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Anti-Phishing Working Group Calls for Papers for eCrime 2008 Internet Security Research Conference

eCrime topics to include papers from leading researchers, academicians and technologists on Internet security and phraud, phishing, spoofing, click-fraud, and crimeware

Cambridge, MA and Los Altos, CA (PRWEB) May 9, 2008 — The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) announced today that the eCrime Researchers Summit (eCrime 2008), the world's premier conference for basic and applied research in electronic crime studies, is now accepting papers for its third annual conference to be held in Atlanta on October 15-16. eCrime 2008 will feature papers from leading researchers and technologists on Internet security, phraud, phishing, spoofing, electronic identity theft, click-fraud and crimeware. eCrime 2008 is made possible by a collaboration of principals from Stephens Institute of Technology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Baylor University, and the APWG.

apwg ecrime 2008 internet security call for papers

The complete call for papers announcement can be viewed at: http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2008/cfp.html

“We've got a team of towering authorities in information security, privacy, and electronic crime to chair and staff our conference committees,” said Foy Shiver, APWG Deputy Secretary General and Director of eCrime Researchers Summit Development. “Authors' exposure to these experts' opinions and direction will be of invaluable assistance to their research.”

The General Chair of eCrime 2008 is Gary Warner, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Mr. Warner is the Director of Research in Computer Forensics at UAB, where he teaches and works to develop tools, techniques, and training to help eCrime investigators.

Program Co-Chairs for this year's conference are Susanne Wetzel of Stevens Institute of Technology and Randy Vaughn of Baylor University.

Randal Vaughn is active in Internet security with special interests in detecting, tracking and countering botnet formation and other eCrime activities. Mr. Vaughn lectures on Internet security, cyber warfare, telecommunications and software development at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.

Susanne Wetzel is on the faculty at the Computer Science Department of Stevens Institute of Technology. Her research interests are in security, cryptography and algorithmic number theory. In particular, her research is focused on wireless security, secret sharing, privacy, phishing, authentication, and biometrics.

The eCrime 2008 Steering Committee is comprised of Jean Camp, Indiana University; Dorothy Denning, Naval Postgraduate School; Zulfikar Ramzan, Symantec; John S. Quarterman, InternetPerils, Inc.; and Markus Jakobsson, PARC.

Original papers on all aspects of electronic crime are solicited for submission to eCrime '08. Topics of relevance include but are not limited to:

- Phishing, pharming, click-fraud, crimeware, extortion and emerging electronic crime attacks.
- Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud prevention.
- Techniques to assess the risks and yields of attacks and the success rates of countermeasures.
- Delivery techniques, including spam, voice mail and rank manipulation; and countermeasures.
- Spoofing of different types, and applications to fraud.
- Techniques to avoid detection, tracking and takedown; and ways to block such techniques.
- Honeypot design, data mining, and forensic aspects of fraud prevention.
- Design and evaluation of user interfaces in the context of fraud and network security.
- Best practices related to digital forensics tools and techniques, investigative procedures, and evidence acquisition, handling and preservation.

eCrime 2008 General Chair Gary Warner, said, “It's clear that the criminals are working in an organized fashion to develop new technologies to expand their ability to steal our data, identities, and money. The APWG's e-Crimes Researchers Summit exists to develop and encourage the research that will be the best response to that challenge.”

Paper submissions are due: June 5, 2008 (midnight, US East Coast time). eCrime 2008, like past conferences, will offer a cash award for the best overall paper and travel awards for those papers accepted for presentation at the event. Conference details for eCrime '08 can be found at http://www.ecrime2008.org/

The APWG established the eCrime Researchers Summit in 2006, responding to the overwhelming number of quality research papers being submitted to its General Members' conferences from university research centers and industrial laboratories. APWG organized the inaugural eCrime Researchers Summit in Orlando with Florida State University, the National Center for Forensic Science at UCF and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and, last year, eCrime 2007 was programmed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab and the CERT/CC's Software Engineering Institute.

About the APWG
The APWG is an industry, law enforcement and government coalition focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing, email spoofing, and crimeware. Membership is open to qualified financial institutions, online retailers, ISPs, the law enforcement community and solutions providers. There are more than 1,800 companies and government agencies participating in the APWG and more than 3,000 members. The APWG's Web site (www.antiphishing.org) offers the public and industry information about phishing and email fraud, including identification and promotion of pragmatic technical solutions that provide immediate protection.

