Paula Musich

For large enterprises using the remote management services of different manufacturers and IT service providers, giving each of them remote access to the data center is fraught with security, complexity and compliance concerns. Remote connectivity software provider Combrio on Jan. 16 will address those problems with the launch of its third generation Virtual Service Infrastructure […]

Cisco Systems rained on Apples iPhone parade Jan. 10 when the networking behemoth said it is suing Apple, accusing it of trademark infringement on the iPhone name. Cisco, which claims it had negotiated with Apple in good faith over permission to use the name, received the iPhone trademark seven years ago when it acquired Infogear. […]

Almost a year to the date that Juniper Networks announced a shakeup of its executive ranks, the networking company has appointed former Macromedia CEO Stephen Elop as its new chief operating officer. Elop, who until early December had been Adobes president of worldwide field operations following Macromedias merger with Adobe, will report directly to Junipers […]

In the networking space in 2007, voice over IP will be less about reducing communications cost on a converged IP network and more about improving productivity and creating new business applications that incorporate voice to generate new streams or enhance customer service. The steady vendor drumbeat in 2006 around unified communications helped lay the groundwork […]

Citrix Systems on Dec. 20 will put another piece of its Dynamic Desktop Initiative into place when it announces its planned acquisition of Ardence. Ardence, a privately held company that markets embedded real-time operating system software and a software streaming platform for Windows and Linux, brings to the table real-time provisioning management for operating systems. […]

Multiservice edge routing provider Redback Networks on Dec. 19 became the Cinderella of the telecom industry when European telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson announced its plans to acquire Redback for $2.1 billion. Ericsson offered Redback shareholders $25 a share for the company, which had filed for bankruptcy in 2003 when the telecommunications equipment market went bust. […]

Cisco Systems at its recent C-Scape analyst conference opened the kimono on a handful of new products it is developing across its different business units. Much of that centers around video, which had the highest volume of buzz at the conference. One of the new video technologies it showed off was a digital signage system, […]

The latest release of Altiris Server Management Suite comes with new virtual server deployment capabilities and enhanced Linux and Microsoft offerings. The Salt Lake City company an–nounced the grab bag of server management upgrades Dec. 13. Altiris will build on its existing virtual server deployment features for VMwares VMware ESX by adding the ability to […]

Five years from now, Cisco Systems may be thought of as a software company rather than a networking box supplier, if its network-is-the-platform strategy is successful. Cisco wants to create what could be described as a network version of a hypervisor, aimed at allowing customers to more easily plug in the services they want to […]

Altiris on Dec. 13 will come out with a grab bag of server management enhancements in the latest release of its Altiris Server Management Suite. The Salt Lake City-based Altiris will build on its existing virtual server deployment capability for VMware ESX by adding the ability to inventory virtual servers. “Now we can do [an] […]