At the NetWorld+Interop 2001 show this week, Foundry Networks Inc. announced Metro Ethernet products designed to enable service providers to connect points of points of presence (POP) with high-density Fast Ethernet over fiber, and implement MPLS-based Layer 2 VPN services for business customers.
NetWorld+Interop 2001 attendees this week will catch one of the first waves of 10G Ethernet products, but initial pricing will put the technology out of reach for most corporations.
Upcoming software from Foundry Networks could help customers better manage firewalls and Web servers in the event of unexpected or seasonal surges in Web traffic. The software will also stop common denial-of-service attacks at a Foundry load-balancing switch before the attack can affect Web servers or firewalls.
Cisco Systems Inc. this week is expected to announce a new version of its unified messaging server with twice the end-user capacity as before, reinforcing the notion that the company intends to be a major player in the corporate messaging software arena.
Cabletron Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced that Aug. 6 will be the day the company rides into the sunset by completing the final spin-offs of its subsidiary companies.
Cisco Systems Inc. this week unveiled two routers aimed at tightening security for small-office and branch-office WANs (wide area networks).
Cabletron Systems this week reported strong revenue and earnings numbers for its first quarter of fiscal year 2002.
Web acceleration and content delivery networks were spawned from the need to bring 'Net surfers closer to their favorite sites. Now vendors are trying to bring these technologies closer to home for corporate network professionals.
Nortel Networks Corp. last week rolled out software for its Alteon line of Web switches, aimed at improving enterprise security and wireless device support, and speeding access to streaming media servers.
In the past, setting up a large call center involved a fairly strict formula, requiring hundreds or thousands of agents located at one site to be attached to a sophisticated (read: expensive) circuit-switched PBX. To help speed the adoption of IP convergence in call centers, two vendors last week announced voice-over-IP and IP PBX call center products aimed at large and small companies.
Intel Corp. this month will release an IP telephony product that could put the power of a central-site PBX into a small branch office or in a telecommuter's den.
Companies that want to adopt IP voice, but are shy about spending a lot on new IP PBX hardware and software, may soon have a slew of outsourced options to choose from instead.
Companies that want to adopt IP voice, but are shy about spending a lot on new IP PBX hardware and software may soon have a slew of outsourced options to choose from instead.
Nortel Networks Corp. may be a latecomer to the IP PBX market, but the company could be getting in the game quickly with new technology designed to help traditional PBX customers painlessly migrate to IP.
Hewlett-Packard Co. last week at NetWorld+Interop 2001 announced a new modular switch aimed at kicking Layer 2 Cisco Systems Inc. boxes out of enterprise wiring closets.