Paula Musich

A pair of small application availability management companies on Tuesday will announce their merger plans in a united front to fight buggy applications code. Geodesic Systems Inc. and InCert Software Corp. signed an agreement to merge their two companies to take on applications availability problems from two perspectives. Geodesic, a Chicago-based company, provides software that […]

Opsware Inc., now that it has shed its Loudcloud name with the closing of its deal with Electronic Data Systems Inc., is beating the drum for its data center automation software with a flurry of enhancements and add-ons. Last week, after closing a sale with the U.S. Department of Energy, Opsware announced the ability of […]

USinternetworking Inc. Monday announced a second set of applications on which it will offer performance-based service-level agreements for enterprise resource planning clients. In addition to performance-based SLAs for Microsoft Exchange, the Annapolis, Md., application service provider will offer optional performance SLAs on human resources applications such as PeopleSoft and on financial planning applications. The SLAs […]

IBM Global Services and partners last week began building one of the first wireless data communications networks to allow regional government agencies from various jurisdictions to communicate. The Capital Wireless Integrated Network, or CapWIN, is intended to allow public safety and transportation personnel from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia to communicate and share […]

Opsware Inc., the company formerly known as Loudcloud, reported a 24 percent jump in second quarter revenues over the same quarter last year. The Sunnyvale, Calif. company, which earlier this month closed the sale of its managed services business to Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $63.5 million, narrowed its net loss in the quarter to […]

Dutch banking behemoth ABN Amro Bank N.V. narrowed down its list of possible outsourcers to EDS for its Wholesale Client banking unit. Although the two firms dont expect to complete contract negotiations until the fourth quarter, EDS is the sole contender to supply IT services, worth at least $1.5 billion, although that figure could go […]

Unisys Corp. and partners get to start with a clean sheet of paper in setting up the IT infrastructure for the new U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The contract, signed last week, gives Unisys and its 31 partners the freedom to select the components they believe will best suit the TSAs goals, according to Clay Foushee, […]

Coradiant Inc. is looking to raise the bar on Web performance management with its latest OutSight tool. Version 1.7 includes enhancements to the software-as-a-service technology for tracking and tweaking Web sites performance. Coradiant, which competes most directly with Mercury Interactive Corp., added the ability to collaborate among members of a customers IT staff and between […]

Intel today finally launched support in its LANDesk Management Suite for mobile laptops and PDAs with its new LANDesk Mobile Manager option. The new software distribution, asset and inventory management option integrates Xcellenet Inc.s Afaria remote management software into the LANDesk management console. Although Intel is late to market with its mobile management offering, its […]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company hopes to find new ways to make money through its recently signed outsourcing contract with IBM Global Services (IGS). IGS won the 10-year contract—valued in the hundreds of millions—based on the strength of its cost savings bid and its “world class infrastructure services,” according to Greg Fox, […]