SingTel launches Asia Pacific’s first and only integrated global Wide Area Network solution

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Singapore, 7 June 2007 — Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has launched Asia Pacific’s first and only integrated global IP Wide Area Network (WAN) solution.  This solution provides business communications in remote areas via seamless and secure IP technology.

The solution is a synergy of IP-VPN and satellite technologies that marries four communication services – BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) for mobile connectivity, satellite IP for land-based remote communications, maritime VSAT for maritime communications and ConnectPlus IP-VPN for other global business locations.  (Please see  note below for more information on these services).

New online tool charts cybersecurity standards developments

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Geneva, 7 June 2007 – ITU has developed an online tool to keep track of crucial ICT security standards work through a single access point. For the first time, ICT security vendors, service providers, developers, researchers and the public will now have security standards at their fingertips, with one common user interface.

The guide called the ICT Security Standards Roadmap brings together information about existing standards and work in progress by the world’s key standards developers. It is a collaborative effort between ITU, the European Network and Security Information Agency (ENISA) and the Network and Information Security Steering Group (NISSG).

Enhancing security in cyberspace is a matter of critical concern in an increasingly networked society. Crime on the Internet alone has led to losses estimated at several billion dollars, both from online theft and from costs related to fixing networks that have been the victim of cyberattack. Cybercrime takes several forms, from breaching network security, financial fraud, invasion of privacy and identity theft to virus attacks or spam.

First Future-Proof Industrial Remote Service Device Launched

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Berlin, 07 June 2007 – Innominate Security Technologies AG today launched its new security device, the mGuard industrial RS, which is set to cut the cost for manufacturers who will have to upgrade to broadband connections for remote maintenance in the near future.

By including both dial-up and Ethernet connections, the robust appliance lowers the cost of migration when a manufacturing plant’s networks are upgraded. The device, which features a redundant power supply and compact industrial casing, can be mounted on DIN rails and is based on the highly regarded Innominate mGuard firmware.

Analysys Reveals Increasing Concentration Of Market Power In BSS/OSS

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LONDON, UK, 24 May 2007 – The number of system sales announcements for telecoms IT (BSS/OSS) solutions dropped markedly in 2006, according to a new report, Billing and OSS Trends: the transition to telecoms IT, published by Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media (http://research.analysys.com). In 2006 there were 456 system sales announced globally, compared with 569 in 2005 and 514 in 2004, according to Analysys.

“We’re still in a tough market but the decline in system sales announcements isn’t indicative of another recession,” says the report’s author, Teresa Cottam. “The decline is being caused by a combination of market factors, such as mergers and acquisitions on the supply side of the market, consolidation on the demand side and the investment cycle moving from system selection and purchasing to system implementation.”

New online tool charts cybersecurity standards developments

In case you missed this:

Geneva, 7 June 2007 – ITU has developed an online tool to keep track of crucial ICT security standards work through a single access point. For the first time, ICT security vendors, service providers, developers, researchers and the public will now have security standards at their fingertips, with one common user interface.

The guide called the ICT Security Standards Roadmap brings together information about existing standards and work in progress by the world’s key standards developers. It is a collaborative effort between ITU, the European Network and Security Information Agency (ENISA) and the Network and Information Security Steering Group (NISSG).

Enhancing security in cyberspace is a matter of critical concern in an increasingly networked society. Crime on the Internet alone has led to losses estimated at several billion dollars, both from online theft and from costs related to fixing networks that have been the victim of cyberattack. Cybercrime takes several forms, from breaching network security, financial fraud, invasion of privacy and identity theft to virus attacks or spam.