Avaya looks to reinvent itself
Reorganization, new products refresh company's convergence efforts.
Patch management packages proliferate
BigFix, ConfigureSoft focus on growing patch management problems
Verizon to enter business long-distance
Northeast service expected to launch early next year and reach 56 markets.
IT budgets down, but not demand for technology
IT budgets continue to have a rough go of it, although demand for technology is beginning to pick up, according to recent
spending surveys.
XML-based security protocol wins key approval from OASIS
An XML-based protocol that is destined to become the building block for corporate user-access security products was approved
last week by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
Start-up buys Shiva name, products from Intel
Remember Shiva? It's back. A start-up making an entry into the crowded field of firewall/VPN appliances has bought the name,
logo and two models of VPN boxes from Intel, which has owned Shiva since 1998 when it purchased the company for $185 million.
Polycom, Radvision simplify videoconferencing
Polycom and Radvision are taking steps to simplify videoconferencing for network executives and end users with new products
that are more powerful and easier to administer than previous generations.
VC start-up funding down again
Venture capital investments in network start-ups continued a two-year downward spiral during the third quarter, dropping to
the lowest levels since early 1998.
Veritas acquisition adds to market consolidation
Veritas last week bought NTP Software technology to supplement the package it sells to help monitor and manage storage networks.
Trio of IDS vendors show latest wares
Choice in intrusion-detection systems gets wider this week as start-up NetContinuum makes its debut with a Web security appliance,
while ForeScout Technologies and Top Layer Networks expand their product lines for thwarting network attacks.
Cybera looks to undercut frame relay
Cybera, a regional carrier with national aspirations, is rolling out network- and customer-site VPN services at what it says
are half the price of frame relay connections.
Speedera service generates dynamic images on the fly
Content delivery specialist Speedera Networks says it has the answer for companies tired of the time-consuming task of manipulating
and storing static images on graphics-heavy Web sites.
Sun takes aim at mainframe users
Sun is luring mainframe customers away from IBM with expanded software and services that the company says let them rehost
COBOL and Customer Information Control System applications on less-expensive Sun servers.
Microsoft shakes up SALT offerings
An emerging standard called Speech Application Language Tags received a boost last month when Microsoft announced several
efforts to beef up its support for a specification that enables speech interfaces to Web information.
Neoteris rolls out SSL gear
Neoteris is making it possible to cluster its Secure Sockets Layer remote-access machines so customers don't lose their connections
to business networks if one box should fail.
GOP to lead on high-tech issues
Plus: analyst McConnell dies; C&W wins one court battle with Akamai; RSA, PKWare to cross-license.
AOL gateway takes AIM at enterprise market
AOL, the largest consumer ISP, launched a product last week that lets business users track and monitor Instant Messenger traffic
within corporate networks.
Nortel beefs up portfolio
Nortel last week released software to support multiple 10G Ethernet interfaces on its core switch, as well as two load-balancing
devices intended to increase availability of enterprise data centers and WAN links.
Execs share tips on 'investing' in bad times
American Express has continued to grow its investment in IT throughout the current economic downturn, resisting the temptation
to retreat from new initiatives until the economy improves.
Carrier news briefs
News briefs from Digex and Interliant
Server appliances die a quiet death
Vendors selling server appliances promised customers they could have a box up and running in 15 minutes. Well, for the vendors,
their 15 minutes of fame are up.
Brocade lands Rhapsody
Brocade Communications has been rumored to be on the acquisition hunt since Cisco announced its acquisition of Andiamo Systems'
director-level Fibre Channel switches.
Enterprise Applications news briefs
News briefs from IManage and Microsoft
Nokia, Trend Micro team on content security
Nokia and software maker Trend Micro announce an alliance to produce a corporate e-mail security appliance that joins Trend
Micro's antivirus technology to Nokia's hardware and software.
Funk, Interlink improve wireless LAN authentication
Companies look to simplify wireless administration by adding TTLS support.
