Paula Musich

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 […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week will launch a suite of network management tools that marks the companys first attempt at providing multivendor network management. The Network Application Performance Analysis suite, comprising both tools and services, is aimed at helping network operators optimize performance to meet the requirements of both planned and existing applications. The suite, […]

Adding voice onto an existing IP network is not the same as adding any other data application. Successful VOIP rollouts require careful planning, proper design and—in most cases—changes to the networking infrastructure to adequately support latency-sensitive voice traffic. But the first and most critical step that enterprises can take to ensure a successful voice-over-IP installation […]

Cisco Systems Inc. formally launched its latest advanced technology initiative—Application Networking Services—at its Worldwide Analyst Conference last week. One of a series of nine growth opportunities Cisco has identified to become $1 billion businesses within seven years, ANS represents Ciscos strategic alignment of various sales and marketing functions around optimizing and securing the delivery of […]

Coyote Point Systems Inc. will play David to Cisco Systems Inc.s Goliath at Interop in New York on Tuesday when it launches its next-generation Web application accelerator platform. On the heels of Ciscos Application Network Services strategy launch, Coyote will introduce its new Equalizer Extreme II appliance, which can handle up to 100,000 connections per […]

Alcatel hopes to squeeze into the tight WAN router market with a new family of low-cost routers aimed at small and midsize enterprises. As part of an Interop New York launch on Monday, Alcatel introduced four members of the OmniAccess 600 family, which was built to offer good performance and integrated security at a lower […]

Cisco Systems Inc. formally launched its next new advanced technology initiative at its worldwide analyst conference on Tuesday, when it outlined its new Application Network Services initiative. The ninth in a series of growth opportunities Cisco has identified to become $1 billion business opportunities within seven years, ANS represents Ciscos strategic alignment of various sales […]