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Automated CPE Alex Goldman
[December 11, 2006] One company is offering one box to service providers to connect all the services a residential user needs.

Coyote Point Supports Its Partners Alex Goldman
[November 2, 2006] As ISPCON approaches, Coyote Point Systems is emphasizing partner support (and price, features, scalability). The company has no direct sales channel, which its partners like.

Netopia's Broadband Suite Alex Goldman
[October 27, 2006] As the DSL Forum starts to make the rules that will ensure the delivery any service over any network, equipment makers are responding with new hardware and software.

One Source for Home PC Protection Alex Goldman
[September 29, 2006] This PC security company, which sells through channels, is adding more ISPs to the vendor list.

Content Control Suite (CCS) Alex Goldman
[September 15, 2006] Control and supervision technology developed for the intelligence community now available to service providers.

VelociX Alex Goldman
[August 10, 2006] There's a new content delivery network courting ISPs, specializing in lowering the bandwidth consumed by P2P traffic as well as delivering legal movies and music.

New Gear for Remote POP Monitoring Alex Goldman
[July 24, 2006] The open source hardware company expands its product line.

Top Layer Updates Intrusion Prevention Device Alex Goldman
[June 22, 2006] Its latest product, the company says, is ready to handle your gigabit security needs.

WISPs Need to See Best of ISP-Lists
[June 13, 2006] Each WISP has their own method of monitoring the network, making sure everything's okay.

Check Point's Appliance Adds DSL Modem Alex Goldman
[May 16, 2006] Check Point Software is announcing at ISPCON a new version of its Safe@Office small business appliance that contains an advanced ADSL2/ADSL2+ modem in addition to numerous other features.

Redundancy for Open Source VoIP Alex Goldman
[May 8, 2006] One company announces today that it is offering the seamless failover that enterprises require, bringing Asterisk into the carrier class service category.

The Powerful Remote Niche Alex Goldman
[April 25, 2006] Although the company's only two years old, the founders of this open source hardware and software startup have been into remote connectivity since 1985.

ADTRAN Aims at Converged Networks Alex Goldman
[March 23, 2006] ADTRAN unveils its top of the line access concentrator built for the networks of the future.

Connecting the Office Jamie Bsales
[February 27, 2006] We introduce a suite of communication and collaboration tools designed for your small business customers.

The Appliance That Fights Phishing Alex Goldman
[February 10, 2006] This week, at DEMO, a new box was unveiled, backed by a system that's keeping tabs on all the web's bad actors.

An Asterisk Appliance Alex Goldman
[January 27, 2006] The code developed by an appliance marker that enables Asterisk to interact nicely with enterprise firewalls could eventually do much much more. That's because this is open source.

Netopia's Provisioning and Support Tool Alex Goldman
[January 24, 2006] DSL Forum standards enable CPE providers to aid ISPs in automating the provisioning process. We present Netopia's take on TR-069.

More Than Just A Firewall Alex Goldman
[December 15, 2005] When NuVox Communications needed to offer top quality security for the company's twenty-first century voice services, it went to its partner of four years and obtained a complete package.

Accelerator Adds Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware Alex Goldman
[September 22, 2005] The accelerator market is as competitive as ever, just like the ISP market. As ISPs are asked to provide more applications as part of the standard package, one more accelerator vendor adds additional services to their offering.

Do You Know What Your Network's Doing Now? Alex Goldman
[August 30, 2005] The maker of a unique box that streamlines P2P networks to lessen their load on an ISP's network has a unique offer for ISPs.

Outsource Security to the Cloud Alex Goldman
[May 26, 2005] One company is building security data centers, offering top of the line up to date products to ISPs and business customers on a plan the company calls "Security in the Cloud".

How Much Data Backup Does A Dollar Get You? Alex Goldman
[April 21, 2005] At PCFort, a dollar gets your customers in the door. The company has a low entry level price designed to appeal to ISPs and to ISPs' residential and SOHO customers.

Adding Power to the PBX Alex Goldman
[April 7, 2005] You don't have to be big to offer a complete suite of voice mail and call management features, says a vendor looking for webhosting and business ISPs.

Serious Collaboration for Business ISPs Alex Goldman
[March 17, 2005] With the purchase of Groove by Microsoft last week, everyone's taking collaboration software seriously. One company, successful elsewhere, is just launching in the U.S. and is seeking large ISPs with business customers.

Ipswitch Adds Anti-Spam to ICS Alex Goldman
[March 14, 2005] Ipswitch partnered with Mail-Filters.com to add anti-spam to its Ipswitch Collaboration Suite.

