www.datapower.com In 1999 DataPower formulated a vision for the next generation of intelligent network equipment to secure, rationalize, accelerate and integrate applications. This vision of XML-aware networks (XANs) is a key part of the transition from packet-oriented networks to application-oriented networks, where smart network equipment provides not just connectivity but message-level security, routing, integration and acceleration. DataPower's strategy was built on two beliefs: first, that XML would become the dominant protocol for connecting disparate systems, and second, that only true network devices, rather than heterogeneous software, would be able to support the security, performance and simplicity required for wide adoption.
To meet the unique security and performance requirements of powering this new class of network equipment, DataPower developed the unique patented XG3 XML processing technology. XG3 technology was designed from the ground up to protect against XML security vulnerabilities and to deliver wirespeed performance without sacrificing security or flexibility.
More than five years later, DataPower is not only the original creator of XML-aware networking, but also the most widely deployed provider of XML-aware network devices. DataPower customers worldwide have XML-aware networks that secure, accelerate and enable application processing at price and performance levels not possible with software. DataPower's XML-aware network devices have securely processed billions of dollars in XML transactions.
Unlike traditional network equipment that operates on packets or URLs, XML-aware networking operates on entire messages, including all of the content and its semantics. DataPower's award-winning product line includes three focused enterprise products: XA35 XML Accelerator for up to 100-fold XML performance improvement, XS40 XML Security Gateway, for instantly securing Web services, and XI50 Integration Appliance, for enabling high speed connectivity among legacy, binary and XML systems. DataPower also offers several OEM solutions, including XG4 XML Chip Subsystem, the world's fastest XML engine and the first to break the Gigabit Barrier for XML processing.
But XML-aware networking is more than just moving processing and security functions into purpose-built network devices. XANs create a uniform application-oriented network infrastructure that multiple applications can harness for common processing and security needs as illustrated in the figure below.
Leveraging the detailed knowledge and customer experience gained from developing software-based accelerators, Kuznetsov's team designed a system for processing XML securely in purpose-built hardware. In 2001, DataPower's effort produced XML Generation Three (XG3), the industry's fastest technology for secure XML processing, bar none. Today, the patented XG3 XML technology powers the industry's first wirespeed XML network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications and XML Web Services.
DataPower's M.I.T. heritage and world-class engineering talent is complemented by a management team that brings decades of experience in the networking and software industries, drawing veteran leaders from Argon, Chrysalis, Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Sun, Sycamore and Wellfleet.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Prosight - Enterprise Investment Management (Portfolio Management)
www.prosight.com Business and government leaders are challenged to produce the most value possible for money spent. There are fundamental business questions they need to be able to answer, such as:
* What real value does each investment bring to the organization?
* Is this the best possible mix of investments?
* Do we have the necessary processes and infrastructure in place to ensure we make the right investment choices?
* How do we track the business performance of each investment?
ProSight offers world-class Enterprise Investment Management solutions for government and business. These solutions drive the planning and control for all types of business or technology investments, deploying objective, auditable processes and metrics, while facilitating collaboration among all stakeholders. ProSight’s customers get rapid results, including rationalization of current spending, optimization of support for the business, and active governance to obtain the highest possible return on investment.
"We spent about 4 hours using ProSight live with an executive governance board to prioritize a list of 35 or so IT investments. It was our first real test of the system with an executive body. We do this type of thing every year using Excel, and it has been grueling in the past. All of the executives on the committee dread this meeting since it usually goes on for days (if not a week) and no one feels satisfied with the result. However, using ProSight, we cut the executive time down to 4 hours. Everyone left satisfied that they got to a solution that everyone could live with, and the tool was the major reason. In fact, they applauded at the end of the meeting that we were able to do this in only 4 hours. I was truly amazed at how easily things went! --- U.S. Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service"
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, ProSight has led the industry in applying the principles of portfolio management to business and technology investments. Our patented portfolio management software scales to the enterprise, and is in its sixth generation. We also provide professional services with deep experience and knowledge of best practices to ensure customer success.
Today, ProSight is a fast-growing technology leader, with substantial customer bases in both government and private industry. We have received dozens of awards in recognition of our success and contribution.
* What real value does each investment bring to the organization?
* Is this the best possible mix of investments?
* Do we have the necessary processes and infrastructure in place to ensure we make the right investment choices?
* How do we track the business performance of each investment?
ProSight offers world-class Enterprise Investment Management solutions for government and business. These solutions drive the planning and control for all types of business or technology investments, deploying objective, auditable processes and metrics, while facilitating collaboration among all stakeholders. ProSight’s customers get rapid results, including rationalization of current spending, optimization of support for the business, and active governance to obtain the highest possible return on investment.
"We spent about 4 hours using ProSight live with an executive governance board to prioritize a list of 35 or so IT investments. It was our first real test of the system with an executive body. We do this type of thing every year using Excel, and it has been grueling in the past. All of the executives on the committee dread this meeting since it usually goes on for days (if not a week) and no one feels satisfied with the result. However, using ProSight, we cut the executive time down to 4 hours. Everyone left satisfied that they got to a solution that everyone could live with, and the tool was the major reason. In fact, they applauded at the end of the meeting that we were able to do this in only 4 hours. I was truly amazed at how easily things went! --- U.S. Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service"
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, ProSight has led the industry in applying the principles of portfolio management to business and technology investments. Our patented portfolio management software scales to the enterprise, and is in its sixth generation. We also provide professional services with deep experience and knowledge of best practices to ensure customer success.
Today, ProSight is a fast-growing technology leader, with substantial customer bases in both government and private industry. We have received dozens of awards in recognition of our success and contribution.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Virsa - Real Time Compliance
www.virsa.com Acquired by SAP, Virsa ComplianceOne software simplifies compliance and reduces cost by providing the first and only fully integrated platform for end-to-end compliance management, including documentation, testing, remediation, reporting and prevention.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
3Tera - Grid operating system for Web 2.0 and SaaS
www.3tera.com AppLogic is a grid/utility operating system for scalable web applications and services. It enables transactional and streaming applications to run on grids of commodity servers.
