Definition: Marimba

(Marimba, Inc., Palo Alto, CA) A software company founded in 1996 by four key members of Sun's original Java development team. In 1996, it introduced Castanet, a family of Java-based delivery systems for publishing and automatically distributing application updates and other published materials via the Internet and intranets. Other Marimba products addressed the key areas of security management, infrastructure management and change and configuration management.

In 2004, BMC Software acquired Marimba and rapidly integrated its products and technologies into its line of business service management (BSM) software.