HP and Sun Microsystems Sign Multi-year Partnership Agreement for Solaris on HP ProLiant Servers

HP and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced an expanded multi-year partnership agreement that enables HP to distribute(1) and provide software technical support for Sun’s Solaris 10 Operating System on the HP ProLiant server and blade system platforms.

Under the terms of the new original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and support agreement, Sun becomes a strategic HP ProLiant OS distribution partner and Solaris is now elevated to the lineup of key operating environments for the HP ProLiant(2) platform. The new deal sets a course for the companies to work together to expand demand for both Solaris and OpenSolaris on both HP ProLiant servers and server blades into new markets.

 

ASUS Raises the Bar for Mobile Web Surfing and Multimedia Enjoyment with P835 WVGA PDA Phone

ASUS, a leading producer of innovative handhelds, today launched the P835, a PDA phone that delivers an Internet browsing and multimedia viewing experience without equal. Designed for business-savvy professionals who appreciate a screen as big as their ambitions, the P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touchscreen that runs at WVGA resolution—offering five times the number of pixels of most phones and delivering the best document, photo, movie and website viewing experience possible. Apart from being able to display more of a webpage onscreen, the P835 boasts features that greatly enrich users’ online experience, including blazing fast HSUPA 7.2Mbps download speeds, a responsive trackball that makes scrolling effortless and Opera Mobile, a user-friendly and full-featured Web browser. It wraps all of its impressive functionality in an elegant touch-optimized interface which is intuitive, interactive and attractive.

 

HP announces 2009 HP Digital Print Awards

HP announced that the 2nd Asia Pacific and Japan HP Digital Print Awards 2009 is open for submissions. The HP Digital Print Awards programme was founded in 2008 to recognize outstanding print achievements and innovations, using HP Indigo presses in the print and packaging industries across Asia Pacific and Japan. The annual Award Dinner, where winning entries will be showcased, is being held in conjunction with the InfoTrends Digital Printing Seminar 2009 in Beijing on 11th May 2009.

Recognizing the need to provide platforms for printing and packaging industry professionals to showcase their work, HP has expanded this year’s contest to twelve categories:

 

20% Performance Boosts and Extreme Cooling for Outstanding Graphical Experiences

ASUS, world-leading producer of top quality graphic solutions, has today unveiled its latest ENGTS250 Series of graphics cards. Catering to users who want a graphics card capable of delivering astounding graphical performances, the ASUS ENGTS250 TOP offers them up to 20% performance boosts for exhilarating gaming experiences. The ENGTS250 Series is also well equipped in the thermal department, with the specially designed Dark Knight fansink delivering extreme cooling and low noise-levels—greatly enhancing gaming enjoyment.

Additionally, with inclusion of the EMI Shield, covered chokes, low RDS(on) MOSFETs, and solid capacitors, users will achieve extreme performance and peace of mind at the same time; and the ENGTS250 DK/HTDI/1GD3 version comes equipped with a mammoth-sized 1G of onboard memory ideal for feature-rich DirectX 10 gaming at ultra-high resolutions. Last but not the least, to show that ASUS cares for all gamers, the ASUS ENGTS250 Series graphics cards will all come bundled with a special coupon that allows users to obtain up to $25 or 10% off on a total of 5 games; or CUDA™ applications at the NZONE webpage.

 

New IT learning facility for OFWs set to open; OFW dependents share how technology changed their lives

mid a global financial crisis, three graduates of a computer literacy program known as “TULAY” (or “Bridge”) shared how technology has enabled them to keep relationships intact, promote a business and expand one’s horizons by simply crossing the digital divide.

The testimonials of Lilybeth Deronia, wife of a mechanical engineer based in Vietnam, Elizabeth Moran, an owner of a small business involving coco sugar, and Buhay Tan, an eighty-three year old grandmother who now uses Facebook to add new friends will be heard tomorrow morning at the OWWA building in Intramuros, Manila during the official launch of a new IT learning facility under the joint project of the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration, Microsoft and the Blas F. Ople Policy Center known simply as “Tulay”.

 

Intel Demonstrates First Working 32nm-based Microprocessor

At a media briefing in San Francisco today, Intel Corporation discussed new milestones for 32nm manufacturing and progress toward future products. Earlier that day, in Washington, DC, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini disclosed that Intel is making the largest-ever investment in a single process technology in the United States to support upgrades to advanced manufacturing facilities in the country and the move to its next-generation, 32nm chip manufacturing technology. Intel is investing approximately $7 billion in 2009-10 on 32nm manufacturing technology, raising the total by the end of that timeframe to approximately $8 billion (for 32nm investment in the United States).

Below is a summary of the product roadmap news at the briefing in San Francisco:

 

Local Personal Care Company Taps SAP for Better Efficiency

Filipino-owned Human Heart Nature (Gandang Kalikasan Inc.) – the world’s first brand to offer affordable, 100% organic personal care products – eyes higher gains and increased efficiency with its adoption of the SAP Business One software. Gandang Kalikasan selected the SAP solution from Clerysys Philippines, Inc., a licensed SAP reseller.

“With our line of business, it is critical to have a solid business management system that our employees can rely on, especially in making sure that the distribution of our line of products are carefully monitored,” said Dylan Wilk, owner of Gandang Kalikasan.

 

ASUS N81Vg Features the New NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M Graphics Processor

ASUS, a pioneer in the adoption of cutting-edge notebook graphics, announced today the ASUS N81Vg, the world’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M graphics processing unit (GPU). The NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M GPU features NVIDIA CUDA™ technology with 32 processor cores, DirectX 10 support, and 1080p High Definition video playback through NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD technology. Coupled with the ASUS N81Vg’s 14-inch LED backlit display, the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M delivers unrivalled visual clarity and vibrancy.

Combining Effortless Mobility with Stunning Graphics Performance
The pairing of the ASUS N81Vg and the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M provides users with numerous multimedia options in a small, highly portable notebook designed to take entertainment to the streets.

 

Symantec Protects Information from Accidental Loss and Unauthorized Access

Symantec Corp. announced Symantec Endpoint Encryption 7.0, providing advanced encryption for desktops, laptops and removable storage devices. Symantec Endpoint Encryption offers a scalable security solution that prevents unauthorized access to endpoints by delivering strong encryption and access control technologies. Encryption and authentication are both transparent to the end-user, performed with minimal performance impact and delivered through a central management console, enabling central deployment and management of encryption to endpoints.

Customers are provided extended client support so more endpoints can be centrally managed. Symantec Endpoint Encryption now includes support for clients not managed by Active Directory. The new version includes Novell eDirectory client support as well as full management capabilities for non-domain clients. Furthermore, Symantec Endpoint Encryption obscures and protects access to disk encryption keys in memory (DRAM), dramatically increasing protection against cold boot attacks (an attacker with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys after using a cold reboot to restart the machine).

 

SAP Asia Pacific Japan Grows Software Revenue by 23% in 2008

SAP Asia Pacific Japan (“APJ”) continued to outperform the business software market across the Region in 2008.

On a full year basis, SAP Asia Pacific Japan remains SAP AG’s fastest growing region with 23 per cent Software Revenue growth, to €594 million. Software and Software Related Services grew at 24 per cent for the year, to €1.192 billion. All revenue figures in this release are expressed in non-GAAP constant currency terms and all growth is measured against the previous comparable period.

While SAP APJ experienced difficult market conditions in the fourth quarter, growing Software and Software Related Services at 5 per cent, Total Revenue for the full year grew at 20 per cent, to €1.532 billion.