GE Announces Rugged COM Express Module to Deliver High Performance and Reliability in Multi-Display Applications

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26 July 2012

GE Announces Rugged COM Express Module to Deliver High Performance and Reliability in Multi-Display Applications

 

• Features latest Intel® Core™ i7 dual- and quad-core processors
• Supports multiple simultaneous displays
• Ruggedization allows deployment in harshest environments

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA July 26, 2012 GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) today announced the latest addition to the company’s growing range of COM Express modules with the launch of its highest performance offering to date, the rugged bCOM6-L1400. Taking advantage of the significant processing and graphics capabilities of the recently-announced Intel® Core™ i7 processor, the bCOM6-L1400 can support multiple independent displays in a wide variety of commercial, industrial, transportation and defense applications in a broad range of embedded computing environments.

The launch of the bCOM6-L1400 further expands GE’s range of rugged COM Express solutions following a series of announcements. The most recent of these was the launch of the rugged bCOM6-L1200 – which features a range of five VIA Nano™ and VIA Eden™ processor options - in February.

By separating the carrier card from the processor, the COM Express architecture extends the useful life of the subsystem by allowing simple, cost-effective upgrade of the processor alone. This reduces long term cost of ownership while ensuring that performance keeps pace with changing needs.

Offered with a choice of either a dual-core or quad-core processor for maximum flexibility and enabling customers to select the optimum price-performance/watt combination for the planned application, the bCOM6-L1400 takes advantage of GE’s extensive experience and expertise in the design and development of rugged COM Express modules. It also complements GE Intelligent Platforms’ extensive portfolio of rugged embedded computingsolutions that includes single board computers, multiprocessors, Ethernet switches, displays and networking.

The bCOM6-L1400 can be confidently deployed in the harshest, most challenging environments that are subject to extremes of temperature, vibration, shock and contaminants. Its components are specifically selected for reliable operation in hostile environments, and the processor and memory are soldered to the board for the highest possible resistance to external forces.

Extended mechanical construction protects the module, which is designed for optional conformal coating for even greater resistance to moisture, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes. Sophisticated dynamic thermal management optimizes uptime and helps prevent damage to the system.

GE is able to provide customers with the support necessary to enable them to develop their own carrier card configurations, or to provide custom carrier card variants on request. This ability provides significant flexibility to systems integrators looking to create unique, high value-added solutions.

“The bCOM6-L1400 is a further example of GE’s rugged high performance platform strategy in action, and of our commitment to bringing the most recent processor technologies to market as rapidly as possible,” said Steve Pavlovsky, Product General Manager, Control & Communication Systems, GE Intelligent Platforms. “The COM Express architecture is ideal for OEMs looking to reduce developments costs, minimize risk and time to market and to provide the lowest possible cost of ownership. With the announcement of GE’s bCOM6-L1400, those customers get not just the benefits of COM Express and of Intel’s latest processor, but also outstanding performance, exceptional flexibility, remarkable robustness – and the commitment to customer satisfaction for which GE is renowned.”

As well as its graphics capabilities (VGA, LVDS with dual channel support and SDVO/TMDS/DisplayPort over DDI), the bCOM6-L1400 features up to 8GBytes of DDR3 memory, Gigabit Ethernet and four SATA interfaces, with support for both RAID 0 and RAID 1. Also provided for optimum connectivity are eight USB 2.0 ports and four USB 3.0 ports.

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British Airways Checks in for Enhanced Fraud Prevention from Accertify

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British Airways Checks in for Enhanced Fraud Prevention from Accertify

LONDON,  July 10, 2012 -- 

Accertify, a leading fraud prevention and risk management provider, announced today that British Airways has selected Accertify's comprehensive solution to fight e-commerce fraud and help ensure a high-quality experience for customers. Andrew Warman, Business Support Manager, Asset Protection Group at British Airways, said: "With Accertify's comprehensive, flexible and efficient solution, our customers can continue to book British Airways with confidence giving them the best overall online travel experience."

"Built from the perspective of an online merchant, the Accertify platform is the first end-to-end solution that addresses the entire business process of combating fraud from card-not present purchases to online scams and policy abuse and other data management challenges," said Michael Long, Accertify Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We're excited to work with British Airways to make the customer experience as simple and stress-free as possible."

Accertify supports the risk management and fraud reduction efforts of leading companies around the world. Drawing from its genesis in the merchant community, Accertify has built a strong roster of online clients through its expertise in international e-commerce fraud. Since opening its London office in 2011, Accertify has significantly bolstered its already impressive client roster with new business wins in the UK and Europe.

About Accertify
Accertify Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Express, is a leading provider of fraud prevention, chargeback management, and payment gateway solutions to merchant customers spanning diverse industries worldwide. Accertify's suite of products and services help e-commerce companies grow their business by driving down the total cost of fraud, simplifying business processes, and ultimately increasing revenue. To complement these solutions, Accertify also offers its customers a best-in-breed portfolio of support, professional, and managed services that empower companies to focus on growing their business, rather than on the underlying technology of their e-commerce systems. For more information, please visit www.accertify.com.

Accertify Named a 2012 Leader in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant Report on Web Fraud Detection

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Accertify Named a 2012 Leader in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant Report on Web Fraud Detection

CHICAGO, IL,  June 6, 2012 -- 

Accertify, a leading fraud prevention and risk management provider, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has named the company as a Leader in its latest report on web fraud detection in 2012. The Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection, published on May 29, 2012 by Avivah Litan, evaluates providers on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. Fifteen firms were included in the study.

"Accertify is honored to be named a Leader by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant, as we believe it echoes our success and understanding of the e-commerce fraud prevention space. With cyber-attacks continuing to be on the rise, we have developed real-time solutions to adapt quickly to changing fraud patterns," said Jeff Liesendahl, President of Accertify. "Our comprehensive, flexible and efficient solution has helped clients across the globe minimize fraud risks when processing transactions."

According to Gartner analyst Avivah Litan's report, "The Leaders quadrant contains four fraud prevention vendors that have well-established records in online fraud detection." The study states that "the companies serve different use cases and don't all compete directly with each other. They all earn high scores from their customers for their ability to effectively stop fraud, while minimizing inconvenience to end users and the organizations that use them" and they "earn high marks for responsive customer service and relatively easy implementations. Their product, sales and marketing strategies and executions are strong, and they continue to innovate and improve their services. They are firmly committed to staying and winning in this market, and to developing their products and services to meet evolving customer needs. They have also demonstrated that they can sell into markets in different parts of the world, other than their home countries. They have demonstrated agility and the ability to move quickly in helping their customers address difficult and fast-changing fraud issues."

About Accertify
Accertify Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express, based in Itasca, IL, is a leader in providing e-commerce companies with hosted software solutions, tools and strategies for preventing online fraud and mitigating enterprise-wide risks. Accertify's Interceptas® Platform integrates the various components of fraud prevention, applies state-of-the-art automation to each step in process and offers advanced capabilities for managing fraud data. Built with a merchant's perspective, the Interceptas® Platform delivers flexibility in preventing fraud related to card-not-present purchases, online scams and policy abuse, merchandise returns and exchanges and other data management challenges. Accertify is committed to providing online companies with the most cost-effective solution to fraud available. For more information, visit www.accertify.com.

About the Magic Quadrant
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