Investors seek network mgmt. innovation

摘要

Start-up companies looking to challenge the dominance enjoyed by expensive, complex network management suites are attracting second and third rounds of funding from venture capitalists eager to get in on the next big thing. In particular, investors are putting money into companies with network-monitoring and -troubleshooting products that are attracting customers who want to care for their networks without the cost and dedicated staff demanded by CA's Unicenter, IBM's Tivoli and HP's OpenView — typically considered the leading products in this market.