CA Spectrum

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Spectrum

Developer(s)	CA, Inc
Stable release	9.1.2 / November 2009
Operating system	Windows, Linux, Solaris
Type	Network management system
License	Commercial
Website	CA/Spectrum

CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager is a network infrastructure management solution developed by CA, Inc. Spectrum enables the modeling of LAN, WAN, wired, wireless, physical and virtual networks.

Spectrum provides advanced features such as network auto-discovery, impact analysis, service level management and automated configuration change management. It is capable of automatically identifying all network assets, and generating a network topology map that displays all network elements, down to their physical and logical ports. Spectrum is capable of determining and representing the root cause, and impact, of a network fault.

Spectrum is composed of modules, including (but not limited to):

• Foundation Suite
• Network Configuration Manager
• Microsoft MOM Connector
• MPLS VPN Manager
• Multicast Manager
• QoS Manager
• BMC Remedy Gateway
• Report Manager
• Secure Domain Manager
• Service Manager
• Service Performance Manager
• SNMPv3 Module
• Southbound Gateway Toolkit
• Modeling Gateway Toolkit
• TL1 Gateway Toolkit
• CORBA Toolkit

[edit] History

Spectrum was originally developed at Cabletron Systems, Inc, in 1991. In 1999 the Spectrum business unit became a separate company, Aprisma Management Technologies. The main goal of this division was to erase industry perceptions that the technology was tied to Cabletron's hardware.^{[citation needed]} Up until this division other companies, such as Cisco, saw Cabletron as a competitor and were reluctant to work together with it^[1]. Cabletron was later divided into Enterasys and Riverstone, and Aprisma was sold by Enterasys to Gores Technology Group following an SEC investigation.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2005, Concord Communications, Inc, announced its intent to acquire Aprsima from Gores. ^[2].

CA, Inc. acquired Concord Communications, Inc, including its Aprisma Management Technologies subsidiary, on June 7, 2005. ^[3]

[edit] External links

• CA Spectrum product page
• CA Spectrum family brief
• The Spectrum Wiki Website from the UserGroup.
• SpectroWiki - A wiki site for Spectrum Usage.
• Spectrum Professionals Group at Linkedin
• Spectrum Professionals Fanpage at Facebook

[edit] References