Denise Dubie

IBM Corp. Thursday announced it has acquired for an undisclosed amount application monitoring software maker Cyanea Systems Corp.

Startup LogLogic Inc. has officially launched an appliance to help network managers quickly retrieve data from multiple logs across their enterprise networks.

IBM Corp. last week rolled out workload management software to let users centralize, schedule and manage batch jobs and application processing across multiple platforms, including grid systems.

IT managers looking to better understand how applications use their network infrastructure

Asset and security management software, service-oriented architecture and Web services management, and management software bundled on Intel servers are among the new product directions Hewlett-Packard Co. says will emerge from its OpenView division by early next year.

Aprisma Management Technologies Inc. next week will use its annual customer conference to unveil several improvements to its flagship Spectrum product that are designed to help companies get a better feel for what's on their network and why it might be underperforming.

Much like the Formula 1 racers at Canada's Grand Prix here last weekend, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to help customers reach the finish line of agile computing faster and with more skill than the competition.

While IT spending is on the rise, high-tech workers shouldn't expect to see a similar increase in overall IT jobs, as new technologies to automate and virtualize data centre resources could make some network administration skills obsolete.