Paula Musich

Application delivery controller vendor Radware announced Oct. 9 it is teaming up with Forum Systems to integrate XML acceleration and security functions into Radwares AppXcel appliances. The result of the joint development effort will be an optional software module that combines Forums XML acceleration, policy-based XML message handling and protection against message-based security threats and […]

Juniper Networks on Oct. 18 will seek to silence critics who bemoan the companys lack of an Ethernet edge aggregation switch for service providers by launching its new MX-Series product line. The MX-Series switch/router is built to optimize both Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions and provide high-density Ethernet interfaces. The 14-slot MX960 chassis can […]

Better management of voice over IP technology as well as enhanced management of call center activities is the focus of several new or enhanced products to debut at the Internet Telephony conference in San Diego on Oct. 10. A handful of VOIP vendors, including Toshiba, Qovia, Switchvox and Spanlink Communications, are targeting small and midsize […]

Application delivery controller vendor Radware on Oct. 9 will announce that it is teaming up with Forum Systems to integrate XML acceleration and security functions into Radwares AppXcel appliances. The result of their joint development effort will be an optional software module for the AppXcel appliances that combines Forum Systems XML acceleration, policy-based XML message […]

Citrix Systems on Oct. 9 announced that it has “Citrix-sized” its acquired user response time monitoring software and made it available through its Global Citrix Partner Program. Citrix, which last May acquired Reflectent Software and its EdgeSight application performance monitoring tool, has integrated a standalone version of the tool and a version specific to monitoring […]

Juniper Networks and Silver Peak Systems are looking to grow their offerings in the application acceleration space. Juniper on Oct. 16 will address the need to scale deployments of its WXC line of application acceleration appliances by introducing a new high-end version and an update to the lines operating system software. The WXC 590 is […]

Technology executives are centralizing data while their employees are dispersing far and wide. Theyre all waiting anxiously for the WAN to deliver hot applications—fast—to mobile workers hankering for performance. Technology managers and vendors are racing to oblige. This perfect storm of needs—including more mobile workers, the Webification of software, speedier networks and office consolidation—is driving […]

Force10 Networks on Oct. 9 will make its move out of the data center and into the wiring closet when it introduces its first LAN switches for enterprise networks. The San Jose, Calif., company, a mainstay in many high performance computing and large data center environments, will introduce its new S50V and S25 wiring closet […]

With 10 Gigabit Ethernet prices coming down and data center performance requirements going up, Cisco Systems is moving to grab broader market acceptance for its high-speed networking technology. On Sept. 25, Cisco launched a higher-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet module for its Catalyst 6500 that doubles the number of ports, increases performance by 60 percent and […]

EMCs Smarts unit on Oct. 2 will bring greater insight into the impact of infrastructure problems on applications and services when it introduces the next major release of its EMC Smarts Application Discovery Manager software. The new release begins to integrate with its Smarts root-cause analysis software the application dependency discovery and mapping technology EMC […]

3Com on October 2 will claim a first in introducing a single Layer 2 switch that combines Gigabit Ethernet switching, Power over Ethernet on every port and an integrated wireless controller designed and priced specifically for small and midsize businesses. The new 3Com Unified Gigabit Wireless PoE Switch 24 supports converged wired and wireless networking […]

CA on Sept. 27 will officially enter the configuration management database fray when its own CMDB becomes generally available. CA at the same time said that the automated application dependency discovery and mapping technology it acquired earlier this month with its Cendura acquisition will be offered to CA CMDB customers as a free upgrade by […]