An Enticement to Softswitch Alex Goldman
[December 10, 2004] CLECs and ISPs looking for a VoIP system designed specifically for tier 2 and tier 3 carriers have an option in a company that was swallowed by Lucent but, luckily, never digested by it.

Xoasis Adds Voice Alex Goldman
[August 2, 2004] Xoasis Networks affirms its belief that 2004 is the year of voice over IP as it releases its Convergence Platform 2004.

Proxyconn Adds Features Alex Goldman
[July 19, 2004] The dialup accelerator announced today that it is adding a slew of additional features to its dialup package, anticipating that ISPs want it all in one client, one app, one download, one support call.

Examining Layer Seven Alex Goldman
[July 16, 2004] Want to know what applications are really running on your network? A new appliance promises to provide all the details, even for links running at 1 Gbps and faster.

Compression Company Makes Waves in ISP Industry Alex Goldman
[June 28, 2004] Competition increases in the dialup acceleration space as one more company arrives in the ISP universe (or planet).

Run Your Own Speed Server ISP-Planet Staff
[June 17, 2004] A company that specializes in measuring the Internet is selling a new Java applet that ISPs and webhosts can use to run speed tests for customers. The benefits of the Java approach, including easy deployment and platform independence, are clear.

NetSweeper Extends Vendor Partnerships Alex Goldman
[June 1, 2004] Parental control software vendor NetSweeper is partnering because its experience shows that while parental controls don't sell by themselves, they are a compelling part of any complete Internet package.

A VoIP Solution for Regional ISPs Alex Goldman
[May 10, 2004] ISPs and CLECs that think the cost of entry into the VoIP market is millions of dollars will be surprised to learn about gateway hardware priced under $10,000 and CPE that generally sells under $200.

A Killer Platform Alex Goldman
[May 3, 2004] Who needs a killer app? ServGate's small business security platform is designed to deliver whatever application the customer wants, in a cheaper, more powerful, more flexible packag

It's About the Basics, not About Rocket Science Alex Goldman
[April 30, 2004] Based near one of NASA's space centers, an old player in the telco equipment space is expanding is product line to provide small business and enterprise networking equipment.

Proxyconn Pitches Pure Speed Alex Goldman
[April 15, 2004] Proxyconn says that when its product is tested, the company wins on speed. But when we talked to Proxyconn's ISP customers, we learned that's not why they bought the product.

Keeping Data Backup Simple for ISP Customers Alex Goldman
[March 8, 2004] This product's first ISP customer says end users want a simple backup product that won't intrude on their work and play.

Dialup Acceleration's Veteran Rookie Alex Goldman
[February 27, 2004] After years in training in the hostile climate of the cellular industry, one company is bringing its accelerator to the dialup ISP market.

Jasomi in the Middle Alex Goldman
[February 13, 2004] This startup says that ISPs can deploy VoIP services, but that if they use cheap CPE and open source softswitches, they'll call on Jasomi to tie it all together.

The Undercat of Dialup Acceleration Alex Goldman
[February 12, 2004] ISPs looking at dialup acceleration should check out software from a company which, while not top of the market in the U.S., is certainly no dog.

Caffeine for the New Media Paradigm Alex Goldman
[February 12, 2004] A plucky young company aims to bring the economics of open standards into a world riddled with proprietary pricing: multimedia services over IP.

UNIX at the Core of the Net Alex Goldman
[January 9, 2004] Extreme Networks' latest product is the result of over three years of secret research. The company aims to enable a revolution in the delivery of converged services.

Storage Notes: NovaStor Alex Goldman
[December 17, 2003] ISP-Planet has learned in an exclusive that NovaStor will announce tomorrow an aggressive global marketing campaign aimed at obtaining thousands of ISP customers for its backup software, NovaNet-WEB.

Cisco Shows it's Easy to Talk Over IP Alex Goldman
[November 14, 2003] Cisco's latest tag line is "This is the power of the network. now." A little $210 box released in 2001 illustrates one instance of Cisco's power.

Fixing a T@gged Server Alex Goldman
[November 13, 2003] James R. Twine discovered the problem in the most unpleasant way, but the discovery led to a solution, which is now available as shareware or enterprise software.

Closing the IE Security Hole Alex Goldman
[November 10, 2003] Winferno, a software company specializing in Windows products, has released an add-on for the Windows browser that makes browsing less hazardous. The company is reaching out to ISPs with a site license offer.

