Technology Briefs

Computerworld - Peribit Launches WAN Optimizers
Peribit Networks Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., is announcing two hardware products and a new version of its software to optimize bandwidth over WANs. The SR-100 Sequence Reducer is designed to offer OC-3 compressed output speeds and serve as a hub supporting up to 2,000 remote SR devices. It's available now, starting at $24,000. The SM-500 will be available in August, starting at $9,000. Peribit's Sequence Reducer Software 5.0 is designed to facilitate installation of SR and SM hardware. SRS 5.0 is free with SR and SM products.
BPM Unveils Latest Dashboard
BPM Partners Inc. in Stamford, Conn., has introduced a performance management dashboard for health care organizations. The Healthcare Industry Expert Pack allows users to easily combine raw data from multiple sources to track metrics such as patient satisfaction, average number of hours of staff overtime per week and mortality rates, according to the company. The dashboard is priced at $30,000, which includes a 25-user license for the Web-based technology, implementation and best-practice industry metrics. Prices vary depending on the number of additional users and the amount of customization.
Egenera Certifies Sybase Products
Sybase Inc. in Dublin, Calif., and Egenera Inc. in Marlboro, Mass., have partnered to certify their combined products to make it easier for enterprise customers to move their applications from proprietary Unix to Linux. Under the deal, Egenera has certified Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise, Replication Server, Open Server and IQ products for use on its BladeFrame and BladeFrame ES server systems. The offerings are available now.