SteelCloud, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:SCLD.ob – News) a leading developer of mobility computing appliance solutions today announced the launch of its BlackBerry® Hosting Program in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). ANZ members of the BlackBerry Alliances Hosters Program (www.blackberryalliances.com) will now have access to a simple, cost effective hosting solution with direct access to BlackBerry technical experts.

SteelCloud is a leading designer of specialised appliance solutions for mobile computing technologies including BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The company delivers integrated hardware/software appliance solutions, to commercial and government enterprises, that focus on ease of deployment, policy compliance, and high availability. SteelCloud currently offers BlackBerry Enterprise Server licensing to hosters in 108 countries worldwide.

“We have identified a tremendous opportunity throughout Australia and New Zealand for Hosters to drive sales into small and medium size enterprises,” said Brian Hajost, SteelCloud President and CEO. “I am pleased to announce that ANZ hosting service providers OzHosting.com, OneNet, Emantra, Revera and InspireIT are participating in the program and will be taking advantage of the opportunity to drive additional revenue by providing their customers with the most capable and secure mobility platform available. For its part, SteelCloud has made the start-up process painless by eliminating upfront licensing costs.”

Hosting licenses will be issued to all members of the BlackBerry Alliance Hosters Program. Features of SteelCloud’s BlackBerry Hosting Program include no upfront BlackBerry Enterprise Server licensing fees and no minimum spend – hosters only pay for their actual usage. The monthly license fees paid by hosters includes BlackBerry Technical Support Services (T-Support) giving them direct access to technical experts.

“We are excited to be launching a Hosted BlackBerry offering in partnership with RIM and SteelCloud. The Hosted BlackBerry solution is a true growth opportunity for OzHosting and our reseller channels,” said Anthony Banek, General Manager Cloud Services.

“As one of New Zealand’s leading cloud computing specialists, we believe the SteelCloud BlackBerry hosting solution will provide exceptional business benefits and efficiencies to our clients globally,” said Steve Victor, Relationship Manager OneNet.

“The SteelCloud BlackBerry Hosting solution is recognized worldwide as the premier enterprise mobility solution. InspireIT is delighted to be able to offer this solution to our valued customers,” said Simon McLeod, InspireIT.

In addition to license management, BlackBerry Alliance Members will also have the option to deploy the SteelCloud SteelWorks® appliance solution to enable rapid implementation of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This can be done either at the hoster or the client site.

The SteelWorks appliance is a complete pre-installed, preconfigured appliance solution which runs on a high performance, enterprise-class server platform optimised for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Microsoft Windows Server. With its automated installation process, a BlackBerry Enterprise Server is up in running in less than thirty minutes. Additionally, every SteelWorks appliance includes EverAvail™, SteelCloud’s innovative software suite developed to increase the reliability and supportability of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

About SteelCloud

SteelCloud is a developer of mobility computing appliance solutions. SteelCloud designs and architects specialised appliance solutions for mobile computing technologies including BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. SteelCloud delivers integrated hardware/software appliance solutions, to commercial and government enterprises, that focus on ease of deployment, policy compliance, and high availability. Additionally, SteelCloud distributes BlackBerry software licenses to companies worldwide that provide BlackBerry hosting services. Over its 20-year history, SteelCloud has won numerous awards for technical excellence and customer satisfaction. SteelCloud can be reached at (703) 674-5500. Additional information is available at www.steelcloud.com or by email at info@steelcloud.com.

BlackBerry Users Can Quickly and Easily Add High-Volume Barcode Scanning Capabilities to Their Smartphones

Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCKT – News), an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, today announced expanded compatibility of the Socket Bluetooth® Cordless Hand Scanner™ (CHS) Series 7 with BlackBerry® smartphones including the Bold™, Curve™, Pearl™, Storm™ and Tour™.

The CHS Series 7 brings industrial-class barcode scanning into a lightweight, pocket-sized form factor and is available in 2D and 1D scanning options with either standard or antimicrobial casing, which protects the device against the multiplication and spread of harmful bacteria and microbes and is a popular choice in the healthcare and hospitality industries. Socket provides free SocketScan™ software, which enables the CHS to connect to any BlackBerry smartphone via Bluetooth, allowing easy integration by an IT team or individual users.

“One of the key areas where we’re seeing increased opportunities for barcode scanning applications on smartphones is in the healthcare industry. According to Manhattan Research, 64 percent of physicians use smartphones, and that number is expected to grow to 81 percent by 2012,” said Samantha Chu, data collection product manager at Socket Mobile. “Popular applications for barcode scanning to smartphones in healthcare include patient identification, medication administration, documentation and inventory and asset management.”