APWG's corporate sponsors include: 8e6 Technologies, AT&T (T), Able NV, ActivCard (ACTI), Adobe (ADBE), Afilias Inc., AhnLab, Anakam, BBN Technologies, BlueStreak, BrandMail, BrandProtect, Bsecure Technologies, Cisco (CSCO), Clear Search, Cloudmark, Comodo, Corillian (CORI), Cydelity, Cyveillance, DigiCert, DigitalEnvoy, DigitalResolve, Digital River, Earthlink (ELNK), eBay/PayPal (EBAY), Entrust (ENTU), Experian, eEye Fortinet, FrontPorch, F-Secure, Grisoft, GeoTrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Goodmail Systems, GuardID Systems, IronPort, HitachiJoHo, ING Bank, Iconix, InternetIndentity, Internet Security Systems, IOvation, IS3, IT Matrix, Kaspersky Labs, Lenos Software, LightSpeed Systems, MailFrontier, MailShell, MarkMonitor, McAfee (MFE), MasterCard, MessageLevel, Microsoft (MSFT), Mirapoint, MySpace (NWS), MyPW, MX Logic, NameProtect, National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) Netcraft, NetStar, Panda Software, Phoenix Technologies Inc. (PTEC), Quova, RSA SalesForce, Security (RSAS), SAIC, SecureBrain, Secure Computing (SCUR), S21sec, Sigaba, SoftForum, SOPHOS, SquareTrade, SurfControl, Symantec (SYMC), TDS Telecom, Telefonica (TEF), Trend Micro (TMIC), Tricerion, TriCipher, Tumbleweed Communications (TMWD), SurfControl (SRF.L), Vasco (VDSI), VeriSign (VRSN), Visa, Websense Inc. (WBSN), WholeSecurity, and Yahoo! (YHOO)

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May 9th, 2008 | Posted in News | Comments Off

ConnectMyPhone.com Launches a New Look and the Savings Keep Getting Better on Home Phone

Great plans on home phone through the new and improved ConnectMyPhone marketplace.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — ConnectMyPhone.com, an interactive online marketplace that helps consumers nationwide connect their phone service, is giving people a heads-up on savings with the launch of its new Web site.

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The “new-and-improved” ConnectMyPhone.com offers consumers looking for phone service even more ease than ever before in connecting their home telephone, along with the same great savings on bundles and packages.

Some of the notable new features:

The Local Phone Plus page, which illustrates the types of specials and bundles from trusted telephone providers on an easy to read grid that allows consumers to compare their options side-by-side.
The Knowledge Center, where consumers can get answers to important questions about home telephone service. The articles at the Knowledge Center range from tips on choosing a new phone plan all the way to how to handle unwanted telemarketers.

With moving season on the way, ConnectMyPhone.com is the perfect online shopping resource for people looking to find and easily connect their home telephone service.

About ConnectMyPhone
ConnectMyPhone provides customers with accurate and detailed information on the different phone services that are available to them. ConnectMyPhone is a free nationwide service that allows customers to find phone providers in their area, compare rates and sign up for service online quickly and easily. ConnectMyPhone is part of the WhiteFence network.

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | Comments Off

Data Center Best Practices - Guidelines for Contamination Control in Datacom Environments

Data Clean Corporation introduces a set of guidelines aimed at educating IT and Network Administrators about contamination control in datacom environments including data centers, server rooms, telecom facilities, and other environments where sensitive electronics are present.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — Data Clean Corporation on Wednesday introduced a set of guidelines aimed at educating IT and Network Administrators about contamination control in Datacom environments including data centers, server rooms, telecom facilities, and other environments where sensitive electronics are present.

As computer components get smaller, they become more susceptible to failures caused by contamination. Common dust and dirt can accumulate on circuitry and cause short circuits, overheating, and other problems. Contamination related failures can lead to downtime and ultimately lost revenue.

Following these basic guidelines will help prevent contamination bit errors, packet loss, and failures.

To protect sensitive equipment, establish guidelines for all staff and visitors to follow. A contamination prevention initiative should outline activities that are and are not acceptable for your environment.

