Matt Hamblen

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Military expands use of app performance tools

The U.S. military's unified transportation unit is expanding a deployment of network management tools and robotic PCs that monitor end-user experiences on the global system used to make sure that troops, weapons and supplies arrive on time and in the right places.

NetWare 6.5 to ship in August

Novell Inc. this week said its NetWare 6.5 upgrade will ship Aug. 15 through resellers.

Keynote adds low cost Web monitoring service

Keynote Systems Inc. recently launched a low-cost Web application performance monitoring service, plus an upgrade of its higher-end Transaction Perspective offering that adds support for tracking Web services transactions.

BMC unit upgrades help desk, IT asset management apps

BMC Software Inc.'s Remedy Corp. unit this week will announce a new version of its IT service management applications that includes upgrades to tools for tracking the life cycle of IT assets and managing changes to corporate systems.

Network Associates upgrades Sniffer line

Network Associates Inc. announced the Sniffer Network Protection Platform last week, which includes a new appliance and revisions of existing software that analysts said will push the vendor into a growing network security market.

Cisco unleashes cascade of new security offerings

Cisco Systems Inc. has announced 14 security products and services, including three new products and an important revision to its security management software that supports threat-protection technology gained in the April acquisition of Okena Inc.

Avaya recasts IP apps, updates Communication Manager

Avaya Inc. on May 12 announced that it's pulling together a group of Internet Protocol-based applications under a new name and releasing a new version of its IP telephony software, Avaya Communication Manager.

3Com software-based IP switch being tested

A high-end, software-based IP switch from 3Com Corp. is being tested by four large companies for general release in August as part of the network device maker's efforts to re-establish itself in the enterprise marketplace.

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