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Akamai Technologies on Feb. 5 announced its plans to acquire former rival Netli for 3.2 million shares of its stock. Akamai, which signed a definitive agreement with Netli that it expects will close in March, plans to exploit Netlis high-performance protocol for optimizing TCP and HTTP traffic to boost the performance of Web applications, the […]

Configuration audit and control provider Tripwire on Feb. 5 gave IT a better handle on controlling configuration changes that can cause outages or compliance issues when it launched the latest release of its Tripwire Enterprise software. The configuration monitoring and control software is designed to help IT track changes made outside of existing policies to […]

Cisco Systems trademark lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone name went from “silly” to serious when Apple asked for a last-minute extension to the Jan. 31 deadline for responding to the suit. In a joint statement from the two companies released on Jan. 31, Apple and Cisco said they agreed to a new deadline of […]

Q1 Labs at the RSA conference on Feb. 5 hopes to be the Goldilocks of the network and security monitoring vendors with a new line of network security monitoring appliances. The Waltham, Mass., company believes the new QRadar 3100 network security management appliance, along with two stackable expansion appliances, are just right for enterprises looking […]

3Com—in a style befitting Burger King—wants to set itself apart from dominant networking provider Cisco Systems by telling customers “have it your way” in a new Open Services Networking initiative its launching Jan. 29. As enterprises seek to integrate advanced services such as security, compliance, mobility and more into their network fabrics, 3Coms new initiative […]

Hewlett Packards ProCurve Networking unit on Jan. 30 attempted to move out of the networking trenches and into the IT executive ranks when it outlined its Adaptive Networking vision. The launch is intended to describe for IT executives and chief financial officers the business benefits of ProCurve Networkings strategic direction in helping to ensure the […]

F5 Networks on January 29 marked a maturing in the fast growing market for Application Delivery Controllers when it launched a new high-end hardware platform and new release of its Big-IP software. As customers scale the size of their ADC deployments and add more functions to the devices as well as bandwidth-intensive applications to the […]

NetQoS, the small but profitable network performance management vendor, on Jan. 30 updated its highly scalable NetQoS Performance Center suite to allow for greater integration with third-party applications, more fine-grained data collection and accessibility for more types of users. The privately held company, which has been increasing revenues by 100 percent year over year, has […]

Cisco Systems on Jan. 31 launched a series of campus networking upgrades for its Catalyst switching line aimed at helping users add advanced services like voice and video to their IP networks. The wide ranging enhancements, which include new Catalyst 2900, 3500 and 3700 series switches, new power supplies and redundant power systems, address the […]

Fast on the heels of the initial launch of its fledgling open-source alternative to the big four enterprise management vendors, startup Zenoss on Jan. 29 will launch the next release of its namesake software. Zenoss hopes to set itself apart from other open-source management projects by providing greater levels of support and understanding of business […]

Symantec on Jan. 23 will update its application performance management suite with a new, customizable portal. The i3 suite, which allows application managers to detect, isolate, troubleshoot and report on the root cause of application performance problems across multitiered applications, is gaining a dashboard that allows users to display performance and service-level metrics in the […]

Linux server management vendor Levanta on Jan. 24 will launch a new management appliance that allows users to leverage existing storage virtualization in the process of provisioning and updating Linux servers. Levanta, formerly Linuxcare, created the Intrepid X management appliance for large Linux data centers that already have SANs (storage area networks) based on Fibre […]