CA Technologies acquires Watchmouse

CA Technologies, announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Watchmouse B V (WatchMouse), a player in SaaS (software as a service)-based monitoring for cloud, mobile and traditional web applications for an undisclosed amount.

WatchMouse solutions utilises a globally-distributed infrastructure of more than 60 monitoring stations in more than 40 countries. It replicates real-user transactions from these locations to provide up-to-the-minute insights into application performance and availability.

Now customers of both CA Technologies Service Assurance and Nimsoft will gain the ability to proactively manage end-user experiences, identify and resolve application performance issues and keep cloud vendors accountable for their service level agreements (SLAs). Delivered as a SaaS model, WatchMouse solutions will provide these capabilities in a format that doesn't require customers to install or manage software. It will be a subscription-based service requiring no upfront payment.

“As companies extend more applications to their customers through the web and smart phones, performance of those applications has a greater impact on revenue, customer loyalty and brand value. By adding WatchMouse to our portfolio we are enabling these companies to better safeguard the performance of customer-facing applications so that they can safeguard the performance of their businesses," said David Dobson, executive vice president of CA Technologies.