Four vendors of network and systems management software are rolling out new products focused on the burning need of corporate users to reduce IT infrastructure failures. Ai Metrix Inc. in Herndon, Va.

An application should do what it is supposed to, when it is needed, within a reasonable amount of time, and with no trouble. Getting applications to behave that way is the goal of application ...

Application patch management updates software to remove bugs and security loopholes, so it is an important service that every business needs to buy. We review the options. Keeping applications up to ...

Wily Technology CEO Dick Williams has been at the forefront of next-generation application management tools for J2EE environments. In an interview with Editor In Chief Michael Vizard, Williams said ...

With all the hoopla about Software-as-a-Service apps and mobile computing, it’s easy to forget that infrastructure software—everything from operating systems to middleware to databases—remains the ...

“Application management needs to bring together a lot of different data points and perform automated analysis,” says Stephen Elliot, a senior analyst with IDC. The market research firm estimates that ...

Acquisition of Cyanea, a small company with close ties to IBM, will bring a team dedicated to building Big Blue's application management line. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

There are ambitious mobile application management platforms (MAM) available. In some cases, this functionality is delivered in standalone MAM platforms. In others, it comes as a module in a broader ...

Quest Software Inc., best-known for its database management tools, plans to bolster its application management lineup by releasing 72 self-tuning and performance management tools this year. The Aliso ...

When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Information technology is slowly but surely taking over the planet, and businesses today use more software applications than ever before. In the past few years, the average number of software as a ...