Paula Musich

Cisco Systems will jump out ahead of competitors in releasing an optical fiber transceiver adapter based on the new IEEE 802.3aq standard. Cisco will release in June a new adapter for its Catalyst switches that allows customers to upgrade links to 10 Gigabit Ethernet using legacy optical fiber technology, used with older FDDI standards. The […]

BMC Software will continue to push ahead on its Business Service Management strategy May 22, when it introduces the integration of several of its product offerings with its Configuration Management Database. BMC will take its BSM message directly to IT operations organizations, rather than the service desk, and seek to show the advantages its automated […]

Foundry Networks on May 22 will go back to its roots as a high-performance, high-density switch maker when it launches its new BigIron RX-32 Layer 3 switch at Interop. Foundrys BigIron RX-32 leapfrogs ahead of competing offerings from Cisco or Force10 Networks by providing the highest port density and fastest single-chassis switching in the market, […]

Citrix systems is looking to help turn the trickle of WAN optimization clients for individual PCs and laptops into a torrent. To date only a handful of smaller, less well-known players in the fast-growing application acceleration space have made available client implementations of their technology to speed the performance of applications accessed remotely over slower-speed […]

Nortel Networks will try to breathe new life into its data networking product portfolio when it outlines its Business Optimized Networking strategy backed up by three new products on May 21 at Interop in Las Vegas. The strategy, built on five building blocks, is intended to help enterprises address the networking challenges posed by changing […]

Avaya at Interop on May 21 will target two types of voice over IP buyers with a new IP PBX system designed for enterprises with many branch offices and a new line of low-cost IP Phones. Avayas new Avaya Distributed Office System distributes call processing out to individual branches, but gives IT operators centralized management […]

CERNs own network upgrade in support of the Large Hadron Collider project involved more than just connecting the 8,000 PC processors it is using at its data center. Beyond those “batch worker nodes”—or PC processors—the Hewlett-Packard ProCurve switches will also link to high-end tape drives where the data will be stored and to a buffer […]

In November, when physicists at CERN in Switzerland begin their grand experiment using the worlds largest particle accelerator—the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC—computer scientists there and across the globe will also put the worlds largest scientific computing grid through its paces. The success of the experiment—intended to answer such questions as what other particles exist […]

SolarWinds, a successful network management tools provider that few have heard of, will stop flying under the radar May 21 at Interop when it launches the latest release of its Engineers Toolset and announces the acquisition of Neon Software. The 9-year-old company, whose flagship network management software has an installed base of about 40,000 copies […]

Exinda Networks at Interop on May 21 will put a new spin on WAN optimization/application acceleration when it launches a hosted software-as-a-service solution for managing its WAN optimization appliances. The companys Service Delivery Point SAAS will allow customers to simplify and reduce the cost of installing, configuring, monitoring and reporting on the performance of its […]