Calient Buys Component Supplier
Calient Networks, an upstart that makes pure optical switches, is buying Kionix, a company that makes the optical microchips needed to support Calient equipment.
Stories by Tim Greene
Cisco Unveils Renamed Compatible VPN Gear
Cisco Systems Inc. is having a coming out party for the VPN equipment it acquired when it bought Compatible Systems earlier this year.
Carrier to Build Packet Network Around Lucent Gear
SBC Telecom has taken steps to establish itself as the formidable local competitor in cities outside its traditional sales area.
WatchGuard Buys Qiave for Web Security
WatchGuard Technologies Inc. is beefing up its security offerings with content-protection software from Qiave Technologies Corp.
NetReality Guarantees Services by Application
NetReality Inc. has upgraded its WAN traffic-shaping gear to support quality of service based on application.
N+I 2000: Palm Tied into Virtual Nets
V-One has made it possible for users of Palm handhelds to take advantage of V-One VPN.
The VPN appliance vendor announced at NetWorld+Interop that its SmartPass VPN software now supports the Palm OS, meaning remote users can make secure IP connections to corporate VPNs from their PDAs.
Zhone Announces Its Local-Loop Plans
Zhone Technologies Inc., a lavishly funded year-old startup founded by former executives of Ascend Communications, has dropped its cloak of mystery to announce that it is preparing a line of hardware and software to provision and support local voice and data services.
Marconi to Buy Mariposa for Integrated Access
Access and switching equipment maker Marconi PLC plans to buy access-device vendor Mariposa Technology for US$268 million.
Intermedia Touts Bundled Services
Intermedia Communications Inc. just launched IntermediaOne, a service bundle that includes voice, data, Internet access and unified messaging.
Unisphere Embraces MPLS
Unisphere Networks Inc. is now supporting Multi-protocol Label Switching in its ERX family of edge switch-routers, enabling IP service providers to deliver guaranteed quality of service.
Accelerated Adds VPN Capability to IADs
Integrated-access device maker Accelerated Networks Inc. Tuesday unveiled Internet Companion, hardware that enables Accelerated's customer-premise gear to support IP VPNs.
DSL, Ordinary Phone Lines Go Together
Avail Networks Inc. on Monday introduced new customer equipment as well as a concentration device that enables carriers to deliver voice and data services to tenants in a single building or office park.
SonicWall and VeriSign Team
SonicWall is adding something new to its bag of VPN tricks: support for digital certificates that authenticate users for the purpose of exchanging encryption keys used to secure Internet connections.
SBC Opens Door to DSL Competitors
Despite SBC Communications Inc.'s plan to open its neighborhood DSL access gear to competitors on a trial basis, some competitors say the move won't actually increase competition.
Indus River Bought by Enterasys
Cabletron Systems Inc. spinoff Enterasys is absorbing VPN startup Indus River Networks Inc. in a deal worth US$170 million, giving Enterasys highly manageable Indus River VPN equipment to augment its "adaptive infrastructure" architecture.