Paula Musich

Qlusters on Sept. 25 will try to tackle the thorny issue of server provisioning when it introduces its open source-based data center provisioning tool. The new OpenQRM Pro tool automates the process of requesting new IT resources such as servers and software and fulfilling those requests through a Web portal-based system. It automates the approval […]

What are some of the biggest pain points when it comes to managing business desktop PCs? Intel sought answers to this and similar questions last April as it prepared to launch its new vPro platform. The company sponsored a survey of 200 IT professionals and 200 IT decision makers at organizations with at least 50 […]

Console management startup Uplogix at Interop in New York Sept. 18 continued to build out its out-of-band management appliances to deliver more management functions and extend its management to servers and applications as well as network devices. Uplogix in Version 3.0 of its Envoy Network Resource Manager appliance jumped on the VOIP (voice over IP) […]

Network General, after coming out of a self-described seven-year hiatus under Network Associates, was spun out of the renamed McAfee and taken private by a pair of venture capital firms two years ago. The aim was to take a still-loyal customer base and solid technology out of the trenches and build a business that would […]

Network General, in conjunction with its 20th anniversary celebration, is preparing to launch new products and an architecture at Interop on Sept. 18 in an effort to prove that its Sniffer platform has been updated for todays IT challenges. Network General, with its new Network Intelligence Suite and Network Intelligence Architecture, hopes to move out […]

Citrix, wasting no time launching new WAN optimization appliances based on technology from its recent Orbital Data acquisition, will introduce on Sept. 18 its new WANScaler 8000 line along with a new release of its NetScaler Web application acceleration software. With WAN optimization and application acceleration poised to go mainstream in some large enterprises, Citrix […]

Foundry Networks at Interop on Sept. 18 sought to further segment the application switching market with a pair of new entry-level switches that pack more high-end features into a lower-cost offering. The new Foundry ServerIron 4G and ServerIron 4G-SSL switches are aimed at small and midsize data centers supporting about one thousand users. They include […]

The quality of VOIP service is getting better, but it still has a way to go, according to the results of new research released on Sept. 14 by Keynote Systems. Keynotes third VOIP Competitive Intelligence Study, conducted in August, found that service quality of VOIP (voice over IP) among the providers measured has improved across […]

GroundWork Open Source on Sept. 18 at Interop will announce a major new release of its GroundWork Monitor line for managing servers, applications and networks. GroundWork Monitor 5 delivers an enhanced user interface that can be customized for different types of users as well as for more sophisticated reporting on service-level agreements. The 2-year-old company, […]

Apparent Networks at VON on Sept. 12 will announce that it has signed an OEM deal with Nortel Networks to deliver greater visibility into problems affecting the quality of voice over IP calls in customer engagements. Apparent Networks, which markets software that measures and diagnoses problems across networks that can affect the quality of VOIP […]