Allen Systems Group to Ship CA's Unicenter TNG Framework With ASG-IMPACT.NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1998-- ASG ASG Assign ASG Allen Systems Group (Naples, FL) ASG Abu Sayyaf Group (terrorist group) ASG Associated Student Government ASG Area Support Group ASG Adaptive Services Grid ASG Assistant Secretary General Delivers service management solutions integrated with Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) Allen Systems Group, Inc. (ASG) announced today it will ship Computer Associates Unicenter(r) TNG(tm) Framework(tm) with ASG-IMPACT(r), ASG's enterprise-wide consolidated service desk solution. The Unicenter TNG Framework is the first IT management framework with all the services and tools necessary for deploying sophisticated management applications on all leading 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 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. . In addition, ASG has joined the CA Development Partner Program to provide integration between ASG-IMPACT and Unicenter TNG, CA's industry-leading end-to-end enterprise management solution. Through enhanced automation and management of distributed IT environments, ASG-IMPACT and Unicenter TNG help reduce enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. costs and increase the business value of IT investments. Allen Systems Group clients will immediately benefit by using the tightly integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. of Unicenter TNG to enhance control of their distributed, multi-platform IT environments. "Integrating ASG-IMPACT with Unicenter TNG enables additional flexibility for enterprises looking to deploy solutions for meeting their critical service level agreements," said Jim Carlton James Joseph (Jim) Carlton AO (b. 13 May 1935) was an Australian politician. Carlton was born in Sydney and earned a BSc from the University of Sydney.[1] , ASG's vice president of customer support. "ASG-IMPACT and Unicenter TNG can handle any enterprise's need for knowledge-base technology." ASG-IMPACT provides improved customer service through the use of automation, integration, and service level management, an objective perfectly in step with the recommendations of leading business analysts. ASG-IMPACT is a tightly integrated suite of service management disciplines that include workflow, service desk, problem management, change management, asset management, and service level agreement management. ASG-IMPACT's automation capabilities allow organizations to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. existing network managers, job schedulers, performance monitors, frameworks, and auto-discovery tools, integrating them into the service management disciplines. ASG-IMPACT runs in disparate computing environments including MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . "Unicenter TNG provides organizations with the choice to implement a wide variety of management solutions," said Carl Hartman, CA's vice president of Development Partner Programs. "By integrating ASG-IMPACT with Unicenter TNG, Allen Systems Group now offers its clients a mechanism for improving service levels that leverages the reach, scalability and reliability of the most comprehensive end-to-end management architecture available." ASG is using the Unicenter TNG Software Developers Kit to develop integration between ASG-IMPACT and Unicenter TNG. Events captured by Unicenter TNG, which influence an organization's problem resolution process, are prioritized based upon service level agreements stored in ASG-IMPACT. The Unicenter TNG Framework is the only framework to provide "out-of-the-box" support for a broad range of hardware platforms and sophisticated framework technologies, such as object repository, auto discovery, and 2D and 3D GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. . The Unicenter TNG Framework supports a full portfolio of desktop management standards, including DMTF/DMI 2.0 and IETF/SNMP. The software is the underlying foundation for Unicenter TNG, the only fully-integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, change management and other functions for the heterogeneous enterprise. Founded in 1986, Allen Systems Group, Inc. (ASG) is the leading vendor of data center management software, including solutions for CA-IDMS, consolidated service desk, data center automation, job control management, file transfer, and data entry. Allen Systems Group is privately held, and maintains headquarters in Naples, Florida. Its global operations and distribution channels throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, Israel, and the Americas serve over 2,200 clients in a wide variety of industries. Further information can be obtained by calling 800/932-5536, faxing 800/325-2555, or visiting http://www.allensysgroup.com. All referenced product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Allen Systems Group, Inc. Phil Wilkerson, Vice President Marketing and Technical Communications 800/932-5536 phillipw@allensysgroup.com |
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