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Management service provider SevenSpace Inc. on Monday will announce the integration of its services with Stratasource. SevenSpace at the same time will launch a series of new, more flexible service offerings—some new, some repackaged from existing offerings–intended to better fit the requirements of individual customers. “Theyre modular services that let us work more hand in […]

In an effort to deliver a more cohesive marketing message and clear up customer confusion, Computer Associates International Inc. on the 26th will announce a plan to overhaul the branding strategy for a large portion of its product line, according to sources. CA, based in Islandia, N.Y., will dissolve the Jasmine product group and the […]

Altiris Inc., the little desktop deployment company that could, crested the full desktop lifecycle management hill with the latest release of its Client Management Suite. At Comdex this week, the Lindon, Utah, company introduced the Altiris Client Management Suite Version 5.5. It is the first full integration of its existing desktop deployment technology with inventory […]

Aprisma Management Technologies Inc. early next month will try to shake up the service-level management arena with enhanced versions of its Spectrum suite of management applications. The Durham, N.H., spinoff from the former Cabletron Systems set its sights on both Hewlett-Packard Co.s OpenView and Micromuse Inc.s NetCool offerings in creating the new Spectrum Integrity for […]

Despite its pending merger with hardware provider Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. last week reasserted itself as a major software company, introducing 45 new or enhanced offerings targeting the data center, middleware and management. HP, in its second big foray this year into the software arena, rolled out the offerings under an integrated services management […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. today launched a suite of integrated security offerings for airlines and airports around the globe. The Plano, Texas, services firm used the sprawling venue of Comdex in Las Vegas to highlight several new security and privacy offerings and establish itself as a leader in those areas. The suite of services address […]

Mercury Interactive will test the service-level management waters next week, hoping to dip into a more mature market for SLA monitoring. The Sunnyvale, Calif., Web site monitoring and testing leader added a new application on top of its Topaz framework that provides monitoring and enforcement of SLAs (service-level agreements). The Topaz for SLM (service-level monitoring) […]

BMC Software Inc. is looking to emphasize the “manage” in managed services with a new monitoring service. The Houston-based application management provider at Comdex in Las Vegas on Tuesday will introduce its GuardianAngel Monitoring Service. The subscription-based service allows application service providers or hosting providers to create a hosted service that can deliver server, network […]

Lucent Technologies is looking for a buyer for its enterprise professional services unit, the last step the company needs to take in its exit from the enterprise market for networking technologies and services. The services organization, formerly INS before Lucent acquired in late in 1999, is now on the block, and Lucent hopes to find […]

Candle Corp. is offering specific versions of its Omegamon Extended Edition (XE) System performance monitoring and reporting tools with the release of its IBM WebSphere tool. The Omegamon XE for WebSphere Application Server, released on Monday, is designed to help application developers and operations managers test WebSphere applications performance during implementation and deployment. Candle will […]