Cindy Steinman

Nortel Networks last month announced the availability of its Passport 8600 Layer 2-7 Switching Platform, which offers customers more comprehensive traffic management and functionality, according to the company.

Network Instruments

Minneapolis-based Network Instruments has unveiled the newest version of its Observer network analysis product, which has been enhanced to offer analysis of NetBIOS/NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, Frame Relay, and SQL events and errors.

Nortel Networks announced availability of its Passport 8600 Layer 2-7 Switching Platform, which offers customers more comprehensive traffic management and functionality, according to the company.

A Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission report on the state of competition in the Canadian telecom marketplace has identified the rollout of DSL and Internet cable services to more regions as the biggest challenge facing the industry today.

According to Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, the enterprise information portal (EIP) software market is set to soar, and one Canadian company is getting ready for take-off.

Canadian software developer Hummingbird hopes to soar high in the enterprise information portal (EIP) market with the launch of its next generation EIP release this month.

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