We are very excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired BlueStripe Software We’ve worked with Microsoft for years – they’ve been a great customer, a technology supporter, and IT management partner. Going forward, you will see BlueStripe’s technology play an even more important role as new data center and cloud solutions come to market. We are thrilled with the opportunity to be part of the next wave of IT innovation. When we founded BlueStripe Software, our goal was to give IT Operations teams a way to discover, map, and monitor their complex application infrastructure. The need for real-time accurate visibility into the structure and performance of applications has increased greatly, requiring visibility across the Data Center and in the Cloud. Our customers needed to manage increasingly complex environments incorporating different operating systems, multiple locations, all while increasing their use of the Cloud. We are proud to have delivered the best Hybrid Cloud management solution in the industry incorporating Discovery, Mapping, and Monitoring together in one tool. Lastly, we want to thank the customers, partners, and supporters who have helped us build this great company. To learn more from Microsoft about the acquisition, visit the Microsoft blog: http://blogs.microsoft.com/?p=53751.