Veeam software has long been known for its FastSCP file management software. But since that time, the company has been expanding its reach within the virtualization community by offering other needed applications to the virtual administrator. Now, to further expand its goal of virtualization management, the company has announced that it has acquired nworks, a company which has been providing enterprise managemen Veeam software has long been known for its FastSCP file management software. But since that time, the company has been expanding its reach within the virtualization community by offering other needed applications to the virtual administrator.Now, to further expand its goal of virtualization management, the company has announced that it has acquired nworks, a company which has been providing enterprise management connectors to help bridge the gap between VMware and the management tools provided by HP and Microsoft.“Our customers have been asking to manage their physical and virtual infrastructures through a single console — and many of them have significant investments in HP OpenView and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager,” said Ratmir Timashev, Veeam president and CEO. “By combining Veeam’s resources with nworks’ proven enterprise management expertise, we are moving the industry closer to eliminating the management separation of the physical and virtual worlds that has been problematic since the inception of virtual infrastructures.” Veeam’s new lineup of products will include its familiar VMware environment backup solution, Backup; its discovery and reporting solution, Reporter; performance monitoring, Monitor; configuration management, Configurator; and now nworks Smart Plug-In for VMware for HP Software Operations Manager and nworks Management Pack for VMware for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.The nworks acquisition should give Veeam the capability to connect with other third-party management solutions in the future, should Veeam choose to go that route. Software Development