2ndWave First to Deliver Tivoli Management Solutions Over the Internet.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers Planet Tivoli PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 Affordable, Fast Access to Tivoli Solutions Gives Mission-Critical IT Organizations World-Class Functionality 2ndWave, Inc., and Tivoli Systems Inc., today unveiled their ongoing relationship to deliver Tivoli(R) management solutions over the Internet via the Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) model. 2ndWave is the first ASP to provide direct access to the full functionality in a suite of Tivoli products addressing enterprise systems management, network management, storage management and help desk management. This partnership opens a delivery channel for Tivoli and allows 2ndWave to offer world-class IT management solutions through the Web to mission-critical IT organizations that lack the necessary resources for traditional deployment and maintenance. While these companies desire the best management solutions to address their ever-growing IT challenges, due to their size, most find it a challenge to invest in the deployment costs and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. needed to maximize their IT investment. These organizations are finding a solution in 2ndWave, the first ASP to deliver full access to a comprehensive suite of Tivoli's industry-leading technology management solutions and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality . 2ndWave is currently delivering top-tier solutions and proven best practices to a rapidly growing customer base. 2ndWave accelerates IT organizations' efficiency by putting them in control and enabling them to manage complexity across internal and co-located infrastructure. "For a fixed monthly fee, we allow mission-critical IT organizations of all sizes to tap into Tivoli's world-class functionality," said Bob Seebold, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of 2ndWave. "Our 2ndWave management team brings years of experience working at Tivoli--including developing intellectual property for enterprise system management--which makes 2ndWave and Tivoli natural partners. Additionally, we have been able to attract the highest number of Tivoli-certified engineers outside of Tivoli. Teaming with Tivoli, applying our prior experience, and then expanding it through the ASP business model enables us to successfully meet the challenge of helping our growing customer base create and maintain IT operational excellence with Tivoli solutions." "In partnering with 2ndWave, Tivoli is looking forward to providing high-growth IT organizations and middle-market companies with the robust management tools they need, in a manner that meets their resource constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. ," said Robert Davis Robert Davis can refer to:
As part of its Tivoli offering, 2ndWave assists in maintaining the underlying infrastructure so that it operates in an optimum fashion. In addition, 2ndWave guarantees that the solutions work or the customer doesn't pay. This value-add is backed by the company's seasoned management team's decades of experience in shaping the enterprise system management industry, expertise in the solutions' core technologies, and proven best practices. By having the option to delegate A person who is appointed, authorized, delegated, or commissioned to act in the place of another. Transfer of authority from one to another. A person to whom affairs are committed by another. A person elected or appointed to be a member of a representative assembly. specific IT operational tasks to 2ndWave, organizations can re-direct their IT resources to more strategic business objectives. All managed services are provided by 2ndWave's Customer Interaction Center in Austin, Texas. "With our rapid deployment, IT organizations can get their hands on Tivoli and plug into a fully functional enterprise-class system in a matter of days, as compared to months when confronted with a traditional deployment," Seebold said. "Our customers also benefit from a reduction in total cost of ownership, and soon see dramatic improvement in their IT infrastructure reliability and efficiency. In addition, our solutions quickly scale upward to keep pace with our customers' business growth." About 2ndWave 2ndWave, Inc. is the only Application Service Provider to deliver access to a comprehensive suite of industry-leading IT solutions and managed services to mission-critical IT organizations. Offering proven best practices and top-tier solutions, 2ndWave accelerates IT organizations' efficiency by putting them in control and enabling them to manage complexity across internal and co-located infrastructures. With 2ndWave solutions, companies facing IT resource and time constraints In law, time constraints are placed on certain actions and filings in the interest of speedy justice, and additionally to prevent the evasion of the ends of justice by waiting until a matter is moot. are able to dramatically reduce total cost of ownership, accelerate time-to-value, and focus on strategic business objectives. Founded in 1998, 2ndWave is located in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. and maintains its Customer Interaction Center in Austin, Texas. For more information, call 888-717-8760, or visit www.2ndWaveinc.com. About Tivoli Systems Inc. Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly scalable and cross-platform IT management solutions that span networks, systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce. Leading companies around the world use Tivoli software Tivoli Software is the systems management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. in 1996[1] and allowed it to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary for a few years before forming the Software Group. and Tivoli Ready(tm) products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (R) company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM). Tivoli distributes its products worldwide through a network of global sales offices, systems integrators An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. , resellers and IBM sales channels. For more information, visit www.tivoli.com. Tivoli, Tivoli Ready and Tivoli Enterprise are registered trademarks or trademarks of Tivoli Systems, an IBM company, in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , other countries, or both. In Denmark, Tivoli is a trademark licensed from Kjobenhavns Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
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