Paula Musich

Citrix Systems has wasted no time integrating the XenSource technology into its product portfolio and demonstrating its commitment to all of the forms of virtualization. Citrix on Feb. 11 will launch an upgrade to the XenServer software it acquired in 2007 when it bought XenSource. At the same time, Citrix will rebrand its flagship Presentation […]

Three months after closing its XenSource acquisition, Citrix Systems is seeking to build momentum for its virtualization drive with the launch of a new version of XenServer, new packaging options and a rebranding campaign for its existing products around the Xen moniker. With its XenServer Version 4.1 release, Citrix is seeking to open up the […]

Small and midsize businesses looking for a simpler way to load balance Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers may get their wish on Feb. 6 when Kemp Technologies introduces a new upgrade to its appliances. The commodity load balancing provider added new Layer 7 content switching support for Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol, in addition to its existing […]

A trend on the part of network switching vendors threatens to blow the lid off the networking industry’s dirty little secret: While the majority of industry switch revenue is from Gigabit Ethernet, most switch ports shipped today are still 10/100 Ethernet. Hewlett-Packard’s ProCurve unit on Feb. 5 will become the latest network switch vendor to […]

Smart-phone makers unwittingly gave Polycom the best pitch it could have to get voice conferencing customers to upgrade their conference phones: that annoying buzz caused by the radio frequency interference the smart phones create. Polycom on Feb. 5 will introduce upgrades for its installed base of more than 2 million analog and IP conference phones […]

Video conferencing provider Tandberg is preparing to launch new integration between its desktop video conferencing and the fledgling Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 IP PBX. Tandberg’s integration with the Microsoft Office Communicator client allows users to click to call Tandberg’s room-based, high-definition video conferencing and telepresence systems. “This is our first integration with OCS and […]

NEW YORK — Juniper Networks made a very late entry into the market for enterprise LAN switches when it launched, Jan. 29, its new EX Series of LAN switches, which it developed from the ground up. The big question now is how will Juniper, which built its mainstay router business on telcos and carriers, get […]

One of the big factors that could make or break Juniper’s efforts to become a solid competitor in the enterprise LAN switching market is how well the new EX Series does in the channel. Competitors such as Nortel Networks were quick to say that “Juniper doesn’t have the channels to pull it off,” said a […]

NEW YORK-Juniper Networks made its official foray into the enterprise switching space on Jan. 29 when it launched its new, home-grown EX Series of stackable and chassis LAN switches. Now it has to convince enterprise network buyers who by and large use Cisco Systems’ Catalyst switches in their wiring closets and data centers to make […]

Cisco Systems and storage area network rival Brocade Communications will clash over the future of data center networking with dueling next-generation switch architectures designed to converge separate networks in the data center. Cisco on Jan. 28 will introduce its next generation Nexus 7000 switch, which uses a brand new architecture distinct from Cisco’s flagship Catalyst […]