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InfoVista S.A. next week at Networld + Interop will bring more comprehensive performance management to Wi-Fi environments when it launches its new Wireless Fidelity Service Level Management suite. The new suite, which can automatically discover Wi-Fi access points, measure those points for bandwidth usage and signal strength, collect performance metrics and actively test Wi-Fi connections, […]

NetBotz Inc., which pioneered the development of IP-based physical security appliances, next week will launch the next generation of its Sentry devices. The Austin-based company, formed in 1999 to provide centrally managed physical threat sensors that monitor sensitive areas such as computer rooms, gathered up customer feedback to create the more flexible WallBotz 500, along […]

Siemens AG subsidiary Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. next week will outline its plan to marry physical security and network/information security in a wide-ranging initiative. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based Siemens ICN unit on Monday will debut its HiPath Sicurity Solutions portfolio of products and services geared toward network and application-level security for IP networks. […]

Applications performance tuning provider FineGround Networks Inc. this week will move into real-time performance monitoring with a new member of its product suite. FineGround, which already provides a patent-pending server optimization and Secure Sockets Layer acceleration, is adding the new AppScope monitor to isolate response-time problems on specific applications or networks, validate end-user performance experience, […]

Novell Inc. last week launched enhancements and services offerings across multiple product lines while renewing its customer focus. “Weve always been interoperable and have offered [customers] a number of choices as to where the services we have can run. We are now also adding Linux to those,” said CEO Jack Messman (pictured) in an interview. […]

Enterasys Networks Inc. will try to hit the comeback trail this week when it debuts its next-generation Matrix N-Series switch line (pictured below). The multilayer switches boast a series of firsts, including the first fully distributed switching architecture that doesnt rely on a single supervisor module, said Enterasys officials, in Andover, Mass. “We can fully […]

BMC Software Inc. is betting that mainframes will not be replaced by distributed systems anytime soon, even as the shortage of Assembler expertise increases. The Houston, Texas-based company on Monday will outline its strategy to help IT lower the total cost of ownership for IBM z/Series mainframes and increase the productivity of mainframe system programmers […]

A Bell Labs spin off hopes to create a new category of tool that is considered indispensable to enterprise network planners and operators. Lumeta Corp. this week will announce its IPSonar 2.0 network intelligence gathering software, which can gather in detail the true scope of an enterprise IP network and identify potential security weaknesses that […]

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday launched the next generation of its stackable switch family in a new line that emphasizes resiliency, ease of operation, performance and unified services. The new Cisco Catalyst 3750 series initially includes four new stackable switches for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit connectivity. The 24- and 48-port stackables use new Cisco StackWise 32-Gigabit-per-second […]

Novell Inc. at its BrainShare 2003 conference in Salt Lake City this morning in a wide-ranging launch introduced enhancements and new services offerings across various product families. The Provo, Utah, company continued to leverage its consulting services with a new services offering designed around its ZENworks management software. The new Novell Resource Management package of […]