Guidelines for Contamination Control in Datacom Environments

Establish Datacom Environment Protocols.

· No food or drink inside the datacom environment.

· Do not unpack or uncrate equipment or other items inside the datacom environment. A staging area outside the environment should be established for unpacking or uncrating activity.

· Do not store cardboard, wood or paper type products inside the datacom environment. These items easily shed large amounts of contamination.

· Do not prop open doors that lead to non-datacom environment areas.

· Do not allow any work to occur in datacom environment until the environmental impact of the work is known AND protocols for contamination control have been reviewed and approved.

· Any tools and/or materials brought in the datacom environment by vendors or employees should be reasonably clean and contaminant free.

Limit access to the datacom environment.

· In addition to security risks, unnecessary personnel can add to contamination levels. People generate contamination through clothing fibers, dead skin, hair, and dirt on their shoes.

Place contamination control mats at all entrances to the datacom environment.

· Contamination control mats help ensure that dust, carpet fibers and other small particulate are not tracked into the room via people's shoes or wheels on carts.

Maintain positive air pressurization in the datacom environment relative to surrounding areas.

· Positive pressurization helps prevent contaminated air from entering the room.

Maintain a disciplined datacom environment cleaning program.

· Clean top of floor surfaces quarterly.

· Clean equipment and environmental surfaces quarterly.

· Clean underfloor plenum at least once per year.

· Maintain a consistent cleaning schedule.

· Increase cleaning frequency during construction or other contamination producing events.

Data Clean Corporation offers consulting services to help you implement Best Practices in your controlled environment.

About Data Clean Corporation
Data Clean Corporation, one of the oldest and most experienced controlled environment cleaning and remediation specialists in the industry, provides 24/7 controlled environment cleaning and maintenance services to datacom environments, cleanrooms, and laboratories all over the world.

Data Clean has been helping administrators avoid the high cost of contamination for over 25 years. Data Clean's environmental consulting includes cooling analysis, hot spot remediation, zinc whisker remediation, and contamination source identification.

Data Clean Corporation is a global company headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Visit http://www.dataclean.com for more information.

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May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

Conference Town Offers Full-Featured Conference Calling at No Cost

ConferenceTown.com now offers businesses, groups and organizations and even individuals a more economical way to communicate. With increasing fuel prices, Conference Town's launch comes at a critical time.

(PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — ConferenceTown.com was established to offer free full-featured conference calling to the corporate world as well as the casual conference call user. ConferenceTown.com offers both quick start conference calling option, which allows the user to start a conference instantly, without registering or signing up. They offer reservation, reservationless, and anonymous conferencing options.

For those in need of full-service conference features, Conference Town offers premium conferencing options at no cost. Conference Town's free premium conference service offers options and features that other sites charge for. Conference moderators have access to a full panel of options, some of which include: phone, mp3 or downloadable playback of recorded conference calls, merge multiple conferences into one conference, see who is talking during the conference call, plus over 20 additional conferencing options. The complete list of the conferencing options is available at www.conferencetown.com.

For those looking to support and enhance their communication strategy, Conference Town is the perfect solution. Because tele-conferencing is the smart way to present information, enhance information retention and build relationships, Conference Town is an excellent tool for executing creative marketing programs.

Conference Town uses only tier one carriers to ensure incredibly clear lines and voice quality. They have an all-digital network that works great with both cellular and traditional land line telephones.

Conference Town's launch comes at a critical time. Increasing fuels costs have forced businesses, groups and organizations to look for more economical ways to communicate. Conference Town offers just that—full-featured conference calling without the cost.

For more information, please visit http://www.conferencetown.com

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

Rayawave and TR Telecom Announce Wireless Bridge Distribution Alliance

Wireless bridge vendor distribution agreement for Australia expands TR Telecom's portfolio for wireless industry VAR's and solution providers.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — Rayawave, a supplier of millimeter-wave wireless communications systems, and TR Telecom, a distributor of wireless connectivity solutions to the Asia Pacific region, announced that TR Telecom will distribute the Rayawave's AireBeam™ gigabit wireless bridge products.

