone and iPad. Recent data from Good Technology, an enterprise security solutions firm that RIM’s Mobile Fusion will compete with, shows that enterprise users have a “clear preference for Apple products,” though Good’s numbers do not include RIM devices because they use RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Earlier this year, investors called for the ouster of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, RIM’s co-CEOs and co-founders, characterizing them as “stuck in the past.” In order to appease investors, the company formed a committee to investigate its corporate structure.

The handset maker announced in July that it would cut around 2,000 jobs, about 10.5 percent of its workforce. RIM disappointed Wall Street with shipments of 10.6 million smartphones and 200,000 PlayBook tablets last quarter, as profits slipped 47 percent. According to comScore, RIM lost 5 percentage points of U.S. smartphone market share between May and August of this year, falling to 19.7 percent.

Embarrassing outages for RIM’s BlackBerry services have not helped the company’s cause. Last month, an outage that lasted as long as four days prompted RIM to formally apologize for the downtime and offer customers $100 worth of free apps. Weeks later, RIM revealed that it was investigating more complaints of user service troubles.

With just $1.4 billion in cash as of last quarter, RIM is scrambling to turn itself around, betting heavily on its BBX operating system. A recent leak purportedly revealed the “BlackBerry London,” the first BBX-based smartphone. The device is expected to arrive in June 2012.

Source:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/29/rim_branching_out_into_security_software_for_iphone_android.html

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SOA Software Delivers Business Impact Analysis

November 29th, 2011
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SOA Software, a leading provider of SOA governance, cloud and enterprise API Management products, today announced Repository Manager Version 6.4 which provides crucial support to enterprise SOA governance efforts by automatically discovering dependencies across processes, services and schemas, ensuring the discovered dependencies conform to organizational standards and notifying key stakeholders when change occurs. Combining these advanced capabilities with Repository Manager’s leading support for service and operation-level consumption governance enables organizations to establish an effective ongoing change management discipline for their SOA, giving both business stakeholders and architects clear and detailed visibility over how businesses processes connect via services to underlying data within the enterprise.

Repository Manager is SOA Software’s industry leading development governance platform that simplifies the creation, integration, management and promotion of enterprise assets and services throughout the complete development lifecycle. Repository Manager serves to automate the path to SOA and Cloud, enabling customers to rapidly develop, govern and deploy services within the SOA service lifecycle. With its strong integration with leading application development environments such as Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio, federation with all major run-time registries including IBM WSRR, HP SOA Systinet and UDDI registries, and its extensive integration with SOA Software’s Policy Manager, Repository Manager enables customers to rapidly govern and deploy services and other software assets from a single point of control within the SOA enterprise lifecycle. Repository Manager is used by Fortune 500 customers to drive application agility and reduce cost and risk in their SOA deployment.

“Companies are embracing SOA Development Governance to become more agile and to prepare them for cloud and mobile initiatives,” said Brent Carlson, senior vice president of technology at SOA Software. “Repository Manager 6.4 gives customers deep insight into their SOA as it matures and evolves, and ensures that changes are well managed, proactively dealt with, and remain aligned with core SOA architectural principles.”

Key features of Repository Manager 6.4 include:

Impact Analysis for more Key SOA Standards – By automatically discovering dependencies across all primary SOA XML filetypes (XPDL, BPEL, WSDL and XSD), enforcing that standards such as namespace uniqueness, use of only governed (i.e. canonical) schemas, and attribute and element naming conventions are complied with, and building subscription-based dependency relationships across and within types, Repository Manager ensures that the enterprise’s SOA efforts remain aligned with architecture decisions and also provides architects and other stakeholders with a deep view into the world of loosely coupled SOA dependencies.

Expanded Search Options – Organizations can create tailored search types as desired, hiding the complexity of search rules under a clear and simple to use user interface. Repository Manager 6.4’s automated indexing of all XML-based content including Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 documents, combined with its support for configurable multi-field search forms whose fields are tied to strongly-typed XPath-based search criteria gives IT organizations an extremely powerful search environment coupled with superior ease of use.

Intuitive User Experience – Repository Manager 6.4 introduces a fully redesigned asset layout leveraging the latest AJAX technology. Creating and understanding services, schemas, processes, applications and other development assets flows naturally from intuitive AJAX-based forms with seamless navigation across dependencies, giving Repository Manager users an efficient, concise and easy to use asset governance working environment.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/soa-software-delivers-business-impact-analysis-2011-11-29

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Barclays software glitch damaged woman’s credit rating

November 29th, 2011
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A woman’s mortgage application was denied after Barclay’s software made multiple credit history searches, damaging her credit rating
A woman was denied a mortgage from Barclays Bank, having received preliminary approval, after the bank’s system made multiple searches on her credit history, therefore damaging her credit rating.

As first reported by mortgagestrategy.co.uk, mortgage advisor Dale Robinson complained to the Information Commissioner after an application by one of his clients was denied, although they had received preliminary approval in principal.

