EMC acquires Watch4net

HOPKINTON, USA: Storage company EMC Corporation announced that it has acquired Montreal-based Watch4net, a privately-held provider of enterprise performance management software, in an all-cash transaction.

The latter's software can provide real-time, historical and projected visibility into network, data centre and cloud infrastructure performance, says the company in a release.

An EMC partner for more than seven years, Watch4net has worked closely with EMC to deliver proven, enterprise and carrier-class solutions to meet customers' IT management needs. Watch4net's flagship APG solution is tightly integrated with EMC IT Operations Intelligence Suite.

Michel Foix, Watch4net CEO, and the Watch4net team will report to Jay Mastaj, senior vice president and general manager, EMC Infrastructure Management Group.

"By bringing Watch4net into the EMC portfolio and roadmap, EMC rounds out its world-class IT management solution to address customers' most critical IT management needs across their physical and virtual IT environments," said Jay Mastaj.

Michel Foix, Chief Executive Officer, Watch4net, said: "IT availability and performance management are ever-changing, and the advent of cloud computing has increased the need for an end-to-end, seamless solution. Watch4net and EMC have worked together for more than seven years on a unified mission. We are extremely proud to be joining the EMC family and look forward to the continued development and market adoption of our flagship product suite, APG."