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BMC Software will compete even more closely with Hewlett Packards growing software unit on Oct. 8 when it launches its BMC Service Automation initiative. On the heels of HPs Opsware acquisition, BMC will announce a small acquisition of its own: automated network configuration management provider Emprisa Networks as a part of its initiative. The privately […]

Avistar Communications will attempt to broaden the reach of desktop videoconferencing on Oct. 4 when it launches a new hosted desktop videoconferencing service. The new Avistar Hosted Video Services offering differs from existing Web-based videoconferencing services in that it is offered as a turnkey service. “You get everything you need to communicate—a Webcam, headset, software […]

3Com on Oct. 1 will trail competitors into the small and midsize business IP telephony market with a series of new VOIP offerings intended to provide a wider range of options for price-sensitive customers. Following the spring rollout of new IP telephony systems aimed at SMBs by Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and Microsoft partners, 3Com […]

Niklas Zennstrom, one of the driving forces behind the growth of peer-to-peer file sharing on the Internet, has stepped down as CEO of Skype, according to parent company eBay. The early departure of Skype co-founder Zennstrom three years after its acquisition by eBay was attributed to the entrepreneurs desire to focus on Joost, a startup […]

AT&T Wireless on Sept. 28 experienced a nationwide outage of its messaging service, affecting customers for about 3 hours. According to officials of San Antonio-based AT&T, the outage started in the early afternoon ET and ended late in the afternoon. It did not, as far as AT&T could ascertain, affect voice calling. “It only impacted […]

Beleaguered 3Com announced on Sept. 28 that it has struck a deal to be taken private by Bain Capital and former Chinese partner Huawei Technologies for some $2.2 billion. Eight days after it announced a net loss of $18.7 million for its first fiscal quarter of 2008 on revenues of $319.4 million, the Marlboro, Mass. […]

Cisco Systems is looking to bring greater consistency and faster performance to branch office networks, as well as lower the cost of adding more services, with a series of new products and enhancements. Cisco, as part of its empowered branch launch Sept. 26, pulled together as many as nine new offerings that emphasize better integration […]

The way the Federal Communications Commission is conducting its upcoming auction of portions of the 700MHz radio spectrum is not unlike the Wild West: Its wide open and anything could happen. With talk of Google entering the bidding, wireless network equipment providers are salivating at the prospect of a potential nationwide buildout of a brand-new […]

Juniper Networks on Sept. 25 fleshed out its Ethernet switch and router line for carrier Metro Ethernet networks when it added a pair of new, smaller chassis switches and new software features. Juniper sought to build momentum with its tardy MX-Series Ethernet edge aggregation product line, first launched in October, by giving service providers greater […]

Service level management vendor Oblicore on Sept. 20 advanced its business-oriented brand of service level agreement management with the latest release of its Oblicore Guarantee software. With Guarantee 5.0, the fast-growing Oblicore sought to bring a greater level of personalization to each type of user working with the tool through enhancements in its executive dashboard. […]

Network General will turn yet another page on its 20-plus year history when NetScout Systems on Sept. 20 announces its plans to acquire the company in an estimated $205 million deal. NetScout Systems, which has had a 20-year joint history with Network General, intends to combine its network probe, real-time monitoring and reporting technology with […]

EMC on Sept. 17 launched a grab bag of new management tools that range from compliance and performance management to IT process and IPv6 availability management. EMC is joining a growing chorus of management software providers that are customizing their configuration management or provisioning tools to address the need for IT to adhere to government […]