“Many healthcare clinicians experience mobile device overload, so enabling them to accomplish more tasks with one device helps them be more effective in patient care,” said Chu. “BlackBerry is currently the number one smartphone of choice for both physicians and home care providers, and with the CHS, healthcare workers can seamlessly and cost-effectively integrate valuable 2D and 1D barcode scanning functionality into a device they are already using on a day-to-day basis.”

RIM will be demonstrating the CHS and Blackberry live at the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center in booth #1305, July 12-16, and at the Syclo Mobile Conference in downtown Chicago at the Swissôtel Chicago, July 14-16.

SocketScan for BlackBerry is available now for all 1D versions of the Socket Bluetooth CHS, and will be available for all 2D versions (7X, 7XRx) in Q4 2010. For a complete list of compatible BlackBerry smartphone models and to download SocketScan software for BlackBerry, please visit www.socketmobile.com/blackberry

View the demo video of the Socket CHS with the BlackBerry 9700 or visit the Socket CHS Web page to learn more about Socket barcode scanning solutions with smartphones.

About Socket Mobile, Inc.
With more than 18 years of experience in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture market, Socket makes mobile computing and productivity work. The company offers a family of handheld computers and an extensive portfolio of automatic identification and data collection peripherals designed specifically for business mobility deployments and to enable productivity increases and drive operational efficiencies in healthcare, hospitality and other vertical markets. The company also offers OEM solutions for the mobile device market. Socket is headquartered in Newark, Calif. and can be reached at 510-933-3000 or www.socketmobile.com.

Polycom Touch Control Will Drive Visual Communication Adoption, Accelerate Unified Communications Integration and Expand Applications

PLEASANTON, CA–(Marketwire – 02/23/10) – Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCM – News), the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions, today announced the Polycom Touch Control, an innovative interface device for Polycom room telepresence systems that allows users to control all aspects of their experience using a touch-screen that will be instantly familiar to millions of mobile phone and device users. By simplifying how users find colleagues, place calls, share content and access advanced features, the Polycom Touch Control shortens the learning curve for new users and facilitates broader adoption of visual communication which helps organizations drive faster return on investment and greater productivity.

“The Polycom Touch Control addresses a long-standing issue within the conferencing industry — the inadequacy of the handheld remote control,” said Ira Weinstein, analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. “For many casual users, video conferencing remotes have too many buttons and offer too many functions. On the other hand, for many super-users and administrators, the remotes are missing key features and capabilities. By leveraging the power of a leading mobile platform and user interface design techniques from the mobile phone industry, Polycom was able to create a flexible, configurable remote suitable for users of every level.”

Dramatically Simpler User Experience — For Casual and Power Users
Providing a user experience similar to industry-leading mobile devices (like smart phones, mp3 players, etc.), the Polycom Touch Control’s seven-inch color screen allows casual and power users to easily navigate key functions from basic dialing and content sharing, to advanced features using finger gestures to touch and slide universally recognizable icons and navigate intuitive arrows and tabs. The graphical interface makes it easy for users to locate contacts and dial video calls using a corporate directory, local address book, or presence-enabled contact list. The Polycom Touch Control also makes it easy for anyone (even visitors without network access) to share content during a video call or to present content using the room’s audio/visual systems during a non-video meeting. Multiple content sharing methods are available with Touch Control to allow users to quickly and easily share content using the integrated USB ports.

Powerful Unified Communications Integration
The flexible Polycom Touch Control will also help accelerate adoption of video-enabled unified communications by making it easy and seamless for users to launch video calls within the leading unified communications applications of Polycom Open Collaboration Network? partners. For example, leveraging the Polycom Conference for Outlook integration, the Polycom Touch Control can display the Microsoft Outlook meeting calendar for a room or user and allow participants to join a meeting using telepresence by simply tapping the “join now” button on the screen.

“Simplifying the user experience is a key differentiator for Polycom and one that we are leading in a number of ways, from video-enabling applications people use every day like Microsoft Outlook, to delivering a more intuitive interface like the Polycom Touch Control,” said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager of visual communications at Polycom. “Historically, the remote control was the front line for the user experience. The Polycom Touch Control is a revolutionary interface for telepresence and video conferencing that our beta testers quickly embraced and unanimously love.”

