CA, AMD Offer Desktop Unicenter
Computer Associates and Advanced Micro Solutions have announced plans to begin offering next month free downloads from their Web sites of a jointly developed stand-alone desktop version of CA's Unicenter TNG.
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Water Utility Turns on Web-based Trading Exchange
Azurix Corp., an international water company, is hoping to use its new Web site - www.water2water.com - to tap into what it estimates is a $3 billion water trading market in the western U.S.
New Licensing Structure for Ganymede Software
A new licensing structure from software maker Ganymede Software Inc. will make it easier and cheaper for systems managers to try application monitoring.
Performance Trackers
A tiny dot-com and a major insurance company faced radically different network problems:One needed to keep online customers satisfied -- by not waiting -- during the busy holiday season. The other needed to make sure his ASP delivered what it promised. Both used application-monitoring tools to resolve potential problems.
Blame Game
About the only thing worse than poor application performance is being responsible for causing poor application performance.
Merger Could Affect Other Vendors
Even users of network and application-monitoring tools produced by companies other than Concord Communications Inc. and FirstSense Software Inc. could be hit by a ripple effect from Concord's acquisition of FirstSense, announced last week.
Users Hope Merger Blends Apps, Network Monitoring
Information technology managers hope the total is greater than the sum of the parts in the acquisition of FirstSense Software Inc. by Concord Communications Inc.
CIM Standard
The Common Information Model Object Manager, a new application in the Formula electronic-business management suite from Managed Object Solutions Inc. in Fairfax, Va., will let managers take advantage of the Common Information Model (CIM) to simplify systems management.
Some mainframe users see hope in Tivoli deal
In a move welcomed by its OS/390 users, Tivoli Systems last week announced that parent company IBM will buy object-oriented management software maker Accessible Software. Tivoli plans to integrate Accessible's Access 1 management tool into the Tivoli Management Environment (TME).
Site Lets Service Vendors Bid to Help You
Cross eBay with a free computer support Web site, throw in a diagnostic probe and reporting tool, and what you'd get would look a lot like NoWonder.com.
All Calm in U.S. Skies During GMT Date Change
Over U.S. skies Dec. 31, 1999, the Y2K elephant strained and brought forth not so much as a gnat.
Y2K glitch calls jurors for duty 100 years ago
A call to a programming library that was not Y2K-ready was the culprit in a court mailing that ordered about 500 Philadelphians to report for jury duty January 3, 1900, said a city official.
CA, IBM troffer price breaks for OS/390
Computer Associates International and IBM recently announced a unified front in pricing, software-package development and support for the IBM OS/390 platform meant to appeal to mainframe users who are developing e-commerce applications.
BMC stakes claim in back-office e-biz management
BMC Software has staked its claim in the burgeoning e-commerce market, announcing forthcoming versions of its flagship products and services tailored to e-business processes on back-office operations.
CA and IBM Partner on OS/390 E-Business
Computer Associates International Inc. and IBM today announced a collaboration in pricing, software-package development and support for the IBM OS/390 platform.