Paula Musich

FullArmor Corp. last week rolled out a solution that helps extend the ability to create and enforce Microsoft Corp. Active Directory Group Policy settings to devices that are not connected to the directory. The Boston-based company added a new member to its Intellipolicy for Clients suite, called GPAnywhere, that allows administrators to create corporate policy […]

VMware Inc. last week released the next major version of its desktop virtualization software, which emphasizes making application developers and testers more productive. VMware Workstation 5, which allows users to build a library of virtual machines for Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris x86 that mimics production environments, was designed to provide greater flexibility to the […]

Managed Objects on Tuesday will weigh in on the configuration-management database issue when it launches its first Business Service Configuration Management offering. In the debate over whether a centralized database or federation of multiple data sources is more effective, the Tysons Corner, Va. company is opting for the federated approach. Its offering, which relies on […]

As part of a new breed of startups challenging the old-guard enterprise management providers, Cittio on Monday will launch the next major release of its data center monitoring and management tool. San Francisco-based Cittio Inc. enhanced its WatchTower network monitoring and operating management software by revamping the user interface, beefing up performance to scale to […]

BMC Software on Monday announced a corporate restructuring that calls for the layoff of some 12 percent of the companys work force. BMC will let go between 825 and 875 employees in a move intended to realign resources behind growth areas—mostly in BMCs services management business and its smaller and more recently established identity management […]

FineGround Inc. on Monday launched in the application performance optimization space a new Wide Area File Services appliance that delivers LAN-like performance from the data center to remote sites. While other vendors that accelerate remote file access, such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Tacit Networks Inc., require an appliance at both the data center and […]

Two new financial industry studies by Keynote Systems Inc. are spotlighting how Web site usability and performance go hand in hand to drive e-commerce competition. The Keynote Customer Experience Rankings for the Online Banking Industry and the Keynote Service Level Rankings for the Online Banking Industry reveal how design changes have a significant effect on […]

Computer Associates International Inc. last week put the final pieces of its reorganization puzzle together when it inaugurated five business units, each with profit-and-loss responsibility. The business units, designed by new CEO John Swainson to bring greater focus to CAs growth opportunities, are Enterprise Systems Management, Security Management, Storage Management, Business Service Optimization and a […]

VMware on Monday released the next major version of its desktop virtualization software, which emphasizes making application developers and testers more productive. VMware Workstation 5, which allows users to build a library of virtual machines for Windows, Linux, Netware and Solaris x86 that mimic production environments, was designed to provide greater flexibility to the growing […]

In launching the new organizational structure at Computer Associates International Inc., CEO John Swainson is making his biggest mark yet on CA, as he works to leave behind the software developers troubled past. With five months at the helm, Swainson has moved swiftly to bring growth and focus back to CA, in Islandia, N.Y. He […]