Recurrent Software Solutions Inc. introduced its VersaBill automated bill formatting system. The product allows companies to streamline their electronic billing in a format that meets their specifications, said the company. Once the electronic format is established, VersaBill creates code to parse the format for use by customers. After the fields are defined, Recurrent sets up the format and tests it and then sends the data to clients to be validated. www.recurrentsoft.com
CommASIC
CommASIC, a new company to the wireless space, announced its Wireless Broadband Signal Processor architecture. WBSP is specifically designed for high-performance broadband applications and is programmable, giving it multimode capability, said the company. The architecture offers power consumption improvements and smaller die size. CommASIC’s first product based on the architecture, a Wi-Fi baseband processor, is set to be released soon. www.commasic.com
NEC
NEC Engineering Ltd., in conjunction with NEC Electronics Corp. and Chipcon AS, announced a module for 802.15.4 and ZigBeeT wireless standards. The module includes the CC2420 RF transceiver from Chipcon and the 78KO/KF1+ low-power 8-bit flash microcontroller from NEC Electronics. The module enables wireless communications via a physical layer and media access layer. Development kits and two ZigBee-ready wireless modules and software development tools are expected to be available in February. www.nec.com
Infone
Infone, a personal assistant telephone service, introduced its “no software” synchronization capabilities. Infone’s service is enhanced directory assistance and personal assistant services combined with calling capability in the United States and Canada. The company’s relationship with salesforce.com allows users of salesforce.com on-demand CRM software to access and update their contacts and scheduled events over the phone. www.infone.com
Network Chemistry
Network Chemistry, which provides advanced RF security solutions, said a new version of its RFprotect Enterprise wireless intrusion protection system is available. New features include active intrusion prevention, advanced RF signal analysis and an enhanced reporting engine for auditing industry policy compliance, said the company. The product includes RFshield Module, which defends against identified rogue APs and malicious client devices. This allows the system operator to immediately disable a device until it can physically be isolated and removed from the network. Also included is the RFanalysis Module, which analyzes RF signals and monitors how 802.11 traffic is affected by signal degradation and noise across the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Finally, the new version now generates pass/no-pass compliance reports to facilitate auditing of an enterprise wireless domain’s compliance to specific industry policy. In related news, Network Chemistry introduced its RFprotect Mobile, a new companion software application to the RFprotect Enterprise product. The software gives network and security administrators walk-around wireless scanning and analysis tools that help lock out rogue and other wireless threats. www.networkchemistry.com
Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. introduced its Safe@Office 400W series of integrated wireless security appliances that includes a wireless access point. The appliances incorporate 802.11b/g access point and speeds of up to 108 Mbps. The series is designed specifically for businesses with between one and 100 users and is based on Check Point’s VPN-1/FireWall-1 security technology. www.checkpoint.com
Tegic
Developer Tegic Communications launched the latest version of its popular predictive text software for mobile devices. Tegic unveiled T9 7.2, an embedded program designed to make messaging more efficient for short message service users. The multi-lingual software predicts the words text messagers are trying to type, allowing users to form words without pushing a button multiple times for one letter. (For instance, pushing “5” three times to type the letter “L”.) The upgraded version of the software predicts words based on past usage and supports popular SMS abbreviations. A wholly owned subsidiary of America Online Inc., Tegic is trying to entice carriers to promote the product by stressing the added revenues that text messaging generates. Tegic claims its predictive text software is available on more than 500 million mobile phones. www.tegic.com
