Australian Telephone Company Calls on COMMAND/POST to Manage Nationwide Network; Boole & Babbage Enterprise Automation Solution Meets Management Challenges of Multivendor Networks.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1996--Boole & Babbage, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BOOL), the leader in Enterprise Automation solutions for managing distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , today announced that Telstra, Australia's government-owned telephone company and single largest continental user of IT, has chosen COMMAND/POST as part of the suite of central management and control tools for its nationwide IT data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. network. "Telstra's internal network supports the business functions of the many Telstra divisions," said Bob Ballard, national manager of network operations for Telstra. "It is a critical element of the Telstra drive for continued and improved service to our customers. Improving systems availability and the responsiveness and efficiency of operational staff in the event of component failures, are crucial factors as we deliver more advanced applications to our business units. After an evaluation of all offerings in the marketplace, we selected COMMAND/POST from Boole & Babbage as the product able to best meet our needs." "Centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. command and control of multivendor technologies is fast becoming an essential requirement for most IT managers today," commented Gary Read, director of product marketing for distributed systems at Boole & Babbage Europe. "COMMAND/POST not only provides a single point of control but also significantly automates routine processes, simplifies management processes and provides extensive management-level reporting." Telstra is currently using COMMAND/POST to manage its extensive enterprise topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. including a large TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. network, network of Novell servers, X.25 packet switched network, and mainframe-based 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 Bull networks. The COMMAND/POST enterprisewide automated systems management product is the cornerstone of the Boole & Babbage Enterprise Automation offering. COMMAND/POST provides central point-of- control for availability, fault management and automated operations of complex, multivendor environments. COMMAND/POST can alert the IS manager to problems and respond automatically to any systems and network events to fend off trouble conditions. It safeguards the overall efficiency of enterprise systems and improves staff productivity by automating many common procedures. COMMAND/POST is delivering end-to-end enterprise management for many of the world's largest and most information- intensive, risk-averse organizations in all business sectors. In the telecommunications area, customers include worldwide technology leaders such as Mercury Communications Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom. The company was formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless to challenge the monopoly of British Telecom (BT) which was privatised in 1984. , Sprint, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , Ericsson, Bell Atlantic and Pacific Bell. In addition to its telecommunications clients, the product is used by representative customers from many industries, including retail, outsourcing, utilities, transportation, finance, government, manufacturing and others. Boole & Babbage is the worldwide leader in Enterprise Automation solutions for managing distributed systems. The company works in partnership with customers to boost systems availability, reduce overall computing costs and strategically automate the entire IT enterprise. Through advanced interoperability, its proven solutions let customers gain proactive control of their distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks - from mainframe to desktop and legacy to client/server. Boole & Babbage products complement Help Desk, data center operations, network and system administration and storage management. Boole & Babbage has 42 offices in 26 countries, including three data centers and four development labs. The company's products are available through direct channels and a worldwide network of distributors and resellers. -0- Note to Editors: Boole & Babbage is a registered trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. COMMAND/POST is a trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boole & Babbage, Inc. Shelly Gordon, 408/526-3430 sgordon@boole.com http://www.boole.com |
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