SpringSource, maker of the popular Spring framework, acquired Hyperic today. With this acquisition SpringSource completes the “Manage” phase in a typical application life cycle.
The Build Phase
SpringSource offers Spring framework that is widely used in building enterprise Java/JEE applications.
The Run Phase
SpringSource also contributes most of the bug fixes to Apache Tomcat meaning, it has a major role in the “run” phase for those enterprises using Tomcat.
The Manage Phase
Hyperic which is well known for its application monitoring and management products provide SpringSource with the ability to monitor, manage the applications deployed on these servers such as Tomcat or any other JEE server platforms. Hyperic’s monitoring and management products compete in the market segment consisting of the likes IBM Tivoli, HP Operations Manager and CA Unicenter among others. Hyperic through its product Hyperic Operations IQ, an application performance management product that correlates business and system metrics, can make life easier for managing and supporting Java enterprise applications. Hyperic Operations IQ competes directly with HP Operations Orchestration and VMWare’s Appspeed.
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