Infra Corporation
Infra Corporation is a division of EMC Corporation that produces infraEnterprise, which is a multi-tier web-based IT Service Management software tool. The software is based on ITIL and it implements a number of ITIL processes, including Service Desk management, Change Management, Release Management, Configuration Management, Availability Management and Service Level Management. The tool also includes a knowledge base module, which complies with principles of Knowledge-Centered Support.
History
Infra Corporation was first established in 1991 in Australia, and now has regional head offices in North America, Australia, the UK and Europe and a worldwide network of partners and distributors.Merger and acquisitions
Infra was acquired by Hopkinton, Massachusettsbased EMC Corporation on 10 March 2008, in a move viewed by analysts as part of EMC's ongoing strategy to establish itself as an IT management service provider.VMware acquired Ionix Service Manager in 2010 and subsequently re-branded the tool VMware Service Manager. Support for this product began on 1 July 2010 and end of support has been announced for its latest and believed last version 9.x as of 8 March 2017.
In July 2014, it was announced that VMware and IT Service Management software company Alemba had entered into an agreement to hand control of the support and development of VMware Service Manager to Alemba.
Under the terms of this agreement, Alemba has taken over all operational aspects of VMware Service Manager, including support, account management and consultancy. Full product support and a development roadmap will now continue past the previous end of availability date of March 2017.
Alemba rebranded and relicensed the VMware Service Manager product as vFire Core. In December 2014, Alemba announced the release of vFire Core 9.2.0, the first major release of the tool under Alemba's ownership.