Paula Musich

When the keepers of Baton Rouge, La.s, municipal network last year found business-critical traffic being impeded, they had a good idea where the problem was. Eric Romero, project manager for the city, which runs a network serving some 3,000 employees in 20 locations, sensed that unauthorized network use was taxing T-1 access. But despite monthly […]

With Microsoft Corp. due to significantly reduce support for Windows 98 and Windows NT in June, small businesses and enterprises still needing to update their desktops will have to scramble in the next few months. PC migration tool provider Miramar Systems Inc. will be there to help with new releases of both its enterprise-oriented and […]

As more companies roll out enterprisewide, Web-enabled applications or look to save money by using VOIP, theyre likely to find that the strongest barrier to success is the weakest link in the equation: branch offices low-speed WAN connections. Those expensive, latency-prone WAN links are getting greater attention from smaller players in the area of bandwidth […]

Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc.s Enterprise Networks division on Monday will begin to decouple its voice over IP software from proprietary hardware and operating systems when it launches its new HiPath ComScendo communications suite. ComScendo, which runs on Siemens ICNs HiPath 3000 and 5000 IP PBXes for small to medium-sized companies, provides an enterprise-class […]

Management Service Provider (MSP) InteQ Corp. Wednesday launched a new remote management service for publicly available wireless LANs. The Bedford, Mass., MSP provides remote monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting for wireless “hot spots”—wireless LANs that mobile workers can use in public places such as cafes and airports. “InteQ views this as a good opportunity. A large […]

Cisco Systems Inc. today rolled out a wide range of new and enhanced intrusion detection and firewall offerings. Although Cisco generates security-related revenues of about $1 billion a year, it has had an uphill battle in asserting its place among more favored best-of-breed security tools providers, said Jeff Wilson, executive director at Infonetics Research Group […]

Nortel Networks on Tuesday launched another leg holding up its “One Network: A World of Choice” convergence strategy that is intended to minimize the impact of infrastructure boundaries on access to critical business data. The Advanced Business Connectivity launch is about bringing the same security and resiliency to public Internet connections that enterprises are used […]

3Com Corp. on Monday filled in a missing link in its SuperStack line of Layer 2 LAN switches. The new SuperStack 3 Switch 4228G adds a fiber uplink to the 4200 line of Layer 2 managed wiring closet switches. The new 4228G provides 24 10/100 Ethernet ports along with two Gigabit Ethernet ports and two […]

IBM and American Express Co. will begin delivering on the agreement they struck last year to take IBMs Web-based expense reporting and reconciliation tool, customized by Amex, and make it available to Amexs Corporate Card customers. Amex this week will begin marketing the tool, which will be hosted by IBM Global Services at its data […]

Traffic shaping veteran Packeteer Inc. on Monday will branch out into compression when it launches its new PacketShaper Xpress. The Cupertino, Calif., bandwidth management company leveraged compression and Web acceleration expertise it gained with its acquisition of Workfire Technologies International Inc. in 2000 to create a universal traffic acceleration offering. PacketShaper Xpress combines Layer 7 […]

Electronic Data Systems Inc. Thursday reported decreases across the board in earnings, net income and revenues for its fourth quarter, but the IT services giant managed to beat First Call consensus on earnings by three cents. Net income for the fourth quarter was $246 million, compared to $427 million in the same year-ago quarter. The […]

BMC Software Inc.s Patrol for both Windows and Unix servers got a face lift recently in a pair of new releases that better exploit the Windows look and feel and emphasize a streamlined workflow. The Houston software provider Tuesday introduced Patrol for Windows Servers 3.0 and Patrol for Unix 9.0, both of which are intended […]