Nimsoft maps the future growth of IT management

William McCracken took over as chief executive officer of CA Technologies close to two years ago and in that time has engineered a series of organizational changes and acquisitions aimed at improving the company's perception among buyers and broadening its reach into new areas of technology and new customer segments.

Corporate functions from human resources to customer relationship management (CRM) have already been migrated to the cloud. But are you ready for systems monitoring and management in the cloud? More important, is management-as-a-service (MaaS) ready for your company?

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CA Technologies is purchasing WatchMouse, a maker of SaaS-based tools for monitoring mobile and on-demand applications, the company announced Friday. Terms were not disclosed.

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for US$350 million.

US-based systems management provider, Nimsoft, aims to penetrate the Asia-Pacific region through establishing a presence in Sydney.

Goldman Sachs isn't letting the current economic meltdown hinder its investment in systems management software maker Nimsoft. The financial services firm is among three contributors to pony up funds for Nimsoft’s US$12 million second round of funding.