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Indian IT outsourcing vendor Infosys Technologies Ltd. today made a bid to take on U.S.-based consulting companies such as Accenture Ltd. by launching a new consulting subsidiary in the United States. Rather than buy its way into the U.S.-based IT and business consulting market, the Bangalore, India, firm is building a new subsidiary from the […]

Foundry Networks Inc. on Monday will try to leapfrog competitors in the Layer 4 through Layer 7 switching space when it launches new modular and stackable switches and operating-system enhancements. Already known as the high-end alternative to Cisco Systems Inc. for Layer 4 through Layer 7 switching, the San Jose, Calif., company sought to raise […]

Gomez Inc. turned up the heat in the market for Internet performance testing services Tuesday when it launched the latest version of its Gomez Performance Network. In GPN 5.0, the Waltham, Mass., company has integrated the “last mile” testing capability it acquired with Porivo Technologies Inc., bringing the ability to test customer Web sites from […]

Configuration management startup Collation Inc. on Thursday will continue to build out its tool for managing complex configurations in a Web applications environment when it launches the next major release of its Confignia tool. Version 2.0 of the software, which provides an agentless auto-discovery mechanism that is patent-pending, adds a new module that integrates with […]

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 […]