Networking Products / Performance

Oracle Corp. Platform provides configuration management, performance, and availability monitoring for applications via management packs and plug-ins. Newly enhanced Configuration Management Pack adds a Configuration Change Console. Dec. 11, 2008

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. Appliance provides passive (SPAN/TAP) monitoring and analysis of network traffic for performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, etc. Dec. 8, 2008

Univa UD, Inc. Open source cluster computing platform for Linux can be extended via packaged application kits (themselves available in free or commercial flavors). New Pro Pack enables the management of virtual compute nodes in Amazon EC2. Dec. 8, 2008

Novell, Inc. Migrates or copies server workloads to and from disparate machines (including physical to virtual and vice-versa) for performance or recovery objectives. Revamped product line now includes Hyper-V support, among other enhancements. Dec. 3, 2008

Procera Networks, Inc. Packet inspection platform is targeted to providers/carriers and identifies network traffic, with shaping (bandwidth management), monitoring, and filtering features. New product provides aggregated statistics storage and access for the PL10000. Dec. 3, 2008

SoftLogica Inc. Monitors the availability and performance of various network resources. Nov. 10, 2008

BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. Platform provides automated traffic generation--including known exploits--for the testing of network and/or security gear. Now supports encrypted BitTorrent traffic. Nov. 7, 2008

Voltaire, Inc. Product portfolio enables the deployment and management of HPC compute clusters leveraging InfiniBand infrastructure. New switches to boast 40 Gb/sec ports. Oct. 28, 2008

Streamcore, Inc.. A line of appliances that provide network visibility, monitoring and application traffic control. Oct. 23, 2008

Symantec Corp. Provides for the automated recovery of failed applications across clustered machines. New product (VCS One) boasts an architecture facilitating active/active DR and clusters of up to 256 nodes, among other enhancements. Oct. 10, 2008

APconnections, Inc. Traffic shaping appliance automatically prioritizes network traffic by dynamically throttling heavy traffic uses such as file downloads. New NAC module enables shaping and traffic usage metering by login. Oct. 9, 2008

nPulse Network Systems, LLC. Line of gear targeted to OEMs, application developers, and admins focused on the capture and monitoring of network traffic. Sep. 30, 2008