Ixia, based in California, is a leading supplier of performance test systems, allowing Internet equipment manufacturers, carriers, service providers, government agencies, and enterprises to effectively test IP networking equipment of all types and sizes. The company today announced an agreement with Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM), the world’s larget technology distributor, to market and distribute Ixia’s industry leading IxChariot network assessment tool to its channel partners in the U.S. and Canada.

IxChariot has been used by thousands of enterprises, government agencies, and industry leading publications to stage performance tests on networks such as wireless LANs, converged networks, and next-generation 3G networks. The highly flexible tool simulates real-world applications to predict system performance under realistic load conditions and provides the ability to confidently assess the performance characteristics of any application running on wired and wireless networks. IxChariot has become essential to many companies and organizations because of the mission-critical importance of increasingly

If over the past six months or so it has seemed as if you were partying like it was 1999 it might be time to reevaluate your stance.  One thing that we have been taking a closer look at lately is the pricing of risk.  Obviously when investors think that risks are low they will demonstrate risk seeking behavior.  We have seen this as the SP500 has climbed 56.6% from the March lows to the highs on 8/28/09.  With a rise like that you would think that 2008 never happened, of course if you believe that then you also believe  in a land of make believe with money trees, the fountain of youth, and SI models for all of us.

Of course some investors counter saying that while things could be better we are seeing the beginning of a recovery.  They then say that while the market will likely climb slower,

Thresher Industries, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of precision recycled aluminum and advanced metal matrix composite parts, was pleased to announce today its latest innovation in eco-friendly casting, the Nautilus Core System. This system is a proprietary bio-degradable manufacturing process of producing cores for use in aluminum and magnesium casting. The Nautilus Core System can be used to generate internal and runner shapes as well as passages in practically any metal casting, including high-pressure casting and permanent mold casting as well as plastic parts.

Tom Flessner, President and CEO of Thresher Industries, stated, “The Nautilus Core is an excellent tool that helps us reduce material costs by as much as 80% and waste by 100%. We are continuing to develop and refine this process in order to provide greater customer satisfaction, attract a broader client base and enhance our revenues. Our innovative high strength metal

eDoorways Corporation is the owner of a unique website that will incorporate the features of a social networking site, a search engine, a directory, a professional network, an encyclopedia and even a consumer rating services. The site is not meant to duplicate other existing websites like eBay, MySpace, Wikipedia or Google, but to improve upon all of these services and bring them together in one easy-to-use marketplace. However, by providing similar services to all of these websites, eDoorways will have to compete either directly or indirectly with several well known giants of the World Wide Web.

Despite lacking in size and cash flow compared to its competitors, eDoorways plans to offer a superior product compared to websites such as CraigsList.com, YellowPages.com, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Google, MySpace, eBay, About.com and Ask.com. CraigsList receives over 4 billion page views per month and is designed for