Paula Musich

With many users leery of agent-based approaches to collecting data, more application performance management providers are focusing on centralized appliances to measure end-to-end response times. Veteran service delivery management provider Adlex Inc., of Marlboro, Mass., this week will launch a new version of its IT service management appliance that provides service-level metrics based on real […]

IBM Tivoli ex-general manager Robert LeBlanc left a parting gift Thursday on his way to take over general management of IBMs WebSphere: the acquisition of J2EE application management vendor Cyanea Inc. Although IBM had a small stake in the 2-year-old company, IBM opted to bring it fully into the fold to help customers unify different […]

Startup vendor Performance IT next week will challenge the big four enterprise management providers in the midmarket space with a new release of its integrated network, system and application management software, but at least one of the big four has a counterchallenge in the works. Atlanta-based Performance IT Inc., which has seen some success with […]

Citing delayed purchasing decisions among large U.S. customers, BMC Software Inc. on Tuesday announced, as expected, revenues of $326 million and earnings of 23 cents per share for its first fiscal quarter of 2005. The revenue and earnings were within the revised estimates that the Houston management software provider gave earlier this month, which were […]

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 […]