Paula Musich

By monitoring their use of expensive WAN resources, organizations can usually find new ways to save costs. But keeping tabs on such resources requires WAN probes that can recognize new traffic types. With that in mind, Compuware Corp. next week will introduce a new release of its NetworkVantage monitoring tool that can track network utilization […]

IBMs Tivoli unit at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday introduced a sweeping set of enhancements and new tools that begin to deliver on IBMs autonomic computing initiative. Among the 26 new or enhanced management offerings IBM announced are new security and storage management tools that integrate products acquired with Access360 and TrelliSoft Inc. […]

Dirig Software Inc. last week announced a management tool designed to help IT find the causes of Web application failures without having to sift through reams of unrelated performance data. The Nashua, N.H., companys new Pathfinder add-on can speed trouble-shooting of J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) application failures by mapping transaction dependencies across multiple components […]

For years, few other business processes were outsourced with as much verve as the lowly task of payroll. Indeed, the function of paying employees has long been targeted as a time-consuming effort that robs a company of resources better committed to core competencies. Payroll was outsourcings poster child. But as software tools become easier to […]

Instrumenting applications to enable them to be monitored and managed has never been easy, and it isnt much easier for Java 2 Enterprise Edition applications even using the Java Management eXtensions standard interface. But a small Pleasanton, Calif., application management supplier has created a tool kit to simplify the process for ISVs and corporate developers. […]

IBM Global Services and U.K. retailer The Boots Company plc. recently signed a unique outsourcing contract valued at about $1.1 billion that encompasses IBM hardware, software, consulting and services. The 10-year contract will draw on multiple resources within IBM to help the drug store chain leverage new technologies to better serve customers. Savings from the […]

Mercury Interactive Corp. earlier this week outlined a new Business Technology Optimization (BTO) initiative intended to help IT better align its operations with business goals. The application testing and management provider, as part of its BTO effort, introduced the first tool in a new suite that will help bridge the gap between lines of business […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp., hit with a triple whammy of bad financial news in the last two weeks, is hunkering down to weather what CEO Dick Brown characterized as a “screeching halt” in IT services spending. But questions persist over where EDS missed the mark and how well it is responding to changes in the […]

MicroMuse Inc. this week will address the scalability issues that have dogged large users of its NetCool/Omnibus event management software. The network and systems management tool, widely used among service providers and major enterprises to manage IP networks, was redesigned to handle hundreds of concurrent operators and manage hundreds of millions of network alarms in […]

Dirig Software Inc. today announced a new management tool designed to help IT managers find the specific cause of Web application failures without having to sift through reams of unrelated performance data. The Nashua, N.H., firms new Pathfinder add-on can speed troubleshooting of J2EE Web applications failures by mapping transaction dependencies across multiple components that […]

Precise Software Inc. on Tuesday will take the wraps off a new release of its Precise i3 application performance management suite that promises to shave off hours in troubleshooting performance problems. The Westwood, Mass., firm integrated the ability to view application performance from a user perspective and trace the execution of business transactions or processes […]

Marimba Inc. next week will lay out a series of enhancements and packaging changes to its server change management suite intended to help streamline server consolidation activities across a range of platforms. In the third generation of its Server Management suite, Marimba strengthened its integration with Citrix Metaframe and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services through a […]