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AirMagnet binds Cisco kit into Wi-Fi security

Wi-Fi security vendor AirMagnet has increased the support for Cisco access points in AirMagnet Enterprise 6, as well as adding multi-tasking sensors, making set-up easier and adding intelligence to spot new attacks.. “You can now use Cisco APs as scanners,” said Rich Mironov, vice president of marketing at AirMagnet. “That’s a little less than a sensor, it is not a full-function analytical device, but the AP can become a full-time dedicated scanner on all channels.” AirMagnet probes are also embedded in two other recently launched Continue reading →

Chrysalis selects Enpocket Marketing Engine for mobile interactivity and CRM

Chrysalis Group Plc today announced that it has licensed the Enpocket Marketing Engine after a competitive review.  Chrysalis will use the Engine to manage CRM activities around a range of mobile music initiatives.  Radio station brands including Heart and Galaxy will also use Enpocket’s solutions to drive interaction with listeners and build text clubs. Chrysalis has pioneered the use of mobile as an integral part of programming schedules for its 10 radio stations, using advertiser-sponsored campaigns and mobile competitions to generate new revenues.  Now DJs, Continue reading →

Prism finds new fund size to be a perfect fit

Prism Venture Partners, the 9-year-old, early stage venture capital firm based in Westwood, is looking toward the future with a new fund, its first portfolio company under that new fund and some executive level changes. The firm announced its new $250 million fund last week. The new fund is the firm’s fifth, bringing its total capital under management above the billion dollar mark to $1.25 billion. The company intends to continue with the industries and portfolio pr ofile it has maintained since its inception in Continue reading →

The Impact of Today’s Cisco AON new product introduction

In one fell swoop, Cisco with the announcement of AON (Application Oriented Networking) has altered the enterprise software infrastructure and application space. Cisco AON is clearly offering enterprises an alternative to the expensive and proprietary information supply chain infrastructure in place at every Global 2000 organization in the world. With AON – the Network now is at the center of information reporting and computing. Historically, organizations have utilized an expensive and expansive middle-tier of software– software with categories such as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI); Business Continue reading →

CXO Systems Integrates Visibility Dashboard for Cisco

CXO Systems, a provider of enterprise business and risk intelligence software, is working with Cisco Systems, Inc. to integrate its visibility dashboard for real-time business and risk intelligence in the newly announced Cisco technology, Application-Oriented Networking (AON). AON is a network-embedded, intelligent message routing system that enables applications and the network to work together as an integrated system. CXO said the dashboards ensure that senior-level executives needing business and IT information have access to the most up-to-date data in the enterprise; ensuring critical decisions are Continue reading →

Cisco’s new unit aims for network intelligence

Cisco’s new Application Oriented Network or AON business unit is designed to add more intelligence to the network and boosts a host of technical relationships, such as IBM and SAP. It is also, according to Zeus Kerravala, analyst at Yankee Group, a difficult concept to grasp. “I think it was a hard concept to grasp and to explain because some of the attendees seemed not to understand it,” he said. While that may be a problem, Kerravala remains high on the concept. “At the same Continue reading →