Michael Johnson, National Sales Manager — Broadband at TR Telecom said, "We are pleased with the addition of the Rayawave product line at TR. These new products complement and expand our existing offerings to the wireless market and will enable us to continue to provide a broad range of wireless solutions in the industry. We feel this product will be very effective for high capacity wireless links in congested metropolitan applications. The AireBeam™ products offer our Wireless Resellers and their customers an alternative for high bandwidth connectivity in the newly released 71-76 GHz millimeter-wave band in Australia. The favorable new low cost and rapid license procedure introduced by the ACMA allows for affordable medium haul connectivity not previously available until now."

The AireBeam™ products are designed to deliver secure and reliable, low latency, very high bandwidth wireless bridge connections to customers in the health care, education, government, enterprise and other industries. "TR Telecom has established itself as one of the best Value Added Distributors of wireless products and assists our customer base in Australia for successful deployments," said John Taylor, Vice President of Sales with Rayawave Inc. "TR Telecom has the ability to deliver locally the needed support to our Wireless IT VARs so they can build complete Rayawave gigabit wireless bridge systems in Australia."

About Rayawave Inc.
Rayawave Inc. is an innovator of gigabit outdoor wireless point to point network bridging solutions. Rayawave products provide fixed wireless last mile access for campus or enterprise building-to-building connectivity, public safety, government, healthcare, education, and metropolitan service provider networks. The products are also used in infrastructure applications such as broadband cellular network extension and wireless backhaul for WiMAX or WiFi networks. For more information, please visit www.rayawave.com or call 1 (858) 350-4259 or 61 (02) 8005 1772 in Sydney.

About TR Telecom

A distributor of wireless connectivity solutions for large scale commercial applications, TR Telecom has built a strong Australasian Channel Partner network comprising leading IT&T experts with offices and field support throughout Australia. Also a member of the WiMax Forum, our product suite comprises both leading edge and field-proven technologies. www.trcorporation.com 61 3 9896 3000 Corporate Headquarters

Contacts

Rayawave Inc.
Chris Dorny, 858-350-4259
info @ rayawave.com

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

thincSoft Puts Business Intelligence on the Map™

Exclusive interview featuring thincSoft's Jim Kowalski.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — Jim Kowalski, Chief Operating Officer of thincSoft, recently participated in an exclusive interview with Ron Powell and the Business Intelligence Network (www.BeyeNETWORK.com). In this interview, Kowalski describes thincVIew, a Web 2.0 solution that merges geographic data with business intelligence information in a visually intuitive tool for better decision making.

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"Recent studies have indicated that over 80% of data maintained by corporations has a location component," says Jim Kowalski, Chief Operating Officer of thincSoft. "As companies look to gain more and more insight into their business and their customers, the ability to merge map information together with business data is becoming the next must-have in enterprise applications."

"People are using Google maps for recreational use, now they want this same functionality with their business tools," says Ron Powell, Cofounder and Editorial Director of the Business Intelligence Network. "thincSoft enhances the visualization of information, using a Web 2.0 architecture to integrate heterogeneous data environments with a map-driven interface."

To listen to the interview, please click here.

The Business Intelligence Network Solution Spotlights are intuitive dialogues with innovative solution providers, and these spotlights provide a cutting-edge introduction to the new products and services of interest to the business intelligence community. The Network publishes six newsletters serving more than 115,000 readers across a wide variety of industries, making it the largest newsletter-based information source for business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing, data integration and data quality.

About thincSoft
thincSoft is the company that Put Business Intelligence on the Map™. Their unique Web 2.0 enterprise application, thincVIew, fuses map and location content and features together with business data to enable improved decision making across the enterprise. Requiring only a web browser, this application leverages the power of Web 2.0 to create a new generation of business intelligence tools.

About Business Intelligence Network™:
The Network's flagship site BeyeNETWORK.com leads the industry with up-to-the-minute news, newsletters, articles, executive spotlights, podcasts, expert-hosted channels and blogs. Experts include Claudia Imhoff, Bill Inmon, Craig Schiff, Colin White, David Loshin, and others. BeyeRESEARCH.com provides research and case studies from leading authors and experts in business intelligence. BeyeBLOGS.com is a business intelligence-specific community blogging site that provides an open forum about industry issues and challenges. BeyeSEARCH.com offers the first and only editor-driven directory and search engine specially built to serve this industry.

This press release is based upon information provided by the Company. The Business Intelligence Network does not independently verify statements made and has no obligation to update these statements after the date of release.

