In response to President Obama’s promise to modernize schools and provide Internet to all children, Astaro (http://www.astaro.com), a leading vendor of Internet security appliances, announced the “Surf Safe” promotion: all K-12 schools and libraries will receive an unlimited Astaro Security Gateway software license for free with the purchase of either a 3- or 5-year web or mail security subscription and maintenance agreement. Additionally, all schools and libraries will receive free Astaro Command Center software, which allows for central and remote management of all Security Gateways school- and district-wide. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Vyatta, the leader in open networking, today announced that the State of New Mexico is deploying the Vyatta 514 and 2501 appliances throughout many of the state's court systems, which include approximately 90 sites. The court system opted for Vyatta over Cisco and Juniper Networks routers based on Vyatta's full functionality and economical price, but Vyatta also provided the court system with the reliability, flexibility and support it needs to maintain a robust, secure network across diverse network connections. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, announced the immediate availability of its InterPort™ licensable software solution supporting the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) UNI 2.1 and UNI 2.2 specifications. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, today unveiled its Business Services solution for the ASE3300 network optimization appliance. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Astaro (http://www.astaro.com), a leading network security vendor, today announced that users of Apple’s iPhone can now automatically setup a secure, IPsec VPN (virtual private network) tunnel with no technical knowledge required. This new process adds yet another method that iPhone users can use to connect to Astaro Gateway products. In addition to the iPhone’s PPTP and L2TP VPN connectivity options, Astaro users can now use the iPhones IPsec VPN capabilities—widely accepted as the best security choice for VPN tunneling—to connect to their home and business networks. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a new version of F5® Enterprise Manager™ software to provide customers with improved management, automation, and network health monitoring capabilities for their Application Delivery Networks. The enhanced solution offers F5 customers additional visibility into their network infrastructures to ensure optimized application performance and superior end-user experience. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

In a move to give customers the flexibility to choose a secure multi-vendor IT environment instead of costly proprietary models, F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that it has become a member of the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE) program. F5, a global leader in Application Delivery Networking, will provide its BIG-IP® Application Delivery Controller (ADC) products to extend the flexibility, scalability, and security within the HP ProCurve ONE infrastructure. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

At the bottom line, Saugatuck sees significant opportunity and challenges for Cisco or any providers trying to bridge the traditionally-separate worlds and paradigms of IT and networking. Virtualization will be a key to adding valuable management capabilities and margins for both. But it will not necessarily be a key to uniting them, or to changing how users buy and manage them. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced revenue of $165.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, down 3.3 percent from $171.3 million in the prior quarter and up 7.4 percent from $154.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a comprehensive program aimed at assisting owners of Alteon application switches from Nortel Networks who are affected by Nortel’s recently announced bankruptcy. The program includes generous trade-in credits toward replacement, as well as customized consulting services to simplify migration from the affected Alteon systems to F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP® Application Delivery Controllers. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

The International Nortel Networks Users Association (INNUA) supports Nortel in light of their recent announcement to seek creditor protection. INNUA's members are dedicated Nortel customers who will continue to support the reliable Nortel solutions they have in place. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Blue Ridge Networks today confirmed that Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard™ prevents the latest malware attack on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 from taking over users PCs. Because of its innovative design, AppGuard is able to prevent machines from executing the harmful instructions delivered by this class of malware, neutralizing the attack until a patch is made available and can be installed. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

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Astaro (www.astaro.com), leading vendor of security appliances, today announced the “Raise Your Nokia’s IQ” promotion, allowing owners of Nokia hardware appliances to easily upgrade from Check Point’s security software to Astaro’s full-featured unified threat management (UTM) solution, Astaro Security Gateway (ASG), for free. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Check Point has signed an agreement to acquire Nokia’s security appliance business. The two businesses have collaborated over the past decade to deliver industry-leading enterprise security solutions. Building on this collaboration, Check Point will provide an extended security appliance portfolio developed, manufactured and supported by Check Point. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Foundry Networks, a performance and total solutions leader for network switching and routing for $16.50 per share in cash. The addition of Foundry's products and technologies enables Brocade to better address the needs of its customers and strengthens the company's position as a proven, high-performance networking leader. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for SSL VPN, North America, published in December 2008. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

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Dell and Vordel, the XML Network management company, announced on December 18 that the Vordel XML/SOA appliances will be assembled by the Dell Industrial Solutions Group in their manufacturing facilities. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Shunra Software, the world’s leading provider of WAN emulation for application development testing and troubleshooting, today announced version 4.6 of VE Network Catcher, a network behavior recording tool which brings the real-world network environment into the performance lab. The easiest to use solution on the market that quickly provides accurate, live network behavior now includes Advanced Remote Recording. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Shunra Software (www.shunra.com, the world’s leading provider of network emulation and application development testing solutions, today announced the launch of the Application Performance Management Blog (http://www.apmblog.com); a public platform geared towards the professional needs of application developers, quality assurance and performance testers, network engineers and IT managers. The blog focuses on a broad range of issues that are core to the application performance management community including WAN optimization, website testing, application testing, IP telephony and the impact of Web 2.0. This new channel will increase collaboration between Shunra staff, product end users, and professionals working in the field of application performance management. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that the company is positioned in the 'Leaders' quadrant of Gartner's recently published Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls(1). The report evaluates vendors based on the company's ability to execute and completeness of vision. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Intelliden Inc., a leading provider of Intelligent Networking solutions that enable organizations to control, manage, and scale their networks, today outlined five key strategies to help network and IT managers both navigate the current downturn and also ensure their companies are best placed for the economic upturn. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that PUMA AG, the global sport-lifestyle company, has selected its application acceleration and network protection technologies to optimize the performance and security of its global network infrastructure. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Astaro (www.astaro.com), leading vendor of security appliances, today announced the availability of its newest hardware appliance, Astaro Command Center, which will allow security resellers to break into the expanding managed security market. Up to 100 Astaro Security Gateway user licenses, as well as one year of gold level Astaro Security Gateway support, are currently included for free with the Command Center as part of the Build Your Business promotion, providing resellers with all of the tools to incorporate MSS into their portfolios. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

uniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today confirmed its Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) security systems and Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) firewall/virtual private network (VPN) systems with IDP offer protection for new Microsoft vulnerabilities announced today. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

ail-f Systems, the leader in unified network management solutions for network equipment providers and AFORE Solutions, a leader in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, today announced a partnership to collaborate on sales and system design capabilities aimed at accelerating time to market for their prospective customers. Together the companies enable network equipment providers to bring enhanced XML based management capabilities to market. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

In response to the recent glitch in SonicalWall’s email security server which left countless customers exposed to spam, phishing and malware threats, Astaro, a leading vendor of security appliances (www.astaro.com), today announced the start of the Sonic Switch promotion: get 50% off Astaro appliances with the trade-in of any SonicWall appliance. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Astaro Corporation (www.astaro.com), a leading network security provider, today announced that its flagship product, the Astaro Security Gateway, is now certified on the Intel® Modular Server platform through the Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA) program. Through its Intel ESAA program membership, Astaro will provide an additional Network Security deployment option for organizations that seek the benefits and cost savings of consolidating server and network resources. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

NetEx, the leader in high speed data transport over TCP, today announced an innovative appliance rental program, enabling IT managers to acquire market-leading Data Transport acceleration technology for short-term, large-scale data migration projects while minimizing their capital outlay during a period of economic challenges. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Enterasys Networks Inc. today announced unified wired and wireless offerings to enhance voice, video and data collaboration -- leveraging new HiPath(R) Wireless and OpenScape Mobility technologies recently added as part of the joint venture with Siemens Enterprise Communications. This is the first step in overall efforts among the companies of the new joint venture to deliver integrated data solutions under a single brand in the coming months. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK ARCHITECT << MORE >>

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced its participation in SC08, the premier international conference for high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage and analysis. At SC08 from November 15–21, 2008 in Austin, TX, Juniper is extending a nine-year tradition of providing high-performance routers used in the real-time networks tapped by researchers and attendees at SC conferences. - Enterprise Network Architect - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today announced a collaboration with Arista Networks and NetEffect, an Intel company, to demonstrate how specialty hardware platforms can optimize both the peak performance and consistency of ultra-low latency data delivery under the most demanding conditions. - Enterprise Network Architect - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Nortel Networks Corp. posted a third-quarter loss of $3.4-billion (U.S.) and said it will cut 1,300 jobs in an effort to bolster cash during an environment of shrinking customer spending and greater competition. - Enterprise Network Architect - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today introduced its new Data Center Infrastructure Solutions designed to advance IT initiatives for data center consolidation, server virtualization and sustainable information technology. The Juniper Networks Data Center Infrastructure Solutions can significantly reduce network complexity and total cost of ownership by up to 52 percent in capital expenditures, up to 44 percent in power, up to 44 percent in cooling and up to 55 percent in rack space in the data center. With Juniper, customers can achieve greater operational simplicity, agility and efficiency for accelerating the deployment of new applications and services. - Enterprise Network Architect - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it was voted No. 1 in four categories for the annual People's Picks awards sponsored by NWjobs, the job listing service of the Puget Sound area's two major newspapers, the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Additionally, F5 finished second in the voting for the best place to work in the 2008 Best of Western Washington awards, sponsored by NBC affiliate KING 5 TV. - Enterprise Network Architect - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

SevOne, Inc., an innovator in network and application performance management tools and solutions, today announced that it has been named to Network World magazine's prestigious top 10 List of IT Management Start-Ups to Watch for 2008. The annual list, compiled by Network World's senior editors, is a collection of 10 emerging companies leading their field with innovative technology, as well as industry-unique approaches to monitoring, managing and reporting on network and application health, connectivity and performance. - Enteprise Network Architect - NETWORK ARCHITECT WORLD << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that the F5® VIPRION® solution has won Internet Telephony's 2008 Excellence Award. The awards recognize the leaders in Internet Protocol (IP) communications, and are presented each year by Internet Telephony magazine. - Enterprise Network Architect - THE NETWORK << MORE >>

With arguably most companies dramatically revising their IT budgets for 2009 and beyond as a result of the financial meltdown, Expand Networks, www.expand.com a leading provider of application acceleration solutions over the Wide Area Network (WAN), believes that investment in its WAN Optimization technology provides multiple benefits for organizations, particularly in the most challenging of economic conditions. - Enterprise Network Architect << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today introduced the BIG-IP® 6900 hardware platform, which expands F5® products’ advanced, integrated application delivery capabilities to meet the needs of a broader range of customers, including enterprises, service providers, and Web 2.0 content providers. This announcement builds on the momentum of the recently released entry-level BIG-IP 1600 and 3600 hardware platforms, as well as the high-end VIPRION® Application Delivery Controller (ADC) released in early 2008. - Enterprise Network Architect << MORE >>

ENTNET 2008 focuses on Enterprise Solutions for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning - Enterprise Network Architect - BLOG IT NETWORK << MORE >>

The Gartner Enterprise Networking & Communications Summit provides a perspective and vision for how the networks and communications will evolve, the best practices emerging from early adopters, and practical advice on defining an enterprise roadmap. - Enterprise Network Architect - BLOG IT NETWORK << MORE >>

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