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Embattled Computer Associates International Inc. will try to put on its best face this week at its annual users conference, opting to emphasize enhancements to its Unicenter product family while downplaying persistent business woes. At CA World in Orlando, Fla., the software maker will trumpet its progress in making the Unicenter 3.0 enterprise management tools […]

Job scheduling and workload management provider Cybermation Inc. is preparing to release at the end of the month a major new version if its ESP Alchemist change management system. The tool, which straddles the fence between applications development staff and operations staff, provides full lifecycle change management, from the process for building, testing maintaining and […]

Microsoft this week announced it has extended its Microsoft Gold Certification program to Application Infrastructure Providers, claiming it the first such certification for AIPs. The first AIPs to be certified under Microsofts AIP program include Digex, Divine inc., Genuity Inc., Intel Online Services Inc. and Loudcloud Inc. The program, which builds on the ASP Gold […]

Marimba Inc. on Monday will pick up the automation drumbeat being pounded out by management software rivals Tivoli Systems Inc. and others when it rolls out the latest release of its Desktop/Mobile Management product line. New scheduling functions in version 5.0 of the Marimba suite along with streamlined deployment are intended to extend Marimbas lead […]

IBMs Tivoli unit has revamped its product lineup and outlined a new strategy to help lower the cost of managing customers e-business infrastructure. The goal of Tivolis modified product family, announced Wednesday, is to simplify how customers do business with Tivoli and better leverage IBMs sales, research and development resources. To that end, Tivoli cut […]

Compuware Corp. this week at Microsoft Corp.s TechEd conference in New Orleans will jump into the management void for Microsoft .Net Web services software. The Farmington Hills, Mich., management software provider will announce a new release of its Vantage application performance management suite, which extends a handful of management capabilities to .Net applications. Vantage 8.0, […]

Loudcloud Inc. last week released improvements to its user-facing portal that promise to shave significant time and expense from code updates to multiple Web servers. The upgraded MyLoudcloud portal is part of the MSPs (management service providers) efforts to differentiate itself in the increasingly commoditized MSP space. The company is also considering more drastic action […]

Even as the official tallying of the shareholder votes continues, Hewlett-Packard Co. is putting together the management team it said will lead the company after its proposed acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. goes through. Though most of the heads of the proposed divisions were identified in September, when the controversial $19 billion deal was first […]

Compaq Computer Corp.s Global Services group is adding Microsoft Corp. Exchange 2000 migration to its lineup of Computing on Demand services. But whether users are ready to take the migration plunge remains an open question. CGS new utility computing service, called Applications on Demand for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, promises customers the ability to scale […]

In a move intended to help Electronic Data Systems Corp. go after disillusioned Big Five consulting clients, the services giant today announced it will reorganize its three largest business units. EDS will combine the significant applications services portfolio of its Information Solutions unit with its fast-growing E Solutions implementation consulting division into a new Solutions […]