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Centrify Announces “Day One” Support for Mac OS X Lion for Active Directory-Based Security and Access Control of Mac Users

DirectControl for Mac delivers centralized security and configuration of Mac OS X Lion using Active Directory and Windows Group Policy

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — July 20, 2011 — Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of security and compliance solutions that centrally control, secure and audit cross-platform systems and applications using Active Directory, today announced that its DirectControl for Mac offering supports the just-released Mac OS® X Lion operating system with Active Directory-based authentication, access control and Group Policy for users of Apple’s latest OS X Lion release.

As Mac computers continue to move onto corporate desktops, IT managers are looking for a way to accommodate their users’ choice of platform without having to add additional management infrastructure and hire or train additional staff. While IT desktop support personnel can centrally configure security, desktop and application settings for Windows users using Group Policy, sometimes Macs are still managed on an ad-hoc more…

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Pandora, the Leading Personalized Internet Radio Service, Now Streaming to Verizon FiOS TV

FiOS TV is the First to Make Pandora Widely Available to Subscribers, Offering Direct Streaming of the Popular Service

NEW YORK, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon continues breaking down barriers between TV and the Internet by becoming the first TV service provider to make Pandora (NYSE: P) — the leading personalized Internet radio service — widely available to subscribers. The company launched the service on Wednesday (July 20) to FiOS TV customers in California, Texas and Virginia, and it will be available in additional markets in the coming months.

FiOS TV subscribers can access their existing personalized radio stations from Pandora, or create a new account with the popular service and stream the music directly to their TV from their Motorola high-definition (HD) set-top box or Motorola DVR.

“Bringing FiOS TV and Pandora together creates another exceptional home-entertainment experience for our customers because FiOS more…

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BigBand Announces AT&T Deployment of Local Advertising Solution

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), today announced that AT&T Services, Inc. is starting to deploy the BigBand Media Services Platform (MSP) as part of AT&T U-verse® TV’s local ad insertion solution. BigBand expects AT&T to become a material customer for the first time in the second half of 2011.

The BigBand MSP-based advertising solution can help operators increase advertising revenues by supporting specific markets via the preparation and splicing of local ads into national program feeds. BigBand recently announced that its advertising solutions supported over one billion ad transactions in the last year for North American cable operators.

“The MSP was built from the ground up to provide media processing, such as local area ad insertion, on a scalable and flexible platform. Our vision and platform approach enable services providers to deliver differentiated, highly personalized services,” said Paul Crann, Senior Vice President, Product Line Management at more…

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Verizon Teams With Northrop Grumman to Provide Fraud Management Platform to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

NEW YORK, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As part of a Northrop Grumman-led team, Verizon is providing advanced technology to help the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program improve its detection and prevention of fraud and waste.

On July 1, the agency – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – began using a new fraud management platform that incorporates predictive modeling technology from Verizon to transform the way Medicare fraud is detected. The technology, a customized version of the software platform Verizon uses for its own fraud detection programs, will provide CMS with a highly scalable and fully automated nationwide solution that examines incoming Medicare program claims and routes those that may be fraudulent to case managers for investigation.

The fraud detection solution, part of CMS’ National Fraud Prevention Program, is aimed at helping to identify fraud before payments more…

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Dell Announces Intent to Acquire Datacenter Networking Leader Force10 Networks

ROUND ROCK, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Force10 Networks, Inc., a leader in high-performance datacenter networking. Force10’s networking capabilities complement Dell’s datacenter solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings.

Dell has taken significant steps over the past three years to expand its enterprise portfolio to offer customers a complete range of datacenter products and solutions. This includes developing an integrated stack of leading server, storage, networking and services resources to help customers streamline operations, reduce IT costs, manage data growth and simplify management. The acquisition of Force10 and investment in networking is a natural complement to Dell’s server strength. Dell is the leading x86 server provider in the United States and No. 2 worldwide, according to first quarter 2011 IDC data.

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Force10 is a global technology leader in datacenter, service provider, more…

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Yoigo selects Tellabs for 3G mobile backhaul in Spain

High Wycombe, UK – Spanish mobile operator Yoigo is expanding and increasing the capacity of its 3G network. The operator aims to triple its customers and gain 10% of the Spanish market by 2015. Yoigo selected the Tellabs® 8600 Managed Edge System to support its growth and manage the anticipated increase in data traffic.

