Paula Musich

After finding a disappointing adoption rate of 29 percent for its Intel-based server hardware management software, IBM set out to determine what users really want in a server hardware management suite. The result is a series of planned enhancements to the IBM Director designed to directly address user requirements. IBM at the end of the […]

Cisco Systems on Tuesday afternoon reported a rise in both revenue and earnings for its third quarter of fiscal year 2005, ended April 30. Cisco Systems Inc. generated 10 percent revenue increase of $6.2 billion, compared with $5.6 billion a year ago, and it earned $1.4 billion, or 21 cents a share, compared with $1.2 […]

In one of its biggest product launches in the companys history, Foundry Networks Inc., of San Jose, Calif., introduced its next-generation 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch line at the Interop show here last week. The launch might help Foundry leapfrog Force 10 Networks Inc. as the leader in high-end 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching while broadening Foundrys […]

LAS VEGAS—While Cisco Systems Inc. played catch-up with rivals such as Juniper and others in the security space with a multi-function security appliance, Juniper Networks was not standing still. The Sunnyvale, Calif., rival at Interop this week outlined a new architectural vision for its customers and introduced a new Enterprise Infranet Controller and Infranet Agent […]

LAS VEGAS—Juniper Networks Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott Kriens in his Wednesday keynote address at the annual Interop networking and infrastructure show here tried to help attendees sift through the vendor hype to help them solve real business problems. In helping enterprises go after new business opportunities or reduce costs using technology, Kriens employed the […]

Las Vegas—Cisco CEO John Chambers used his opening keynote at Interop to highlight a new security appliance Cisco announced on Tuesday. With the theme of security as an integrated, architectural component of the extended network, Chambers during his keynote here demonstrated the new multifunction Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 series, which combines the functions of Cisco […]

LAS VEGAS—Out-of-band infrastructure provider Cyclades will extend its AlterPath System to remote branch offices and will allow HP OpenView users to access its out-of-band management system from within OpenView. The new AlterPath OnSite package, to be announced this week at the Interop show here, allows IT operators working from a central location to remotely upgrade, […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week at Interop in Las Vegas will extend its new Integrated Services Router line to small branch offices, small and midsize businesses, and remote workers when it introduces the Cisco 800 and Cisco 1800 Series fixed-configuration ISRs. The company will also announce plans to add secure wireless capabilities across its entire […]

3Com on Tuesday will launch its bid to deliver automated managed services offerings based on its voice, security and high-end data networking products. Through a partnership with Motive Inc., 3Com Corp. intends to build automated deployment, implementation, workflow and support functions into its IP communications, security and high-end data networking products in order to optimize […]

Consolidation in the application performance-optimization space took a different turn this week when networking giant Juniper Networks stepped in to acquire two companies—Peribit in the WAN-optimization space and Redline in the application front-end space. While the small vendors in the fast-growing $1 billion market have been working to consolidate more performance optimization techniques into their […]

Shunra is preparing to give network architects and planners an even more accurate replica of production environments to test out the effects of new applications on enterprise networks when it launches the next major release of its Shunra Virtual Enterprise software. Release 3.5 of the software, previously called Storm, delivers integration with Segue Softwares SilkPerformer […]

Extreme Networks Inc. on Monday introduced its biggest security push to date with the addition of a security rules engine for its BlackDiamond 10K 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and an adjunct security appliance. Together the new Clear-Flow security rules engine and Sentriant Virtual Security Resource, or VSR, appliance are designed to thwart both first-order and […]