AppLogic is open and vendor-neutral. It uses advanced virtualization technologies to be completely compatible with existing operating systems, middleware and web applications. Billions of lines of tried and true infrastructure software, middleware and application code can be used with AppLogic unaltered.
With AppLogic you can package an entire N-tier application or service into a logical entity and manage it as a single system. To make this possible, AppLogic captures and operates on the logical structure of the application. This approach also makes it very easy to assemble, deploy, monitor, control and troubleshoot applications visually in a browser.
Each application includes everything needed to run on a grid of commodity servers. That's why applications running on AppLogic scale from a fraction of a server to hundreds of servers and can be replicated on demand, deployed over and over again on the same grid or in multiple locations without modifications.
AppLogic Online - Hosted Grids
Building a successful web application business means staying lean and nimble, but getting your application online has always required deploying and managing infrastructure. Of course, servers and networks don't add value to your business; your applications do, but the two have been inseparable. For that reason, 3tera offer's it's groundbreaking AppLogic grid computing system as an online subscription service - AppLogic Online.
AppLogic Online is a true utility computing service. You can start using the system without any upfront hardware or software purchase and no long-term contract. Order a minimum of resources, add or remove resources at any time, and pay only for the resources you use.
The secret behind the AppLogic Online service is the disposable infrastructure technology in 3tera's AppLogic grid operating system. Disposable infrastructure allows n-tier web applications to be deployed on a grid of commodity servers. When an application starts, the infrastructure it needs is created on the grid dynamically, maintained while needed and disposed of when the application exits. Disposable infrastructure allows applications to become complete packages, ready to run on any AppLogic grid.
You'll need nothing more than a browser to get started building, deploying and managing your applications with AppLogic Online. Using our visual editor you can define the disposable infrastructure your application needs, save the application, and start it. The system takes care of creating the infrastructure for your application. You can monitor your application and even build a custom dashboard to simplify debugging and management.
When your business grows, you'll need to scale your service. With AppLogic Online, your application isn't tied to physical hardware, so it's easy to simply order additional resources. Our customers have scaled applications 10X to 20X without any code modifications.
AppLogic Online will change the way you do business. For the first time, you can build, deploy, operate and scale n-tier web applications while owning and operating NO infrastructure.
AppLogic is open and vendor-neutral. It uses advanced virtualization technologies to be completely compatible with existing operating systems, middleware and web applications. Billions of lines of tried and true infrastructure software, middleware and application code can be used with AppLogic unaltered.
With AppLogic you can package an entire N-tier application or service into a logical entity and manage it as a single system. To make this possible, AppLogic captures and operates on the logical structure of the application. This approach also makes it very easy to assemble, deploy, monitor, control and troubleshoot applications visually in a browser.
Each application includes everything needed to run on a grid of commodity servers. That's why applications running on AppLogic scale from a fraction of a server to hundreds of servers and can be replicated on demand, deployed over and over again on the same grid or in multiple locations without modifications.
AppLogic Online - Hosted Grids
Building a successful web application business means staying lean and nimble, but getting your application online has always required deploying and managing infrastructure. Of course, servers and networks don't add value to your business; your applications do, but the two have been inseparable. For that reason, 3tera offer's it's groundbreaking AppLogic grid computing system as an online subscription service - AppLogic Online.
AppLogic Online is a true utility computing service. You can start using the system without any upfront hardware or software purchase and no long-term contract. Order a minimum of resources, add or remove resources at any time, and pay only for the resources you use.
The secret behind the AppLogic Online service is the disposable infrastructure technology in 3tera's AppLogic grid operating system. Disposable infrastructure allows n-tier web applications to be deployed on a grid of commodity servers. When an application starts, the infrastructure it needs is created on the grid dynamically, maintained while needed and disposed of when the application exits. Disposable infrastructure allows applications to become complete packages, ready to run on any AppLogic grid.
You'll need nothing more than a browser to get started building, deploying and managing your applications with AppLogic Online. Using our visual editor you can define the disposable infrastructure your application needs, save the application, and start it. The system takes care of creating the infrastructure for your application. You can monitor your application and even build a custom dashboard to simplify debugging and management.
When your business grows, you'll need to scale your service. With AppLogic Online, your application isn't tied to physical hardware, so it's easy to simply order additional resources. Our customers have scaled applications 10X to 20X without any code modifications.
AppLogic Online will change the way you do business. For the first time, you can build, deploy, operate and scale n-tier web applications while owning and operating NO infrastructure.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Log Logic - Enterprise Class Log Management and Intelligence
www.loglogic.com Imagine trying to find things on the Web without Google or Yahoo. This is what IT staff face every day in trying to find, alert and report on mission critical IT data buried in literally terabytes of logs from applications and systems. As Enterprises and Governments have moved to address new compliance requirements and mitigate risk, this challenge has only worsened. LogLogic answers this challenge.
Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose, CA, LogLogic is an innovator and market leader in Log Data Management and Intelligence (LMI). We strive to lead in the creation, development and delivery of the industry’s leading LMI platforms. Our award winning appliances enable log data from firewalls, routers, servers, applications (both commercial and homegrown), operating systems and devices to be automatically collected, stored, reported and alerted on in near real-time for compliance and risk mitigation. Our solution installs in 10 minutes and begins collecting and aggregating data from connected devices immediately. You can easily search for data and get results in 10 seconds or less. Compliance-capable reporting capabilities and unmatched levels of log intelligence give you greater flexibility, simplifying, speeding and reducing the cost of tasks.