Death of Dialup Greatly Exaggerated Alex Goldman
[November 7, 2003] Artera Turbo drafted a former Ascend and Cisco sales executive to reach out to small- and medium-sized ISPs across the nation with a dialup product for both residential and business services.

Finding Gold in Streets Lined with Copper Alex Goldman
[November 6, 2003] 18 months after molting, Tasman Networks is confident that its long term bet on business copper networks will mint gold, as fiber deployment remains a distant dream in the real world.

Addressing an Anti-Spam Challenge Alex Goldman
[October 1, 2003] Founded last year, Gennux is no "first mover" in the anti-spam space, but its intriguing ideas solve some problems that other challenge-response systems fail to address.

Rockliffe's MailSite Adds Anti-Spam Alex Goldman
[September 25, 2003] Version 6 of the mail server for Windows has added anti-spam features to its offering, which includes MailSite SP, a mail server designed expressly for service providers.

Trade Spam for Software Alex Goldman
[September 22, 2003] MiaVia, a new anti-spam provider, is looking for ISPs who are willing to trade copies of received spam for spam filtering software.

Broadband Traffic Manager Alex Goldman
[September 15, 2003] Developed for Sweden's many small, local fiber networks, this innovative bandwidth management solution provides features, such as user-based bandwidth on demand and detailed subscriber behavior data, that may not be available anywhere else in the U.S. market.

DNS Load Balancing for Gigabit Networks ISP-Planet Staff
[September 15, 2003] The latest version of a load balancer with special DNS traffic features operates at gigabit speeds for advanced networks.

Redback Embraces Gigabit Ethernet Alex Goldman
[September 8, 2003] Redback Networks' new forwarding engine module for its Subscriber Management Systems (SMS) brings Gigabit Ethernet technology to DSL service, instantly upgrading the device with the swap of an important card.

The Anti-Virus Appliance ISP-Planet Staff
[September 3, 2003] SteelCloud's AVG (Anti-Virus Gateway) is designed to provide enterprise-class anti-virus. The hardened box is designed with network managers and ISPs in mind.

IT In a Box for Small Businesses Alex Goldman
[July 18, 2003] After Dave Brown sold his ISP, he spent a few years dispensing advice. But he's back in the game as an equipment vendor with an everything-in-one-box product for small business end users and the ISPs that serve them.

Beyond Intrusion Detection Alex Goldman
[June 30, 2003] Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) have been so thoroughly marketed that it seems that every company is now claiming to be better than IDS. Captus Networks is selling a solution to ISPs that is designed to detect and prevent intrusions before human managers are aware of them.

Open a Can of STOPzilla Alex Goldman
[June 16, 2003] Sold as a generic pop-up blocker, STOPzilla is also designed to stop adware and spyware, kill unwanted cookies, and has a history eraser feature.

Building a Better P2P Delivery System Alex Goldman
[June 12, 2003] Cachelogic unveils a brilliant system that dramatically reduces P2P traffic by making searching and file delivery more efficient. But is this English company ready for the U.S. legal system and the RIAA's explotation of it?

Propel's Popping With MegaSPEED Alex Goldman
[May 14, 2003] As Propel releases a new version of its dialup accelerator with ad blocking and download management features, a major North American dialup wholesaler adopts the product.

New Boxes from Fortinet ISP-Planet Staff
[April 29, 2003] Fortinet responds to demand in two areas by releasing a high-end small office device and a low-end Gigabit Ethernet-capable device at N+I.

Storage Notes: Every ISP Will Need A Tape Library Alex Goldman
[April 18, 2003] We contacted a small ISP to learn how they were using Spectra Logic's Spectra 2K tape library. We expected to find the company using it to back up e-mail. We were wrong.

ISPs Can Now Host Dialup Acceleration Alex Goldman
[April 4, 2003] Flush from its recent EarthLink customer win, Propel announces that it has modified its ASP-style dialup acceleration service so that large ISPs can host their own instead of using Propel's infrastructure.

iSCSI Becomes Official Storage Standard Clint Boulton
[February 13, 2003] The Internet Enginerring Task Force said iSCSI is now formally recognized as a standard by the data storage community.

Storage Notes: Deployment at Easynet France Alex Goldman
[February 13, 2003] Everybody's talking about storage networks but nobody's talking about specifics. We found one ISP and its equipment provider that were willing to talk turkey about the details of an ISP storage network.

Iceland's Best DNS Software Alex Goldman
[January 3, 2003] Although free is cheaper, most folks looking for DNS management and diagnostic software will find it difficult to find a better price than that offered by Men & Mice.