Paula Musich

Two-year-old WAN-optimization startup Peribit Networks Inc. this fall will set its sights on shortening application response times and spanning larger networks when it releases new software and hardware aimed at each. The Santa Clara, Calif., vendor next month will add new Packet Flow Acceleration (PFA) technology to its Sequence Reducer hardware, which employs proprietary Molecular […]

Providing high availability for remote branch offices and lowering WAN costs have often been at odds, but Radware Ltd. says it has found a way to do both. Radware, best known as a maker of high-speed Layer 4 to Layer 7 switches, this week is rolling out its LinkProof Branch device. The tool lets enterprises […]

Extreme Networks Inc. demonstrated its continued commitment to its five-year-old Black Diamond network switch line with a new management module that adds high-end resiliency features. The new MSM-3 management module, which is backward compatible with existing line cards for the Black Diamond 6800 modular switch, adds “hitless failover” in the event of an outage or […]

Network monitoring provider Network Instruments LLC next week will try to race ahead of the protocol analysis pack with a re-architected version of its Windows-based Observer software. Observer 9.0, targeted at medium-sized enterprises, is the first Windows-based protocol analysis and monitoring tool that can support a 4GB memory buffer to better support high-speed networks such […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. advanced its services agenda on two fronts today in creating a new services alliance with systems integrator Affiliated Computer Services Inc. and an expanded alliance with NCR Corp. The new ACS alliance will extend utility computing services based on Sun hardware, software and services to ACS clients, allowing them to pay for […]

Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday further extended the reach of its IP Phone product lineup with a new high-end phone and more-powerful features for its lower-end models. The new Cisco IP Phone 7970G boasts a high-resolution, color touch-screen as well as support for XML, allowing the device to operate as a “mini-browser” for certain vertical […]

Although providing high availability for remote branch offices while lowering WAN costs have worked at odds with each other in the past, Radware may have found a way to meet both goals. Next week Radware, best known as a leader for high-speed Layer 4 to Layer 7 switching, will address what officials believe is the […]

Enterasys Networks Inc. is shifting its focus to SMBs with a new Layer 2 LAN switch that brings advanced security and traffic classification features to small and midsize businesses. The Matrix V 2 stackable switch provides rate limiting or classification of Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic to ensure that more mission-critical or […]

Dell Inc. is prepared to challenge established competitors in the LAN switching arena with the introduction of a network management tool that the vendor plans to distribute for free. Dells OpenManage Network Manager is designed to simplify management of 10 or more PowerConnect Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches, according to officials, in Round Rock, […]

With another quarter under its belt after emerging from bankruptcy in May 2002, USinternetworking Inc. is taking steps to further expand what its CEO characterized as a healthy business. Tomorrow the Annapolis, Md., ASP will announce that it has appointed former Scient Inc. CEO Stephen Mucchetti as its new Chief Operating Officer. The once ailing […]

Spirent Communications has unleashed a flood of new and enhanced testing tools designed to work in concert to test protocols and networking equipment implemented at the edge of the network. The Rockville, Md., wholly owned unit of Spirent plc., introduced 10 new or enhanced testing tools for three of its performance-analysis platforms that are intended […]

System Management Arts Inc. is planning its first step toward complete end-to-end root-cause analysis with tools that track performance from device-level management through applications that deliver business services. The White Plains, N.Y., company, which built a solid fault management business on its root-cause analysis of network problems, plans to release next month InCharge ACM (Application […]