Paula Musich

A series of missteps and a rapidly shifting market-and not a space that’s moving toward commoditization-may lie at the heart of Juniper Networks’ decision to pull the plug on its DX line of application delivery controllers. When Juniper officials in late January announced they would discontinue its DX line, CEO Scott Kriens told eWEEK that […]

Systems management appliance vendor Kace Networks, on Feb. 19, put a new spin on virtualization when it launched a version of its tool for VMware servers. Kace, which targets mid-market customers looking for simplified deployment for desktop and server lifecycle management, created the Virtual KBOX appliances to allow customers to install and run its management […]

Red Hat and Hyperic paired up on Valentine’s Day to launch a new open-source management platform project. The intent of the RHQ project, which went live Feb. 14, is to develop common management platform services for both Hyperic and Red Hat products. The first deliverable in the project will be Red Hat’s JBoss Operations Network […]

3Com on Feb. 13 added a third partner module to its MultiService Router Platform, this time focusing on video over IP. 3Com as part of its Open Network Program added a new digital video portal with partner VBrick Systems. The portal, integrated with the 3Com MSRs, allows customers to easily add centralized access to video […]

NetScout Systems is trying to keep the momentum going following its acquisition of Network General late in 2007, by quickly updating products from both portfolios. On the heels of its fiscal 2008 third-quarter earnings report issued Feb. 4, which saw a revenue jump of 127 percent from the third quarter of 2007 and a 103 […]

Ethernet LANs have been used everywhere from the data center to the home and even the Starbucks around the corner. But space could very well be the final frontier for the technology. On the Columbus module in the Atlantis Space Shuttle that rendezvoused on Feb. 16 with the International Space Station, the European Aeronautic Defense […]

With the launch of its Mobile Internet Gateway, Radware on Feb. 11 did its part to help mobile network operators open up their networks and encourage more choices for enterprises looking to outsource voice services. Radware officials said the new Mobile Internet Gateway can help mobile network operators transform their closed networks into open mobile […]

Microsoft’s forthcoming Service Manager help desk offering will not see the light of day for another two years, as the company reworks a core component to provide the necessary performance. While Microsoft initially said its System Center Service Manager offering-code-named Service Desk-was slated for release in the first half of 2008, Microsoft chose to push […]

Despite the recent cable cuts affecting Internet traffic to several Middle East countries, including India, major Indian outsourcers claimed they saw minimal disruption to their businesses. Unlike the widespread disruptions in Internet browsing for consumers across India, big outsourcers like Tata Consultancy Services, Satyam Computer Services and Infosys Technologies saw no significant disruption in their […]

Despite a cloudy outlook for other technology companies such as Cisco Systems, BMC Software on Feb. 7 predicted even better results for its earnings and revenue for its full fiscal 2008. In reporting its third-quarter 2008 results, BMC officials upped their earnings-per-share forecast to a range of $1.90 to $1.94 a share for fiscal 2008 […]