The customer got a new credit report following the decision, and discovered that Barclays had made four separate searches on her credit history, therefore damaging her credit rating. The number of searches made on an individual’s credit history affects their credit rating because a high number suggests they are seeking multiple loans.

Because of inconsistencies in its data relating to the applicant, Barclays searched their credit history multiple times.

According to Robinson, who was formerly a compliance officer at building society Nationwide, when an organisation searches an individual’s credit history, it should have a “soft footprint” – i.e., even if they make multiple searches in relation to the same claim, it should count as one.

However, because of an issue with Barclays’ software, each search counted separately. “It was purely a problem with their software,” Robinson told Information Age today.

Following Robinson’s complaint, the Information Commissioner’s Offices ruled that the three supplementary searches were unnecessary, and said it was “unlikely that Barclays Bank has complied with the requirements of the [Data Protection Act].”

“This is because it appears unlikely that Barclays has processed the complainant’s personal data fairly, when it conducted four searches of their credit report in connection with their mortgage application.”

The Information Commissioner decided not to take action against Barclays, however.

Barclays says that it is updating its software to prevent this happening again, and has installed temporary safeguards.

A Which? Money report earlier this year found that the ICO received more legitimate complaints against Barclays Bank than any other UK financial institution in 2009 / 2010, although it should be noted that it is also one of the banks with the most customers.

Source:http://www.information-age.com/channels/information-management/news/1675978/barclays-software-glitch-damaged-womans-credit-rating.thtml

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IBS Software retains CMMI Level 5 accreditation

November 29th, 2011
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Technopark, Trivandrum based IBS Software, one of the leading providers of new generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation and Logistics industry, has been re-appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5, the world-wide benchmark in quality standards for software companies. This was announced by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

The appraisal was conducted by KPMG and included stringent reviews of the processes followed by IBS for software development and service delivery. With this appraisal, IBS retains its membership in an elite group of around 200 organizations across the globe to achieve this level – the highest an organization can attain in the CMMI framework. IBS had been appraised at Level 5 against earlier versions of the CMMI model in 2002 and 2006.

CMMI is a process improvement model used to assess the maturity of a company’s software development processes and practices. Level 5 indicates the highest level of process maturity and reflects an organization’s capability to evolve and implement best practices in development of products and services through innovative process and technological enhancements.

Arun Hrishikesan, Chief Technology Officer, IBS Group said, “Today CMMI Level 5 is the defining quality standard for software and systems development. Our solutions manage mission critical operations of some of the largest airlines, airports, oil & gas companies and cruise liners and hence it is vital to ensure stringent application of quality processes at all times. This assessment is a testimony to our continued commitment to add value to our customers businesses through best-in-class solutions, process maturity and delivery excellence”.

Source:http://keralaitnews.com/it-parks/technopark/3793-ibs-software-retains-cmmi-level-5-accreditation

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Progress Software Appoints Jay Bhatt President and Chief Executive Officer

November 29th, 2011
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Progress Software Corporation PRGS +4.23% , a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, today announced the appointment of accomplished software technology executive Jay Bhatt as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 5, 2011. Mr. Bhatt will also be elected to the Progress Software Board of Directors.

Michael Mark, Chairman of the Progress Board of Directors, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Jay Bhatt to Progress Software. Jay has successfully driven the strategy and day-to-day operations of Autodesk’s largest vertical business unit for the past eight years. The Progress Board of Directors is in unanimous agreement that Jay has the right combination of experience, skills and talent to lead Progress Software and drive the company’s strategic vision and execution.”

“I am honored to be selected for this important role and thrilled to be joining Progress Software at this critical time in the company’s evolution,” said Jay Bhatt. “Progress has an excellent team, a large and impressive customer base, a loyal partner group and a very attractive portfolio of innovative products and solutions that enable businesses to become more responsive. I look forward to leading the company through the changing business landscape and strongly believe that Progress is positioned to succeed in the future with both a winning strategy and a technology portfolio that is critical to its partners and customers,” he added.

Prior to joining Progress Software, Jay Bhatt was responsible for Autodesk’s global Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Solutions Division. In this role, Mr. Bhatt had responsibility for software development, marketing, product management, product design, business development, finance and human resources. Prior to this role, Mr. Bhatt led Autodesk’s Corporate Development, Business Development and Strategy functions, and was responsible for driving M&A, strategic partnerships and corporate strategic planning.

Beginning in 2000, Mr. Bhatt served as the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development for Buzzsaw.com, Inc., which was acquired by Autodesk in 2001. Earlier in his career, he worked as an investment banker.

Mr. Bhatt received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law.

Richard D. Reidy, who announced on August 1, 2011 that he would leave Progress Software once a successor was found, will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Progress Software Board on December 5th.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/progress-software-appoints-jay-bhatt-president-and-chief-executive-officer-2011-11-28

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