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Foundry Networks Inc. continued to sing its network scalability tune on Thursday when it launched the next generation of its ServerIron 10 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 4 through Layer 7 switches. The new ServerIron GT 10G switches leverage Foundrys fourth-generation application processors to help scale application network performance in the data center beyond what its existing […]

Compuware Corp. on Wednesday announced that it will not meet Wall Street earnings expectations for its third fiscal quarter and that major changes in the companys business were in the offing. In announcing preliminary financial results for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, the management software and professional service provider said it will earn 9 […]

Computer Associates International Inc. on Wednesday filled in a missing piece of its service desk offering when it acquired privately held remote control provider Control-F1 Corp. The Alberta, Canada company will bring to CAs service management lineup new support automation technology that is already integrated to some extent with existing Unicenter Service Desk offerings through […]

A new networking industry alliance launched itself Tuesday to promote the further spread of the IEEE 802 Ethernet standard technologies. The new Ethernet Alliance, made up of 18 founding members, intends to act as a clearinghouse of vendor-neutral information on the application of IEEE 802 Ethernet technologies, promote established and nascent Ethernet technologies through interoperability […]

As the year ended, IBM continued its yearlong buying spree, adding management software maker Micromuse Inc. to its portfolio for $865 million. The purchase gives IBM a much stronger presence among telecommunications carriers and service providers. With the integration of its mainframe management company Candle Corp. acquisition well under way, IBM turned its attention to […]

Enira Technologies LLC is trying to get a leg up in the fast-growing and confusing network access control space with the latest version of its Network Response System. The Enira NRS 4.0 appliance is designed to allow security teams to respond faster to security threats such as worms or viruses by helping them quarantine or […]

After a four-year hiatus from the enterprise routing market, Nortel Networks Corp. today jumped back in with its proposed $99.5 million acquisition of Tasman Networks Inc. The Brampton, Canada, company says it hopes to fill in missing pieces of its end-to-end converged networks story with Tasman, an eight-year-old router company that markets high performance routers […]

IBM on Wednesday racked up another big acquisition in the management software space with its intent to acquire Micromuse Inc. for $865 million, this time bringing to it a much stronger presence among telecommunications carriers and service providers. With the integration of its Candle Corp. acquisition well underway, giving IBM a much stronger presence in […]

Desktop Standard Corp. on Monday will fill a big hole in ITs ability to secure desktops when it releases an upgrade to its PMAS (Policy Maker Application Security) software. Version 2.0 of the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy extension enables desktop administrators to execute the notion of Least Privilege on Windows desktops and notebooks. It […]

Enira Technologies on Monday will try to get a leg up in the fast-growing and confusing network access control space when it introduces the latest version of its Network Response System. The NRS appliance is designed to allow security teams to respond faster to security threats such as worms or viruses by helping them quarantine […]

The trend in the IT industry of spinning out business units and putting them in the hands of private investors has claimed another software entity in the small and midsize business space. Intuit Inc.s Blue Ocean Software Unit, which provides help desk and asset management software for SMBs, earlier this week relaunched itself as Numara […]

NetScout Systems Inc. on Tuesday delivered disaster recovery to its performance and application management users when it released a new standby server for its nGenius Performance Manager Server. Between natural disasters, security breaches and government regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, a growing number of network operators and application administrators are asking for the ability to […]