Paula Musich

Network change and configuration management provider AlterPoint on April 23 will build out its tool for managing heterogeneous network device configurations with several new applications that address the entire life cycle of network assets. Network Authority 6, formerly Device Authority, is now a family of four products that provide automated analytics, compliance management, asset management […]

Bootstrap startup FireScope on April 23 will release a new version of its IT operations management tool, which exploits Web 2.0 capabilities such as mashups to eliminate IT pain points. The FireScope Business Service Management tool, delivered in an appliance form factor, uses a variety of open-source management offerings integrated together and combined with a […]

Tidal Software on April 23 will step up its challenge to the dominant players in the job-scheduling market when it launches the next major release of its Tidal Enterprise Scheduler. Tidal, historically a Windows-based, job-scheduling provider, brought its brand of automation for scheduling batch processing jobs to IBM z/OS mainframe environments, completing its quest to […]

If CA is working to put its scandal-ridden past behind it and move back into prominence, the recommendation by the companys Special Litigation Committee to sue former Chairman and co-founder Charles Wang for $500 million is not likely to speed the company toward that goal. Just over a week before the start of CAs revamped […]

On the heels of Cisco Systems launch of new integrated networking products for small businesses, Nortel Networks will follow suit on April 16 with its new My Business campaign. Both companies in their respective small-business initiatives believe small businesses have the same communications requirements as big business without the IT staff or resources to support […]

Indicative Software on April 10 continued to nip at the heels of the Big Four enterprise management providers when it launched the latest release of its Indicative performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool for distributed applications and infrastructure. Boasting a 100 percent renewal rate with existing customers and a 75 percent win rate once it reaches […]

BMC Software on April 16 aims to bring a greater level of self-service and automation to the IT help desk when it releases its new service request management offering. The new SRM offering uses BMCs Remedy Action Request System for its foundation and leverages data from its Atrium Configuration Management Database to reduce the cost […]

The latest release of Blue Coat Systems SG line of WAN optimization appliances, launched April 9, addresses a trend the company sees toward more strategic implementations. Blue Coat added a new client capability to the software that extends the performance and security benefits of the SG appliances to individual users. “If you are on the […]

Citrix Systems has made a bid to become a top-tier applications infrastructure provider by calling on enterprises to recognize the strategic value of the technologies that speed response times for Web-based or Windows desktop applications. To bolster its message, Citrix on April 9 rallied a handful of applications providers and systems integrators to help educate […]

LAS VEGAS—Cisco CEO John Chambers spent some time with reporters at Ciscos Partner Summit here to answer questions and learn from their questions. There were several interesting nuggets that came out of the sessions. Among them was an acknowledgement that Cisco and Microsoft, despite their partner status on various technologies, are in a battle for […]

LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems made its strongest bid yet to market integrated voice, data and wireless technologies to small businesses—outside the hosted services arena—with the launch of its new Smart Business Communications System. But its an open question whether small businesses with less than 100 users are ready for VOIP (voice over IP), LAN switching, routing, […]

LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems, with the help of channel partners, on April 3 sought to extend its voice over IP reach to the smallest businesses with a new integrated IP telephony and networking offering. At its Cisco Partner Summit, the San Jose, Calif., company launched the new Cisco Smart Business Communication System. To help its partners […]