Paula Musich

Apparent Networks Inc. is set to introduce a more application-centric version of its AppareNet network trouble-shooting tool to give application managers an end-to-end view of traffic paths. Originally designed for network engineers, the tool received a surprisingly hearty reception from application managers and help desk operators who use the tool for hard-to-trouble-shoot performance problems, according […]

Mercury Interactive Corp. has put an architecture and road map around its Business Technology Optimization strategy, creating four Optimization Centers intended to boost IT efficiency through automation and integration of functions. The Optimization Centers consist of the Mercury IT Governance Center, Mercury Quality Center, Mercury Performance Center and Mercury Business Availability Center, said officials, in […]

The nature of Web services—machine-to-machine and loosely coupled—may for once let the management functions of a new technology keep pace with its deployment and adoption. And just as unexpected, or even more so to some, is the early embracing of that need by a large player in the enterprise management space. Computer Associates International Inc. […]

F5 Networks Inc. on Monday will try to put a stake in the heart of IP Sec as a client-side VPN technology with a new alternative that delivers greater flexibility and control. The new FirePass Controller delivers SSL (Secure Socket Layer) as the alternative to IP Sec for client-side VPN access. It allows secure access […]

NetIQ Corp. next week will try to get out ahead of the rollout of Microsoft Exchange 2003 with support across its portfolio of Exchange management products, and it will keep pace with new Web developments. NetIQ has enhanced five tools to support the new Exchange 2003 offering, including a new version of its AppAnalyzer tool […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is advancing its services agenda on two fronts with an alliance with systems integrator Affiliated Computer Services Inc. and an expanded alliance with NCR Corp. The ACS alliance, announced this month, will extend utility computing services based on Sun hardware, software and services to ACS clients, allowing them to pay for computing […]

Two-year-old WAN optimization startup Peribit Networks Inc. this fall will turn its attention to application response time and larger networks, with new software and hardware for each. The Santa Clara, Calif., company next month will add new PFA (Packet Flow Acceleration) technology to its Sequence Reducer hardware, which employs proprietary Molecular Sequence Reduction technology to […]

Network monitoring provider Network Instruments LLC last week tried to race ahead of the protocol analysis pack with a rearchitected version of its Windows-based Observer software. Observer 9.0, targeted at medium-size enterprises, is the first Windows-based protocol analysis and monitoring tool that can support a 4GB memory buffer to better support high-speed networks such as […]

Mercury Interactive Corp. today finally put an architecture and roadmap around its Business Technology Optimization strategy. The Sunnyvale, Calif., application testing provider, which launched its BTO strategy last year, pulled a series of strategic acquisitions along with existing products and enhancements into a cohesive story about how to run IT like a business. The blueprint […]

Apparent Networks Inc. this week will introduce a more application-centric version of its AppareNet network troubleshooting tool for applications managers and help-desk operators. The innovative tool, which gives an end-to-end view of the path that applications traffic follows from sender to receiver, was designed for network engineers. But, it found a surprisingly hearty reception among […]

The field of players in the network configuration management market niche will shrink on Monday when Voyence Inc. announces its acquisition of Ponte Communications Inc. The privately held Voyence would not reveal the purchase price, but it represents the second such acquisition it has made in the last year. Last September the Richardson, Texas, company […]

Collation Inc. wasted no time in following the March debut of its Web applications-configuration and change-management tool with an enhanced release that embraces legacy, non-Web applications. The Confignia tool, which automatically discovers infrastructure components and their dependencies and inter-relationships between the network, system and application level, can now discover and track C++, client/server and custom […]