<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
software	O
vendor	O
that	O
offered	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
IT	O
)	O
monitoring	O
and	O
service	O
desk	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
brand	O
is	O
still	O
used	O
by	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
products	O
monitor	O
and	O
manage	O
business	O
services	O
and	O
specific	O
systems	O
within	O
the	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
,	O
including	O
network	O
components	O
,	O
servers	O
,	O
databases	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
virtualized	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
products	O
,	O
customers	O
can	O
monitor	O
systems	O
hosted	O
in	O
internal	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
externally	O
hosted	O
environments	O
,	O
including	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbus	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Oslo	O
,	O
Norway	O
,	O
in	O
1998	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
Nimbus	O
Data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Converse	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
exclusive	O
US	O
distributor	O
of	O
Nimbus	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbus	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
and	O
Converse	O
Software	O
merged	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
form	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
acquired	O
Indicative	O
Software	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
to	O
offer	O
business	O
service	O
management	O
and	O
established	O
a	O
new	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
base	O
in	O
Fort	O
Collins	O
,	O
Colorado	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
received	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Business	O
Times	O
2008	O
"	O
Best	O
Place	O
to	O
Work	O
Award	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
closed	O
a	O
$12	O
million	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Goldman	O
Sachs	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
acquired	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
assets	O
of	O
Cittio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
October	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
announced	O
its	O
unified	O
monitoring	O
architecture	O
to	O
monitor	O
externally	O
hosted	O
systems	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
and	O
cloud	O
computing-based	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
CA	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
acquire	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
for	O
$350	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
extended	O
its	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
Vblock	O
products	O
from	O
the	O
VCE	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
announced	O
its	O
Unified	O
Manager	O
,	O
software	O
combining	O
IT	O
monitoring	O
and	O
service	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CA	O
acquired	O
Netherlands-based	O
WatchMouse	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
software	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimsoft	B-Protocol
ceased	O
to	O
exist	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
operating	O
unit	O
within	O
CA	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
same	O
products	O
are	O
still	O
offered	O
under	O
that	O
brand	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