10 Minutes to Install; 10 Seconds to Results
LogLogic relieves network operators and IT managers of the burden, cost, complexity and risk of managing homegrown scripts and security solutions that are ineffective, inefficient and gather limited log data.
Delivered as an easy-to-install appliance, LogLogic 3 allows you to collect and aggregate raw log data from any connected data source, analyze that data in real time, set alerts to warn of suspicious behavior and safely store all data for on-demand retrieval.
Log data becomes immediately accessible for real-time or historical trend analysis so you can pinpoint and isolate risks in minutes. LogLogic’s solution reliably aggregates high volumes of log data and offers fast search and drill-down capabilities essential for compliance and threat mitigation, while automating log data archival and providing secure log data retention.
And now, with breakthrough Log Routing technology, LogLogic increases the value of existing management and security systems by delivering to them critical and all-inclusive log data in real time.
“Logging and auditing are a key component to an effective data-protection strategy,” according to Nermetes Research. “Automation tools, such as the logging and auditing tool from LogLogic, are beginning to make the task easier.”
Appliance-based and Easy to Install
LogLogic’s LMI solution consists of the LX and ST appliances. Both products deliver flexible log data routing and multiplexing and are syslog compatible. Data is encrypted and sent via TCP transport over the WAN to ensure data integrity. The LX and ST appliances can retrieve log files from homegrown applications using SCP, FTP or HTTP. Additionally, they automatically discover new log sources to further reduce costs and improve scalability. Because they are dedicated, plug-and-play appliances, deployment is fast and simple, with no training required.
LogLogic works closely with technology partners including Sun, IBM, EMC and ONstor; managed service providers (MSPs) such as Vanco and Counterpane; and a global network of channel partners to deliver innovative log management solutions and exceptional value to customers worldwide.
LogLogic Fast Facts
* 100+ employees in the U.S. and Europe
* 200+ Global customers including Fortune 10 banks, and Fortune 500 retailers, life sciences, oil & gas and healthcare enterprises
Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose, CA, LogLogic is an innovator and market leader in Log Data Management and Intelligence (LMI). We strive to lead in the creation, development and delivery of the industry’s leading LMI platforms. Our award winning appliances enable log data from firewalls, routers, servers, applications (both commercial and homegrown), operating systems and devices to be automatically collected, stored, reported and alerted on in near real-time for compliance and risk mitigation. Our solution installs in 10 minutes and begins collecting and aggregating data from connected devices immediately. You can easily search for data and get results in 10 seconds or less. Compliance-capable reporting capabilities and unmatched levels of log intelligence give you greater flexibility, simplifying, speeding and reducing the cost of tasks.
10 Minutes to Install; 10 Seconds to Results
LogLogic relieves network operators and IT managers of the burden, cost, complexity and risk of managing homegrown scripts and security solutions that are ineffective, inefficient and gather limited log data.
Delivered as an easy-to-install appliance, LogLogic 3 allows you to collect and aggregate raw log data from any connected data source, analyze that data in real time, set alerts to warn of suspicious behavior and safely store all data for on-demand retrieval.
Log data becomes immediately accessible for real-time or historical trend analysis so you can pinpoint and isolate risks in minutes. LogLogic’s solution reliably aggregates high volumes of log data and offers fast search and drill-down capabilities essential for compliance and threat mitigation, while automating log data archival and providing secure log data retention.
And now, with breakthrough Log Routing technology, LogLogic increases the value of existing management and security systems by delivering to them critical and all-inclusive log data in real time.
“Logging and auditing are a key component to an effective data-protection strategy,” according to Nermetes Research. “Automation tools, such as the logging and auditing tool from LogLogic, are beginning to make the task easier.”
Appliance-based and Easy to Install
LogLogic’s LMI solution consists of the LX and ST appliances. Both products deliver flexible log data routing and multiplexing and are syslog compatible. Data is encrypted and sent via TCP transport over the WAN to ensure data integrity. The LX and ST appliances can retrieve log files from homegrown applications using SCP, FTP or HTTP. Additionally, they automatically discover new log sources to further reduce costs and improve scalability. Because they are dedicated, plug-and-play appliances, deployment is fast and simple, with no training required.
LogLogic works closely with technology partners including Sun, IBM, EMC and ONstor; managed service providers (MSPs) such as Vanco and Counterpane; and a global network of channel partners to deliver innovative log management solutions and exceptional value to customers worldwide.
LogLogic Fast Facts
* 100+ employees in the U.S. and Europe
* 200+ Global customers including Fortune 10 banks, and Fortune 500 retailers, life sciences, oil & gas and healthcare enterprises
Incipient - Storage Virtualization
www.incipient.com (Also see www.3Par.com) Incipient, Inc. (Incipient) was founded on the vision of providing a scalable, network resident software platform that offers storage services to reduce cost and simplify operational complexity in enterprise storage environments. Its software technology leverages next generation intelligent Fibre Channel (FC) switch technology as the platform where it delivers a common set of storage services. These services are delivered throughout an enterprise SAN environment, independent of host systems and storage arrays. Incipient's product, the Incipient Network Storage Platform (Incipient NSP) is a software platform with layered add-on applications, each providing a separate storage solution such as Network Data Mobility, Network Volume Management and Network Copy Services. Incipient NSP supports heterogeneous storage infrastructures and is targeted for mid-sized to large enterprise storage environments.
Incipient NSP software resides in the network, embedded in intelligent FC switches. Its management console is located on a separate host system. Incipient NSP either supports or will support intelligent FC switches manufactured by industry leading companies such as Cisco, Brocade, McDATA and others.
Incipient NSP is a key software platform enabling Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategies and heterogeneous Tiered Storage environments.
Incipient NSP software resides in the network, embedded in intelligent FC switches. Its management console is located on a separate host system. Incipient NSP either supports or will support intelligent FC switches manufactured by industry leading companies such as Cisco, Brocade, McDATA and others.
