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Founded: May 2005
Headquarters: San Jose
Management: CEO Samir Mukadam, previously with eGain, Instantis and Unisys; CTO Balaji Srinivasa, whose experience comes from CA, IBM, Platinum and Unisys.
Funding: Backed by private noninstitutional investors; executives plan to seek venture funding in early 2008.
What company offers: Centromeric Data Center DNA platform automates life-cycle management of physical and virtual servers. The software can work with existing management tools and homegrown scripts, and the company offers its technology in both licensed and hosted models.
What it’s worth watching: Data center automation technology is hot. HP bid $1.6 billion for market leader Opsware and competitor BladeLogic just filed an IPO. The growing trend toward server virtualization also puts a strain on enterprise systems administrators.
Where company got its name: Derived from the word "centromere," which Mukadam says is "part of the chromosome that dictates the ways cells replicate much like all these physical and virtual servers replicate across data centers."
Customers: Pilots and proofs of concept in the works; won’t name customers. Targeting all sizes of organizations.
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RE: 10 IT-management software companies to watchBy John on September 13, 2007, 3:21 pmHeroix (www.heroix.com) should be mentioned in this list as well. They provide top of the line agentless network and application monitoring tools that are reasonably...
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NetcordiaBy gtapley on September 14, 2007, 10:25 amAnother company that I feel is worth watching is Netcordia (http://www.netcordia.com/). Their home page describes their product very well: Netcordia simplifies...
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What companies are we missing?By Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 10:53 amKeep in mind, the newer the better. Trying to avoid focusing on companies that have been around too long. Ideally, think companies that started or came out of stealth...
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Are 'Newer' companies really better? I don't think so...By Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 3:33 pmI would challenge that newer companies are better companies to consider for IT management, probably more so if your IT management is about ensuring the peak performance...
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Why watch?By meatpieandtatters on September 17, 2007, 9:48 amIt kills me that VC funding is somehow a metric that merits a company to be watched. The way I view it is that the more funding they have the higher the price of...
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Not saying newer companies are better....By Anonymous on September 17, 2007, 7:50 pmJust saying we wanted the article to have a focus, and the focus was to inform readers about a batch of companies they probably hadn't heard of before, just to let...
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