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BMC Software Inc. is filling in a missing piece of its change and configuration management strategy with a new partner in its MarketZone Partner Product program. Voyence Inc. brings to BMC the integration of its VoyenceControl network configuration management software with BMCs SIM (Service Impact Manager). VoyenceControl automates network planning, design, deployment and change management […]

Despite turmoil in the executive ranks at Computer Associates International Inc., the management software vendor beat its early July revenue and earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30. The Islandia, N.Y., company earned 9 cents a share on revenues of $860 million in the quarter, versus the 5 cents to 7 cents […]

Facing increasing customer demand, vendors are moving to broaden their offerings for integrated traffic management with products that combine such functions as load balancing, compression and SSL acceleration. Array Networks Inc., of Campbell, Calif., this week plans to launch two hardware platforms and an operating system to bolster options for enterprises of various sizes. The […]

Cisco Systems Inc. reshuffled the executive deck in its product development organization Tuesday when it named Charles Giancarlo to the post of chief technology officer. Giancarlo, who will retain his post as president of Cisco-Linksys LLC, becomes only the third CTO in Ciscos history. The post has remained vacant since Judith Estrin resigned from it […]

While many IT managers gravitate toward administration tools from large providers, one upstart vendor is attracting attention with simple Linux desktop and server management software that balances functionality with low cost and ease of use. Open Country Inc., which counts among its customers Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp., this week […]

An innovative application optimization startup launched itself and its first product this week with a mission to bring both cost and risk reduction to IT. Rather than measuring response time for service-level management, nLayers with its new Insight application optimization appliance is “focused on resource optimization and redeployment for cost savings and risk mitigation,” said […]

Users of Citrix Systems Inc.s MetaFrame will be seeing a big boost in performance optimization on several fronts, with releases of monitoring and performance management tools from several vendors. Compuware Corp., Aurema Inc., PremiTech Inc. and RTO Software Inc. are targeting enterprises using the MetaFrame server, which has an installed base of about 750,000 and […]

Peribit Networks Inc. continues to pack its WAN optimization product line with new features and hardware options to bring wider functionality to the growing market. With market researchers predicting growth rates for WAN optimization of at least 16 percent and a rise in revenue from $236 million this year to $427 million by 2008, Peribit […]

Coyote Point Systems Inc., an application traffic management provider, this week will go after larger enterprises with a new high-end load balancer. The San Jose, Calif.-based vendor, which has historically sold load balancers to small and midsize enterprises for about a quarter of the price of those offered by larger vendors such as Cisco Systems […]

Relicore Inc. continues to expand the functionality of its Clarity automated application configuration management tool by adding application process discovery capabilities. The AppSense technology in Clarity 3.5 can automatically discover all running processes on an application server and create a comprehensive, server-to-server dependency map. Clarity, which can track configuration changes in real time, keeps a […]

Foundry Networks Inc. hopes to hit a sweet spot for enterprise and service provider networks with a new line of midrange application switches that marry the simplicity of fixed configuration devices to the flexibility and availability of a high-end chassis. The ServerIronGT E Series layers 4 through 7 switches are designed for network operators looking […]

Cisco Systems Inc.s proposed acquisition of Procket Networks Inc., announced on Thursday, is a move intended to bolster future product development beyond Ciscos brand-new high-end router targeted at telecommunications providers. Cisco, rather than acquiring somewhat redundant routing products from the struggling startup, picked up Prockets intellectual property around semiconductor development along with a highly prized […]