Network Management Software

BMC buying out configuration management company

BMC picks up network change and configuration management software in Emprisa Networks acquisition

Symantec seeking product management umbrella

Plans detailed for company engineers gathered at Cutting Edge conference

AT&T signs network management deal with IBM

AT&T will take over IBM’s outsourced telecom, network management services from IBM Global Services

13 free tools ease IT management

Freeware, open source applications tackle configuration, NetFlow, patch, storage, security and systems management

Compliance pushing identity management in new directions

Trend given rise to identity-based risk management, auditing and policy enforcement tools from vendors such as Aveksa, Sailpoint and Vaau

Spiceworks lands $8 million for its free software

Start-up Spiceworks closes its second round of venture capital funding

Start-up creates zero-client virtual desktop

Former XenSource CEO takes aim at streamlining user machines with a new desktop device connected to client software on virtual servers

BeyondTrust tames Vista’s UAC pop-ups, leaves security intact

Privilege Manager 3.5 lets companies eliminate troubling UAC prompts via security settings in Microsoft’s Group Policy feature of Active Directory

Regulatory-compliance demands put IT on the spot

Automating compliance reports — from HIPAA to SOX — is best strategy

Cisco Networkers: Gyrating dancers, rollerbladers and some guy named John Chambers