DETROIT and LONDON, June 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE:CW) has selected Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) to offer Compuware Vantage and Gomez solutions as an enhancement for its Application Performance Management (APM) product portfolio, its central software management suite. Compuware Vantage and Gomez will give added visibility of applications running across both the enterprise and the Internet, enabling a comprehensive way to identify possible faults or slow connections affecting the quality of applications both within and outside the organization.
Compuware Vantage and Gomez will support technologies including Cisco Network Analysis Module, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Wide Area Application Services, cloud computing, virtualization, unified communications and multi-media. Compuware is a Solution Developer partner in the Cisco Developer Network, an initiative that unites third-party developers of hardware and software with Cisco technologies to enable delivery of tested interoperable solutions to customers.
The solution will provide broad visibility and deep-dive resolution across the entire application delivery chain, spanning both the enterprise and the Internet. The first of its kind, the Compuware Vantage and Gomez solution brings organizations a unified view of the health of business applications that starts from the customer perspective and follows through to the back-end data center, giving complete visibility and insight into application performance and business impact. This unparalleled breadth is combined with deep-dive analysis for rapid troubleshooting and root-cause identification, regardless of whether the source of the problem is on the Internet or in the data center. Used alongside other solutions that support C&W Worldwide's APM portfolio it will enable C&W Worldwide to provide its customers with an end-to-end application and network performance management solution.
Tom Stockwell, Business Manager at Cable&Wireless Worldwide comments, "The addition of Compuware is a core part of the latest development of our APM product portfolio. As mission critical business applications become more complex and the Internet grows more important for business operations, it is essential to deliver dependable application performance. With Compuware Vantage and Gomez incorporated into our APM suite we can provide a more complete view of application performance that exceeds customer expectations."
C&W Worldwide's APM solution ensures optimum performance from business-critical applications across its next-generation network (NGN). APM uses a central software management suite to ensure business-critical applications perform well, consistently, and deliver better value from the network by optimizing bandwidth use. It monitors network traffic and application performance in real-time, automatically distributing and managing network allocation to ensure traffic is prioritized according to what applications an organization has decided are most business-critical. APM can also accelerate selected applications across the Wide Area Network (WAN), improving the performance of all types of applications – from file sharing and databases to software distribution.
"Compuware and Cable&Wireless Worldwide can help customers reduce IT costs and increase organizational agility," said Kimberly King, Vice President of Channels and Alliances, Compuware Corporation. "We are pleased to be working with C&W Worldwide to deliver world-class solutions for advanced technologies and cloud computing."
"Cisco is excited to see application performance vendors like Compuware take advantage of the rich data provided by Cisco Network Analysis Module to offer greater application and network visibility and new value added services," said Clive Foreman, Vice President, Network Management Technology Group, Cisco. "With offerings such as this solution, customers can more quickly deploy new business applications and services while ensuring that performance and availability are met."
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About Cable&Wireless Worldwide
Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE:CW) aims to be the first-choice provider of mission critical communications. The Company is one of the world's leading critical communication providers delivering a range of high-quality managed voice, data and IP-based services and applications to large corporations, multinational companies, governments, carrier customers and resellers across the UK, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa, Continental Europe and North America.
In the UK, Cable&Wireless Worldwide owns the country's largest fiber network dedicated to business users of telecoms reaching 20,500km in length, and providing ubiquitous UK access through a combination of fiber, digital, microwave, radio and leased circuits. The network has presence in more than 400 towns and cities in the UK, with 802 unbundled exchanges covering 55% of the population.
On an international scale, Cable&Wireless Worldwide's global next-generation network (NGN) stretches to more than 500,000km, including interests in 69 global cable systems, and provides connectivity to 153 countries. The Company's Multi-Service Platform, an IP-based next-generation platform that operates across the NGN, offers a single environment on which voice and data applications can be converged to drive business efficiencies. The network is uniquely designed with inbuilt resilience and the capability to re-route traffic across diverse paths in the event of failure of one or more paths, particularly at the international level.
With more than 6,300 colleagues globally, Cable&Wireless Worldwide is committed to delivering exceptional customer service and developing long-term partnerships with its customers.
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