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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Cisco Systems Inc.’s long-awaited response to Extensible Markup Language (XML) acceleration products was unveiled Tuesday (June 21) during a company event in Las Vegas. The intelligent message-handling card for Cisco’s ISR and 2600 branch-office routers and Catalyst 6500 switches is tightly focused on message-passing acceleration for corporate applications like Tibco and Financial Information Exchange (FIX) — so much so that the product appears to be a direct response to new message routers unveiled by Canadian startup Solace Systems Inc. The laser Continue reading →

Cisco is expanding into messaging middleware appliances through a new business unit.

Supports New Cisco Technology, Application-Oriented Networking

CXO Systems, a leader in enterprise business and risk intelligence software, is working with Cisco Systems, Inc. to integrate its visibility dashboard for real-time business and risk intelligence in a new Cisco technology, Application-Oriented Networking (AON), announced today. AON is the first network-embedded, intelligent message routing system that enables applications and the network to work together as an integrated system. The dashboards ensure that senior-level executives needing business and IT information have access to the most up-to-date data in the enterprise; ensuring critical decisions are Continue reading →

CXO Systems, a leader in enterprise business and risk intelligence software, is working with Cisco Systems, Inc. to integrate its visibility dashboard  for real-time business and risk intelligence in a new Cisco technology, Application-Oriented Networking (AON), announced today.  AON is the first network-embedded, intelligent message routing system that enables applications and the network to work together as an integrated system.  The dashboards ensure that senior-level executives needing business and IT information have access to the most up-to-date data in the enterprise; ensuring critical decisions are Continue reading →

Cisco Systems, Inc. ® announced today Cisco® Application-Oriented Networking (AON), new technology that adds intelligence to the network, enabling the network to better understand business-application communications to support more effective and efficient business decisions. Cisco’s approach to AON is based on innovative new technology that moves beyond the packet level to read application-to-application messages flowing within the network – such as purchase orders, investment transactions, or shipment approvals.  With AON, the network now speaks the language of applications.  This new technology supports Cisco’s vision for Continue reading →

Communication improvements motivate implementation at hospitals and clinics

Colubris Networks Inc. attacked the wireless/wireline integration market and publicly announced the InMotion MultiService Controller (MSC) 5000 series family today at Wi-Fi/VoWi-Fi Planet in Baltimore. The InMotion MSC 5500 is engineered for large campus and enterprise deployments and scales to 200 wireless access points serving thousands of users. The InMotion MSC 5200 was developed for small offices and remote locations with the ability to support up to 25 wireless access points and hundreds of users. Enterprises and service providers can centrally manage and control multiservice Continue reading →

The wireless Internet, or Wi-Fi, industry is finally consolidating after sparking dozens of start-ups. Giant tech companies are leading the charge. This month, software maker McAfee (MFE) acquired Wireless Security. In March, networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO), which earlier bought Wi-Fi gear maker Linksys, acquired Airespace. Electronics-maker Siemens (SI) recently purchased Chantry Networks. Smaller companies are merging, too. Last week, struggling equipment maker Proxim (PROXQ) agreed to be acquired by Moseley Associates, a maker of radio systems, for $21 million. Wi-Fi carrier Wireless Broadband Access Continue reading →

Colubris Networks of Waltham, MA, this week announced the release of two new wireless multiservice controllers, the first products that will take advantage of the company’s vision for a Unified Services Network (USN) architecture, essentially a WLAN switch setup where the access points are not thin but retain all their intelligence and that will bring wired and wireless together under one umbrella. Part of the company’s InMotion line (standing for ‘intelligent mobility’), the controllers are the InMotion MultiService Controller 5500 (MSC-5500) for large deployments and Continue reading →