Contact:
Business Intelligence Network
Katie Rostermundt
krostermundt @ b-eye-network.com
+1-262-780-0202

Contact:
thincSoft
Outlook Marketing Services
Christa Carroll
Media @ thincsoft.com
+1-630-922-6995

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

States Seek Return of Uncashed Rebates

Rebate analyst, Hal Stinchfield, CEO of Promotional Marketing Insights, reacted today to a recent development in the ongoing proceeding regarding the treatment of uncashed rebate checks.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 — Rebate analyst, Hal Stinchfield, CEO of Promotional Marketing Insights, reacted today to a recent development in the ongoing proceeding regarding the treatment of uncashed rebate checks.

Hal Stinchfield

In a rather dramatic and unprecedented showing of solidarity, 44 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have added three rebate sponsors to the Fitzgerald v. Young America Corporation litigation (in the Iowa District Court for Polk County, IA, Civil Action No. 6030), a case which seeks to address the failure of issuers of rebate checks to report uncashed rebates as unclaimed property to the various states.

"When consumers don’t get their manufacturer or retailer rebates, they are outraged," said Stinchfield. "The reason the states are interested in this issue is so they can locate the rightful owners and return the money."

According to the "Third Amended and Substituted Petition" filed with the court by the Iowa Department of Justice on April 18, 2008, Sprint Nextel Corporation, T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Walgreen Company were added as additional defendants in this case.

Previous to the filing of the amended petition, the group of plaintiff states had been pursuing Young America for the failure to report uncashed rebate checks where required under their unclaimed property statutes. The amended filing reinforces a commitment by the plaintiffs to vigorously pursue the matter of compliance and apparently demonstrate they are no longer willing to accept an "it’s not our liability" argument.

"This is a consumer advocacy issue until a manufacturer, retailer, or fulfillment company fails to report and return uncashed rebates to the states; then it also becomes a legal issue," said Stinchfield.

The states’ action signifies that while the matter of liability has not yet been determined (through the legal proceedings), it is clear that by adding client companies to the litigation, the states firmly believe that regardless of which entity owes the money, somebody does.

With this action, the states also seem to be asserting that the failure to report uncashed checks as unclaimed property will result in aggressive enforcement.

Rebate sponsors and fulfillment companies, once thought immune from this liability, are clearly at risk whether they knew of the unclaimed property statutes or not.

"Consumers should be able to find their uncashed checks on the states’ unclaimed property web sites, but they won’t be there because they haven’t been reported," said Stinchfield.

The best way for manufacturers and fulfillment companies to protect themselves is to clearly and contractually agree in advance which party will report uncashed checks, have a well-documented, consumer-friendly replacement and resubmit strategy, and be certain the check clearing bank has maintained meticulous records of cleared and un-cleared rebate checks by dollar amount, by state, by month, and by offer.

To request a copy of the recently filed petition or discuss rebate liability and risk mitigation strategies, interested corporate executives may contact Hal Stinchfield, CEO of Promotional Marketing Insights: hal @ promotioninsights.com.

Promotional Marketing Insights is an executive rebate and promotion management consultancy.

Hal Stinchfield
612-867-9760
hal @ promotioninsights.com
www.promotioninsights.com

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

Aperto Networks’ PacketMAX Solution Certified For 5 GHz Band in Republic of Ukraine

Aperto® Networks, builder of the world’s most versatile carrier-grade and cost-effective WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, announced today that its 5 GHz WiMAX solution has been certified for use in the Republic of Ukraine.

Milpitas, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 7, 2008 — Aperto® Networks, builder of the world’s most versatile carrier-grade and cost-effective WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, announced today that its 5 GHz WiMAX solution has been certified for use in the Republic of Ukraine. This certification applies to the entire line of award-winning WiMAX Forum Certified PacketMAX® base stations, including the PM 5000 macro base station and the PM 3000 micro base station, as well as the PM 3xx series and PM 1xx series of subscriber units.

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“5 GHz WiMAX products are very important for the broadband market in Ukraine,” said Manish Gupta, Vice President of Marketing & Alliances for Aperto Networks and WiMAX Forum Board Member. “This WiMAX band is just being recognized internationally as a powerful complement to the 2.x GHz and 3.x GHz bands. Aperto continues to showcase its support for the needs of the emerging markets with this latest certification.”