Incipient NSP is a key software platform enabling Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategies and heterogeneous Tiered Storage environments.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Egenera - Simplifying the Data Center - BladeFrame Processor Area Networks
www.egenera.com Utility computing delivers strong business value. A fast growing company, Egenera delivers enterprise-computing solutions that simplify datacenter infrastructure—enabling a highly responsive business, reducing long-term capital and operational costs, and increasing efficiency. With its BladeFrame system of integrated hardware and software, Egenera has set a new standard for simplicity and IT agility in the enterprise datacenter.
Fujitsu-Seimens call it a Processor Area Network (PAN), using an analogy from Storage Area Networks. A PAN fabric sits in front of an array of stateless (no disks) blades. This means that Data Center configurations can be software files, and setting up a new Data Center config takes minutes, not months. The PAN fabric is soft-wired.
Years of innovation have left a legacy of piece parts and inefficiency in datacenters. System vendors have compounded this complexity by adding layers of hardware and software that require armies of smart people to manage and scores of services to configure and run. Egenera was born out of one customer's realization that unlocking the power of the datacenter would require a new approach. Company founder Vern Brownell, former CTO of Goldman Sachs & Co., engineered an elegant system that simplifies datacenter infrastructure.
The Egenera BladeFrame system introduces a new server architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and improve business responsiveness. The BladeFrame's advanced virtualization technology and PAN Manager software dynamically allocate and repurpose servers to applications as needed without manual intervention. Nearly 100 market-leading businesses around the world trust Egenera to run their most important applications, improve resource utilization, speed application time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership.
Fujitsu-Seimens call it a Processor Area Network (PAN), using an analogy from Storage Area Networks. A PAN fabric sits in front of an array of stateless (no disks) blades. This means that Data Center configurations can be software files, and setting up a new Data Center config takes minutes, not months. The PAN fabric is soft-wired.
Years of innovation have left a legacy of piece parts and inefficiency in datacenters. System vendors have compounded this complexity by adding layers of hardware and software that require armies of smart people to manage and scores of services to configure and run. Egenera was born out of one customer's realization that unlocking the power of the datacenter would require a new approach. Company founder Vern Brownell, former CTO of Goldman Sachs & Co., engineered an elegant system that simplifies datacenter infrastructure.
The Egenera BladeFrame system introduces a new server architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and improve business responsiveness. The BladeFrame's advanced virtualization technology and PAN Manager software dynamically allocate and repurpose servers to applications as needed without manual intervention. Nearly 100 market-leading businesses around the world trust Egenera to run their most important applications, improve resource utilization, speed application time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
RedDot - CMS and Portal
www.reddot.co.uk A Hummingbird company, we provide organisations with comprehensive content management software solutions to communicate clearly through the web and across their enterprise. Our solutions provide a way to better create, access, manage and distribute content on the web, or within an organisation. Our software is recognised throughout the industry as easy to implement and use. Our 1,600 customers, located throughout the world, have over 3,500 implementations of our content management solutions.
Approva - Greater visibility. Better controls.
www.approva.net We control controls. Approva is the leading provider of enterprise controls management software. We enable business, finance, IT and audit to automate the on-demand testing, closed-loop remediation and continuous, exception-based monitoring of controls within and across their business systems. Using our solutions customers are able to significantly increase visibility into their controls. Our solutions deliver:
* Cost-effective sustainable compliance
* Streamlined audit process
* Reduced exposure to mistakes, fraud and inefficiencies
Our controls solution addresses all of the major financial and operational business processes including financial close, procurement, sales, customer fulfillment and payroll. In addition, our automated solutions act as key preventative and detective controls, further strengthening our customers’ control environments.
Products: Our BizRights Platform and Enterprise Controls Suite enables correlation of intelligence across system, security and business process controls including change management, segregation of duties, sensitive access, master data, process configuration and transactions assuring controls effectiveness and accuracy. From a single platform, our software addresses SAP, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Hyperion and legacy applications.
* Cost-effective sustainable compliance
* Streamlined audit process
* Reduced exposure to mistakes, fraud and inefficiencies
Our controls solution addresses all of the major financial and operational business processes including financial close, procurement, sales, customer fulfillment and payroll. In addition, our automated solutions act as key preventative and detective controls, further strengthening our customers’ control environments.
Products: Our BizRights Platform and Enterprise Controls Suite enables correlation of intelligence across system, security and business process controls including change management, segregation of duties, sensitive access, master data, process configuration and transactions assuring controls effectiveness and accuracy. From a single platform, our software addresses SAP, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Hyperion and legacy applications.
iUpload - Content Management and Corporate Wiki/Blogging
www.iupload.com iUpload is a leading content management and corporate wiki and blogging software company whose solutions help organizations optimize the marketing potential of their content. Whether you're an individual, a corporation or a community, iUpload provides a powerful one-stop solution for creating, managing and distributing all of your content, while giving you a new social marketing platform that extends your corporate voice and strengthens your brand across multiple communities.
ProClarity - Business Intelligence and Dashboards
www.proclarity.com Acquired by Microsoft, ProClarity has been delivering innovative analytic solutions to Global 3000 companies since 1995. Located in Idaho, USA, and with regional sales and services offices in North America and Europe, ProClarity currently supports more than 2,000 customers globally including, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Nabisco, GE and Ericsson.
Vertical Industry Focus
Having delivered innovative solutions for leading retail, healthcare, financial service and insurance organizations, ProClarity has extensive knowledge and understanding of the challenges these companies face in order to gain a competitive advantage. ProClarity’s solutions are configurable to address critical business processes across these strategic vertical industries. ProClarity is focused on Global 3000 companies and line-of-business OEM software vendors who have proactive approaches to gaining the greatest competitive value from business data.
