Paula Musich

Despite a strong commitment among enterprises that are developing applications around Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, those organizations are only averaging about 88 percent availability for existing Java-based production applications, according to the results of a new survey commissioned by Wily Technology Inc. The Brisbane, Calif. Java application management provider will detail the findings of […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s OpenView NNM will get visibility into Layer 3 routing and the actual path packets traverse, thanks to a new OEM deal with Packet Design Inc. Under the vendors multiyear pact, HP will license the software used in the Palo Alto, Calif., companys Route Explorer appliance. HP intends to use its own platform, based […]

Jamcracker Inc. is the latest ASP to turn its intellectual property into new products, launching a new Pivot Path identity management suite, according to company officials. The Santa Clara, Calif., application service provider leveraged the platform it created for its ASP service. Pivot Path provides single sign-on, access management and user provisioning. “What we lived […]

Quest Software Inc. is set to launch the first of its new application performance management tools that integrate several existing tools for Oracle Corp. E-Business Suite administrators. Quest Application Performance Management Suite for Oracle E-Business Suite, due this week, pulls together updated versions of Quests Foglight monitoring and Spotlight diagnostics tools and integrates them with […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. officials are banking on a raft of new software and services offerings to help define the companys amorphous Adaptive Management strategy. But while the changes, mostly to HPs OpenView platform, could help current users streamline IT operations and trim costs, the companys overall utility computing vision remains hard to pin down, users and […]

Relicore Inc. on Monday will launch the latest release of its Clarity automated configuration management tool for distributed applications. Clarity, in the market for just over a year, automatically discovers and documents the inter-relationships between all of the software elements on different servers and then maps those dependencies. As configuration changes are made, the system […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this morning announced that it intends to acquire rich media conferencing leader Latitude Communications Inc. in an $80 million cash deal. The acquisition of the Santa Clara, Calif. enterprise conferencing provider builds on Ciscos portfolio of horizontal applications in its Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID) line of voice over […]

HP today detailed its “Adaptive Management” strategy for utility computing with the launch of 40 new or enhanced software and services offerings, a pact with SAP AG to work together on extending the strategy to SAP installations, and HPs intent to acquire information lifecycle management provider Persist Technologies Inc. Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP, which reorganized […]

Miramar Systems Inc. later this month will release an interim version of its Desktop DNA Enterprise Edition PC migration tool that adds support for migration to Microsoft Corp.s Office 2003. The privately held Santa Barbara, Calif., company, which has a number of partnerships with configuration or change management providers such as Novell Inc., Computer Associates […]

Marathon Oil Co. has suffered through bug fixes, support issues, product testing and performance problems on the road toward implementing Microsoft Corp.s newest Systems Management Server. But the dedication of such early adopters, along with a lengthy development and testing cycle for SMS 2003, has many believing that the long-awaited “Topaz” release of SMS may […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is slowly advancing its utility computing strategy, striking deals with outsourcers and systems integrators that revolve around Suns delivery of hardware, storage, middleware and networking software. The vendor recently signed pacts with Affiliated Computer Systems Inc., SchlumbergerSema and CGI Group Inc. for hosting applications and services using Suns utility computing model. Suns […]

Bringing greater flexibility in implementing Virtual Private Networks for remote users, Cisco Systems Inc. Monday added support for Secure Socket Layer VPN access in its Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators. The new WebVPN capability, due in a software update for the 3000 Series Concentrators in January, beefs up the models IPSec remote access VPN functions, […]