Industry News
JDSU has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Network Instruments.
TeamQuest announced availability of new software capabilities that allow organizations to confidently predict and prevent future IT performance issues within their IT systems and services, as well as the ability to diagnose the root cause of performance issues across various infrastructures.
ManageEngine has combined facilities and IT management in its integrated IT management software, IT360.
Catchpoint Systems announced the general availability of its new Real User Measurement (RUM) solution, Glimpse.
SmartBear Software has acquired Lucierna Inc., a provider of Application Performance Management (APM) solutions.
ManageEngine is launching Social IT Plus, private social networking software for IT departments, at the DCIM Meetup in Dallas on December 10, 2013.
Ixia has completed the acquisition of Net Optics, Inc.
Keynote announced Project Pricing for DeviceAnywhere, launching a new pay-as-you-go pricing plan for testing mobile apps and websites on real mobile devices.
Serena Software announced significant new capabilities in Serena Release Manager that help enterprise IT organizations bring Dev and Ops together to increase the quality, speed and predictability of their software releases.
Entuity announced the general availability of Entuity 14.0.
New Relic announced the general availability of the newest update to its groundbreaking New Relic for Mobile Apps solution.
Perfecto Mobile announced its new MobileCloud Developer Toolkit.
Velocent Systems and Ixia announced a partnership that will bring together the companies' technologies to help customers accurately monitor mobile networks of any size.
ManageEngine announced the availability of a native Android app for Applications Manager, its application performance monitoring solution.
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) will host an analyst research Webinar entitled Application Performance Management (APM) in the Age of Cloud and Hybrid Cloud featuring EMA Research Director, Julie Craig.
US shoppers made Cyber Monday the biggest online shopping day in history with a 20.6 percent increase in online sales, according to the latest cloud-based analytics findings from IBM.
IBM reported a 19.7 percent increase in Thanksgiving Day online sales as holiday shoppers once again went online for the best deals.
Compuware Corporation will be monitoring and analyzing the critical mobile performance of top US retailers and provide ongoing analysis and commentary on the performance of retailers' mobile sites during peak shopping periods, like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and beyond.
Despite the shortest shopping season since 2002, the Adobe Digital Index 2013 Online Shopping Forecast predicts record growth for online sales on Thanksgiving with $1.1 billion and Black Friday with $1.6 billion, increases of 21 and 17 percent, respectively.
Forrester forecasts $78.7 billion in US online sales this holiday season (including mobile and tablet sales), projecting double-digit growth rates for the third year in a row with a 15% increase over 2012's $68.4 billion in sales.