ProClarity Analytic Platform
ProClarity's development platform is the system for building custom analytic solutions. Analytic applications built with ProClarity are enterprise scaleable and help individuals transform information into understanding. ProClarity products and services increase the speed at which organizations can make informed decisions optimized to directly influence performance. ProClarity solutions are tailored around business processes and decision-making workflows.
Query and Analysis: When you need answers to question such as—'Why is inventory low?' 'Why is revenue fluctuating?'—ProClarity delivers better than anyone. The ProClarity Analytics Server, built for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, is the powerful foundation of the ProClarity business intelligence solution. It can take you where you need to go.
Dashboards:It's one thing to say that sales are down. It's another thing to see it. The new ProClarity dashboard not only shows you clearly what is happening in your business. It leads you effortlessly to why.
Scorecards: Only with ProClarity and Microsoft can you create a scorecard solution on an open platform that includes zero-footprint, thin-client Web analytics. And only with ProClarity scorecards can you quickly jump from monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to discovering root causes.
Reports and Publications: Start with Microsoft's full-featured reporting capabilities and add ProClarity's data visualization tools and simple, high-quality publishing options - not to mention our analytic capabilities - and you suddenly have reports that do a whole lot more than sit on someone's desk.
Customers and Partners
Some of the worlds most recognized brands across retail, wholesale distribution, logistics and manufacturing leverage ProClarity's solutions to solve their most critical and complex business intelligence challenges. Organizations such as AT&T, Compaq, Ericsson, GE Capital, Hewlett-Packard, JCPenney, Nabisco, Nordstrom, Pfizer, Time, Inc. and VA Hospitals. ProClarity also maintains strategic partnerships with top technology, consulting, OEM and ISV organizations that help extend our solutions and establish ProClarity as a world-class leader in business intelligence solutions. ProClarity's alliance partners include Microsoft, Intel, Unisys and IBM.
Vertical Industry Focus
Having delivered innovative solutions for leading retail, healthcare, financial service and insurance organizations, ProClarity has extensive knowledge and understanding of the challenges these companies face in order to gain a competitive advantage. ProClarity’s solutions are configurable to address critical business processes across these strategic vertical industries. ProClarity is focused on Global 3000 companies and line-of-business OEM software vendors who have proactive approaches to gaining the greatest competitive value from business data.
ProClarity Analytic Platform
ProClarity's development platform is the system for building custom analytic solutions. Analytic applications built with ProClarity are enterprise scaleable and help individuals transform information into understanding. ProClarity products and services increase the speed at which organizations can make informed decisions optimized to directly influence performance. ProClarity solutions are tailored around business processes and decision-making workflows.
Query and Analysis: When you need answers to question such as—'Why is inventory low?' 'Why is revenue fluctuating?'—ProClarity delivers better than anyone. The ProClarity Analytics Server, built for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, is the powerful foundation of the ProClarity business intelligence solution. It can take you where you need to go.
Dashboards:It's one thing to say that sales are down. It's another thing to see it. The new ProClarity dashboard not only shows you clearly what is happening in your business. It leads you effortlessly to why.
Scorecards: Only with ProClarity and Microsoft can you create a scorecard solution on an open platform that includes zero-footprint, thin-client Web analytics. And only with ProClarity scorecards can you quickly jump from monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to discovering root causes.
Reports and Publications: Start with Microsoft's full-featured reporting capabilities and add ProClarity's data visualization tools and simple, high-quality publishing options - not to mention our analytic capabilities - and you suddenly have reports that do a whole lot more than sit on someone's desk.
Customers and Partners
Some of the worlds most recognized brands across retail, wholesale distribution, logistics and manufacturing leverage ProClarity's solutions to solve their most critical and complex business intelligence challenges. Organizations such as AT&T, Compaq, Ericsson, GE Capital, Hewlett-Packard, JCPenney, Nabisco, Nordstrom, Pfizer, Time, Inc. and VA Hospitals. ProClarity also maintains strategic partnerships with top technology, consulting, OEM and ISV organizations that help extend our solutions and establish ProClarity as a world-class leader in business intelligence solutions. ProClarity's alliance partners include Microsoft, Intel, Unisys and IBM.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Voyence - Where change is key
www.voyence.com Your business, your reputation, your network: The leader in automated network compliance, change and configuration management. Voyence is the leading provider of configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance and activation processes. The company's solution, VoyenceControl NG, helps organizations drive down operational costs, increase availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. VoyenceControl NG is the only configuration and change management solution based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens of thousands of devices across a heterogeneous infrastructure.
* Compliance/Security Management
* Change/Configuration Management
* Extending Network Management
* Global 1,000 Customers: Managed Service Providers and Enterprise IT infrastructure businesses 900,000+
* Over 300,000 Devices and 1,000 Networks Under Management Worldwide
* Marquee Investors: Canaan Partners, Sevin Rosen, Center Point, InterWest Partners
* Experienced Management: BMC, CA, EMC Smarts, HP, IBM/Micromuse
* Compliance/Security Management
* Change/Configuration Management
* Extending Network Management
* Global 1,000 Customers: Managed Service Providers and Enterprise IT infrastructure businesses 900,000+
* Over 300,000 Devices and 1,000 Networks Under Management Worldwide
* Marquee Investors: Canaan Partners, Sevin Rosen, Center Point, InterWest Partners
* Experienced Management: BMC, CA, EMC Smarts, HP, IBM/Micromuse
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Vontu - Protect Data at Rest and in Motion
www.vontu.com Vontu is the market leader in Data Loss Prevention software. More companies trust Vontu to protect their confidential data and sensitive information than any other company in the world.
Why? Perhaps it's because we deliver the only solution that protects both data at rest and data in motion. Or maybe it's because Vontu is proven to meet the scale and accuracy requirements of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Or it could be the fact that we help companies get return on existing investments in access control and encryption investments? Or maybe it's because of our 100% customer satisfaction and renewal rate.
