Paula Musich

The acquisitive EMC Corp. on Tuesday snatched up another software provider—this time in the network systems management space—with its agreement to acquire System management ARTS Inc., or Smarts. The Hopkinton, Mass., storage provider will pony up $260 million in cash for Smarts, which provides event automation and root-cause analysis for faults across networks, servers and […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Cisco Systems Inc. are teaming to provide large customers with combined network maintenance and support services around the globe. As a part of their worldwide services alliance, the vendors will co-brand HP Network Services with the Cisco Support program, providing a single face to customers and a seamless handoff of problem resolution […]

AutoProf this week will make it easier to manage Windows desktops from within Microsofts Active Directory with the second major release of its Policy Maker Professional. Version 2.0 of the utility, which extends the functionality of Active Directorys Group Policy, lets administrators automate the configuration of 10 Windows Control Panel settings for different groups in […]

AutoProf this week will make it easier to manage Windows desktops from within Microsofts Active Directory with the second major release of its Policy Maker Professional. Version 2.0 of the utility, which extends the functionality of Microsoft Corp.s Active Directorys Group Policy, lets administrators automate the configuration of 10 Windows Control Panel settings for different […]

Despite the tough it spending environment, networking company Cisco Systems Inc. celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with hopes of double-digit growth in several key technology areas including security, storage and IP telephony. President and CEO John Chambers last week sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Paula Musich to discuss Ciscos progress in building out […]

While it doesnt aspire to be a consulting company, Cisco Systems Inc. does think it can show enterprises how to transform their networks to deliver new, intelligent services that can help them build their businesses and improve productivity. In fact, sharing that networking wisdom is part of an enterprise strategy company officials here hope will […]

Two vendors in the growing configuration management arena last week sought to fill in missing pieces of their products capabilities. The smaller and nimbler Relicore Inc. in Version 4.0 of its Clarity IT service configuration management software added new capabilities that help the tool scale and that fit into a large enterprises overall management infrastructure. […]

Foundry Networks on Monday refreshed its Layer 4 through Layer 7 switching line with new application acceleration, security and business continuity enhancements. With a little something for enterprises and services providers, the San Jose, Calif., networking vendor addressed the need to accelerate Web applications while supporting a coexisting infrastructure for both Web and non-Web applications […]

Cisco Systems Actona acquisition will bear fruit next week when Cisco launches its new Wide Area File Services offering. The application performance optimization software is designed to allow servers to be consolidated in a central location and accessed from remote locations over slower-speed links. Such consolidation has not been possible because of the latency associated […]

Cisco Systems on Thursday agreed to buy up the remaining portion of routing software startup BCN Systems that it didnt already own. The Santa Clara, Calif., startup brings to the table a software architecture that can help Cisco more efficiently move new features or advanced services into an IOS (Internetwork Operating System) network, according to […]

Dueling Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc. are both jockeying for the spotlight on the high end of the routing market with announcements of new developments around their respective CRS-1 and T-series core routers. Cisco, which played catch-up to Juniper in the service provider core routing space last May when it launched the Carrier […]

System management ARTS Inc. is delving into the emerging area of IP multicast with new monitoring and managing tools that apply root-cause analysis to the technology. Smarts later this month will introduce InCharge Multicast Manager, which leverages the software makers CIM (Common Information Model) to allow operators to understand how the elements of an IP […]