Cabletron boosts services offering

NEWS Cabletron Systems is building a software business unit based on the company's Spectrum network management software products. The focus will be on value-added software, such as service provisioning and directory products. The company has also launched a professional services company to work with the latest software that is generated. Peter Crowcombe, sector director at Spikes Cavell, said: "They need it (services) more than anyone else." He claimed that although the company has always had a strong product line in these areas, "there are not as many Cabletron only accounts left out there".