Paula Musich

Veteran CSU/DSU supplier Visual Networks Inc. on Monday will continue its move into remote network and application performance monitoring when it delivers three new appliances aimed at remote sites. The new appliances, which provide monitoring for remote networks connected via business DSL and Cable links, mark the first time that the telecommunications WAN interface vendor […]

Theres a dirty little secret in networking that many users have encountered but few talk about: NIC drivers can be a drag on performance and can even cause system crashes. But one small testing vendor is working to expose the problems and hold vendors accountable for the performance of their hardware and drivers. To date, […]

Do enterprises want to invest in monitoring the performance and availability of end-user systems? One small company believes that they do, and on Monday will launch a new release of its end-systems performance management tool to satisfy the requirements of a small but growing customer base. “Anybody who has mission-critical desktops, such as a trader […]

Cisco has quietly expanded the options available in its new mid-range fixed configuration Catalyst network switches. Cisco Systems Inc. last week shipped the new Catalyst 4948 10/100/1000 Ethernet 48-port switch. Aimed at server farms or clusters as well as Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer aggregation, the new unit takes up a single rack unit and […]

Zeus Technology Ltd., a small British company with an international presence, hopes to squeeze into the crowded field of application front-end players in the United States with new partners, a new software release and new form factors for its appliance. The Cambridge, England, company, better known for its Web server, last week launched a new […]

Cendura Corp. is preparing the next major release of its Cohesion change, configuration and compliance management software for users who need a tool that employs both agent-based and agentless discovery. “There are some things you just cant get done with agentless technology in terms of collecting deep, application-level detail. Its just easier to collect if […]

Fresh off the close of its Rendition Networks Inc. acquisition, Opsware Inc. last week launched the next major release of its Network Automation System configuration management software. The multivendor, automated configuration management software, which incorporates Renditions TrueControl tools, is not yet integrated with Opswares data center automation software. But the release of NAS Version 4.0 […]

Foundry Networks Inc. made its biggest play in the high-end service provider space Monday when it launched its new flagship NetIron IMR 640 core router and new edge router. The new core router, along with the new EdgeIron 2404, are aimed at new MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) services, broadband Internet access Virtual Private Network services […]

ScriptLogic Corp. on Monday will pitch in to help enterprises consolidate servers and files when it releases the latest version of its Secure Copy data-migration tool. Version 4.0 speeds file migration by adding what officials believe to be the first multi-threaded file copy capability. “It gives you the ability to use more of your bandwidth […]

Novell launched a major new release of its ZENworks Linux Management software at CeBIT on Friday, with the aim of bringing management of Linux desktops and servers on par with that of Windows desktops and servers. ZENworks 7 Linux Management adds remote control, imaging, hardware and software inventory, a Web console, and ZENworks automated policy […]