In fact, more than one million users data worldwide are protected by Vontu. We are proud to be the choice of companies of all sizes, in all industries, around the globe.
Vontu is the Choice of Global Companies
* 32% of customers are fortune 100 companies; 58% are Fortune 1000
* 3 of the top 4 commercial banks
* 2 of the top 3 credit reporting agencies
Why? Perhaps it's because we deliver the only solution that protects both data at rest and data in motion. Or maybe it's because Vontu is proven to meet the scale and accuracy requirements of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Or it could be the fact that we help companies get return on existing investments in access control and encryption investments? Or maybe it's because of our 100% customer satisfaction and renewal rate.
In fact, more than one million users data worldwide are protected by Vontu. We are proud to be the choice of companies of all sizes, in all industries, around the globe.
Vontu is the Choice of Global Companies
* 32% of customers are fortune 100 companies; 58% are Fortune 1000
* 3 of the top 4 commercial banks
* 2 of the top 3 credit reporting agencies
SOA Software - Comprehensive enterprise SOA management and security
www.soa.com SOA Software is the leading provider of comprehensive enterprise class SOA and Web services management, security, and governance solutions. It is the largest specialist vendor of SOA solutions and the only company that offers a complete SOA infrastructure solution.
SOA Software provides software and solutions for Enterprise, B2B, and Legacy SOA, with its Service Manager, XML VPN, SOLA, and Registry products. Service Manager is the industry-leading complete Web Services Management solution. It includes security, monitoring, reliability and registry services to deliver a one-stop shop for organizations building Web services and SOA. XML VPN delivers powerful B2B Web services security and provisioning as both software and an appliance. This allows companies and their partners to share internal applications as critical parts of each other’s business processes. SOLA is the only production proven mainframe Web services solution for CICS programmers. The Registry is a UDDIv3 compliant services repository, enabling comprehensive configuration and meta-data management.
These enterprise-class products combine to create the only complete SOA Infrastructure solution available today. This offers end-to-end security, monitoring, reliability, registry and provisioning capabilities for Enterprise SOA, B2B XML and Web services, and Mainframe Web services.
SOA Software is a privately held company that has raised more than $35 million and is backed by leading investors including Redpoint, Mellon Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, and Palisades Ventures Fund.
SOA Software provides software and solutions for Enterprise, B2B, and Legacy SOA, with its Service Manager, XML VPN, SOLA, and Registry products. Service Manager is the industry-leading complete Web Services Management solution. It includes security, monitoring, reliability and registry services to deliver a one-stop shop for organizations building Web services and SOA. XML VPN delivers powerful B2B Web services security and provisioning as both software and an appliance. This allows companies and their partners to share internal applications as critical parts of each other’s business processes. SOLA is the only production proven mainframe Web services solution for CICS programmers. The Registry is a UDDIv3 compliant services repository, enabling comprehensive configuration and meta-data management.
These enterprise-class products combine to create the only complete SOA Infrastructure solution available today. This offers end-to-end security, monitoring, reliability, registry and provisioning capabilities for Enterprise SOA, B2B XML and Web services, and Mainframe Web services.
SOA Software is a privately held company that has raised more than $35 million and is backed by leading investors including Redpoint, Mellon Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, and Palisades Ventures Fund.
Fortify Software - Protect your software at the source: The code itself
www.fortifysoftware.com Fortify Software offers the industry’s most proven, accurate and effective solutions to ensure software security and mitigate risk. We help leading companies take a holistic approach to their greatest security vulnerability: the software applications that run their businesses. We work with our customers to fortify their software, protecting their vital assets against hackers and malicious users.
Our solutions include leading edge software products which automate and enhance key audit and development processes and integrate with the most popular software development platforms and testing environments. Product deployment is augmented with expert services including training, best practices guidance, and technology transfer consulting. We also partner with leading services providers in the security industry to further ensure customer success.
Enterprise customers are choosing Fortify's automated software security solutions to build, test and deploy secure applications. Leading financial services firms such as Bank of America, Fidelity and Goldman Sachs as well as commercial technology product vendors Sygate and Macromedia headline a number of new customers added within the most recent quarter. Combined with existing customers such as Wells Fargo, eBay and Financial Engines, Fortify Software is quickly becoming the de facto vendor of choice for software security products.
Our solutions include leading edge software products which automate and enhance key audit and development processes and integrate with the most popular software development platforms and testing environments. Product deployment is augmented with expert services including training, best practices guidance, and technology transfer consulting. We also partner with leading services providers in the security industry to further ensure customer success.
Enterprise customers are choosing Fortify's automated software security solutions to build, test and deploy secure applications. Leading financial services firms such as Bank of America, Fidelity and Goldman Sachs as well as commercial technology product vendors Sygate and Macromedia headline a number of new customers added within the most recent quarter. Combined with existing customers such as Wells Fargo, eBay and Financial Engines, Fortify Software is quickly becoming the de facto vendor of choice for software security products.
Courion - Provisioning for rapid business impact
www.courion.com Dynamic Community-based Provisioning empowers you to deliver transparent compliance, sustained efficiencies and improved business velocity, by effectively adapting to and leveraging your changing business operations, technology infrastructure and organization.
Unlike competitive technologies that concentrate on security-centric solutions at the expense of business operations, Courion takes a holistic approach to provisioning by securely connecting people to critical enterprise resources. Working within an organization's existing IT environment to provide immediate pain point relief, Courion securely automates routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password management, audit and regulatory compliance, and profile management.
