In brief: InfoVista rolls out VoIP monitoring app

InfoVista last week debuted software to help customers tackle the performance of their IP telephony networks. VistaInsight for IP Telephony 1.0 monitors performance for applications such as unified messaging and systems; components such as servers, databases and middleware; and network resources including routers, switches and voice gateways.

 The product uses a centralized management console, which collects and correlates data gathered across distributed networks via software agents.

Entry-level pricing for VistaInsight for IP Telephony 1.0 starts at $30,000.

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InfoVista last week debuted software to help customers tackle the performance of their IP telephony networks. VistaInsight for IP Telephony 1.0 monitors performance for applications such as unified messaging and systems; components such as servers, databases and middleware; and network resources including routers, switches and voice gateways.

 The product uses a centralized management console, which collects and correlates data gathered across distributed networks via software agents.

Entry-level pricing for VistaInsight for IP Telephony 1.0 starts at $30,000.

IBM last week announced plans to buy Corio for $182 million in an effort to increase its application services for small and midsize businesses. Corio, an application management provider, offers hosted software options with pay-as-you-go pricing. Its services are designed to enable faster implementation and greater ease of use for companies using business software from vendors such as Ariba, Concur, E.piphany, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel Systems.

BlowSearch, a company that operates a metasearch engine, is branching out into the instant-messaging arena, with BlowSearch Secured Messenger, a service that offers different levels of encryption to prevent malicious hackers from intercepting communications. Secured Messenger also lets users aggregate into its interface buddy lists from the four main public IM services: AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft's MSN Messenger. For a quarterly fee of $9.95, "gold" Secured Messenger users get 4,096-bit encryption. The next level, "silver," offers 256-bit encryption for $7.95 per quarter. The "bronze" level offers 56-bit encryption for $2.95 per quarter. A free service features 56-bit encryption, includes ads and offers no customer support.

Secured Messenger supports Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME or XP. It also requires Internet Explorer.

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