According to wimaxday.com (October 5, 2007), “(t)he Ukraine market for WiMAX is expected to explode over the next two years, as low penetration for broadband access in the country point to high demand. In the Kommersant report, the President of Alternet said he expects that by 2010, ‘WiMAX services will have 2-3 million subscribers, each of which will bring the operators an average of about US$40 per month.’”

“We are very excited about Aperto’s certification for 5 GHz,” said Alexander Volinsky, General Manager, NTU Service. “Customers in Ukraine have been waiting for this to happen for some time. The fact that the entire line of PacketMAX products has been certified means that Aperto can supply and deploy complete WiMAX solutions immediately.”

The PacketMAX family of products delivers the critical elements required to extend wireless broadband services to a wide range of users—ranging from governments, large enterprises and public-sector organizations to multi-tenet buildings and residences—using a single, standards-based platform. The company’s flagship product, the PacketMAX 5000 base station, is also the only carrier-grade base station that can support and operate both the IEEE802.16-2004 and IEEE802.16-2005 WiMAX standards simultaneously. PacketMAX also supports the widest range of licensed and licensed-exempt frequencies in the world, including the 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 4.9 GHz, and 5 GHz bands.

About Aperto Networks
Aperto Networks helps service providers worldwide profitably deliver affordable wireless voice and broadband services by building the world’s most advanced fixed and mobile WiMAX Forum Certified base stations and subscriber units. Aperto fundamentally changes the economics of delivering voice and broadband services through IP-rich, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks, allowing carriers to offer a wider variety of services to more customers using less equipment. Its carrier-grade WiMAX technology offers industry-leading subscriber density, quality of service, ease of use, and reliability. Aperto is a founding board member of the WiMAX Forum, as well as a founder and lead contributor to IEEE 802.16 and the ETSI-BRAN standards. Serving more than 400 customers in 90 countries, Aperto Networks is based in Milpitas, California. For more information, visit us at www.apertonet.com.

“Aperto Networks” and “PacketMAX” are registered trademarks of Aperto Networks. The Aperto logo is a trademark of Aperto Networks. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 7th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

NCIC Inmate Telephone Next Generation System

Information regarding NCICs new inmate phone platform

(PRWEB) May 7, 2008 — NCIC Inmate Telephone Service is please to announce its second generation of VOIP-enabled, full-featured inmate phone platform. Our first generation platform was a first of its kind, but lacked some of the live alert features that are often requested by our current customers.

NCIC Inmate Logo

NCIC has worked diligently to enhance its inmate phone services with the help of telephone providers and our jail customers. The Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) product for jails, for instance, lowers the cost of providing the service to the inmates whereby the savings can be passed onto the inmates and their families. Another important fact is that NCICs platform runs on a carrier grade network with TaguaT7000 Class 5 switching as the core and an Asterisk cluster to support the VOIP and international collect calling features. Intelmate and SciDyn inmate phone systems run the full-feature security products and the web-reporting for the jail management interface.

Additionally, NCICs Local Exchange Carrier ( LEC ) billing relations department has opened up collect billing agreements with over 120 additional local, international and cellular phone companies allowing it to bill more collect calls to more phone companies. The opening of collect calling to mobile phones will increase the convenience of inmates to place collect calls. Often detainees were required to set up prepaid accounts in order to place collect phone calls to cell phones, phones in Mexico and phone companies that blocked collect billing. These new collect call options allow the correctional industry to increase phone revenues while at the same time decreasing call rates to the inmates.

Additional enhancements to the platform include:

-   Web-based reports to access real-time call recordings and live alerts.
-   International collect calling expanded to include Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, UK, Germany and El Salvador.
-   Carrier grade network with redundancy supported at 3 locations across the US.
-   Prepaid collect with free call option for inmate convenience
-   Collect billing to the following cell phone companies: AT&T / Cingular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Alltel .

According to Jay Walters, Chief Technology Officer of NCIC, the new platform sets the standard for Next Generation Inmate Phone Services. The system allows for easy maintenance, reduced need for access to the jails, more availability for inmates due to redundancy and lower infrastructure costs which should be translated to lower rates to the inmates and their families. NCIC has achieved its goal of cutting operational and network costs, so that the actual costs of installing and maintaining the system will be much less and savings can be passed on via lower call prices and more revenue to the governmental entity that controls the facility. Finally NCIC provides the first one size fits all that can support jails that have 1 phone or 500 phones.

