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3Com Corp. on Friday warned investors that it will not meet expected revenues and gross margins that it had predicted in June during its fourth fiscal earnings report. The Marlborough, Mass., company had expected to see revenues of $183 million for its first fiscal 2005 quarter, ending August 27, but said it now expects to […]

Cisco Systems Inc., in its small and midsize business alliance with Microsoft Corp., last week released a program that integrates its IP telephony software with Microsoft Customer Relatiaonship Management software. The Cisco CRM Communications Connector integrates Ciscos CallManager Express with Microsoft CRM, giving small and midsize businesses a unique way to improve customer service and […]

Microsoft Corp., via its Dynamic Systems Initiative, is arming its server management tools with improved customized application modules. But the companys ultimate goal is to offer an integrated management suite early next year. The new Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, released to manufacturing last week after four years in development, makes heavy use of so-called management […]

Microsoft on Wednesday reached another milestone in its multiyear Dynamic Systems Initiative when it released to manufacturing the latest version of its Microsoft Operations Manager. The next major release of Microsofts server management software, four years in the making, continues to build on the goal of reducing software cost and operational complexity by making intrinsic […]

Juniper Networks Inc. made a bid last week to dominate the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN space among small and midsize businesses with a new line of low-cost appliances. The NetScreen Remote Access 500 appliances start at $4,000 and provide remote access for any browser-based client without requiring software on the end station. The appliances […]

A year ago, network operators at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines found themselves between a rock and a hard place. The cruise line was planning to distribute even more application traffic across the fleet of 25 ships satellite frame relay links, but existing traffic was already choking on the 128K-bps to 192K-bps service. The obvious solution […]

With Microsoft Corp.s .Net projects moving from development to production, users increasingly need to monitor and manage transactions. One applications management provider is stepping up to help with its first .Net management tool. Tonic Software Inc. this week will launch its WebLens for Microsofts .Net Framework, which can trace the path of selected .Net transactions […]

Startup PerformanceIT Inc. is challenging the Big Four enterprise management providers with a new release of its integrated network, system and application management software, but at least one major player has a counterchallenge in the works. Atlanta-based PerformanceIT, which has seen some success with midsize enterprises thanks to lower costs and ease of installation, will […]

With many users leery of agent-based approaches to collecting data, more application performance management providers are focusing on centralized appliances to measure end-to-end response times. Veteran service delivery management provider Adlex Inc., of Marlboro, Mass., this week will launch a new version of its IT service management appliance that provides service-level metrics based on real […]

IBM Tivoli ex-general manager Robert LeBlanc left a parting gift Thursday on his way to take over general management of IBMs WebSphere: the acquisition of J2EE application management vendor Cyanea Inc. Although IBM had a small stake in the 2-year-old company, IBM opted to bring it fully into the fold to help customers unify different […]

Startup vendor Performance IT next week will challenge the big four enterprise management providers in the midmarket space with a new release of its integrated network, system and application management software, but at least one of the big four has a counterchallenge in the works. Atlanta-based Performance IT Inc., which has seen some success with […]

Citing delayed purchasing decisions among large U.S. customers, BMC Software Inc. on Tuesday announced, as expected, revenues of $326 million and earnings of 23 cents per share for its first fiscal quarter of 2005. The revenue and earnings were within the revised estimates that the Houston management software provider gave earlier this month, which were […]