Paula Musich

Despite the wow factor in the QuantumFlow processors Cisco Systems used in its new ASR 1000 Series routers, the real value Cisco added to the next-generation aggregation routers is in software. Although Cisco claims the new ASR 1000 provides a five to 10 times performance improvement for a 30 percent price premium over Cisco’s existing […]

Cisco Systems on March 4 will go back to its roots and reassert its dominance as a router provider when it launches a new line of aggregation routers for both enterprises and service providers. Cisco’s first midrange router in years took $250 million and five years to develop. But the new Aggregation Services Router 1000 […]

IP telephony provider Siemens Communications on March 3 shifted its focus from voice to unified communications applications with the launch of a new software platform and UC applications suite. As a part of its transformation into a software and services company, Siemens introduced at CeBIT its new OpenScape Unified Communications Server and the first new […]

Cisco Systems has jumped from fifth to second place in market share in the worldwide enterprise telephony market, according to Infonetics Research’s latest survey. In its “Enterprise Telephony” report, released Feb. 28, Infonetics found that Cisco had climbed over Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel and Siemens to grab the second-largest market share behind leader Avaya. “Cisco took a […]

A series of missteps and a rapidly shifting market-and not a space that’s moving toward commoditization-may lie at the heart of Juniper Networks’ decision to pull the plug on its DX line of application delivery controllers. When Juniper officials in late January announced they would discontinue its DX line, CEO Scott Kriens told eWEEK that […]

Systems management appliance vendor Kace Networks, on Feb. 19, put a new spin on virtualization when it launched a version of its tool for VMware servers. Kace, which targets mid-market customers looking for simplified deployment for desktop and server lifecycle management, created the Virtual KBOX appliances to allow customers to install and run its management […]

Red Hat and Hyperic paired up on Valentine’s Day to launch a new open-source management platform project. The intent of the RHQ project, which went live Feb. 14, is to develop common management platform services for both Hyperic and Red Hat products. The first deliverable in the project will be Red Hat’s JBoss Operations Network […]

3Com on Feb. 13 added a third partner module to its MultiService Router Platform, this time focusing on video over IP. 3Com as part of its Open Network Program added a new digital video portal with partner VBrick Systems. The portal, integrated with the 3Com MSRs, allows customers to easily add centralized access to video […]

NetScout Systems is trying to keep the momentum going following its acquisition of Network General late in 2007, by quickly updating products from both portfolios. On the heels of its fiscal 2008 third-quarter earnings report issued Feb. 4, which saw a revenue jump of 127 percent from the third quarter of 2007 and a 103 […]

Ethernet LANs have been used everywhere from the data center to the home and even the Starbucks around the corner. But space could very well be the final frontier for the technology. On the Columbus module in the Atlantis Space Shuttle that rendezvoused on Feb. 16 with the International Space Station, the European Aeronautic Defense […]

With the launch of its Mobile Internet Gateway, Radware on Feb. 11 did its part to help mobile network operators open up their networks and encourage more choices for enterprises looking to outsource voice services. Radware officials said the new Mobile Internet Gateway can help mobile network operators transform their closed networks into open mobile […]

Microsoft’s forthcoming Service Manager help desk offering will not see the light of day for another two years, as the company reworks a core component to provide the necessary performance. While Microsoft initially said its System Center Service Manager offering-code-named Service Desk-was slated for release in the first half of 2008, Microsoft chose to push […]