Nimsoft
| Company type | Subsidiary (before acquisition) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology, IT monitoring, service desk solutions |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Gary Read |
| Fate | Acquired by CA Inc. in 2010 |
| Headquarters | Silicon Valley , United States |
| Products | IT monitoring and service desk software platforms |
| Parent | CA Inc. (since 2010) |
Nimsoft operated as an independent software vendor focused on IT monitoring and service desk solutions before its acquisition by CA Inc. in 2010. Since October 2012, Nimsoft's products have been incorporated into CA's suite, while the Nimsoft name continues to be utilized.
The company's offerings facilitate the supervision and administration of business services along with IT infrastructure elements such as networks, servers, databases, applications, virtual environments, and AI-driven technologies. Its platforms are compatible with systems hosted both on-premises and in external SaaS or cloud settings.
History
Nimbus Software was established in 1998 in Oslo, Norway. In 2002, Converse Software was founded in Silicon Valley as its sole distributor for the US market. These two entities united in 2004, forming Nimsoft, with founder Gary Read appointed as CEO and the main office located in Silicon Valley.
In 2007, Nimsoft raised $10.3 million through a Series A funding round backed by JMI Equity and Northzone Ventures. The following year, the company acquired Indicative Software to strengthen its business service management solutions and inaugurated a research and development center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Additionally, Nimsoft earned the San Francisco Business Times "Best Place to Work Award" in 2008 and completed a $12 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs.
During 2009, Nimsoft purchased intellectual property from Cittio, which introduced capabilities such as network discovery, topology mapping, and root cause analysis based on graph theory principles. Later that year, it launched a consolidated monitoring framework designed for SaaS and cloud infrastructures.
In March 2010, CA Inc. declared the acquisition of Nimsoft for $350 million. By September of that year, Nimsoft had extended its support to Vblock products from VCE Company. In April 2011, it released Unified Manager software that integrates IT monitoring with service management functions. Further improvements included broader compatibility with NetApp storage systems announced in June 2011. After CA acquired WatchMouse in July 2011, its technology was merged into Nimsoft’s product lineup.
By 2012, Nimsoft ceased operating as an independent entity within CA but continued to exist as a brand offering the same suite of products. Following Broadcom’s acquisition of CA Technologies in 2018, Nimsoft’s solutions were rebranded under DX Unified Infrastructure Management.