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• CA Technologies buys Layer 7 for API smarts

  CA Technologies is acquiring Layer 7 Technologies, a purveyor of tools for managing and securing application programming interfaces (APIs).

• CA Technologies sues AppDynamics for patent pilfering

  CA Technologies is suing a rival in the Application Performance Management (APM) market, accusing AppDynamics of using three of CA's patented technologies. The founder and CEO of AppDynamics helped lead software development at an APM company later acquired by CA.

• The next big thing on Twitter: #TwitterChats

  Atul Jha likes to stay up-to-date on the latest and greatest in the tech world; after all, that's part of his job as a consultant and technology evangelist for CSS Corp., which is co-headquartered in Silicon Valley and India.

• How to use the rogue cloud to innovate the right cloud

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Growth of devices, applications changing IT support: Citrix

  Citrix Online saw some "seismic changes" coming to the support arena as early as three years ago.

• Oracle buys Instantis for project portfolio management software

  Oracle on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire PPM (project portfolio management) software vendor Instantis, in a move that will build upon its past acquisition of Primavera. Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed this year, were not disclosed.

• Our bosses are digitally illiterate: Aussie CIOs

  Many Australian CIOs believe their bosses are digital illiterates, according to research commissioned by CA Technologies.

• CA updates Clarity PPM software

  CA Technologies has updated its Clarity project and portfolio management software to accommodate more comprehensive long-term planning.

• CA Technologies CEO: Doing what the customer needs

  William McCracken took over as chief executive officer of CA Technologies close to two years ago and in that time has engineered a series of organizational changes and acquisitions aimed at improving the company's perception among buyers and broadening its reach into new areas of technology and new customer segments.

• Q&A: Nimsoft CEO Chris O'Malley touts new 'supply chain of IT'

  Corporate functions from human resources to customer relationship management (CRM) have already been migrated to the cloud. But are you ready for systems monitoring and management in the cloud? More important, is management-as-a-service (MaaS) ready for your company?

• CA weighs in with Cloud 360

  With scores of new cloud companies popping up and so many existing players jumping on the cloud bandwagon, we wondered where the traditional enterprise networking vendors stood?

• CA takes to the Cloud for identity management

  CA Technologies has gotten its feet wet with Cloud-based security before, but now the company is moving further in with a package of Cloud-based identity and access control services.

• NetSuite boosts global capabilities of its SaaS business software

  NetSuite on Wednesday announced a series of enhancements and offerings meant to make its on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) software more desirable to larger companies, particularly those with international operations.

• US lawmakers question cloud security

  A rush by President Barack Obama's administration to move U.S. government agencies to cloud computing services may lead to unintended security problems and other headaches, some lawmakers said Thursday.

• CA Technologies buys Watchmouse for cloud monitoring

  CA Technologies is purchasing WatchMouse, a maker of SaaS-based tools for monitoring mobile and on-demand applications, the company announced Friday. Terms were not disclosed.