LANDesk competitor Altiris also added server management to its platform through the acquisition of Tonic Software, an Austin, Texas-based software vendor specializing in Web application management products, said Steve Morton, vice president of product management at Altiris, Salt Lake City. The acquisition was unveiled Jan, 5, but details were not disclosed.
By integrating Tonic's tools into Altiris' broad IT life-cycle management suite, Altiris, like LANDesk, expands further into the server management arena.
"You can expect the high-end Web application monitoring business to be a big part of our toolset with Tonic," said Morton. "Altiris remediation tools will be triggered by the tools Tonic brings to us."
Both vendors say business is brisk in the 1,200- to 2,700-node market.
P.J. Bulger, vice president of solution provider 3H Technology, Vienna, Va., said moves by LANDesk and Altiris to expand their capabilities into the server and application monitoring space are sending signals to partners about the direction of the technology.
"[They're] dramatically saying, 'We are more than just about the hardware environment.' These vendors are saying, 'This is what issues you should be concerned about in your enterprise as far as overall life-cycle management," Bulger said.
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