Micromuse
| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired by IBM |
| Founder | Christopher J. Dawes Phil Tee[1] |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
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Key people
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Greg Brown (CEO until 2002) Lloyd Carney (CEO from 2003) |
| Website | www.micromuse.com (redirects to IBM website) |
- This article refers to the former software company. For the online role-playing game see MicroMUSE.
Micromuse Inc. (Former stock number: NASDAQ: MUSE) was an American company based in San Francisco which provided network management software.[2] The company's partners included Psytechnics.[3]
Products
The company's notable products include Netcool Ominbus which would later become part of the IBM Tivoli Framework.[4][5]
History
Micromuse was founded by [Australian] Chris Dawes, in London, in 1989.[6][7] 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.[8] RiverSoft was founded by Phil Tee after he left Micromuse.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
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 (Boston) [12]
In December 2005, IBM entered into an agreement to acquire Micromuse for approximately $865 million in cash.[13]
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