Performance Management Software

Performance management software is used for capacity planning, performance data collection, performance tracking, and simulation software, as well as service level-management software when applied to systems and applications. It also includes resource accounting software for resource utilization tracking and reporting and IS‑specific financial management and planning. The following are representative vendors and products in this market:

• BMC (PATROL and MAINVIEW)
• Computer Associates (JARS, MICS, and Unicenter Network and Systems Management [NSM] Systems Performance Option)
• Compuware (Strobe, iStrobe, Vantage)
• HP OpenView (Performance Insight, Glance Plus, MeasureWare)
• IBM Tivoli (Omegamon)
• Mercury Interactive (Topaz)