Paula Musich

IBM this year will broaden the reach of the on-demand provisioning tools it acquired last year with ThinkDynamics Inc. across a spectrum of its products and services. More than 70 people work on integration projects to extend the capabilities of IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamics Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, building on the WebSphere integration […]

Alcatel S.A. this week will debut a new release of its OmniVista network management software that streamlines network management through new automation and enhances security on multiple fronts. OmniVista Version 2.2 adds five new features intended to enable greater centralization and standardization of operations across a network of Alcatel LAN switches. It also extends some […]

As part of its re-entry into the core switching and routing space, 3Com Corp. on Monday will roll out the next family member in its Switch 7700 line with a high-availability version. The new 3Com Switch 7700R is the second chassis-based LAN switch offering to come out of the companys joint venture with the China-based […]

Web applications performance management provider FineGround Networks Inc. next week will deliver its software in an appliance form factor. The Campbell, Calif., companys Velocity appliance will bring FineGrounds brand of Web applications acceleration technology to users looking for improved end-user response times. Velocity will be available next week starting at $50,000. The appliance combines FineGrounds […]

BMC Software Inc. has added a pair of new performance management tools to its Enterprise Performance Assurance lineup that extend the Web-based management capabilities into mainframes and AS/400s. The Mainview Perceive and Patrol for iSeries-Perceive provide Web-based access to historical performance data on mainframes and their applications as well as AS/ 400s and their applications. […]

Compuware Corp. is jumping into service-centric applications management with its Vantage 9 performance management tool, which offers a new high-level view of how enterprise applications are performing. The latest release lets users drill down to analyze performance across a number of parameters, according to company officials, in Detroit. “Were bringing the two worlds [of business-impact […]

Change management provider Novadigm Inc. is delving into the utility computing space with a series of enhancements planned for its Radia Server Management software that will streamline configuration changes across servers. The forthcoming tools from the company are aimed at data center operators looking to boost uptime, improve reliability and make IT operations more efficient, […]

System Management Arts Inc., a network management software provider, is extending its reach into applications management with a new version of its InCharge tool that focuses on IBM WebSphere. InCharge for Application Servers-WebSphere Edition can correlate application server performance with the health of Web servers, databases, load balancers and networks and can identify predefined problems, […]

Candle Corp. is launching a series of new testing and tuning tools as well as consulting services aimed at developers and system architects creating complex J2EE applications and conducting EAI initiatives. The six new offerings in the 1-year-old PathWAI line focus on reducing the high incidence of new applications not meeting performance expectations. One early […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s decision to fold its services and enterprise systems into a single unit is being met with a mixture of enthusiasm and skepticism. Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina announced the move to combine one of HPs stronger departments—services—with its embattled hardware groups at a meeting with financial analysts in New York last week. The […]