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Expanded Openview on Tap

Hewlett-Packard Co. is hoping to clarify its vision for adaptive management with the announcements this week of some 30 new and enhanced OpenView offerings. Despite the breadth of the launch, some observers say HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., still has work to do to explain its Adaptive Enterprise strategy, as well as how the new […]

Tool Facilitates App Testing

Altaworks Corp. this month will take the wraps off the latest release of its Panorama application performance management software. The Nashua, N.H., vendor is among a handful of J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application management tools providers that offer deep access to the production workings of complex applications. Such tools help pinpoint problems arising […]

Altiris Expands Openview Support

Altiris Inc. will expand its partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co. this week with new integration between Altiris asset management and software deployment tools and three major OpenView products. The company will announce at the HP Software Forum in Chicago that Altiris Connector for HP OpenView is certified for interoperability with OpenView Network Node Manager, OpenView Service […]

Novadigm to Roll Out Patch Manager

Novadigm Inc. on Monday will make its first foray into security patch management with a comprehensive configuration management spin on its new offering. The Radia Patch Manager applies a policy-based model to the process of updating security patches across servers, workstations and mobile devices. It will initially support Microsoft Windows platforms servers but will quickly […]

HP to Share Adaptive Management Vision

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday will describe its vision for adaptive management as part of its Adaptive Enterprise strategy and fill in pieces of the strategy with some 30 new and enhanced OpenView management offerings. But despite the breadth of new OpenView offerings and the improved clarity around its adaptive management message, HP still hasnt connected […]

Unisys Helps Customers Adjust to Change

Unisys Corp., along with partners IBM and Microsoft Corp., Tuesday will launch a software and services initiative aimed at helping large customers better adjust to changing business environments. The Business Blueprinting strategy builds on Unisys growing business process outsourcing presence by offering a set of models for taking business processes and mapping them onto a […]

Enterasys Extends Security Router Line

Enterasys Networks Inc. next week will extend its unique line of integrated router/network security devices with several new models aimed at large branch offices and regional offices for larger enterprises. The four new models Enterasys is adding to its XSR Security Router line extend the integrated IP routing with firewall and Virtual Private Network devices […]

Device Pinpoints Trouble

Application response time analysis provider NetQos Inc. is turning its focus to automation with a new version of its SuperAgent appliance planned for this month. SuperAgent 4 boosts the level of automation to help users determine the source of performance problems among the network, server and applications, according to officials. The centralized performance monitoring and […]

Startup to Deliver App Optimizer

While many vendors say they help IT do more with less, RTO Software Inc. officials say theyve got the proof in the numbers when it comes to RTOs latest TScale application performance optimization tool. The Suwanee, Ga., startup this week will release Version 2.0 of its TScale tool for Citrix Systems Inc.s MetaFrame and Microsoft […]

Siemens Integrates Telephony

Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. is bringing a fresh perspective to the VOIP-driven march to converged communication. Claiming first-generation voice over IP didnt bring the expected cost savings and that it doesnt address a distributed work force, the networking company has launched a program dubbed LifeWorks. The program is designed to integrate home, business […]