Paula Musich

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Jamcracker Inc. on Tuesday will be the latest application service provider to turn its intellectual property into products when the company launches its new Pivot Path identity management suite. The Santa Clara, Calif. company productized the platform it created for its ASP service that offers single sign-on, access management and user provisioning. “What we lived […]

Hewlett Packard Companys OpenView Network Node Manager will get visibility into Layer Three routing and the actual path that packets traverse thanks to a new OEM deal it inked with Packet Design Inc. The two vendors this week announced the multi-year agreement, under which HP licensed the software used in the Palo Alto, Calif. companys […]

Cyanea Systems Corp. is readying new application management tools for the increasing number of IBM mainframe users moving their WebSphere pilots into production. Cyanea/One for CICS Version 2.1, due this week, can monitor and manage composite transactions that flow from front-end WebSphere J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) applications into back-end Customer Information Control System […]

Dirig Software Inc. is launching an integrated application performance management suite that lets operators take a more business-oriented view of J2EE applications and infrastructure performance. Dirigs APP (Application Performance Platform) 4.5 draws on the Nashua, N.H., companys Pathfinder technology, allowing the tool to relate performance statistics to the application, officials said. Unique to the platform […]