HP ProCurve for SMBs      
July 02, 2008
Source:  INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK
NEW DELHI: HP ProCurve Networking has launched two gigabit ethernet switches for small and medium businesses (SMBs) that need increased network performance for large file transfers and high bandwidth applications such as graphical data, video streams, large databases, network backup and data storage. 

"ProCurve offers a choice of secure and affordable plug-and-play enterprise-grade networking solutions for SMBs that will enable them to expand their networks as their needs grow, said Louis Au, HP ProCurve Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan. "Our products are standards-based and engineered to the legendary HP quality." 

The ProCurve series features 24- and 48-port 10/100/1000 switches, each with SFP (small form-factor pluggable transceiver designed for Gigabit and Fast Ethernet) slots for optional fiber uplinks. 

The ProCurve management interface includes an intuitive Web user interface, full-featured console access with Command line interface and a centralised management option using ProCurve Manager. 

The ProCurve series will be available from July 2008 with the following pricing. 
The ProCurve Switch 2510G-24 for Rs 51,100 and the ProCurve Switch 2510G-48 for Rs 92,980. 

IBM supercomputer to aid osteoporosis treatment    
July 02, 2008
SOURCE: PDT 
Posted by Holly Jackson Post a commentIBM says it has developed a way to use one of its supercomputers to improve diagnosis and treatment of the widespread bone disease osteoporosis. 

IBM Zurich Research Laboratory and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (also known as ETH Zurich) utilized an IBM supercomputer to develop a method of early diagnosis that they say trumps the current approach to measuring bone mass density, the computer company announced Monday. 

According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the current most widely recognized bone mass density test is conducted by a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, or DXA. However, the test cannot measure the spongy inner microstructure of the bone. 



This digital image produced by the Blue Gene Supercomputer shows the strain on a healthy 5x5x5 millimeter human vertebra. The areas in blue support a higher strain and weaker parts are shown in red.

(Credit: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory )
IBM's new method will combine density measurements with a mechanical analysis of the inner-bone structure. By using large-scale parallel simulations and testing real bone, researchers created a heat map of bone strain that can show physicians the likely weight load that would cause a bone to break and where the fracture would occur. 

The teams used an 8-rack Blue Gene/L Supercomputer to conduct the simulations. IBM said the computer takes just 20 minutes to generate 90 gigabytes of output data. Currently, IBM dominates the supercomputer world, and makes 210 of the top 500 supercomputer systems. 

While supercomputers aren't currently readily available to physicians, IBM's Zurich lab says that 10 years from now the performance of a supercomputer should be available on a desktop system, and the technology will become a staple in diagnosing the bone density-deteriorating disease. 

IBM Zurich and ETH Zurich said the labs have future plans to use supercomputer technology to simulate the formation of fractures for individual patients with osteoporosis. The disease affects 75 million people around the world, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation.

Satyam BPO ranked second globally    
July 02, 2008
SOURCE: BL

Hyderabad, June 30 IT services provider Satyam Computer on Monday announced that Satyam BPO, its business process outsourcing arm, has been ranked second among the world’s leading BPO vendors in Brown-Wilson Group’s Black Book of Outsourcing. 

Satyam BPO was also ranked fourth on the knowledge process outsourcing vendors list. More than 4,000 organisations were evaluated in compiling the lists.

For the third consecutive year, Satyam has been ranked among the top 10 in Brown-Wilson Group’s Black Book of Outsourcing. In 2007 and 2006, Satyam BPO, formerly Nipuna, had been ranked in several categories including KPO, energy and utilities.

The Chief Executive Officer of Satyam BPO, Mr Venkatesh Roddam, in a statement said “The categories in which we have been ranked this year (BPO and KPO) are the key growth areas that we have been focusing on. Recognition from the Brown-Wilson Group reflects our capabilities to offer transformation services through superior delivery.