Paula Musich

A handful of application management providers are beefing up their support for Microsoft Exchange server management. With Exchange taking center stage this week in Orlando, Fla., at the Microsoft Exchange Conference, rivals Tivoli Systems and BMC Software Inc. both announced new versions of their Exchange-focused management offerings. But others such as Computer Associates International Inc. […]

Management service provider InteQ Corp. is poised to launch a new infrastructure management service designed to help lower the cost of managing applications and the infrastructure that delivers those applications. The Billerica, Mass., MSP, which is still working off an infusion of $57 million in funding last spring, hopes to convince IT administrators to turn […]

Internet software distribution tools provider Open Software Associates this week put an end to its stealth marketing program with the launch of a new corporate identity and a major new release of its flagship offering. The Nashua, N.H. company, now called ManageSoft Corp., hopes to grow its 11-year-old business beyond a handful of very large […]

A pair of small players in the desktop and server management space this week will continue to nibble away at the lead of large network and system management players with the help of some big partners. NetIQ Inc., which supplies Microsoft Corp. with the code for MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager), said it is entering beta […]

Wading through all the different approaches to server optimization and management can lead users into a swamp of confusion. One little-known spinoff hopes to put IT administrators on solid ground with the launch of its integrated optimization and manageability system for n-tier architected systems. MetiLinx Inc. on Oct. 8 will launch the other half of […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s outsourcing operation is moving up in the world of big outsourcing deals. HP yesterday announced it won a $185 million three-year outsourcing contract with Nokia Corp. to take over operation of seven data centers around the globe. The three-year deal is a proof-point that HPs efforts to take on larger and broader engagements […]

A pair of small players in the desktop and server management space this week will continue to nibble away at the lead of large network and system management players with the help of some big partners. NetIQ Inc., which supplies Microsoft Corp. with the code for its Microsoft Operations Manager, this week said that it […]

Intel Corp., looking to help it users get more out of their Windows environments, next week will introduce the Total Management Initiative, aimed at giving users better control of desktops along with improved usability, installation and reporting. As part of the initiative, which is geared toward providing complete life cycle management for Microsoft Corp.s desktops […]

Allstate Insurance Co. is in the business of being prepared for the worst. But in the wake of the unprecedented destruction from terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the insurance company found itself with its Manhattan office in ruins and 95 agents without phones or network connections. Like many companies displaced by the disaster, […]

Network and web site operators continue to struggle to figure out how to best design performance and availability management into Internet or e-commerce infrastructures. At the NetWorld+Interop show in Atlanta last week, a string of vendors, including F5 Networks Inc., Network Associates Inc.s Sniffer Technologies, Mercury Interactive Corp. and Compuware Corp., launched new or enhanced […]

SevenSpace Inc. is hoping to remain one of the few MSPs left standing after the consolidation dust settles and, in an effort to bolster its application and infrastructure management offerings, has announced it will acquire StrataSource Inc. Despite their similar focus, SevenSpace CEO Peter Weber said he sees very little overlap between the two management […]

Last weeks terrorist attacks in New York and Washington are spawning new technology-based security efforts in places such as airports, where the days of the two questions and a quick pass through the metal detector are gone forever. The heightened focus on cutting-edge security technologies—everything from biometrics to smart ID cards to massive personnel databases—offers […]