Easy System and Component Management — In addition to simplifying the experience for users, the Polycom Touch Control is an intuitive interface for IT administrators, who can easily access system settings and in future software releases access other Polycom solutions such as the RSS 2000 and 4000 servers and Polycom SoundStructure installed-room audio systems. The Polycom Touch Control devices can also be centrally managed using the Polycom Converged Management Application (CMA).

Additional information is available at www.polycom.com/touchcontrol.

Availability:
The Polycom Touch Control is planned for availability in Q4 2010. Polycom solutions are available through certified Polycom reseller partners.

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCM – News) is the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Visit www.polycom.com for more information and follow us on Twitter @AllAboutPolycom.

ROSARIO, Argentina–(BUSINESS WIRE)–3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS – News) today announced that Casino Club of Argentina has awarded the company a significant contract to deploy its H3C® enterprise networking and TippingPoint® security solutions at City Center Rosario, Latin America’s largest entertainment complex. The megaproject opened in Rosario, Argentina in October 2009.

The largest of its kind in Latin America, this City Center will boast a casino with high-stakes games, a five-star hotel, and a convention center with capacity for 2,000 persons. In addition, the complex will provide tourism, culture, and arts offers in the Rosario area, making it a significant economic development opportunity for the city.

“After a competitive bidding process, we unanimously selected 3Com’s H3C enterprise networking and TippingPoint security solutions because of our high satisfaction with the H3C portfolio at business operations in the complex, such as the Palermo Race Track Casino (Casino del Hipódromo de Palermo) and the Puerto Madero Casino,” said Emmanuel Bonaroti, manager, Organization and Systems, City Center Rosario. “3Com understands our business – the company’s executives and engineering teams understand how we operate as a company and as a group. Furthermore, 3Com knows what our needs are and they know how to meet those needs. They guarantee our continuous operation with their high performance, high value solutions, which is critical to us.”

City Center Rosario required a high-value secure networking solution for the Casino that lowered its total cost of ownership without sacrificing performance, scalability and reliability. By leveraging 3Com’s H3C enterprise networking switches, Casino Club of Argentina will be able to help ensure 24×7 operational continuity for its high-stakes games, guaranteeing optimum ROI. In addition, this huge facility required implementing the best security solutions to safeguard information, as well as state-of-the-art connectivity for its closed-circuit surveillance system, and for guest services at both the hotel and convention center.

To ensure uninterrupted, secure operation and 24×7 reliability, City Center Rosario includes the following 3Com solution elements:

• *H3C S9500 10-Gigabit Ethernet core switches to drive high availability in the network core
• **H3C S7500E series next-generation high-end multi-service routing switches in the distribution layer
• ***H3C S5600 Gigabit stackable switches at the edge to provide connectivity for the casino’s closed-circuit surveillance system
• A TippingPoint 1200E IPS to safeguard information
• 3Com’s wireless controllers and access points will also be deployed for Wi-Fi connectivity

“Our company is very proud to collaborate on this project,” said Wilson Barón, director, southern region, 3Com Latin America. “We know that network quality is critical for a business like casino, and we are fully confident this network solution will meet their expectations.”

“One of the greatest challenges was achieving the integration of different services throughout the complex, using various 3Com solutions—not just at the casino, but also at the hotel, food and beverage areas, and security. 3Com has been able to seamlessly and effectively integrate the various complex solutions into one cohesive network, meeting all security requirements with enough flexibility to operate with great efficiency,” added Bonaroti.

About 3Com

3Com Corporation (3Com) is a global enterprise networking solutions provider. 3Com has three global product and solutions brands: H3C, 3Com, and TippingPoint that offer networking and security solutions to enterprises large and small. The H3C enterprise networking portfolio includes products that span from the data center to the edge of the network and is targeted at large enterprises. TippingPoint features network-based intrusion prevention systems (IPS) that deliver application, infrastructure and performance protection. Its portfolio of products and solutions enable customers to manage business-critical voice, data, video and other networking technologies in a secure network environment. 3Com’s portfolio of products and services enable customers to deploy and manage data, voice, video and other advanced networking technologies in a secure network environment.

*Also sold as the 3Com 8800

**Also sold as the 3Com 7900

***Also sold as the 3Com 5500G

Copyright© 2009 3Com Corporation. 3Com, the 3Com logo, H3C and TippingPoint are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiaries in various countries around the world. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders.

Panduit announces the launch of its Physical Infrastructure Manager™ (PIM™) Software Platform Version 3.0, which will help customers reduce infrastructure risks and costs. Through intelligent, real-time management of the physical infrastructure, the PIM™ Software Platform, designed and developed by Panduit Corp. in the United States, increases the reliability and efficiency of enterprise networks and network operations in smart data centers and connected buildings.

