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Alcatel S.A. is trying to push down the price of Gigabit Ethernet connectivity by offering a new low-cost, fixed-configuration workgroup switch. The OmniStack 6300 marries enterprise-class features such as enhanced security and QOS (quality of service) with a 28-port 10/100/1,000M-bps Layer 2 Ethernet switch thats priced starting at $2,495. Thats less than $90 per port, […]

Several IP telephony veterans are banding together to organize the first major open-source community concentrating on VOIP technology. Pingtel Corp., of Woburn, Mass., is spearheading the initiative, dubbed SIPfoundry, by releasing its SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) software platform into the open-source world as well as by forming a nonprofit organization to give legal and technical […]

Cisco Systems Inc. is stepping up efforts to target vertical industries with a tailored set of networking suites that feature a range of partners providing value-added applications and services. The San Jose, Calif., company last week launched its first formal networking solutions targeted at the transportation industry, but it also has its sights set on […]

Configuresoft Inc. on Monday will turn its desktop-configuration sights on the safekeeping of mobile clients when it launches the next release of its Enterprise Configuration Manager. The new release, which provides change and configuration management for Windows systems, includes a new mobile client that can initiate contact with the ECM server whenever the mobile workstation […]

Cisco Systems Inc. plans to advance its Intelligent Information Network strategy for embedding advanced services into the network with a range of enhancements for its Catalyst line of switches. The enhancements span the Catalyst 6500, Catalyst 4500 and Catalyst 3750 network switches, bringing new security, manageability and performance to the network core, data center and […]

Alcatel will try to nudge down the price of Gigabit Ethernet connectivity Monday when it launches a new Gigabit Ethernet fixed-configuration workgroup switch at about $90 per port. The new OmniStack 6300 marries enterprise-class features such as enhanced security and Quality of Service with a low-cost, 28-port 10/100/1000 Layer 2 Ethernet switch that starts at […]

IP telephony veterans on Monday will launch what is perhaps the first serious initiative to create a large open-source community around Voice over IP. As the networking industry moves toward a software model for IP PBXs, tiny Pingtel Corp. is spearheading the initiative by releasing its Session Initiation Protocol software platform into the open-source world […]

Troux Technologies Inc. is looking to take asset management to the next level with a new IT financial management application that can better measure the costs of supporting an application or a business process. Rather than providing static, asset-centric cost data, the Troux 4 IT Financial Management tool can create a base line that provides […]

Micromuse Inc. has revamped its portal tools to give users added flexibility and security when handling different management systems for a variety of constituents. The San Francisco event-management company reworked its visualization product to consolidate different Web interfaces into a single portal and to provide single sign-on to a range of OSS tools, officials said. […]

Like Prussian soldiers, Cisco Systems Inc. continued its march to advance its Intelligent Information Network vision for embedding advanced services into the network with a range of new software and hardware enhancements for the Catalyst line of modular and stackable switches. The enhancements, launched Thursday at the CeBIT exhibition in Hannover, Germany, span the Catalyst […]

Computer Associates International Inc. on Thursday announced that it as acquired Windows migration tools provider Miramar Systems Inc. for an undisclosed amount of cash. CA chose to acquire Miramar, with which it had a partnership, to “own and control” the patented technology in Miramars Desktop DNA migration software, according to Allan Andersen, director of product […]

NetIQ Corp. is picking up the service-level management mantra uttered by application performance management providers with an update of its AppManager suite. Version 6.0 of AppManager, best known for its Windows applications management, adds several capabilities within its components that provide more service-oriented management of Windows and Unix applications. For example, the Analysis Center component, […]