Novell's next release of GroupWise, code-named Utopia, will take on more of a modular approach, allowing users to choose only the components they need, and will incorporate more Extensible Markup Language (XML) functionality, according to Novell sources.
BMC Software Inc. yesterday detailed an electronic-business management initiative, Service Assurance for E-Business, that is intended to provide application service assurance to enterprise customers.
BMC officials said they anticipate that the services offered through the software packages will provide better service levels for customers, reduce system downtime, and help companies efficiently manage networks and e-commerce environments.
The Sun-Netscape Alliance expanded the reach of iPlanet products this week, introducing the iPlanet Unified User Management Suite to centrally manage user accounts in extranet and electronic commerce applications.
Spectrum, a business unit of Cabletron Systems, which is setting off on its own, has postponed its new company name and brand release at Networld+Interop due to an unforeseen and unexpected obstacle: another company snagged it first.
Packeteer is shipping a device that would make it easier to migrate networks based on IBM's System Network Architecture (SNA) to newer IP-based technologies.
Advanced Radio Telecom Inc. (ART) and Lucent Digital Radio have both announced initiatives designed to take wireless technology into new areas.
However, while ART is concentrating on using wireless to provide fast Internet access, Lucent has its sights set on moving radio into a digital broadcasting world.