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Nortel on Feb. 13 spun out its blade server switch business unit in a deal with private equity company Garnett & Helfrich Capital. The Menlo Park venture fund, which specializes in venture buyouts, gained a controlling interest in the venture, renamed Blade Network Technologies. Garnett & Helfrich has struck similar deals with Computer Associates International […]

Hewlett-Packards ProCurve networking unit on Feb. 13 will roll out one of its largest product launches ever, with four new Ethernet Layer 3 switches and a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet module for its core ProCurve 8100 switch. The new switches, which build upon ProCurves Adaptive Edge Architecture, incorporate a range of hardware-embedded functions, Gigabit Ethernet-optimized […]

Juniper Networks on Feb. 13 released a new version of the operating system for its WAN optimization/application acceleration appliances acquired last May along with Redline Networks. Juniper in DXOS Version 5.1 delivers initial integration with its existing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN appliances and routers and adds a streamlined, Web-based user interface. In the new […]

Hewlett-Packards procurve networking unit plans to roll out a host of new switches in an effort to give enterprises a viable alternative to Cisco Systems in the high-end switching market. The four Ethernet Layer 3 switches, which build on ProCurves Adaptive Edge Architecture, incorporate a range of hardware-embedded functions, Gigabit Ethernet optimized performance and competitive […]

3Coms TippingPoint division on Feb 13 addressed the internal, LAN-based security threat faced by enterprises when it launched its new TippingPoint Quarantine Protection system. The end-point security offering, making its debut at the RSA conference in San Jose, Calif., delivers integration between 3Com and TippingPoint gear, using LAN infrastructure to isolate infected devices. The clientless […]

Voyence on Feb. 13 is aiming set a new standard for multivendor network configuration and change management when it introduced a revamped version of its Voyence Control software. Voyence Control Next Generation addresses the full life cycle of network configuration and change management, touching on design, change and compliance elements. The software, which competes with […]

Reflectent Software on Feb. 13 will launch a new release of its desk-side application performance monitoring software that refines the ability to centrally monitor the user experience with application performance. EdgeSight for Desktops 4.0, an agent-based program designed to diagnose performance or availability problems and identify those problems to operators before users call the help […]

Cisco Systems posted revenues of $6.6 billion for its second fiscal quarter of 2006, a 9.3 percent increase, but net income slipped to $1.38 billion compared to $1.4 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share of 20 cents compared with 21 cents a year earlier, was due to the expensing of […]

BMC Software on Feb. 13 will introduce a new end-to-end transaction management initiative intended to make managing transactions across a company easier. The new offerings in the initiative, which will be rolled out over the next year, will combine transaction data, the user experience and infrastructure monitoring to improve business service delivery by reducing the […]

The open-source community will see yet another offering in the systems management arena when Qlusters unveils its OpenQRM project. The company opted to take its server management automation platform to the open-source community to fill a void that executives saw in the market for an open-source server automation tool. “There is no open-source systems management […]

WAN optimization/application acceleration provider Riverbed Technology jumped on the SOHO bandwagon on Feb. 6 when it introduced two new low-end models of its Steelhead appliance. Riverbeds new Steelhead Models 100 and 200 are intended to provide small offices with up to 20 users with TCP optimization as well as reduce the “chattiness” of application protocols […]

Network General on Feb. 6 sought to extend its reach beyond packet capture-based network and application performance management when it announced its acquisition of Fidelia Technology. Network General adds to its Sniffer-based protocol analysis capability new views into how business services are impacted by infrastructure outages or performance problems with its acquisition of the privately […]