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Citrix Embraces Virtual Lab Management and Acquires VMLogix Citrix is acquiring VMLogix ! For those who may be unaware of VMLogix, the company is the creator of products in the market segment known as “ virtual lab management ”. This is the part of virtualization that is going to transform the application lifecycle as we know it. This acquisition is big news, especially for anyone that deals with getting software or applications to market on time, on budget, and with a high level of quality. I just realized, that sums up pretty much every business in the world, so why hasn’t VMLogix and its product category of virtual lab management taken the world by storm? We believe that virtual lab management is the biggest innovation for software to come to fruition since the introduction of the IDE (integrated development environment). If you use virtual lab management technology in your organization it is guaranteed that you have saved your organization lots of money, lots of time, and have be...

HP and Fortify – Application Security Now in the Lifecycle HP announced its intent to acquire Fortify Software. Fortify represents one of the last standing original independent application security software vendors. Back in 2003, application security vendors were all the rage. The idea that security vulnerabilities occur rather frequently at the application level was 100% accurate. The problem with getting development and QA shops to fully embrace the notion of application security was one of skills and communication across organizational boundaries. Think about developers and testing professionals, they have full time jobs that keep them more than busy. Now, add the complexity of developing and testing for security – that is a difficult task to add to an already full docket. Thus, application security, while necessary and vital, never gained the traction in the market that was expected. So, slowly one by one, the pure play application security vendors were either acquired or disappear...