Industry News
BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE today announced the formation of the Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
Compuware Corporation announced a new major release of its integrated application performance management (APM) solution, the Compuware Gomez platform. This release introduces industry-first solutions that help customers increase revenues, profitability and brand equity by optimizing mobile and web application performance across the entire application delivery chain, from data centers, through the cloud, to the edge of the Internet.
Catchpoint Systems, a new provider of Web performance monitoring solutions for Internet-dependent businesses, announced significant product milestones for the first year since the launch of its offerings.
New Relic has added Real User Monitoring to its core SaaS Application Performance Management offering. Effective immediately, all New Relic users will have free access to the new capability.
Novell has released Novell Operations Center 5.0, the a Business Service Management (BSM) solution delivering comprehensive management of public and private cloud services and a Configuration Management System (CMS) that automatically synchronizes with external data sources, helping customers to better manage highly complex environments and federated CMDBs. These extensive capabilities present a real-time, comprehensive view of business service health and performance across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
FireScope announced availability of FireScope Unify for FlexPod, enabling converged management and automation of the complete FlexPod for VMware stack from a single, dynamic interface.
Apptio, a provider of on-demand Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, and ServiceNow announced a new joint partnership that combines market-leading cloud services for IT service automation and IT financial and performance management into an integrated offering.
GroundWork has released GroundWork Cloud Connector for GroundWork Monitor Enterprise 6.4. An automatic, monitoring provisioning system, GroundWork Cloud Connector gives users the ability to monitor Amazon EC2 and Eucalyptus cloud instances right along side traditional data center infrastructures.
VMware has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shavlik Technologies, a provider of cloud-based IT management solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs).
ScienceLogic has released EM7 version 7.1, a new version of its IT operations and cloud management platform, to help organizations centrally manage heterogeneous physical, virtual and cloud environments and easily incorporate new applications and the latest-generation technologies into their IT operations.
CA Technologies and VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company, announced a global strategic alliance to deliver integrated private cloud solutions for VCE’s Vblock Infrastructure Platforms that help customers increase agility, reduce risk and lower costs.
To provide customers with added choice for virtualization and cloud-based solutions, BMC Software and Red Hat announced an expanded partnership, including plans to deliver a comprehensive cloud architecture combining solutions from both technology leaders.
Halcyon Software announced the latest release of its graphical user interface (GUI) tool, Enterprise Console v8.7, which allows centralized management for all systems alerts from multiple platforms including IBM i, AIX, Windows and Linux.
N-able Technologies, a provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) automation software for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT departments, released the next generation of managed services technology: N-central 8.0.
BMC Software has acquired Coradiant Inc., a provider of end-user experience and web application performance monitoring.
The Attachmate Group announced the completion of the acquisition of Novell. Novell is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group, the parent company of Attachmate Corporation.
Fox IT, a wholly owned subsidiary of 365 iT plc, announces the launch of ITSM 2.0, a new ITSM framework designed for the cloud era.
Correlsense announced the availability of SharePath Version 2.0, which enables IT personnel to effectively manage the change inherent in today’s dynamic and complex IT environments.
BMC Software announced significant enhancements to its cloud management portfolio to enable enterprises, public agencies, and service providers to achieve the agility required for building and managing highly flexible cloud services, across public, private and hybrid cloud environments.
Service-now.com announced the appointment of software industry veteran Frank Slootman as Service-now.com CEO.
