EMC has acquired nLayers to offer its customers an
improved way to manage their networked assets and
applications.
nLayers sells an appliance which automatically identifies, maps
and models the relationships and interdependencies between
applications, servers and devices.
EMC said it was buying nLayer to help it tackle a growing market
in application discovery systems.
EMC had been working with nLayers as an OEM partner, with nLayer
providing technology for the EMC Smarts Application Discovery
Manager software.
NLayers has two main products. NLayers InSight discovers and
maps relationships between applications and the technology
infrastructure. It can then provide businesses with a model of
their IT environment .
NLayers InSight Managed Services, working in conjunction with
NLayers InSight, is an application infrastructure discovery and
optimisation service.
Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed by
EMC.