NetLabs
Encyclopedia
NetLabs was a software company that was founded in 1989 to address management of SNMP and CMOT (CMIP
over TCP/IP) devices. CMOT was specified in RFC 1095. This RFC was subsequently obsoleted by RFC 1189. RFC 1147 mentions the company and some of its products in a catalog of network management
tools. The company was acquired by Seagate Technology
in 1995 as part of its Seagate Software division.
by Unni Warrier
, Anne Lam, Jon Biggar, and Dan Ketcham. Larry Wall
, the inventor of the Perl programming language, joined the company. In 1991, the company relocated to Los Altos, California
.
A number of employees moved from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area to continue with the company. Around this time, Unni Warrier and Anne Lam left the company, and Andre Schwager (as CEO) and Rosalie Buonauro (head of Marketing) joined.
After being acquired by Seagate (announced March 20, 1995), the company moved to Cupertino, California
. Subsequently, Seagate Software sold off the Network and Storage Management Group to Veritas Software
. Veritas in turn sold off some of the software to Open Service, Inc.
The network management marketplace during the years before it was acquired included HP
(OpenView
), Sun
(SunNet Manager), Cabletron (Spectrum) and others. NetLabs licensed software to Sun. It also released a version of software that would allow it to coexist and augment OpenView instead of directly competing.
Ultimately, one of the products, NerveCenter, was being offered by LogMatrix.
Common management information protocol
The Common Management Information Protocol is the OSI specified network management protocol.Defined in . It provides an implementation for the services defined by the Common Management Information Service specified in , allowing communication between network management applications and...
over TCP/IP) devices. CMOT was specified in RFC 1095. This RFC was subsequently obsoleted by RFC 1189. RFC 1147 mentions the company and some of its products in a catalog of network management
Network management
Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems....
tools. The company was acquired by Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California, United States.-1970s:On November 1, 1979...
in 1995 as part of its Seagate Software division.
History
The company was founded in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
by Unni Warrier
Unni Warrier
Unni Warrier is the co-founder, and former president, chairman, and CEO of CyberMedia, a public company providing automatic service and support software for the PC.-Biography:...
, Anne Lam, Jon Biggar, and Dan Ketcham. Larry Wall
Larry Wall
Larry Wall is a programmer and author, most widely known for his creation of the Perl programming language in 1987.-Education:Wall earned his bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University in 1976....
, the inventor of the Perl programming language, joined the company. In 1991, the company relocated to Los Altos, California
Los Altos, California
Los Altos is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,976 according to the 2010 census....
.
A number of employees moved from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area to continue with the company. Around this time, Unni Warrier and Anne Lam left the company, and Andre Schwager (as CEO) and Rosalie Buonauro (head of Marketing) joined.
After being acquired by Seagate (announced March 20, 1995), the company moved to Cupertino, California
Cupertino, California
Cupertino is an affluent suburban city in Santa Clara County, California in the U.S., directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 at the time of the 2010 census. Forbes...
. Subsequently, Seagate Software sold off the Network and Storage Management Group to Veritas Software
VERITAS Software
Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California...
. Veritas in turn sold off some of the software to Open Service, Inc.
Products
NetLabs products included:- NerveCenter - network management console with correlation engine
- AssetManager - networked computing asset database with auto-discovery
- Vision - WYSIWYGWYSIWYGWYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
network element panel simulator
The network management marketplace during the years before it was acquired included HP
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
(OpenView
OpenView
HP OpenView was the former name for a Hewlett Packard product family that consists of network and systems management products. In 2007, HP OpenView was rebranded when it became part of the HP Software Division. HP OpenView software provided large-scale system and network management of an...
), Sun
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
(SunNet Manager), Cabletron (Spectrum) and others. NetLabs licensed software to Sun. It also released a version of software that would allow it to coexist and augment OpenView instead of directly competing.
Ultimately, one of the products, NerveCenter, was being offered by LogMatrix.
