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NETWORKING

SRX Series Services Gateways, SSG Series Secure Services Gateways and J Series Services Routers will all see anti-spam upgrades.

[03:53 PM, November 25, 2009]

Nortel confirmed winning bids for various units from Ericsson, Kapsch and Ciena this week as the sell-off of its assets continues.

[10:20 AM, November 25, 2009]

San Diego-based company launches formal partner program to drive channel recruitment for its Truffle and PortaBella products around the world.

[04:53 PM, November 24, 2009]

Nokia's X6 doubles as a robust music player, letting users upload 35 hours of music and it is outfitted with Nokia's Comes With Music Service.

[10:49 AM, November 24, 2009]

The acquisition last December of Foundry has made Brocade, long a mainstay in the storage network industry, a new force to be reckoned with in the Ethernet networking market.

[08:38 PM, November 23, 2009]

Xangati's Application Management 2.0 is geared toward service providers and enterprise-level IT managers ready to use streaming, collaboration and user-generated content as a tool to manage service levels.

[04:00 PM, November 23, 2009]

Cisco's North American channel chief checks in on video, UCS, data center, smart grid and that pesky rivalry with HP.

[05:03 PM, November 20, 2009]

Cloud Engines updates the Pogoplug, which connects your USB drive to the Internet to access and share your files with anyone or a select set of users from anywhere, according to the company.

[10:41 AM, November 20, 2009]

Firewall start-up set to debut updated channel program 11 months after eliminating its channel chief position.

[05:58 PM, November 19, 2009]

After suffering a setback in its lawsuit against Verizon, AT&T has responded to its competitor with a new 3G wireless advertisement featuring actor Luke Wilson.

[01:40 PM, November 19, 2009]

Denzil Samuels is brought in to move SEN Group from direct-centric to channel friendly networking player.

[07:56 PM, November 18, 2009]

AT&T's lawsuit against Verizon was dealt a major blow when a judge denied AT&T's request to have Verizon's 3G map ads taken off the air.

[06:58 PM, November 18, 2009]

Xangati Promises Better Management, Faster Flow Info

Xangati's Application Management 2.0 is geared toward service providers and enterprise-level IT managers ready to use streaming, collaboration and user-generated content as a tool to manage service levels.