Background
Courion was founded in 1996 and introduced PasswordCourier, the industry’s first self-service password reset and password synchronization solution. Today, Courion provides enterprise-level provisioning solutions through its Enterprise Provisioning Suite to over 270 companies. Courion is a privately-held company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Courion’s Enterprise Provisioning Suite
Courion’s products securely automate routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password and profile management, industry and regulatory compliance, profile management and digital certificate management. By leveraging the existing infrastructure and integrating disparate workflows within the enterprise, Courion solutions drive operational efficiency, optimize user productivity, strengthen security, reduce costs and ensure efficiency in achieving policy compliance. Its product suite offers the broadest spectrum of user support, facilitating multi-dimensional views of security administration, help desk and end user staff, while maximizing security policy automation and business value delivered. Each product in the Suite can be purchased and implemented independently, or together as Courion’s Enterprise Provisioning Suite.
Unlike competitive technologies that concentrate on security-centric solutions at the expense of business operations, Courion takes a holistic approach to provisioning by securely connecting people to critical enterprise resources. Working within an organization's existing IT environment to provide immediate pain point relief, Courion securely automates routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password management, audit and regulatory compliance, and profile management.
Background
Courion was founded in 1996 and introduced PasswordCourier, the industry’s first self-service password reset and password synchronization solution. Today, Courion provides enterprise-level provisioning solutions through its Enterprise Provisioning Suite to over 270 companies. Courion is a privately-held company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Courion’s Enterprise Provisioning Suite
Courion’s products securely automate routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password and profile management, industry and regulatory compliance, profile management and digital certificate management. By leveraging the existing infrastructure and integrating disparate workflows within the enterprise, Courion solutions drive operational efficiency, optimize user productivity, strengthen security, reduce costs and ensure efficiency in achieving policy compliance. Its product suite offers the broadest spectrum of user support, facilitating multi-dimensional views of security administration, help desk and end user staff, while maximizing security policy automation and business value delivered. Each product in the Suite can be purchased and implemented independently, or together as Courion’s Enterprise Provisioning Suite.
Kalido - Master Data Management
www.kalido.com Kalido provides adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management software to Global 2000 companies. The KALIDO application suite (KALIDO) delivers consolidated views of enterprise performance and can rapidly adapt them to major changes in the business such as mergers and acquisitions, market consolidation, or new regulatory requirements. Kalido customers include some of the largest companies in the world, such as BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Owens Corning, Philips and Unilever. A privately held company, Kalido is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and London, UK.
ItemField - The Next Generation of Data Transformation
www.itemfield.com Itemfield is the first enterprise software company to deliver next-generation data transformation. Gartner has called next-generation data transformation a fundamental building block of the enterprise nervous system.
Itemfield was founded in 2000 by a group of middleware and advanced technology experts. Since the release in 2002 of its flagship product, ContentMaster, more than 70 enterprise customers, including seven of the Fortune 50, have successfully used Itemfield’s next-generation data transformation technology to dramatically increase IT productivity and application integration infrastructure usability, while enabling new classes of enterprise solutions that integrate complex documents, transaction data, proprietary content and legacy data formats.
Itemfield’s breakthrough data transformation technology expands the current definition of business integration infrastructure beyond application integration and middleware to a unified information layer by allowing any form of enterprise data, including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, to be transformed via XML from one comprehensive environment, without the need for costly IT development.
With Itemfield, data structure and format create no constraints, and the possibilities for business integration are now limitless.
Our Vision
The focus of Itemfield’s three-phase strategic vision is to enable enterprises to:
* Visualize their data, no matter how it is represented
* Transform their data automatically from any format to any other format without custom programming
* Integrate their data using existing software infrastructure platforms so that it can be easily understood by applications and people, and integrated into business processes.
Itemfield is the first to execute such a vision. Itemfield is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company is privately held and is backed by leading venture capital firms Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, Gemini Funds, and Evergreen Ventures.
Itemfield was founded in 2000 by a group of middleware and advanced technology experts. Since the release in 2002 of its flagship product, ContentMaster, more than 70 enterprise customers, including seven of the Fortune 50, have successfully used Itemfield’s next-generation data transformation technology to dramatically increase IT productivity and application integration infrastructure usability, while enabling new classes of enterprise solutions that integrate complex documents, transaction data, proprietary content and legacy data formats.
Itemfield’s breakthrough data transformation technology expands the current definition of business integration infrastructure beyond application integration and middleware to a unified information layer by allowing any form of enterprise data, including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, to be transformed via XML from one comprehensive environment, without the need for costly IT development.
With Itemfield, data structure and format create no constraints, and the possibilities for business integration are now limitless.
Our Vision
The focus of Itemfield’s three-phase strategic vision is to enable enterprises to:
* Visualize their data, no matter how it is represented
* Transform their data automatically from any format to any other format without custom programming
* Integrate their data using existing software infrastructure platforms so that it can be easily understood by applications and people, and integrated into business processes.
Itemfield is the first to execute such a vision. Itemfield is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company is privately held and is backed by leading venture capital firms Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, Gemini Funds, and Evergreen Ventures.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Factiva - A whole new way to look at search
www.factiva.com Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued United States Patent number 6,938,046. The patent, titled “Polyarchical Data Indexing and Automatically Generated Hierarchical Data Indexing Paths”, covers Factiva Intelligent Indexing - the Factiva Industry, Region and Subject Taxonomy and Factiva Company Taxonomy which is applied to all of the content, in all formats and languages, in Factiva’s business news information services.
“Factiva is committed to innovation and creating tools that help businesses organize information so employees can locate content quickly and easily,” said Clare Hart, president and CEO, Factiva. “Factiva Intelligent Indexing is such a tool and by implementing a comprehensive taxonomy, companies can connect employees to the organization’s information assets, ensuring they have easy access to the information they need to be productive and make better decisions, faster.”
Factiva Intelligent Indexing is a method of data categorization, using polyarchical indexing codes and automatically generated expansion paths, for future searching and information retrieval. It involves applying a code, which relates to a subject matter, to a particular document. The codes are then linked with the categories created to represent various subject matters. In order to search for those Factiva documents which contain content in a particular category, Factiva’s search applications can simply retrieve all documents containing the code linked for that category.
