Vancouver's Apparent Networks is teaming up with New York's NextNine Ltd. for optical network performance. Under the agreement Apparent will integrate its AppCritical Technical Support Edition for network testing into Next Nine's Service Automation, which communication service providers and IT vendors use to aid technical support functions. Apparent seems to be branching out: it recently signed a deal with Toshiba Canada that would see the phone system's dealers use AppCritical for network testing.

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