Cisco's stock gained 1% after the company announced plans to acquire network management software company LineSider Technologies.
Patrick Karle is a technology journalist with more than 10 years' experience writing about network management software.
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Microsoft could use the company's advertiser network and ad management software to rescue its lagging online ad revenue.
Modern network monitoring and mobile application management software can tell a lot about what is happening.
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They can partner with software platform providers and network management providers to bring together three, critical M2M elements: the platform, network management and network provision.
In October the software giant agreed to link the 2.8 million small-business users of its QuickBooks management and accounting software to Intelisys' network of 600 suppliers.
Blue Coat Systems shares are trading sharply lower this morning after the Web security and wide-area network optimization software company reduced its earnings outlook and disclosed a management shake-up.
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You load the software on all the PCs on your network and Network Magic automatically creates a management layer that bridges the interoperability gaps between disparate network devices.
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Its flagship software solution, the QRadar Security Intelligence Platform, integrates various types of technologies like log management, network behavior analytics and event management.
Putting the bulk of computing and storage in the data center has other perks for IT management: It creates a centralized location for software upgrades across an entire organization and puts a layer of network security between users and sensitive data--a lost thin client laptop, for instance, doesn't contain private information, and so doesn't pose a threat of causing a data breach.
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