Factiva's comprehensive, award-winning taxonomy has been developed over the last 25 years, can be integrated into a portal or intranet, and is flexible, multilingual and easily extensible to satisfy the growing needs of an organization.
Hart continued, “Unstructured data is believed to account for 80 to 85 percent of a typical organization’s internal information. A high-quality, well-maintained taxonomy is crucial if users are to be able to find the right answers quickly and precisely in repositories of articles and documents that are expanding at phenomenal rates. Unless this data is categorized using standard vocabulary terms, it can be extremely difficult to find the precise information needed to make effective business decisions.”
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company , provides essential business news and information together with the content delivery tools and services that enable professionals to make better decisions faster. Factiva’s unrivalled collection of more than 9,000 credentialed sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, D&B, and Bureau van Dijk company profiles.
Factiva’s innovative, XML-based and Web services-enabled technology platform provides access to this rich content collection via Factiva’s role-specific products or through customized enterprise, group or personal solutions. Executives, information professionals, marketers, salespeople, and other professionals can easily monitor and understand the latest news, market trends, and business challenges relevant to them – directly from the Microsoft Office and job-specific applications they use every day.
“Factiva is committed to innovation and creating tools that help businesses organize information so employees can locate content quickly and easily,” said Clare Hart, president and CEO, Factiva. “Factiva Intelligent Indexing is such a tool and by implementing a comprehensive taxonomy, companies can connect employees to the organization’s information assets, ensuring they have easy access to the information they need to be productive and make better decisions, faster.”
Factiva Intelligent Indexing is a method of data categorization, using polyarchical indexing codes and automatically generated expansion paths, for future searching and information retrieval. It involves applying a code, which relates to a subject matter, to a particular document. The codes are then linked with the categories created to represent various subject matters. In order to search for those Factiva documents which contain content in a particular category, Factiva’s search applications can simply retrieve all documents containing the code linked for that category.
Factiva's comprehensive, award-winning taxonomy has been developed over the last 25 years, can be integrated into a portal or intranet, and is flexible, multilingual and easily extensible to satisfy the growing needs of an organization.
Hart continued, “Unstructured data is believed to account for 80 to 85 percent of a typical organization’s internal information. A high-quality, well-maintained taxonomy is crucial if users are to be able to find the right answers quickly and precisely in repositories of articles and documents that are expanding at phenomenal rates. Unless this data is categorized using standard vocabulary terms, it can be extremely difficult to find the precise information needed to make effective business decisions.”
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company , provides essential business news and information together with the content delivery tools and services that enable professionals to make better decisions faster. Factiva’s unrivalled collection of more than 9,000 credentialed sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, D&B, and Bureau van Dijk company profiles.
Factiva’s innovative, XML-based and Web services-enabled technology platform provides access to this rich content collection via Factiva’s role-specific products or through customized enterprise, group or personal solutions. Executives, information professionals, marketers, salespeople, and other professionals can easily monitor and understand the latest news, market trends, and business challenges relevant to them – directly from the Microsoft Office and job-specific applications they use every day.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Samooha
www.samooha.com Web 3.0? Samooha claims to be a business computing platform that unifies all the activities of a business cycle into one platform offered by Zudha, India, the developers of finest software in Open and Proprietary software domain. Samooha promises to be the first disruptive business software application from India that infuses paradigm shift in business computing. The openness and liberal approach applied in Samooha- Empowered Business Networks would drastically change the business exposure of the product/service providers who adopt the platform to continuously evolve their business IT adoption that would be second to none in the world. In short Samooha would interconnect the small business owners more than ever before.
Samooha is a unified Business Platform for performing all activities of a business cycle under one desktop application and thereby reducing precious input hours that can be utilized for other business needs. The idea is to drastically reduce the duplicate entry of data at dual points of business transactions.
The basic assumption in business is that every business entity has 3 distinct activities that can be broadly classified as buying, processing and selling. With the assumption of every entity as a buyer and seller Samooha offers whole new way of utilizing business computing to the advantage of increasing business exposure of small businesses.
Unified Business Platform
Distributed real time Business Info Search
Distributed Business Networking Platform
Distributed fully connected ERP system
Distributed self-organized Supply Chain System
Distributed real time CRM
Distributed real time Sourcing Engine
Distributed Business Collaboration Platform
Distributed e-Market place
Internet enabled Business Desktop
The web is broken and business information computing cycle is scattered all over. The integration of disparate systems have been cumbersome for large enterprises who were early adopters of IT systems. The lessons learned have been applied well in Samooha to provide alternatives for business enterprises all over the world to conduct business without barrier with seamless flow of information on demand directly from source to destination and the other way.
Samooha is a unified Business Platform for performing all activities of a business cycle under one desktop application and thereby reducing precious input hours that can be utilized for other business needs. The idea is to drastically reduce the duplicate entry of data at dual points of business transactions.
The basic assumption in business is that every business entity has 3 distinct activities that can be broadly classified as buying, processing and selling. With the assumption of every entity as a buyer and seller Samooha offers whole new way of utilizing business computing to the advantage of increasing business exposure of small businesses.
Unified Business Platform
Distributed real time Business Info Search
Distributed Business Networking Platform
Distributed fully connected ERP system
Distributed self-organized Supply Chain System
Distributed real time CRM
Distributed real time Sourcing Engine
Distributed Business Collaboration Platform
Distributed e-Market place
Internet enabled Business Desktop
The web is broken and business information computing cycle is scattered all over. The integration of disparate systems have been cumbersome for large enterprises who were early adopters of IT systems. The lessons learned have been applied well in Samooha to provide alternatives for business enterprises all over the world to conduct business without barrier with seamless flow of information on demand directly from source to destination and the other way.
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