Paula Musich

Microsoft is raising the stakes in the Web conferencing space by broadening and deepening the capabilities of its Live Meeting Web conferencing service. The company, which introduced the new version of Live Meeting at its TechEd developer conference in Orlando, Fla., June 4, is a relative late entrant into a highly competitive market. So as […]

Citrix Systems release of new load testing software brings technology purchased via recent acquisitions closer to its own core Presentation Server offerings. Citrix on June 5 unveiled the new Citrix EdgeSight for Load Testing 2.5 release, which came with the March purchase of thinGenius and provides active load and regression testing specifically for Citrix Presentation […]

Application acceleration startup Silver Peak Systems is continuing its quest to become a leader in the high-capacity WAN link segment of the market, launching June 5 the second major release of the software running its NX acceleration appliances. The Santa Clara, Calif., company, which targets server centralization and data center backup applications, claims technology leadership […]

Avaya struck a deal, late June 4, to be acquired by a pair of private equity firms, Silver Lake and TPG Capital, in a deal that Avaya executives said secures the companys ability to invest in its people and technology. The $8.2 billion merger, rumored for some time, beats out other rumored suitors, Nortel Networks […]

Blade Network Technologies on June 5 will take the wraps off the first 10 Gigabit Ethernet-capable blade server switch for Hewlett-Packards HP BladeSystem c-Class blade switches. The new HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c switch provides a combination of 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet links for HP ProLiant and Integrity server blades in the HP BladeSystem […]

Rumors circled Avaya on May 29 about a possible change of ownership, with Avaya either being taken private by Silver Lake Partners or merging with telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks. But the impact on customers and the reasons for such moves are not completely clear. Avaya, with a market capitalization of more than $6 billion […]

BMC Software on May 29 announced its intent to acquire privately held performance analytics company ProactiveNet. BMC would not disclose how much it agreed to pay for the company, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif. But BMC believes that ProactiveNet, which markets end-to-end application performance monitoring and analytics software, brings it a competitive advantage […]

LAS VEGAS—Video conferencing bridge provider Codian at Interop on May 23 brought out a new technique to enhance the quality of images coming from standard- or enhanced-definition end points. Codians new ClearVision technology, geared for its MCU 4500 Series video conferencing bridges, can improve the quality of video images for participants using a mix of […]

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft at Interop on May 22 announced interoperability partners on the other side of the VOIP coin for Office Communications Server 2007. In the latest partner lineup, Microsoft announced that a dozen IP PBX and voice over IP gateway makers pledged to work with Microsofts interoperability specifications for the OCS 2007 unified communications conferencing […]

LAS VEGAS—Samsung Electronics launched on May 22 here at Interop its formal entry into the North American data networking market with the first of a new line of converged networking devices for small and midsize enterprises. Samsung, despite the deep pockets of its parent, will have a steep uphill climb to gain a foothold in […]