Paula Musich

Even as the Securities and Exchange Commission widened the scope of its investigation into Computer Associates International Inc., the company sought to improve on the structure of its board of directors. The Islandia, N.Y., company announced Thursday that its board of directors has adopted a set of guidelines intended to ensure it follows best practices […]

Computer Associates International Inc. on Tuesday announced it broke even in earnings per share for its fourth fiscal quarter, but lost 46 cents a share for the whole year. The Islandia, N.Y., company lost $231 million on revenues of $772 for its fourth fiscal 2002 quarter, which ended March 31, reducing its loss from the […]

The long-awaited “topaz” version of Microsoft Corp.s SMS is due to officially enter beta testing this summer with plans for better support for mobile users, an announcement that should help IT managers trying to get a handle on managing the growing legion of handheld devices carrying mission-critical corporate data. Systems Management Server 2003 will support […]

A Burlington, Mass., startup last week launched its new approach to managing a complex, n-tiered applications infrastructure with an eye toward helping IT isolate and fix problems that impact performance. Relicore Inc.s Infrastructure Information Management system offers a better way to track the application infrastructure—including the ongoing changes made to it as well as the […]

Service providers are rolling out improved ways to safeguard mission-critical applications for enterprises no longer content to back up data alone. IBM Global Services is readying a new disaster recovery services practice designed to help clients create mirrored systems that can fail over to a backup within minutes. The services will go head to head […]

Novell Inc. at Brainshare Europe in Barcelona on Monday took another step away from its proprietary roots as it announced a new release of its Novell ZENworks for Desktops 4.0 that no longer requires a Novell client. The latest release, which formally entered beta testing, simplifies remote software distribution to mobile users by eliminating the […]

In-depth applications performance management provider Precise Software Solutions on Monday will introduce a new release of its IBM DB2 Universal Database management tool targeted at large-scale DB2 Enterprise Extended Edition installations. The Westwood, Mass., company will demonstrate its new Precise/Indepth for DB2 UDB Version 2.0 release for DB2 users at the International DB2 Users Group […]

Network Associates Inc. at Networld +Interop added a new form factor to its Sniffer Wireless protocol analyzer that allows network engineers to troubleshoot 802.11b wireless LAN problems without having to carry a laptop around. The new Sniffer Portable Wireless PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) option works on Compaq Computer Corp.s iPAQs, allowing network technicians to detect […]

Compuware Corp. Tuesday at Networld+Interop announced the release of its Vantage 8.0 application performance management suite. The Farmington Hills, Mich., company further integrated the suite of seven different tools and added a pair of new options to the suite to better predict and understand the performance of applications distributed across LAN and WAN links. Compuware […]

As Microsoft Corp. continues its drive into more mission-critical computing, its customers are pushing the company to provide more industrial-strength management tools to ensure the high-availabilty and reliability those systems need. Microsoft is working on two fronts to meet those demands, according to David Hamilton, director of the management business group in Redmond, Wash. One […]