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InfoVista, a global leader of proactive service assurance solutions, today announced the availability of VistaFoundation® Kit 4.3, a significant upgrade to the company’s service performance assurance technology platform, the most scalable, flexible and cost-effective performance platform on the market. The new release supports communications service providers’ (CSPs) and large enterprise IT organizations’ need to cost-effectively deliver a greater number of differentiated services transported by all-IP networks, maintain optimal quality of service (QoS) and end customer quality of experience (QoE), while reducing OPEX/CAPEX and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO). Today’s CSPs are facing serious threats to the sustainability of their business models from three main directions. The established downward trend in traditional voice and data revenues is set to contin... (more)

Urban Airship Unveils Next-Generation Infrastructure for Real-Time Push Notifications

PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Urban Airship, the leading platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released with Urban Airship Segments this quarter. An initial test of the new system delivered both broadcast and segmented push notifications at a throughput of more than 100,000 messages per second, with a 90th percentile latency of two seconds to first message delivery. As the company experiences exponential growth in push notification volume and approaches a billion mobile ... (more)

MORE Unveils New Entry-level and Enterprise-class Software Solution Packages for Real-time Database and Big Data Application Monitoring and Performance Optimization

More IT Resources Ltd. (MORE) today unveiled software solution packages designed to provide database administrators (DBAs) with the flexibility to choose from a wide range of advanced database performance analysis and optimization capabilities, including real-time transaction monitoring and instantaneous database performance acceleration. These solutions, ranging from a free entry-level edition (see separate announcement) to a full-featured enterprise edition, equip DBAs with unprecedented database visibility and control to maximize the performance of database infrastructure sp... (more)

Icron Technologies Introduces the World's Most Reliable Two Port USB 1.1 Extender

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Icron Technologies Corporation, the leading developer and manufacturer of USB and video extension solutions, introduces a new extender, the USB Rover® 2850. Designed to extend USB devices such as keyboards, mice, interactive whiteboards and game controllers over Cat 5 cable, the USB Rover® 2850 extends all USB 1.1 connections up to 40 meters and some Low-Speed HID devices up to 85 meters. Icron's two port USB 1.1 extender is ideal for classrooms, corporate board rooms, industrial automation, security monitoring and video g... (more)

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst to Deliver Keynote Address at Open Source Business Conference

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that president and CEO, Jim Whitehurst, will deliver the keynote address at Computerworld’s Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) on May 21, 2012. OSBC 2012 features content-rich sessions from visionary thought leaders and industry executives on how open source technology is being used and what the implications are from a business perspective, and the conference offers the chance to connect with the developers, users and companies behind some of the most significant open source, m... (more)