Milpitas, CA- IP Unity Inc., provider of a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications today announced its intent to acquire empowerTel, the first company to develop and deliver convergence systems-on-a-chip for use in both legacy and next-generation multi-service platforms. IP Unity will integrate empowerTel's MediaXpress into the Harmony6000 Platform to achieve an order of magnitude reduction in cost per port for TDM deployments. The merger reinforces IP Unity's razor-sharp focus of offering the most flexible and cost-effective carrier-class platform for enhanced services to carriers operating both legacy and next generation networks. More...

New Product Offers IT Managers End-to-End Visibility of Business Transactions; Runs on Linux and Solaris Platforms
Denver, CO- Fidelia Inc. today introduced NetVigil, the first product engineered from the ground up to provide IT managers with a consolidated view of both sophisticated fault monitoring and real-time performance management. Now, with NetVigil, managing the IT infrastructure of an enterprise can be done with a single, easy-to-use tool. More...

MONTRÉAL- Hyperchip Inc, a leading developer of core IP systems, is announcing its traffic management capabilities next week at SUPERCOMM 2002. Incorporated in its carrier-class core IP system, these algorithms offer unprecedented performance, delivering high-quality bandwidth even during network congestion. This allows carriers to operate at much higher link utilization, greatly reducing operating and capital costs for both the routing and optical layers of a network, providing major operating advantages to network operators deploying enhanced IP applications. More...

LOS GATOS, CA - Fiorano Software today announced that BeVocal - a leading provider of voice platforms and applications software to telecommunications companies, has selected Fiorano JMS messaging server FioranoMQ™ as its messaging backbone. Fiorano Software provides standards-based, Java-message-service-compliant messaging infrastructure technology. BeVocal is utilizing FioranoMQ for inter-process communication in its Foundation Platform product ensuring that its carrier customers achieve 24x7 levels of availability. More...

LOS GATOS, CA - With trading volumes of over $3-Billion each month, FairEx with its web-based transaction systems is a preferred vendor for global financial institutions. Winner of the prestigious National Infocomm award in Singapore, FairEx selected FioranoMQ after a stringent evaluation of competing JMS server technologies. The FairEx E-Trading System is a complete web based trading and risk management solution for online traders and gives its users a fully scalable dealing engine along with the ability to achieve straight through processing (STP) on on-line trades. More...

MONTRÉAL - Hyperchip, a leading developer of core IP systems, announced today that it has been included in the prestigious Red Herring 100 by the editors of Red Herring, the premier business magazine of technology and innovation based in California.

Anaheim, CA - Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, dedicated to delivering systems that maximize performance of optical transport networks, today announced a live interoperability demonstration of their Celerity™ CP 3200 dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system with industry-leading edge equipment from Brocade and Extreme Networks, Inc.; and metro optical transport equipment from White Rock Networks at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference 2002. Centerpoint's Celerity CP 3200 DWDM system enables carriers to provide SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel traffic over a common fiber plant. The live demonstration replicates a high capacity, metro core ring, delivering multiple broadband services on a single unified network. More...

San Jose, Calif. - Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc., dedicated to delivering transport systems that maximize performance of both optical and wireless networks, announced today that it has joined the Brocade Fabric Threads Developer Program. The program is designed to provide SAN hardware and software developers with the tools and resources to successfully complete interoperability testing with Brocade SilkWorm® fabric switches, the Brocade Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS), and Brocade Fabric Services. More...

RateIntegration Inc., a leading developer of rating software for telecommunications service providers, announced the completion of a $9 million financing round led by new investor Dolphin Communications Partners, a venture capital firm located in New York City. Also participating in the round were existing investors in RateIntegration, LiveWire Ventures, JT Venture Partners and Windspeed Ventures. More..

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) -The MIT Sloan eBAs today announced the 70 finalists for its 2002 program. Five finalists were chosen in each of the fourteen award categories. This year's 754 total nominees marked the most in the eBA's four-year history and underscore the Award's growing popularity among eBusiness leaders, technology innovators and their influencers throughout the world. Winners in the primary award categories will be chosen by the MIT Sloan eBA jury, which consists of leaders from industry, academia and media. Winners will be announced at the eBusiness Awards Ceremony on April 17, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. at MIT's Kresge Auditorium. More...

Hyperchip Raises $70 million to Commercialize its Carrier-class Super Core Router -- Additional funding will strengthen Hyperchip as the company conducts trials with leading international carriers. More..