Matthew Hicks

LAS VEGAS—Offering a nod to the growing importance of content networking, Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday at the N+I trade show launched a new standalone content switch series as well as an enhanced content switching module for existing switches and a series of software upgrades. The Cisco CSS (Content Services Switch) 11500 Series modular content […]

Established networking vendors and startups are poised to diverge in their product directions when NetWorld+Interop opens this week. Companies such as Nortel Networks Ltd., Avaya Inc. and 3Com Corp. are planning to enhance existing lines for VOIP (voice over IP), while startups like NetVmg Inc., Sarvega Inc. and NetScaler Inc. will introduce new intelligent network […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week launched 14 new routers along with a host of enhancements that target the branch office and remote worker market as well as the largest enterprises and service providers. The new routers broaden the companys modular access portfolio, while most of the enhancements add next-generation MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching) and IP […]

Microsoft Corp. this week released a new driver for its SQL Server 2000 data management system that allows developers to connect Java applications to the database. The SQL Server 2002 Driver for JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is available now for free download to licensed users at www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads. It is a Type 4 JDBC driver that […]

The next version of IBMs DB2 Universal Database continues its evolution as a data management system that performs beyond the bounds of a traditional relational database. DB2 UDB Version 8, which will begin a limited beta test in May, will deliver improved ease of use and manageability features, officials said. These include new self-management capabilities […]

Nortel Networks announced Monday two new switches in its BayStack product line, including a new entrant to bring Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop. The BayStack 380-24T switch supports 24 10/100/1000BaseT auto-sensing ports and is Nortels first foray into bringing Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop, said Todd McDole, the companys director of product management, in Santa […]

Juniper Networks Inc., upping the ante in its competitive battle with Cisco Systems Inc., this week launched a new line of Internet routers that it says are the fastest in the market. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company introduced the first router in its T-series family, its T640 Internet Routing Node, aimed at service providers and an […]

Sybase Inc. on Tuesday announced that it has added support for Sun Microsystems Inc.s latest clustering software within its Adaptive Server Enterprise database to provide improved availability and service levels for customers running ASE on Solaris. The support for Sun Cluster 3.0 provides Sybase ASE 12.5 with additional monitoring and failover capabilities. Sybase already supported […]

IBM is preparing to begin limited beta testing of the next version of its DB2 Universal Database in the next couple weeks. Janet Perna, IBMs general manager of data management, said in an interview with eWEEK that DB2 Version 8, slated for full beta testing and general availability in the second half of the year, […]

Oracle Corp. was joined by several other software vendors last week in introducing enhancements to their respective data management products. The goal for each was to make databases easier to manage. At the International Oracle Users Group conference here, Oracle outlined a range of manageability improvements slated for Version 9i Release 2 of its namesake […]

Self-configuring, self-managing data centers that use industry standards to oversee products from different vendors are still years away. Nevertheless, delivering comprehensive self-management is becoming increasingly critical to IT vendors and their enterprise customers. Thats because, as demand for computing grows, enterprises are being forced to build increasingly complex systems, composed of many more servers, storage […]

Teradata this week will announce the next version of its Teradata Warehouse suite, which has additional data mining capabilities that can help companies better predict customer behavior. Teradata, a division of NCR Corp., of Dayton, Ohio, will introduce Teradata Warehouse 6.2, which includes Warehouse Miner 3.2, at its Teradata Universe conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. The […]