Apparent Networks this week added to its already free cloud performance management application with a free online service designed to help cloud customers measure the quality and performance of services delivered by cloud computing providers. Read more
IT managers feeling the need to be green can achieve some energy-efficient results without doling out cash by downloading Spiceworks IT Desktop software and the company's new Power Manager plug-in application.
Free management software gets network smarts
Managing PC power, data center and network device energy consumption Read more
Open source IT management applications became readily available in the past decade, not only via communities touting free software but also by way of commercial vendors such as GroundWork Open Source, Hyperic Read more
IT managers hoping to better plan for capacity in their virtual environments without devoting budget dollars to new software might want to pilot a free download available now from virtual systems management player VKernel.
Open source software appeals to many in IT for its low -- or nonexistent entry price -- and flexibility, and now that appeal is growing on hiring managers, according to IT talent experts, who report that companies will in 2010 seek candidates with high-tech skills related to open source software. Read more
SolarWinds this week announced it had enhanced an old favorite in its vault of freeware products: TFTP Server.
Understanding how applications respond to client requests is critical for many companies, and some vendors say the technology to track such data should be made available at low or no cost.
Applications managed from the end-user perspective Read more
Apparent Networks, maker of network performance management software, recently made available a free product that will help network engineers see the performance of complete network paths -- even as they cross through the cloud. Read more
Vendors flooded the VMworld show floor this week with their latest tools that add more management, security and control in a virtual environment. Read more
Enterprise IT managers looking to automate the process of managing multiple distributed IP addresses but don't have budget approval to invest the cash might want to check out a freeware option available from Infoblox. Read more
Network and system management vendor SolarWinds recently made available a new free tool designed to monitor a single Windows application or server.
"The best things in life are free." For IT professionals, that saying applies to free tools available by way of open source communities, freeware developers or vendors looking to draw customers in with a no-cost version of their commercial software.
That is what NetQoS wants to learn. Read more
Amidst a cloud of, let's say, controversy, Olympic swim champion Michael Phelps chose not to attend IBM's Pulse 2009 conference in Las Vegas this week, but attendees report Big Blue provided a replacement speaker that exceeded everyone's expectations. Read more
CA Tuesday announced it had settled its lawsuit against Rocket Software, which accused the latter vendor of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
The case, which has been scheduled for jury selection this week, was settled without Rocket executives admitting to any wrongdoing, but with the company agreeing to license source code from CA. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Read more
Richard Muirhead, CEO of Tideway, shares his take on technology and the economy from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Read more
Economic uncertainty has most tightening purse strings, but two network vendors recently managed to squeeze some cash from venture capital investors.
eIQnetworks last week announced it had raised $10 million in the company's first round of institutional financing. Investors such as Venrock note that eIQnetworks' growth potential and value proposition outweigh economic concerns. Read more
In a not so unpredictable and fairly smart move, many IT management software vendors are designing iPhone interfaces for their applications to track availability and performance of critical network components and business services. Read more
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