Siemens Nixdorf Introduces ProCash - the New ATM System Family for
the 21st Century
Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems, LLC introduced the
ProCash family of ATMs at BAI's Retail Delivery '99, Booth 401.
[Business Wire]
NCR Introduces New PersonaS 90 Self Service ATM Solution The First
Dual Safe, Self-Contained Drive-Up ATM Designed for a 36-Inch
Island
NCR Corporation, the world's leading supplier of automated teller
machines , has introduced the PersonaS 90 Self Service ATM for
financial institutions, the newest addition to the company's
popular PersonaS family of Self Service terminals. [PR Newswire]
NCR Defines Future With Ground-Breaking ATM PersonaS 86`s scalable
technology is leading the Self Service industry into a new era of
services and revenue generation
NCR Corporation, the world leader in automated teller machines ,
today launched the PersonaS 86, the first truly scalable web ATM
with two dispensing units. The PersonaS 86 provides ATM deployers
with new levels of flexibility. [PR Newswire]
FRISCO BAY INTRODUCES A US DENOMINATION RECYCLING TELLER CASH
DISPENSER AND A SELF-SERVICE CHECK BOOK PRINTER AT BAI`S MIAMI
RETAIL DELIVERY `99 CONFERENCE
Participating in Bank Administration Institution's Retail Delivery
Conference in Miami, Frisco Bay Industries Ltd. , an international
provider of automated financial transaction and integrated security
systems ... [PR Newswire]
Appliances
Coollogic to Acquire ON Channel, Leading Developer of Embedded
Linux; Linux-based Internet Appliances Featuring Netscape Navigator
to Ship by Year End
Coollogic, an End-to-End Solutions provider of privately-branded
Internet Ready appliances and software systems, announced today
that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of ON
Channel ... [PR Newswire]
Virgin To Give Away 10,000 Net Appliances
Internet devices received something of a boost recently when
Microsoft announced its direct-to-Internet Web Appliances at the
Comdex Fall expo in Las Vegas last month. [NewsBytes]
STMicroelectronics, Scientific Atlanta in multimedia IP development
venture
STMicroelectronics and Scientific Atlanta Inc said they are jointly
developing advanced Internet Protocol communication technologies,
including the DOCSIS and DAVIC standards, for use in SA's Explorer
digital TV set-top boxes. [AFX]
Microsoft and General Instrument Team to Bring Streaming Media
Content To Cable Television General Instrument Is First to Support
Streaming Media on Digital Set-Top <>
Today at Streaming Media West '99, Microsoft Corp. announced that
General Instrument Corp. will be the cable industry's first digital
set-top terminal provider to support streaming video and audio. [PR
Newswire]
Media 100 Unveils iFinish: World's First Internet Streaming Media
Production System; Media 100 Defines New Category of Internet
Solutions: Streaming Media Production Tools
Media 100 Inc. , the pioneer of streaming media production tools,
today announced the iFinish family of streaming media production
systems for Windows NT . By integrating key streaming media
technologies from its Terran Interactive subsidiary ... [Business
Wire]
Play Incorporated Spins-Off New Company to Enable Thousands of
Streaming Media Producers
Internet's Largest Entertainment Networks and Pioneering Content
Producers Already Under Agreement With Play Streaming Media Group
... [Business Wire]
Micromuse`s NETCOOL Software Deployed by WebTV to Manage Dial-Up
Access Service to 900,000 Customers
Micromuse Inc. , the leading provider of fault and service-level
management software, today announced that WebTV Networks, Inc. has
deployed the NETCOOL application to monitor connectivity of set-top
boxes serving 900,000 customers. [Business Wire]
iNEXTV.com Announces Technology to Make Video On the Internet
Better Than Ever Before
iNEXTV.com, the premier global network of targeted video-based Web
sites, announces the availability of online video that is
significantly clearer, smoother and 50% larger than existing
Internet video. [Business Wire]
Embedded Tech
Metrowerks to Add Support for PersonalJava to CodeWarrior;
Releasing Beta Version of CodeWarrior with Support for Java
Technology Aimed at Web-Enabled Consumer Devices
Metrowerks, a Motorola company, today announced its support for Sun
Microsystems' PersonalJava Application Environment, a subset of the
Java 2 Micro Edition aimed at Web-enabled consumer devices.
[Business Wire]
Motorola`s MPC7400 PowerPC Microprocessor Awarded `Component of the
Year`; MPC7400 Processor Wins 1999 Award of Excellence Over Intel`s
Pentium III Coppermine and AMD`s Athlon
The newest PowerPC microprocessor from Motorola , delivering never
before achieved levels of performance, received the 1999 "Award of
Excellence" for Component of the Year by the Dabbagh Information
Technology Group . [Business Wire]
ISI Joins Internet Industry Leaders as First Embedded Software
Company On the IPv6 Forum
Integrated Systems, Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of embedded
systems software for a broad range of industries, today announced
its membership in the IPv6 Forum. Through its Epilogue networking
product line ... [Business Wire]
EPSON and Sharp Team Up to Provide Higher Integration Solutions for
Handheld Market; EPSON Developing LCD Controller for Sharp Display
EPSON Research and Development Inc. and Sharp Microelectronics of
the Americas have agreed to share technology to provide
highly-integrated display solutions for the Smart Handheld Device
markets. [Business Wire]
Web Usage
Online Holiday Shopping Surging With 4 in 5 Internet Shoppers
Planning to Spend Same or More This Year Than Last Season
Online holiday shopping is surging with four in five of Internet
shoppers saying that they plan to spend the same or more money
online this holiday season compared to last year, according to a
new study released today by America Online ... [Business Wire]
Consumers are Embracing Online Banking But Still Want More; New
Research Indicates Desire for More Services and Fewer Hassles With
Online Banking
BAI's Retail Delivery '99 -- More than 80 percent of U.S. consumers
polled in a recent Internet survey rate their online banking
experience higher than their traditional brick-and-mortar banking
experience. [PR Newswire]
1999 Investor Internet Adoption Study; Nearly Two-Thirds of All
Mutual Fund Investors are Now Online According to Annual American
Century Study
Internet usage among mutual fund investors experienced a three-fold
increase over the past four years, according to the American
Century Investments 1999 Investor Internet Adoption Study, an
annual survey conducted by the Kansas City-based mutual fund,
brokerage and investment services [Business Wire]
POS
ATS Money Systems, Inc., Provides Dayton Hudson Corporation with
Automated Currency Counting and Check Encoding Equipment
ATS Money Systems, Inc., announced today that it has received
purchase orders from Dayton Hudson Corporation to provide its
Target Stores and Department Store Division Stores additional
currency counting and check encoding equipment. [PR Newswire]
MENTOR'S CORNER: Retailer retools network plumbing to come of age
SADDLED WITH slow, legacy networks that limited point-of-sale
functionality and stifled innovation on the application level,
worldwide retailer JC Penney earlier this year turned to 3Com for
help in delivering its networks into the 21st century. [InfoWorld]
