EMC which main specialization on an extent of life of the whole generation was production of the IT equipment (in particular, storage systems and data protection) continues to take steps for gain of the presence in the market of software, and the last from them concerns information management of data processing centers (DPCs). On May 31, 2012 the company announced purchase of firm with a 12-year experience of Watch4net (Montreal). The transaction assumes cash payment money, but its conditions are not disclosed.
Watch4net delivers operator class software of performance management, providing visibility of utilization properties of networks, DPCs and cloud infrastructures for a previous period, at the moment in real time and in the long term at accomplishment of project works.
Both companies are perfectly familiar with each other and more than seven years are partners. The flagship product of Watch4net, a packet of APG, is already closely integrated with EMC IT Operations Intelligence (ITOI) Suite.
Example of the opportunities given to Watch4net: Many infrastructures of VMware include so-called vSwitch — the virtual switchboard which, according to McDonald, in a sense is a blind spot for administrators of virtual machines.
It is difficult for them to make sure whether the necessary connections are supported in the virtual switchboard. One of the important ITOI functions (with addition of Watch4net) — an opportunity to monitor operation of the virtual switchboard and to include it in the general correlation and cause and effect analysis.