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Riverbed Tackles APM with Acquisition of OPNET

October 29, 2012 06:12 PM
WAN optimization and network performance management vendor Riverbed is acquiring OPNET, which will broaden its application performance management capabilities.

Compuware Tunes APM Tools for Mobile, Cloud and Big Data

May 16, 2012 04:36 PM
The vendor is rolling out new APM tools that focus on mobile, cloud and big-data concerns.

Finding Fault With App Management

March 16, 2012 09:00 AM
According to the Fifth Annual State of the Network Study released by Network Instruments, 83% of IT professionals surveyed said problem number one with application management is “determining whether problems are caused by the network, the system or the application.”

OpTier Tackles APM Silos, Latency Issues

February 23, 2012 09:00 AM
Application performance management (APM) is becoming a critical capability in today's world of cloud-based solutions and the applications-delivered-as-a-service technology model. The market is crowded with dozens of vendors looking to bring APM to the cloud, and OpTier is the latest seeking to stand out from the likes of Compuware, HP and IBM.

BlazeMeter Cloud Service Brings Load Testing To The Masses

December 06, 2011 03:00 PM
BlazeMeter is officially unveiling its initial offering, a cloud-based load testing service based on the open source Apache JMeter initiative. Load testing, the process of putting demand on a system or device and measuring its response, is either very complex and time consuming or, if you build your own version, very limited and often misleading, says company CEO and founder Alon Girmonsky.

Video Powers Latest Riverbed RiOS Release

December 05, 2011 12:50 PM
Not content with more than half of the WAN optimization market, and more than twice the share of its closest competitor, Riverbed Technology is looking to broaden its lead with a major update to the software that powers its line of Steelhead application acceleration appliances and Steelhead Mobile client software. "RiOS [Riverbed Optimization System] 7 is a big release for us," says Naveen Prabhu, senior product marketing manager. "We're paying a lot of attention to enterprise video."

BMC Treads Carefully Among The Giants

November 16, 2011 10:51 AM
Since its founding in 1980, BMC Software has been successfully delivering management solutions to large enterprises. During that time, the vendor has been able to deftly maneuver around possible potholes to earn a top position in this highly competitive market sector. But more work remains. Like other high tech segments, the management segment is experiencing slowing growth.

CA's Executive Solution Addresses IT-Business Gap

November 16, 2011 09:00 AM
Designed for the increasingly mobile workplace, CA Executive Insight for Service Assurance is intended to change the way IT communicates with the business. It enables executives, business managers and knowledge workers to answer fundamental questions about the business, regularly monitor potential risks and make time-sensitive decisions that impact business results, says Mike Sargent, general manager, service assurance, CA Technologies.

Blue Coat Targets ROBO WAN Optimization, Security Via The Cloud

November 09, 2011 08:27 AM
Blue Coat Systems is enhancing its MACH5 WAN optimization and virtual appliances so that remote office/branch office (ROBO) customers can apply Web security from Blue Coat Cloud Service to enable "branch-to-cloud" direct Internet access rather than back haul Internet traffic to and from the corporate data center. A branch-to-cloud topology lowers networking costs and speeds access to cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, says the company.

Compuware Launches Major Upgrade To Gomez APM Platform

November 01, 2011 11:35 AM
Compuware is looking to separate itself from the likes of IBM, CA, Quest, HP, OpTier and Opnet with a major upgrade of its Gomez APM platform. The company says the Fall 2011 release features eight industry-first innovations across its SaaS and on-premises APM products, including the most comprehensive mobile and streaming media performance monitoring and testing network; Google Mobile Page Speed integration; the industry’s most advanced end user experience performance analytics; and further integration with the recently acquired DynaTrace for deep application visibility and diagnostics.

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