Cisco brings optical to the enterprise
Targeting financial service companies with hearty storage needs, Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday introduced a new optical system that can aggregate as many as 40 connections on a single wavelength.
Targeting financial service companies with hearty storage needs, Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday introduced a new optical system that can aggregate as many as 40 connections on a single wavelength.
IBM Monday announced it is teaming up with startup Narad Networks Inc. to jointly develop a service delivery platform that will aid cable operators in reaching the oft-forgotten SMB (small and midsize business) markets.
Foundry Networks on Monday introduced a new family of Layer 2 edge switches for the wiring closet.
After burning through US$88 million in four years, TollBridge Technologies Inc. last week joined the long list of companies that have shut down due to their inability to secure additional funding from a now-capricious venture capital community.
Internet Security Systems Inc. on Wednesday released a version of its IDS (intrusion detection system) software that combines previously owned and acquired technologies.
On the official second day of one of the largest annual communications and information technology conferences in the U.S., exhibitors were receiving a less-than-optimal amount of foot traffic through their booths. Attributing it to the down economy and a lack of service provider customers attending the show, many exhibitors think this year's SuperComm isn't so super.
Few will argue that the Internet doesn't make life a lot easier, unless of course you're the one tasked with maintaining the very complex Web applications that provide these services.
Two year-old start-up ThinkEngine Networks on Monday introduced a media server that enables carriers to offer their cellular customers voice-activated services.
Former Cisco Systems Chief Technology Officer Judy Estrin's startup, Packet Design, Monday introduced a network appliance that provides network management functionality at the network layer, commonly referred to as Layer 3.
Despite a raft of technical challenges and entrenched support for Fibre Channel, IP-based storage networks are gathering steam, as vendors roll out new technologies.
Nortel Networks on Tuesday introduced a set of software enhancements and an add-on application that extends its IP (Internet Protocol) telephony platform to include support for wireless VoIP (Voice over IP).
In a move to give enterprises a better handle on their remote access services, WorldCom Inc. Wednesday introduced a slew of new software applications.
Determined to bridge the interoperability gap and ease user frustrations, storage equipment vendors are rallying around the Distributed Management Task Force's CIM (Common Information Model).
Nearly six months after announcing intentions to upgrade its family of switches and directors, McData on Wednesday announced the imminent availability of its products at 2GB speeds.
The US$100,000 question this week is whether the proposed merger between Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard will be accepted.