Aduva's Linux System Deployment and Management Automation Tool Makes Barnes & Noble's ''Bestseller'' List.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004 Barnes & Noble, the World's Largest Bookseller, Chooses the Aduva OnStage Software Suite to Manage Its Worldwide Linux Deployment Aduva, which provides system deployment The deployment of a mechanical device, electrical system, computer program, etc., is its assembly or transformation from a packaged form to an operational working state. Deployment implies moving a product from a temporary or development state to a permanent or desired state. and management automation tools for complex and diverse Linux environments, and Vicom Infinity, an information technology company specializing in sales and support for zSeries systems, today announced that Barnes & Noble has selected Aduva's OnStage 2.1 automation tool to manage its soon to be implemented zSeries environment. With approximately 800 stores in 49 states under the Barnes & Noble and B. Dalton brands, and with a direct on-line sales presence at www.barnesandnoble.com, the world's largest bookseller is beginning implementation of its Linux environment. To support the implementation, the company has selected Aduva's OnStage 2.1 automation tool to help ease deployment and ensure its environment will be up-to-date, secure and reliable. Tom Giancaspro of Barnes & Noble explains, "We looked to Linux for many of the same reasons other companies have. Linux is less expensive to implement and gives us a lot of flexibility. We can choose from a range of software solutions from independent developers and also develop solutions in-house. However, the strength of Linux is also one of its major drawbacks. Finding solutions from many sources, it's easy to get conflicts and difficult to automate updates and implement de-bugging and security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security across operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and platforms. And, we did not want to have to rely on one OS and lose the flexibility and creativity inherent in Linux. Aduva's OnStage solves these problems." Says Tom Amodio, President of Vicom Infinity, Inc., "Naturally, we were pleased Barnes & Noble selected our zSeries platform as the vehicle for beginning its migration to Linux. However, our job doesn't end with a sale. So, we wanted to make sure the migration would be seamless; that it would be as problem-free as we could humanly hu·man·ly adv. 1. In a human way. 2. Within the scope of human means, capabilities, or powers: not humanly possible. 3. make it. That's why we suggested Barnes & Noble evaluate Aduva's OnStage suite which focuses on application deployment; configuration and change management; and patch control. It appears they were as impressed as we were. Now that Barnes & Noble is implementing OnStage to resolve Linux OS and platform conflicts, we can see our job becoming much easier and the deployment taking place much more rapidly and with fewer glitches than originally anticipated." OnStage helps users improve system function by extracting and retaining Linux system logic that's been abstracted from installed Linux OS and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . Resolving OS and hardware platform conflicts, OnStage makes it possible for users to avoid being locked into a single Linux OS platform distributor, such as Red Hat or SuSE or a specific hardware platform, e.g., Intel or Mainframe. In addition to protecting companies' investment in their legacy systems, OnStage provides an integrated "Deployment and Migration Methodology." This makes for rapid deployment or migration of customer applications and configurations across Linux platforms. Designed for large scale, heterogeneous, customized Linux environments, OnStage reduces the time and level of expertise for managing up-to-date, secure, and reliable Linux software environments -- distribution, middleware, and applications from third party and/or in-house developers. Providing a real-time audit trail of the time and date of every change, installation, and uninstall To remove hardware or software from a computer system. In order to remove a software application from a PC, an uninstall program, also called an "uninstaller," deletes all the files that were initially copied to the hard disk and restores the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI and SYSTEM. on every host, by every user (no matter whether there are dozens or thousands of physical and/or virtual Linux systems), OnStage compares systems to previous states and rolls back servers when required. Additionally, OnStage provides access to the most up-to-date security and bug patches, finding and deploying them automatically. OnStage 2.1 is made up of five components. They are the System Dependency Server (SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. ), the Dependency Manager (DM), the Software Component Repository (SCR (Sequence Control Register) See program counter. ), the Dependency Resolver (DR), and (DMM See multimeter. DMM - Digital Multimeter ), Deployment and Migration Methodology. The SDS abstracts applications and configurations logic from the Linux OS distribution and hardware platform by managing application and configuration dependencies, methods, policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental in a centralized database. The DM enables users to configure applications based on a target platform and leverage dependency knowledge of specific configurations for ongoing changes to the original platform. The SCR collects and manages company environment software components that enable automated resolutions to dependency incompatibilities. The DR provides automated cross-platform dependency resolution and ensures compatible components are deployed to correct dependency conflict. DMM, which enables the rapid deployment or migration of applications and configurations across Linux platforms, streamlines and automates complex, time-consuming tasks. About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BKS BKS Barracks BKS Best Kept Secret (gaming) BKS Bildung, Kultur Und Sport (German) BKS Brookside (city) BKS Bergen Kirurgiske Sykehus (Bergen, Norway) ) is the world's largest bookseller, operating 634 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 49 states. It also operates 234 B. Dalton Bookseller stores, primarily in regional shopping malls. The company offers titles from more than 50,000 publisher imprints, including thousands of small, independent publishers and university presses. Barnes & Noble also has approximately a 63% interest in GameStop (NYSE: GME GME granulomatous meningoencephalitis. GME Graduate medical education, see there ), the nation's largest video-game and entertainment-software specialty retailer with 1,393 stores. General financial information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate Web site: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/financials. About Vicom Infinity, Inc. Vicom Infinity, Inc. provides zSeries knowledge and implementation services. Helping IT departments select, size and implement systems, Vicom Infinity is one of only six Tier 1 Business Partners in the nation with offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island. About Aduva Founded in 1999, Aduva develops software automation tools for Linux systems management. These tools provide greater flexibility in the allocation and provisioning for on-demand and complex computing power. Additionally, they enable companies to customize applications and systems to meet specific business enterprise needs -- without the traditional high costs associated with customization. Aduva is backed by Intel Capital, 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) and BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. . Aduva, OnStage, OnStage Universal KnowledgeBase and SoundCheck
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