Paula Musich

Apparent Networks Inc. this week at VoiceCon in Orlando, Fla., will roll out a voice-over-IP version of its network troubleshooting tool that allows users to assess their networks ability to handle voice traffic and lets them quickly address VOIP problems. Because of its sensitivity to jitter, latency and packet loss, VOIP is not simply another […]

Two vendors last week released online applications designed to make it easier to debug the source of user and performance problems. TeaLeaf Technology Inc. released an updated version of its TeaLeaf RealiTea software for recording and analyzing customer traffic to resolve issues that keep customers from successfully completing online transactions. Meanwhile, startup Symphoniq Corp. launched […]

IBMs Tivoli brand has quietly built momentum in managing storage, security, distributed systems and mainframes, aided by last summers acquisition of Candle Corp. The move has resulted in a 25 percent revenue increase for Tivoli in IBMs fourth fiscal quarter. eWEEK Senior Editor Paula Musich spoke recently with Tivoli General Manager Al Zollar about whats […]

F5 Networks Inc. this week rolls out a high-end version of its Big-IP layers 4-7 switch and updated software that company officials said offers unprecedented speed and a boost in performance. As part of the announcement, the Seattle company is unveiling what officials said is the first ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit)-based compression technology that can […]

BMC Software Inc. on Monday became one of the earliest of the big four enterprise management players to launch a configuration management database. Following on the heels of CMDB updates from smaller vendors Collation Inc. and nLayers Inc., BMC released its Atrium CMDB as part of its Business Service Management initiative. BMC Atrium CMDB is […]

Increased interest in running IT as a business service has the application discovery and dependency mapping arena heating up. Collation Inc. last week bolstered its position in the growing infrastructure mapping niche with Confignia 3.0. The release comes fast on the heels of rival nLayer Communications Inc.s rollout of its Software Development Kit and OEM […]

Foundry Networks Inc. is turning up the heat in an effort to deliver more intelligence at the edge of the network and reduce the cost of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the core with the launch of its new SuperX series of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches. With the release, the San Jose, Calif., company […]

Computer Associates International Inc., still reeling from scandals while professing a renewed commitment to customer service and corporate governance, is undergoing a management shake-up that pushes aside one of CAs rising stars in favor of the last remaining member of the companys old guard. According to sources familiar with the plans, Russ Artzt, a CA […]

To keep pace with the changing requirements of network managers and compliance and security officers, AlterPoint Inc. is set to unveil a new version of its DeviceAuthority Suite for automated network change and configuration management of heterogeneous networks. Version 3.5 of the suite adds greater intelligence and analytics to better address policies around compliance and […]

New component discovery and dependency mapping tools, along with new partnerships, are helping one management software vendor make its case to users looking for compliance and IT consolidation help. nLayers Inc., based in San Jose, Calif., last week said it will resell its automated discovery and relationship mapping appliance to industry players with the release […]