News & Views: Products

ZyXEL, Kaspersky Offer Gateway Antivirus

ZyXEL Communications has announced its successful collaboration with
Kaspersky Lab that has resulted in Kaspersky antivirus technology being
seamlessly integrated into eight-in-one ZyWALL Unified Threat Management (UTM)
products. In addition, users will be offered a six month trial subscription for
Kaspersky Anti-Virus database updates, allowing users to enjoy protection and
performance comparable with higher-end systems at less cost.

Ericsson's Gateway Enables PBX to Become a Mobile
Solution

Ericsson's Mobility Gateway enables enterprises to turn their existing PBX
solution into an integrated mobile communications solution for their entire
mobile workforce. By bringing mobile telephony under corporate control and
reducing the number of communications devices needed per employee, the gateway
delivers significant long-term cost-savings as high as 30%. Ericsson's
Mobility Gateway is part of the Ericsson MX-ONE(TM) communication solution for
enterprises.

Riverbed Extends Steelhead Appliance Product

Riverbed Technology has announced the availability of two new steelhead
appliance models, and an enhanced Central Management Console (CMC) v2.1. The new
steelhead appliance models, the 100 and 200, are designed to provide distributed
organizations with advanced application acceleration capabilities for even the
smallest remote offices.

Tower Mounted Amplifiers for Rural India

ADC Krone has launched its ClearGrain Tower Mounted Amplifier in India. The
product is being targeted at the rural telecom markets in India. The 2100 MHz
dual inline AISG-compliant product has the capability to increase receiver
performance and it also improves overall coverage of mobile signals in the
interior locations.

The 800 MHz dual inline unit allows for mounting of the
equipment to serve two RX path in one location on the tower. The product is
designed both for the GSM as well as the CDMA operators. The product can also be
used in urban scenarios as it increases the mobile network coverage and enhances
wireless reception indoors. These needs are increasingly being faced in the
densely populated urban areas today. The ClearGain amplifier also distributes RF
signals over coaxial cables or optical fiber cables throughout buildings or
campuses.

ECI Telecom Announces Service Access Platform

ECI Telecom announced the new BG-20. The BG-20 is an optical access platform
that functions as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). This new optical unit is
designed for cellular operators, utilities, and enterprises for the delivery of
new Ethernet services (see release below). The basic unit, BG-20B, is available
now and the unit with the flexible expansion capabilities for the addition of
new interfaces, BG-20E, will be available later this year.

Freescale Expands QUICCsupply Portfolio

Freescale Semiconductor is introducing the third edition of QUICCsupply
power management integrated circuits (ICs) to support its industry-leading
PowerQUICC(tm) communications processors.  The
MC34703 integrates system power functions into a single small package, making it
an all-in-one plug-and-play product for PowerQUICC III and other communications
processors for telecom and networking applications.Â
“Freescale's QUICCsupply devices present a very interesting and
significant new addition to the processor power market,” said Chris Ambarian,
senior analyst in power management with iSuppli Corporation. “They are
flexible enough to provide many control and sequencing options when used with
many other processors,” he said.

Sipera Launches VoIP Security System

Sipera has launched a an IP Communication Security product Sipera IPCS 310.
The newly-launched security system is specially targeted at the end-users. It
protects applications from DoS/DDoS attacks, stealth, spoofing, and VoIP spam.
At the same time it allows legitimate calls to be processed simultaneously. The
Sipera IPCS monitors VoIP traffic, detects anomalies in traffic and call
patterns, and identifies threats, to protect end-user devices and network
infrastructures against attacks, misuse and service abuse.

According to Sipera, the system is deployed as a bump in
the wire without an IP address in any existing VoIP infrastructure and hence
does not require on-site interoperability testing or network configuration
changes.

