Micromuse


Micromuse Inc. was an American company based in San Francisco which provided network management software. The company's partners included Psytechnics.

Products

The company's notable products include Netcool OMNIbus and Netcool/RAD which would later become members of the Tivoli Software portfolio.
Netcool OMNIbus continued as an IBM product, keeping its original name whereas Netcool/RAD was renamed Tivoli Business Service Manager, not to be confused with an earlier IBM product named Tivoli Business Systems Manager.

History

Micromuse was founded by Chris Dawes, in London, in 1989. Dawes was killed when his McLaren F1 car crashed in Essex, in 1999.
In June 2002, Micromuse entered into an agreement to purchase rival firm RiverSoft for £43m. RiverSoft was founded by Phil Tee after he left Micromuse.
In December 2002, the company chairman and chief executive officer Greg Brown announced his resignation, and his move to become executive vice president of Motorola. Brown had worked for Micromuse since 1999.
In July 2003, Lloyd Carney was named CEO and chairman of the board, replacing Mike Luetkemeyer who was the interim CEO.
In July 2005, Micromuse announced an agreement to acquire GuardedNet Inc, a computer security company based in Atlanta, for $16.2 million in cash. GuardedNet was founded by Bob Hughes, Matt Caldwell, and Iven Connary in 1999 and was venture funded by MC Partners
In December 2005, IBM entered into an agreement to acquire Micromuse for approximately $865 million in cash.