Panduit’s Unified Physical InfrastructureSM (UPI) based solutions leverage an intelligent physical infrastructure as the foundation for enabling convergence across communication, computing, control, power, and security systems. These end-to-end solutions drive operational and financial advantages across the enterprise, allowing businesses to improve reliability, reduce costs, heighten agility, and support sustainability initiatives.

Enabling Panduit’s UPI approach, the PIM™ Software Platform helps to manage the integration of key infrastructure elements by providing the ability to view both the physical and logical topology of an infrastructure and extend real-time intelligence through both layers. This “end-to-end visibility” enables systems consolidation and network convergence, thereby improving availability, interoperability, and security while reducing operating costs.

“Our UPI approach is about aligning the physical infrastructure to the logical layers of the network. This is how customers will truly be able to deploy a smarter, unified business foundation,” said Vineeth Ram, VP Global Strategic Marketing, Panduit. “Our software strategy is critical to this approach. Our product portfolio offers solutions necessary to connect and manage the physical components for a reliable infrastructure. However, we specifically designed the PIM™ Software Platform as the intelligence that automates the physical infrastructure elements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of network and systems infrastructure operations.”

“This new PIM™ Software Platform release not only meets today’s business requirements, it offers a well-designed roadmap to address the challenges of tomorrow in smart data centers and connected buildings by leveraging real-time information and energy optimization to enable efficient infrastructure operations.”

The browser-based PIMTM Software Platform Version 3.0 works with PanView iQ™ (PViQ™) System Hardware to locally or remotely monitor complex physical infrastructure connectivity for management and automation of network processes. This visibility into the physical infrastructure helps quickly identify and resolve connectivity risks, find and reclaim available or underutilized network capacity, and automate real-time and accurate connectivity documentation. The results are minimized network downtime risks (supporting service level agreements), improved network capacity planning and resource provisioning, and overall reduced capital and operating costs.

The PIM™ Software Platform Version 3.0 serves as the foundation for a complete, end-to-end intelligent physical infrastructure. Future capabilities will include enhanced management and monitoring of power, cooling, and space. These capabilities will augment industry leading systems and services management capabilities by aligning the physical infrastructure to the system and application layers to enable more strategic decisions around capacity planning, service provisioning, and problem management.

As part of Gartner’s 28th Annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 1-4, Panduit will showcase the new PIM™ Software Platform Version 3.0 at booth “X” along with Smart Data Center solutions, High Speed Data Transport (HSDT) solutions, and energy-efficient Green Data Cabinet Systems.

Visit www.panduit.com/pim to learn how the PIM™ Software Platform’s real-time information can provide operational and energy efficiencies for the enterprise.

For additional information, request the PIM™ Software Platform and PViQ™ Systems Brochure (SA-PVCB18) through Panduit customer service: Web: www.panduit.com • email: cs@panduit.com • phone: 800-777-3300

About Panduit:

Panduit is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge solutions that help customers optimize the physical infrastructure through simplification, agility and operational efficiency. Panduit’s Unified Physical InfrastructureSM (UPI) based solutions give enterprises the capabilities to connect, manage and automate communications, computing, power, control and security systems for a smarter, unified business foundation. Strong relationships with technology leaders complemented by its global staff and unmatched service and support, make Panduit a valuable and trusted partner. (www.panduit.com)

Nokia N900
(Photos: Nokia)

The shipments of the Nokia (NYSE: NOK – News) N900, Nokia’s latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software, have now started. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November with an estimated retail price of EUR 500, excluding sales taxes and subsidies.

“The Nokia N900 has generated a lot of interest since its public launch in August, which has been reflected in the device preorders,” says Jose-Luis Martinez, Vice President, Nseries, Nokia. “What’s exciting is the Maemo software, which takes its cues from the desktop computer and offers a full browsing experience like no other handset. We believe the Nokia N900 will be a very compelling device for people who are passionate about technology.”

At the heart of the Nokia N900 is its powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor and up to 1GB of total application memory. Users can browse the internet the way they would on any computer and keep dozens of application windows open simultaneously on the dashboard. The panoramic desktops in the Nokia N900 can be personalized with widgets, contacts and shortcuts. Pictures and videos taken with the 5Mpx Carl Zeiss camera automatically show where they were taken, and users can add their own description tags to make searching the photos even easier. SMS and instant messages are organized as chat flow and people can convenienty switch between the multiple conversation windows. The built-in 32 GB storage is big enough to store up to 7,000 songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video, and it can be expanded up to 48GB with an external microSD card.

