Infrastructure software giant CA moved a step closer to fully integrating the technology it acquired from application management specialist Wily earlier this year, with the launch yesterday of a new version of its Introscope monitoring suite featuring tighter integration with CA's existing Unicenter systems and network management suite.

Wily Introscope version 7.1 provides functionality for monitoring and optimising web applications, portals and service-oriented architectures (SOA). CA said that enhanced integration with Unicenter would provide IT staff with a single point from which to monitor and manage network, infrastructure and application performance.

The new suite also includes enhanced reporting capabilities, including a new DVD-R-like navigation feature that CA says will allow "customers to scroll through detailed, time-coded replays of actual user-transactions and conduct root-cause problem analysis".

Despite the enhanced integration with CA's Unicenter suite, the company said Introscope will continue to integrate with rival management software systems, such as IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView.

“Our customers can expect Wily Introscope to remain framework-independent even as we develop innovative new management solutions and build strategic points-of-integration to CA’s broader technology portfolio,” insisted Mike Malloy, vice-president and chief marketing officer at CA’s Wily Technology Division, in a statement.