Managing the evolution to all-IP
The nationwide expansion of Yoigo’s mobile backhaul network – managed by Ericsson Spain – will consist of over 100 Radio Access Network (RAN) nodes. Ericsson will implement the Tellabs® 8630 Access Switch and Tellabs® 8660 Edge Switch network elements to aggregate 3G traffic, enabling Yoigo to evolve to an all-IP network and at the same time maintain support for legacy traffic.

Yoigo will also deploy the Tellabs® 8000 Intelligent Network Manager. Tellabs’ cost-effective, flexible network manager enables Yoigo to provision mobile services faster and more easily. Yoigo expects more…

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Interop Technologies Names Doug Thompson Jr. as Director of Product Management

Fort Myers, FL–July 20, 2011–Interop Technologies, a provider of core solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, has named Doug Thompson Jr. to the position of Director of Product Management. With more than 18 years of experience in telecommunications, Thompson has an extensive background in product life cycle management, strategy assessment, and new product introductions. At Interop he will be responsible for driving the evolution of the company’s solutions as they continue to support next-generation technologies. He will be based in Interop’s Dallas office.

“In leading our product management team, Doug will focus on creating new features and functionality and further expanding our solutions to support wireless and broadband operators, said Jim Dwyer, Vice President of Product Management, Interop Technologies. “Doug’s industry experience and proven leadership will benefit Interop as we work to drive value for our customers and expand into new markets.

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WYDOT Forgoes Fiber and Takes Giant Leap Forward With Actelis Networks’ ITS Solution Over Copper for Wyoming’s State Capital

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FREMONT, Calif., July 20, 2011Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions that is accelerating everything for municipalities and government agencies, today announced that WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) has deployed the company’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) networking solution as part of a wide-scale revitalization of the state capital’s transportation network, which serves nearly 60,000 Cheyenne residents. Actelis’ML690 aggregation switches, ML622 and ML680 EADs were deployed across the city’s copper network to provide real-time troubleshooting and monitoring capabilities.

Actelis worked in tandem with WYDOT and the City of Cheyenne on upgrading the transportation network from a legacy system to a new centralized Ethernet-based ITS network that provides greater reliability as well as lowering the ongoing complexity of maintaining the network. In addition to upgrading the city-wide transportation network, WYDOT is using Actelis’ ITS solution to backhaul data more…

ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Achieves Major Adoption Milestones

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced several key adoption milestones for the company’s flagship product, the Total Access® 5000. The Total Access 5000 has claimed a prominent spot in network access with market share growth of 136 percent in 2010, the highest increase in the global market according to market research firm Infonetics. It is the only access and transport platform that has been adopted by every U.S. Tier 1 and Tier 2 service provider, as well as a growing number of global, regional and rural ILECs, CLECs and alternative carriers. More U.S. Tier 3 and CLEC service providers have selected the Total Access 5000 for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) deployments than any other platform since September of last year, according to Broadband Communities. This has enabled ADTRAN to take market share from incumbent vendors. In addition, with growing global penetration, the Total more…

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OTT Video Sends Telcos Scrambling for Bandwidth Optimization Solutions

Austin, TX, 18 July 2011 — New findings from IMS Research’s Global Bandwidth Utilization Model reveal that the telcos who are IPTV providers face substantial challenges adapting their networks to accommodate the onslaught of over-the-top (OTT) video. IMS Research estimates that in 2010 peak bandwidth utilization was 44 percent of capacity, and that the bandwidth usage per household is forecast to increase by more than 50 percent between 2010 and 2015.

“OTT video-capable devices are becoming ubiquitous, and within a few years all but the lowest-end televisions and Blu-ray players will include OTT video capabilities,” says Paul Erickson, analyst with IMS Research’s Consumer Electronics Group. “These new devices are forecast to supplant game consoles as the dominant OTT video client over the next few years.”

IMS Research also forecasts that pay OTT subscription services will generate a cumulative $32 billion in revenues globally over the next five more…

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