Express targets small businesses
Last summer when Dr. Peter Vonu went looking for a way to streamline systems and ensure privacy for patients visiting his offices, he says he couldn't have imagined the answer lying with IBM Corp.
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Price is right for these management tools
Tight IT budgets don’t necessarily translate into fewer projects or less work for network managers. The opposite is often true, as network staffs are forced to work around not having the latest commercial tools.
Heroix helps take guesswork out of application mgmt
Heroix Corp. this week updated its management software to include new features that could help customers more quickly detect and fix application performance problems.
Tivoli plays role in IBM's On Demand
To kick off IBM Corp.'s Planet Tivoli conference on Wednesday, Tivoli executives told attendees how Tivoli management software could help network managers automatically tie end users, processes and resources to enable IBM's On Demand computing initiative.
SMARTS adds security to its suite
Service management software maker SMARTS this week released a software tool to help enterprise network managers monitor and maintain security devices across their infrastructure.
BMC cuts staff, discontinues storage product
BMC Software Inc. last week laid off 3.5 percent of its 6,942-strong worldwide workforce, 5 percent of which worked at the company’s Houston, Texas headquarters.
Web site warrantee
When it comes to gauging Web application performance, timing is everything to Steve Herrington.
ProactiveNet looks to dig deeper into app mgmt.
ProactiveNet this week will unveil the most recent version of its flagship Web application performance management software, which the company improved with new correlation, diagnostics, reporting and user interface features.
Not so happy new year
The Goldman Sachs Group last week rang in the new year with a report indicating that the cautious optimism of late 2002 didn't make it through the new year.
Consolidation forecasted for mgmt. vendors in 2003
A recent study by Gartner Inc. predicts that the enterprise network management market will undergo some consolidation in the next three years, which might not suit the vendors, but could result in lower price points for software buyers.
Analysts weigh in on security, content
With 2003 around the corner, consider these New Year's resolutions: Better secure your networks, more efficiently manage your company's content, and rethink how to exploit the Internet.
Web services to spawn their own mgmt. tools
A recent study by Gartner shows that Web services may increase the need for management, but the tools won't be delivered by the usual suspects.
Firm predicts how Internet technologies will evolve
A study released last week by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reports that future Internet technologies will depend on the successful integration of current computing initiatives.
CenterRun automates Web apps provisioning
Start-up CenterRun Inc. next week will release the second generation of its automation software that the company says can ease the workload for network operators deploying, configuring and analyzing Web applications across multiple servers and data centers.
NetQoS improves application analysis tool
NetQoS Inc. on Monday updated its flagship performance management appliance so that it now shows network managers how end users will be affected by application problems.