Meeting the challenges of the Networked Economy

Doug Batchelor, regional director of Nortel Networks` Enterprise Solutions line of business in SA, believes today`s multiple, complex networks will not be able to support the Networked Economy.

New 3Com cards offload key networking tasks

3Com has announced a new category of high performance network interface cards featuring an integrated 3XP processor which offloads key networking tasks from the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.

Reuters selects Cisco for IP-based network solution

Reuters has appointed Cisco Systems as its primary global vendor for Internet technology networks, furthering the existing strategic alliance between the companies.

Core Networks to distribute Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks has chosen Core Networks to represent it in SA.

Lucent first to implement SMON technology across LAN switches family

Lucent Technologies says that a network monitoring application it has implemented in its data networking products has been approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force as a Proposed Standard. This Switch MONitoring (SMON) technology allows enterprise customers to monitor their switched data networks from a single network management console.

Motorola, Sun in wireless network development agreement

Teaming to shape the future of wireless communications, Motorola and Sun Microsystems have signed a non-exclusive, 10-year strategic technology agreement which will allow Motorola to deliver Internet protocol-based, high-availability network servers, base station controllers and base stations for wireless networks.

Ericsson SA part of ambitious global program

Total fuels network speed

Local petroleum company Total has completed the first of its two-phase R1.5 million networking project with Dimension Data Networking.

NCD thin client price reduced

X-Solutions, local distributor of Network Computing Devices (NCD), has announced lower retail pricing on NCD ThinSTAR 200 8MB model.

Simplifying network management

The distributed nature of business-critical applications makes the continuous availability and optimal performance of a heterogeneous network crucial to successful operations, believes Andrea Lodolo, technical director for Global Technology Delivery Services at Computer Associates Africa.

NCD releases token ring Windows-based terminals

X-Solutions, distributors of Network Computing Devices (NCD) products in SA, has announced the release of the first token ring Windows-based terminal. The ThinSTAR 300TR has been developed to support token ring connectivity.

Novell delivers directory solution for integrating NT server

Novell has announced the availability of NDS for NT 2.01, the latest version of NDS for NT. It allows businesses to effectively manage network environments that include Windows NT by leveraging the capabilities of Novell Directory Services.

3Com outlines key emerging network technologies

"Networks will soon become as commonplace as electricity, and as necessary, available, affordable and easy to use as today`s telephone network," said 3Com president and COO Bruce Claflin during a keynote address at CAMP Expo `99 in the US.