Symantec to webcast on Information Security Risk Management
Cupertino, USA: Symantec Corp., the world leader in Internet security, has announced that it will host a webcast to discuss managing information security risk at all levels within an organization. The webcast, titled "Dynamic Management of Information Security Risk," will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 8:00 a.m. PDT. Attendees can register at http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/
webcastinfo.cfm?webcastid=104 . (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.)

The webcast will be led by Jeremy Ward, director of service development at Symantec, and will help attendees learn how to evaluate and manage information security risk within their own organizations. The webcast will be of particular interest to IT management responsible for strategic security decisions, policy setting and security issues affecting businesses. The key topics will include:

• How regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley are forcing businesses to evaluate and control their operational risk at all levels of the organization and how compliance failure compromises the entire organization.
  
  
• Six levels of risk control -- from IT operation to overall business strategy.
  
  
• Ideas for information security dashboards.

Jeremy Ward has been involved in the development of high-level consulting services for Symantec Security Services, especially based around international information security standards. He is the Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) representative to the OECD's Business and Industry Advisory Council's group of experts on information security. He also sits on the UK Government/Industry Forum on Encryption and Law Enforcement and the CBI Information Security Working Group. He is a qualified IT project manager and a certified lead auditor for BS 7799.
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Chyron's C-Mix HD Graphics mixer wins Mario award at NAB
Melville,USA: Chyron Corporation has announced that its all-new C-Mix HD high definition (HDTV) graphics mixer has won TV Technology Magazine's prestigious Mario Award. The award, given annually at NAB by TV Technology's "Masked Engineer" columnist Mario Orazio, recognizes superior technology and outstanding new products in the field.

The C-Mix HD is a multi-layer video mixer designed for use in graphics production and master control. Up to four video and key input pairs, plus a background layer, can be combined in any order within the mixer, allowing layers to be both composed and blended. In addition, C-Mix has an SD output and a post-mix up-converted HDTV output. The mixer can be controlled from Lyric, Chyron's award winning content creation and playout software, or from an XML stand-alone application.

The exceptional flexibility of the C-Mix HD product allows news and sports programs to be produced in SD and immediately converted for HDTV broadcast. Typical inputs to the C-Mix might include Duet LEX output channels, clip player and squeezeback card, or a standalone server. The C-Mix HD also enables powerful timeline-based mixing for both SD and HDTV feeds. The on-board high quality digital HDTV upconverter is format-selectable, enabling "set and forget" upconversion for any application.

C-Mix HD is expected to ship by June 2004, and will carry a price of under $20,000.
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HyperXMulti-Format Graphics System wins award at NAB
Melville, USA: Chyron Corporation has announced that its all-new real-time HyperX Multi-Format character generator graphics system has won a Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award at NAB 2004. HyperX was selected based upon its superior technology, ease of use, and affordability.

Broadcast Engineering's Pick Hit Awards are determined by readers of Broadcast Engineering magazine and working professionals in the broadcast, post, network and satellite industries. The award is one of the industry's longest-running new product technology awards. And one of the most coveted technology award at the NAB show.

The HyperX uses next-generation, high-speed bus architecture with an advanced 3D rendering engine technology, to provide exceptional real-time 2D and 3D performance for both standard definition (SD) digital and HDTV systems. The HyperX may be configured as an SD- or HDTV-only CG, or may output both SD and HDTV simultaneously.

For sports or entertainment environments, the HyperX may be configured as a real-time HDTV CG. It may also be coupled with Clyps-HD, Chyron's new HDTV graphics clip server with both devices being controlled by Lyric, Chyron's award-winning, format independent, content creation and playout software.
The HyperX is housed in a 4 RU frame and has triple redundant hot swappable power supplies, up to 4GB of memory, and can support up to 10 drives. Almost all standard Chyron options are available for the SD system.
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Gap between 'mature' and 'frontier' markets widen
Los Angeles, USA: The gap between "have" and "have not" countries widened dramatically last year, creating a dangerous vulnerability for global economic recovery, according to the 2004 Milken Institute Capital Access Index.

Of the 85 countries surveyed by the Index, which measures the openness of capital markets, 33 of the 51 "mature" capital markets improved scores and attracted increased portfolio and direct investment flows. By comparison, only 15 of the 34 "frontier" markets -- primarily low-income and developing countries with restricted, non-competitive and less-transparent financial systems -- improved their position on the Index. Nineteen of these markets declined.

"The relative improvement in mature markets and the deterioration of frontier markets creates greater geopolitical risk for the engines of growth in the U.S. and Asia," said Glenn Yago, director of the Institute's capital markets research. "Unless that gap is bridged, the current prospects for global recovery are threatened."

Topping the "mature" markets index were Hong Kong, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Finland and Germany moved up the most on the Index. The United States fell three spots from last year, landing at number six, mainly because of corporate governance issues. Canada and South Korea fell the most.
Among "frontier" capital markets, Bahrain, Kuwait, Slovenia and Latvia ranked high and improved. The Ukraine, Romania, Pakistan, Croatia and most of Africa fell further behind.
The Top 10 "mature" markets (with 2003 ranking):
1. Hong Kong (1st)
2. Netherlands (5th)
3. United Kingdom (2nd)
4. Tie - Singapore (4th)
5. Tie - Switzerland (6th)
6. United States (3rd)
7. Australia (9th)
8. Finland (tie - 12th)
9. Germany (tie - 12th)
10. Denmark (9th)

Regionally, most Latin American countries other than Brazil declined significantly from last year because of a combination of weak financial institutions and laws and an increasingly fragile banking system.

In Asia, the broadening of access to capital has greatly aided the Asian recovery, the Index shows. All of the countries involved in the "Asian Crisis" of 1997-98 (South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand) have nearly returned to or surpassed their pre-crisis levels of production and profitability.
Started in 1998, the Capital Access Index is a comprehensive analysis of the breadth, depth and vitality of capital markets around the world.

The Capital Access Index report is available at www.milkeninstitute.org.
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News via the BlackBerry platform
Dayton, USA: LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, has announced that business professionals can now access LexisNexis content via the BlackBerry wireless platform, developed by Research In Motion (RIM).

Building upon its 31-year history as a pioneer in the information industry, LexisNexis is now the first information provider to offer access to comprehensive full-text news, business, legal, public records, and regulatory and legislative information sources via BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds. Users can receive current news on predefined topics of interest delivered by LexisNexis Publisher. LexisNexis Publisher is an advanced content management tool that offers an easy way to deliver access to crucial, comprehensive and on-point information into a Web site, portal or Intranet. Following closely on the heels of this delivery option, users will soon be able to proactively search, refine and edit results sets from more than 14,000 information sources.

According to the company as there is a growing reliance on mobile devices in the workplace, its new offering allows customers to access information via BlackBerry without being confined to their desktops or laptops.
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