LXE products to comply with EU directives

Atlanta-based LXE Inc. said it will comply with the European Union's (EU) Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) directive and will meet the requirements of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation in each member state.

The RoHS directive provides that electrical and electronic equipment sold in the EU after July 6, 2006, cannot contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

ISS gains injunction against ex-worker

Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems Inc. won a permanent injunction from a federal court in San Francisco against a former employee and the Black Hat conference organization.

Internet Security Systems sought the injunction following former employee Michael Lynn's unauthorized presentation of security research he conducted while with the company. He made the presentation on July 27 at the Black Hat USA conference after Lynn tendered his resignation.

Prior to the start of the conference, Lynn told Black Hat organizers he would present at the show because Internet Security Systems determined further research needed to be conducted on the topic. Internet Security Systems said the information Lynn presented was not a disclosure of a new vulnerability or flaw with the Cisco IOS software but a description of possible ways to expand exploitations of known security vulnerabilities affecting Cisco's routers.

IBM to acquire DWL

IBM signed an agreement to acquire DWL, a privately-held company based in Atlanta and Toronto. Financial terms were not disclosed.

DWL makes customer data integration middleware that it says helps companies provide a single integrated view of prospect and customer information spread across multiple product and business silos.

The acquisition strengthens IBM's information management software portfolio, including the company's existing product information management software and enterprise data integration software.

Visa drops CardSystems

Visa USA Inc. has dropped Atlanta-based CardSystems Solutions Inc. as a processor and third-party agent because it has lost confidence in CardSystems' ability to provide proper data security, the credit card company reported.

Visa said that after reviewing CardSystems' processing practices, it determined that the company didn't have the appropriate controls in place to protect cardholder information.

CardSystems suffered a security breach in May that exposed more than 40 million payment cards of all brands to fraud. MasterCard International revealed the breach in June.

CardSystems provides payment processing services to small and mid-sized merchants.

Premiere Global to buy Netspoke

Atlanta-based Premiere Global Services reported plans to buy Boston-based Netspoke Inc. for $23.2 million. The acquisition, which closed in early August, is expected to add $5 million to Premiere Global's revenues in 2005 and is expected to be accretive to its earnings following integration.

Netspoke provides on-demand conferencing technology.

Premiere Global Services is a provider of business communications and data services

M2SYS teams with Latin software maker

M2SYS Technology, a biometric technology research and development company, finalized a long-term partnership agreement with Biometr’a Aplicada, SA de CV, which makes biometric hardware and software solutions provider for Mexico and Latin America, to represent M2SYS biometric hardware solutions to the Latin American marketplace.

M2SYS Technology developed and makes a USB fingerprint reader designed for use in high-throughput environments. M2SYS is partnered with software providers across a variety of markets such as public safety, banking, fitness, education, POS, and healthcare.

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