About NCIC Inmate Services
NCIC Inmate Telephone Services, Inc. is a privately held retail / wholesale provider of Inmate Phone Systems. The Company operates a network of inmate calling platforms across the United States and a customer service call center in Texas. In addition, the Company provides collect call and prepaid inmate telecommunication services for the prison and jail industry.

For more information about our operator service products and directory assistance, please visit our websites at http://www.ncic.com and http://www.inmate-phone-service.com or give us a call at 1-888-686-3699.

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 7th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

Continuent Joins Sun’s GlassFish Partner Initiative

New Program Provides Convenient Access To Large Number Of FrameworksAnd Applications Running On GlassFish

San Francisco, JavaOne (PRWEB) May 7, 2008 — Continuent, Inc., a leading provider of commercial open source middleware solutions for database high availability, today announced it has joined the Sun Microsystems' new GlassFish™ Partner Initiative. The GlassFish Partner Initiative provides participants with convenient and rapid access to a large number of frameworks and applications running on GlassFish, and fosters collaboration between developers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators (Sis). Download GlassFish Application Server here: http://www.GlassFish.org.

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Continuent uni/cluster offers a multi-master approach to database replication. Data is committed and available to all nodes in the cluster simultaneously, effectively eliminating data latency and providing increased reliability through redundancy. Continuent uni/cluster includes a build-in load balancer, which allows any database server to be used to process user queries, providing near-linear scalability, and optimal resource utilization, throughput and response time.

GlassFish is one of the leading open source application server communities in the industry today with more than seven million downloads since its first release in May 2005.

"With millions of developers downloading GlassFish, the GlassFish Partner Initiative not only helps Continuent to showcase our database scale-out offerings to this important open source community but also gives us access to new business models, expanded markets, and increased opportunities for sales engagements," said Eero Teerikorpi, CEO at Continuent.

"The new GlassFish Partner Initiative gives developers unprecedented access to the expanding GlassFish ecosystem of more than 100 SIs and ISVs," said Kenneth Drachnik, group manager of software infrastructure marketing at Sun. "With Continuent joining the initiative, the GlassFish developer and user community gets easy access to their important database high availability solutions."

Details of the GlassFish Partner Initiative are available at http://www.glassfish.org/glassfishpartners. For more information about Continuent products, visit http://www.continuent.com. For information on Continuent's involvement in the open source community, visit http://www.continuent.org.

About Continuent
Continuent provides continuous data availability. Continuent develops and markets commercial Continuent uni/cluster products and services based on Sequoia, a database-neutral, open source database-clustering project (www.continuent.org). Continuent's commercial open source solutions are currently available for EnterpriseDB, MySQL® and PostgreSQL. Continuent's Sequoia open source solutions are available for Microsoft® SQL Server, Oracle®, IBM® DB2®, and Sybase®. Continuent is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with research labs in Finland and France. For more information, please visit www.continuent.com.

Press Contacts
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EnterpriseDB, Postgres Plus, and Postgres Plus Advanced Server are trademarks of EnterpriseDB Corporation. IBM and DB2 are registered trademarks of IBM in the United States. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, JavaOne, GlassFish and MySQL are trademarks, registered trademarks or servicemarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. Other products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective corporations.

Source: PRWeb: Telecom

May 7th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments

Mobile Toys

Anti-Phishing Working Group Calls for Papers for eCrime 2008 Internet Security Research Conference

ConnectMyPhone.com Launches a New Look and the Savings Keep Getting Better on Home Phone

Data Center Best Practices - Guidelines for Contamination Control in Datacom Environments

Conference Town Offers Full-Featured Conference Calling at No Cost

Rayawave and TR Telecom Announce Wireless Bridge Distribution Alliance

thincSoft Puts Business Intelligence on the Map™

States Seek Return of Uncashed Rebates

Aperto Networks’ PacketMAX Solution Certified For 5 GHz Band in Republic of Ukraine

NCIC Inmate Telephone Next Generation System

Continuent Joins Sun’s GlassFish Partner Initiative

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