CyberMedia Launches BioSpectrum Asia at Singapore

CyberMedia, South Asia's first and largest specialty media house, has
launched BioSpectrum Asia, Asia's first print magazine dedicated to the Life
Sciences industry, which provides comprehensive coverage of the exciting
business developments in the region in Singapore on Thursday. The print edition
of the bi-monthly magazine was launched during theBioSingapore Forum Annual
General Meeting, Singapore's leading Life Sciences event.

“Through this magazine, BioSpectrum, India's first and
only exclusive biotechnology business magazine will extend its footprint to
cover the path breaking happenings in the Asia-Pacific region's life sciences.
We decided to launch the magazine in Singapore as it gives us a unique platform
to address a cosmopolitan audience in the Life Sciences arena. The launch of
BioSpectrum Asia, earmarks another of CyberMedia's ongoing global expansion
initiatives” said Pradeep Gupta, chairman and managing director of CyberMedia,
the publisher of BioSpectrum.

As the world's economic fulcrum gradually shifts towards
Asia, there is an increased focus on the exciting happenings in different
industrial sectors. In the 21st century, life sciences has emerged as one of the
most promising segments in terms of growth as well as providing benefits to a
vast number of people in the world.

“In addition to the bi-monthly print magazine, the
exciting developments in the Life Sciences sector in the world's fastest
growing region is already being delivered to industry leaders in all the Asia
Pacific countries through a fortnightly digital magazine and a news-based
website (www.BioSpectrumAsia.com),
under the BioSpectrum brand name from Singapore,” added BioSpectrum
editor-in-chief, Shyam Malhotra.

The Asia edition of BioSpectrum provides comprehensive coverage and useful
insights into the exciting areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical
devices, and research highlights and policy announcements from around the world,
which will be of use to the Life Sciences business leaders in the region.

Life Sciences is the term used to refer to pharmaceuticals,
biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare Services. While Japan has always
had a major presence in Life Sciences, including the world's second largest
pharma industry, in recent years, China, India, Taiwan, Korea, Australia and
Singapore have emerged as significant players in this arena.

The global Life Sciences industry is estimated to be worth
about $2 trillion. The Asia-Pacific region accounts for nearly 20% of the sector
even though it is home to nearly 60% of the world's population. But this
region is fast catching up with double-digit growth rates. If healthcare
services are excluded, the Life Sciences sector will be approximately $1
trillion. And the Asia-Pacific region has nearly quarter of the share of Life
Sciences excluding healthcare.

Benefiting From Migration to IP

Telecom operators in India will soon have to migrate their networks to
IP-based technologies, as packet technologies have given rise to IP
applications. And every thing is gradually converging on Internet Protocol (IP).
This is healthy for the industry. Many experts at the two-day conference of PTC
India Foundation felt this. The subject of the conference was 'Everything on
IP (EOIP): Hype or Reality.' All speakers affirmed that it was no longer a
hype but a reality, as shift is happening. And transition to IP is in full swing
in many countries in Europe and America. AK Sinha, CMD, BSNL said, as the
incumbent operator with the largest circuit-switched communication network in
the country and also to compete with the private operators BSNL has started to
shift towards IP. SN Gupta, advisor (CN), TRAI added on this discussion that
core as well as interconnection of Internet security access should be dealt with
utmost care. He further added that new policies would be more focused on
customer-orientation as now they have become more price-sensitive. The
technologies have to be re-defined regarding NGN and the private operators have
to look more on this front.

PTCIF chairman, PS Saran later announced that 'PTCIF
Telecom award of the year 2005' has gone to BSNL for its contribution to take
telecom services to all parts of the country particularly to rural masses in
remote areas at affordable and competitive prices. One of the highlights of the
conference was a lecture delivered by Dr Sugata Mitra, chief scientist, NIIT on
'Self Organizing Collaborative System' on computer learning by rural masses.
In the panel discussion on 'IP-based Networks for Rural Growth', speakers
unanimously said rural market now offers a huge business potential and operators
can no longer afford to ignore this market. The session ended with the
concluding remarks from G Hariharan, adviser ITES, VP, PTC India.