Paula Musich

WAN optimization pioneer Expand Networks Inc. last week did its part to goose the growth of the nascent market with a pair of new appliances that lower the cost of entry for end users. With the market heating up and a greater sales volumes, the Roseland, N.J., company was able to reduce by more than […]

Adaptec Inc. is moving further from its storage roots and into the networking arena with the launch of a network accelerator card that offloads TCP/IP processing from Intel Corp.- or Advanced Micro Devices Inc.-based Linux servers. The Adaptec NAC 7711 adapter is targeted at high-performance computing applications where latency introduced by TCP/IP protocol processing creates […]

Embarcadero Technologies Inc. hopes to elbow its way into the applications load testing arena with a new offering that promises a shorter learning curve and lower cost. The San Francisco vendor, which created a loyal following of database tool users among the Fortune 500, hopes to take its place among Segue Software Inc., IBM Rational […]

Microsoft Corp. is stepping into the miasma of desktop deployment and migration with a new package of guidelines, tools and scripts designed to reduce the complexity of large-scale deployments. At the same time, services partner Electronic Data Systems Corp. is teaming with Microsoft to launch a pay-for-use service framework for provisioning and automating the delivery […]

Lessons learned after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks served IT well in the wake of this months blackout. As a result, few companies suffered significant data loss. And as the damage assessment continued last week, its clear that the power failure came with its own series of lessons and may have sparked a renewed […]

Spirent Communications earlier this week unleashed a flood of new and enhanced testing tools designed to work in concert to test protocols and networking equipment implemented at the edge of the network. The Rockville, Md., wholly owned unit of Spirent plc introduced 10 new or enhanced testing tools for three of its performance analysis platforms […]

Microsoft Corp. stepped into to the desktop deployment and migration miasma Tuesday with a new package of guidelines, tools and scripts designed to reduce the complexity of large-scale deployments. At the same time, services partner Electronic Data Systems Corp. teamed up with the Redmond, Wash., company to launch a new pay-for-use service framework for provisioning […]

Micromuse Inc. this morning announced that it acquired its OEM partner Network Harmoni for $23 million in cash. Micromuse for over a year has OEMed the San Diego companys intelligent agent technology for use in its NetCool/System Service Monitors (SSM) and Netcool/Application Service Monitors (ASM) to gather real-time data on the performance and status of […]

BMC Software Inc. this week will launch the MasterCell technology it acquired last April with the acquisition of IT Masters Inc. under a new moniker and with further integration into BMCs management tools. The Houston companys new Service Impact Manager, which automatically links IT assets with the business services they support, detects changes in the […]

With 17 different and aging phone systems, a flaky and expensive ATM network, a location in the heart of the Hurricane Belt, and 8 million visitors a year, it was only a matter of time before the city of Daytona Beach, Fla., faced a disaster. So in October 1999, the city set out to find […]