Denise Dubie

With 2003 around the corner, consider these New Year's resolutions: Better secure your networks, more efficiently manage your company's content, and rethink how to exploit the Internet.

SilverBack Technologies Inc. last month unveiled enhancements to its flagship network management product that gather more information from Cisco Systems Inc. gear, scan networks for vulnerabilities and sift through device logs to help managers more quickly spot problem-causing events.

Opsware Inc. this month introduced software that could make it easier for companies to configure networks and servers across data centres.

While the ranks of unemployed IT workers in the U.S. continue to swell, hiring managers still insist they cannot find the right candidates for their most demanding jobs.

Finisar Corp. this month will add security features to its software for monitoring IEEE 802.11b wireless LANs, allowing managers to identify and eliminate unauthorized users.

NetQoS Inc. last month debuted a software and hardware package designed to help network executives pinpoint bandwidth-hogging applications that slow down a Cisco Systems Inc.-based network's performance.

Finisar next month will add security features to its software for monitoring IEEE 802.11b wireless LANs, allowing managers to identify and eliminate unauthorized users.

Cisco Systems Inc. last week signaled its official arrival in the Fibre Channel storage network market with the acquisition of Andiamo Systems Inc. - a company it incubated - and the introduction of a line of high-performance storage equipment based on Andiamo's technology.