Systems/Enterprise:
IBM TO ACQUIRE CYANEA, IMPROVE DISTRIBUTED MGMT CAPABILITIES
IBM announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cyanea, a provider
of software that monitors and manages the performance of Web-based business
applications. Cyanea is a privately-held company based in Oakland, Calif.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Upon closing, Cyanea's operations will be integrated into IBM's Tivoli systems
management software business and its products will be available immediately
from IBM.
Cyanea's software allows business applications written in Java, as well as
CICS and IMS, operating across mainframe and distributed computing
environments, to run faster and with less downtime.
The technology is designed to diagnose and troubleshoot problems before they
affect response time. It also tracks application performance over time to help
companies more intelligently plan information-technology purchases and
deployments.
Such capabilities are in high demand, as companies rely on advanced
application management tools that are consistent across platforms and the
application lifecycle.
"IBM is unmatched in providing companies with the tools they need to
streamline their business processes and become more flexible and adaptive to
market demands and opportunities," said Robert LeBlanc, general manager of the
IBM Application & Integration Middleware Division. "Managing applications
across the application lifecycle on a common architecture is a key requirement
for these on demand businesses, so the addition of Cyanea and its lifecycle
management expertise is an important step for our clients."
"I am delighted that Cyanea will be joining the IBM family. The combination of
Cyanea and IBM software will give customers a more comprehensive set of
solutions for addressing the challenges that large enterprises face in
managing heterogeneous environments and helping to ensure fail-safe
performance and availability," said James Chong, president and chief executive
officer of Cyanea.
The agreement to acquire Cyanea extends IBM's product portfolio under the
Tivoli brand, and complements the existing application management capabilities
of IBM's Tivoli systems management, WebSphere middleware offerings and
Rational application testing. Cyanea technology will be integrated into IBM's
middleware portfolio of offerings in several key areas including:
- Tivoli -- Cyanea will greatly enhance end-to-end business transaction
monitoring capabilities, zSeries performance and application monitoring
capabilities.
- WebSphere -- Cyanea will help ensure the success of WebSphere-based
implementations by providing troubleshooting capabilities throughout the
application lifecycle for areas such as memory management and transaction
problems.
- Rational -- Cyanea capabilities will help Rational provide deeper
application performance analysis capabilities to WebSphere developers, both
for distributed and host-based WebSphere instances.
Cyanea's customers include global financial services firms, insurance
companies, retailers, health care firms, government agencies, manufacturers
and distributors.
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