US-based Infonetics research shows that the service provider core and edge hardware market is expected to almost double this year, with voice/data switches and IP service routers expected to do exceptionally well.
Lucent Technologies has introduced the Orinoco wireless Internet access and networking system, which is built on its WaveLAN wireless local area network (LAN) system for business and enterprise.
Lucent Technologies has announced a new multi-service access switch with reportedly twice the port density of the nearest competing product, plus universal port capability.
Cabletron Systems has released its Server Array Controller, designed to provide consistent access and reliability to network servers. The system monitors local servers and routes Internet and intranet service requests to the most available server.
Lucent Technologies, a telecommunications equipment supplier, is showcasing new networking solutions aimed at service providers, Internet service providers and enterprise customers at CeBIT in Germany.
3Com says it has shipped over 100 million stackable switch and hub ports throughout the world.
Lucent will join the recently formed 10-Gigabit Ethernet Alliance as one of its founding members. The alliance aims to promote 10-Gigabit Ethernet to network markets.
Novell CEO Eric Schmidt, on his visit to SA, evangelised on his common theme of the Directories as the future, the Internet as the present, and Microsoft as the past.
RSA Security has unveiled the ACE/Agent for Windows 2000, a two-factor user authentication solution for controlling access to Windows 2000-based networks, servers and desktops.
The Storage Area Network Integrated Technology Initiative (Saniti) is Computer Associates` (CA) vision for SAN integration in IT solutions, says Andrea Lodolo, consulting manager for the field services group at CA Africa.
Drive Control has launched Pretty Good Privacy VPN, a new product from Network Associates, aimed at securing networks in an e-business environment.