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Micromuse Inc. Monday announced plans to acquire operational support system supplier Lumos Technologies Inc. for approximately $2.7 million. San Francisco, Calif.-based Micromuse, which provides network fault management for large service providers and enterprise networks, will extend its reach to telecommunications equipment providers with the Lumos acquisition. Lumos, which manages Layer 1 (physical) networks, has licensed […]

Automated Web site quality testing provider Watchfire Corp. on Monday will introduce a new release of its WebXM testing suite that integrates a new accessibility testing module. WebXM 2.0, which integrates content integrity analysis, traffic analysis and privacy policy adherence checking, adds an optional module that analyzes Web sites for accessibility to people with disabilities. […]

Startup Linmor Inc. hopes to play David to the Goliaths of the network availability and performance management space with a new management appliance. The Ottawa-based company will take on the likes of Hewlett-Packard Co.s OpenView with its low-cost Nebula PM Appliance, which offers carrier-class network management, according to company officials. The Nebula appliance, which starts […]

The latest version of IBMs WebSphere Web Application Server will come embedded with a performance management tool, courtesy of IBMs Tivoli software unit. Starting this week, WebSphere 5.0 joins a growing number of IBM software offerings that include built-in management software at no additional charge (see related story). The trend will carry into IBM servers, […]

When Warren Jones took over his companys network earlier this year, he was confronted with the knowledge of what wasnt happening. Jones, vice president of IT operations at Guardian Life Insurance Co., was saddled with what his predecessors had discovered. On average, 90 percent of the processing power of the companys servers lay fallow. Even […]

A Texas startup is pinning its hopes on its multivendor network device configuration tool. AlterPoint Inc. last week launched its DeviceAuthority tool, which automates the configuration and administration of networking devices from a range of networking vendors, including Cisco Systems Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Hewlett-Packard Co. The Austin company is addressing a nascent but […]

BMC Software Inc. on Thursday announced that it has closed its $355 million acquisition of Peregrine Systems Inc.s Remedy business unit. Houston-based BMC will allow Remedy, which markets the Action Request System problem tracking and workflow platform, to operate as an independent unit. Remedy, along with ARS, also brings a series of applications that work […]

Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday continued to deliver on its strategy to integrate security functions across its product line with 12 new offerings that address a range of customers. “This is part of our overall strategy to bring best-of-breed security into Cisco access routers. Customers are looking for a single device with WAN connectivity, routing, […]

Computer Associates International Inc.s co-founder and chairman Charles Wang retired on Monday, clearing the way for CEO Sanjay Kumar to take on the chairmans mantle. Kumar, Wangs handpicked successor, was elected by CAs board of directors to the chairmans position Monday, when Wangs retirement became effective. Wang, who oversaw the growth of the $2.66 billion […]

Israeli database accelerator startup InfoCyclone Ltd. last week at OracleWorld, in San Francisco, spotlighted its flagship appliance designed to boost database performance without costly database server upgrades. The InfoCyclone acceleration appliance, installed between the application servers and database servers, monitors and analyzes SQL query traffic, identifies the most problematic queries, and executes those queries in […]