Nimsoft
American software company
Nimsoft was an independent company software vendor that offered information technology (IT) monitoring, service desk products, and services. It was acquired by CA Inc. in 2010, and since October 2012 its products were integrated into that business. The Nimsoft brand is still used by CA.
Nimsoft products allow users to monitor and manage business services and specific systems within the IT infrastructure, including network components, servers, databases, applications, virtualized environments and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
Nimsoft software also allows customers to monitor systems hosted in internal data centers, as well as in externally hosted environments, including software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing environments.
History
Nimbus Software was founded in Oslo, Norway, in 1998 (not to be confused with Nimbus Data).
Converse Software, the exclusive US distributor of Nimbus Software, was founded in Silicon Valley in 2002.
Nimbus Software and Converse Software merged in 2004 to form Nimsoft. Gary Read, the founder of the US distributor, was appointed CEO and the new company's headquarters were established in Silicon Valley.
In 2007 a 10.3 million Series A round of funding from JMI Equity and Northzone Ventures closed.
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