AlterPoint Selected by Siemens Business Services.AUSTIN, Texas -- AlterPoint(TM), Inc., a leading provider of enterprise network change and configuration management (NCCM NCCM National Car Care Month (April) NCCM National Catholic Commission on Migration NCCM Negotiating Construction Contract Modifications NCCM National Cancer Center of Malawi ) solutions, today announced that Siemens Business Services, a 6-billion-dollar IT services firm, has selected DeviceAuthority Suite to join its portfolio of services. AlterPoint's DeviceAuthority Suite delivers change and configuration management solutions for network devices to assure the performance, availability and security of its network infrastructure. Additionally, DeviceAuthority Suite is part of the Siemens Business Services SieQuence(R) solution, their flagship IT outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. service. DeviceAuthority Suite will help automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the delivery of services to Siemens clients. IT will also streamline the management of mission-critical network infrastructures based on best practices outlined by ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). - the IT Infrastructure Library. "All of our operations are based on ITIL, an integrated, process-based, best practice framework for managing IT services," said Bill Pitakos, Siemens Business Services Vice President of Network and Data Services. "DeviceAuthority Suite fully supports this approach by providing us with accountability for our IT assets and configuration for easy implementation of ITIL best practices." Internally, Siemens Business Services is using DeviceAuthority Suite to proactively monitor and control device configuration changes in real-time. DeviceAuthority Suite allows Siemens Business Services to automatically identify and remediate re·me·di·a·tion n. The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency: remediation of a learning disability. re·me potential network configuration issues resulting in increased network resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n and significantly reducing the risk of network device security vulnerability. "We are very excited that Siemens Business Services selected DeviceAuthority Suite to use internally as well as part of its IT infrastructure management service offering," said Jeffrey Ait (Advanced Intelligent Tape) A magnetic tape technology from Sony that uses 8mm cartridges similar in appearance to 8mm video cassettes, but are of far higher quality suitable for corporate use. , 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. , AlterPoint. "We look forward to contributing to Siemens' success by delivering the benefits of network change and configuration management to its worldwide client base." About Siemens Business Services Siemens Business Services is one of Siemens' operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. 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. and is one of the world's leading IT service providers. With its comprehensive know-how and specific sector knowledge, this division of Siemens offers solutions and services from a single source - from consulting through system integration and management of IT infrastructures to IT outsourcing. In fiscal year 2003, Siemens Business Services achieved sales of $6.1 billion. The company has more than 34,000 employees in 44 countries. For more information, please visit Siemens Business Services on the Web at www.usa.siemens.com/sbs. About DeviceAuthority Suite DeviceAuthority Suite provides a comprehensive solution for managing the configurations and change of network devices including routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, wireless access points and other network devices. DeviceAuthority Suite automates the assessment, management and auditing of configurations on network devices, reducing the cost and complexity of managing distributed IT infrastructures by providing an end-to-end view of configurations that spans hardware, 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 software applications. Organizations will experience reduced business risk and IT management costs, while improving systems performance and maintaining business continuity. About AlterPoint AlterPoint is the leading provider of network change and configuration management (NCCM) solutions for complex, multi-vendor network environments. Our solutions provide visibility, automation and governance over network changes, increasing the availability, performance and security of enterprise networks. AlterPoint's leadership in the NCCM market is based on customer adoption, innovation, vision and product superiority in real-world customer situations. AlterPoint is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.alterpoint.com. (C) 2001-2004 AlterPoint, Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. AlterPoint, DeviceAuthority, and their respective logos are trademarks of AlterPoint, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company or product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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