Nokia works closely with the developer community and has recently seen significant innovation happening with Maemo. As a result, people will be able to discover a wide range of games, utilities, themes, panoramic wallpapers and service plug-ins for photo-sharing and messaging for the Nokia N900 through Ovi Store and Maemo Select, starting later in the year. In October Nokia announced official Qt port to Maemo 5. This means developers can use Qt software to target the Nokia N900 and that applications can be easily ported to all Qt’s supported platforms including the next Maemo 6 release as well as Symbian.

The Nokia N900 will initially be available in Europe, Middle-East, Russia and North America. It is also possible to order the device from the Nokia Online Store: http://europe.nokia.com/buy-online

About Nokia

Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world’s leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different ways – fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks. http://www.nokia.com

SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriAccess Technologies, a leading provider of CATV and FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) RFICs (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits) for amplifying high-quality multimedia content, today announced the TAT6254D, a new amplifier for Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG) based fiber access networks. The TAT6254D is tailor-made for RFoG applications and utilizes TriAccess’ proven trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) technology in an optimized two stage single chip solution. The TAT6254D is released for general availability with an 8-week lead time.

The TriAccess TAT6254D incorporates all the downstream receiver requirements for quality RFoG services, providing a single chip solution for R-ONUs (Residential Optical Network Unit). The integration of TIA and output stage amplification for RFoG specific levels enables a highly economic solution. In addition, the dual TIA placement onto a single die assures consistent, manufacturing-repeatable CSO performance and excellent noise.

“The TAT6254D’s low noise and high gain performance optimizes the optical input range for a balance of low cost equipment and full 20km downstream performance,” said Brian Bauer, TriAccess Technologies VP of Marketing. “The accompanying automated gain control – or AGC – reference circuit provides simple, highly cost-effective gain control solutions.”

RFoG is emerging as an effective approach to new construction and network upgrades, primarily because it uses the current cable plant so well and offers a smooth, incremental upgrade path in particularly competitive markets. To maximize the economic viability of RFoG, network operators pay careful attention to the R-ONU, as it is the most expensive piece of equipment in the system on a cost-per-subscriber basis. The TAT6254D is an RFIC amplifier solution that minimizes R-ONU cost while maximizing performance and capability as part of an economic network approach.

“Subscribers continue to demand more services which require cable operators and MSOs to enhance their networks to keep current subscribers and win new customers,” said Chris Day, TriAccess Technologies President and CTO. “The demarcation point into the home is the critical link to ensure a consistent signal that maximizes the value of the FTTH network. The TAT6254D amplifier provides RF services for cable operators using RFoG/DOCSIS, as well as those choosing to deploy other PON architectures.”

The TAT6254D utilizes the latest advances in GaAs technology to create an integrated RFIC that provides significant noise reduction, gain improvement and a stable RF signal for high performance and cost-effective RFoG applications. The TAT6254D is expected to exceed RFoG requirements for future CATV systems.

Key Features of the TAT6254D

• 30 dB Gain, Single Amplifier Chip solution, full 50-1002 MHz
• Supports both analog and all-digital modes
• -6 to +1 dBm optical input range
• Supports both optical and RF AGC gain control methods
• Better than 18 dB return loss
• Up to 20 dBmV/ch RF output
• 5 and 12 Volt powering options
• Better than -58 dBc Composite Second order and Composite Triple Beat distortion

About TriAccess Technologies

TriAccess Technologies provides high-gain, low-noise, cost-effective RFIC solutions that address the expanding needs of global telecommunications, cable operators, satellite carriers and multiple system operators (MSOs). TriAccess’ high-gain, low-noise RFICs improve system performance and lower the per-subscriber costs at multiple points throughout the delivery network. TriAccess RFIC’s allow consumers to experience a growing lineup of services such as video on demand, enhanced HDTV content, voice over IP, digital voice applications and data services at a cost-effective price.

TriAccess Technologies is a privately-funded, fabless semiconductor company accelerating the rapid deployment of advanced digital video and high-speed data in CATV, Telco and Wireless networks. The company’s products enable economic and system design efficiencies through integration and higher performance. Founded in 2003, TriAccess currently has a global network of 18 strategic sales and distribution representatives and more than 70 customers for its family of RFIC products and is based in Santa Rosa, CA. For more information, visit the company’s website at: www.triaccesstech.com.