BMC Software Announces Partnership With Compaq and Aprisma to Deliver ServiceLevel/Rx.Business Editors & High Tech Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Initiative Delivers Availability, Performance, and Network Management for Business-Critical Applications From its global user conference, Learning Universe, 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. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. ), the leading provider of enterprise management, today announced a new partnership with Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. and Aprisma Management Technologies Aprisma Management Technologies was created after Cabletron Systems was broken up into 5 smaller pieces, as the business unit to continue the highly successful SPECTRUM network management suite. It was acquired in early 2005 by Concord, which in turn was acquired by Computer Associates. to deliver ServiceLevel/Rx, a strategic initiative that combines BMC Software's PATROL(R) enterprise management suite and Aprisma's SPECTRUM(R) infrastructure management platform with design and implementation services from Compaq Global Services in order to monitor and manage business-critical applications from the internal network to the application-level to the Web. Together, the BMC Software and Aprisma solutions ensure the complete reliability, availability and ongoing performance of today's e-business environments by proactively identifying, isolating i·so·late tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates 1. To set apart or cut off from others. 2. To place in quarantine. 3. and resolving service outages and degradations that threaten e-business operations, drain IT resources and erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment. profitability. "Customers need their e-business infrastructures designed robustly and implemented rapidly," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lex See yacc. 1. (tool) Lex - A lexical analyser generator for Unix and its input language. There is a GNU version called flex and a version written in, and outputting, SML/NJ called ML-lex. Dekkers, vice president of Next Generation Infrastructure, Compaq Global Services. "Compaq Global Services not only has those capabilities in general, but for these BMC Software and Aprisma products specifically as well. Working closely with our partners BMC and Aprisma, Compaq has developed proven experience in both external and internal projects." Beyond Compaq's successes in delivering professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. solutions with products from BMC Software and Aprisma, Compaq also uses this solution to manage outsourced IT environments for customers and to manage its own internal IT infrastructure. To bring this enterprise solution to more customers, Compaq is increasing the number of PATROL-certified professional services consultants available in the field to deliver the ServiceLevel/Rx solution and will be leveraging the existing PATROL and service level management expertise available from BMC Software Professional Services. "Customers are finding that having an e-business creates increasing complexity in their enterprise," said Carl Coken, vice president and general manager, PATROL platform solutions, BMC Software. "ServiceLevel/Rx helps our customers manage their application infrastructure, their network and their Web response times, allowing them to maintain 24x365 availability coupled with optimum performance." Inspired by this successful implementation of PATROL and SPECTRUM in Compaq's own enterprise application infrastructure, which includes 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. , Windows 2000, and Tru64 UNIX The 64-bit Unix operating system for HP's AlphaServers. Formerly Digital Unix when Alpha was a product family from Digital Equipment Corporation, it was renamed Tru64 Unix in 1999 by Compaq (HP acquired Compaq in 2002). , this new initiative delivers customized solutions to monitor and manage business-critical applications from the internal network to the application-level to the Web and can be implemented in an existing or new environment while taking advantage of current IT components. BMC Software and Aprisma's infrastructure management capabilities combined with Compaq's global professional services provide a complete, end-to-end service level management solution that customers can rely on with confidence. "The combination of PATROL for system and application monitoring and SpectroSERVER for network fault monitoring and alarming, allows us to set up correlations between network and server systems. Together they are an effective team and bring a high level of value to our 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. customers," according to Christoph Wittmer, a project manager for Compaq Global Service's FutureSourcing Practice. "This new initiative solidifies our efforts to couple award-winning management solutions with comprehensive professional services and address the needs of the service provider and enterprise markets," said Michael Skubisz, president of Aprisma Management Technologies. "We are pleased to be partnering with these best-of-breed companies to provide unique solutions and enhance our customer's experience." This complete solution is now generally available from Compaq Global Services. For more information, visit Compaq on the Web at www.compaq.com/services/management/ms_infrastructure.html. For more news from BMC Software's Learning Universe global user conference go to www.bmc.com/news_events/presskits/learning_universe/?p060501r4. About Aprisma Aprisma Management Technologies is the leader in intelligent root-cause analysis and scalable service assurance software. Aprisma's SPECTRUM(R) suite of integrated applications delivers service-level intelligence across multi-vendor network, system, application and security infrastructures. SPECTRUM software is deployed by over 1,100 leading Enterprise and Service Providers that are reducing costs while exceeding customers' service delivery expectations. Aprisma proudly acknowledges that over 50 of the Global 100 rely on SPECTRUM for total infrastructure service assurance. Additional information on SPECTRUM and related Aprisma solutions are available at www.aprisma.com or by contacting Aprisma sales at 877-437-0291, as well as contacting authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: SPECTRUM resellers worldwide. Visit Aprisma at Learning Universe, Booth G505-510. About BMC Software BMC Software Inc. (NYSE:BMC), is the leading provider of enterprise management solutions that assure business availability -- maintaining and optimizing business-critical systems with automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. infrastructure management and unique service management capabilities. BMC Software is a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2001 revenues exceeding $1.5 billion and offices worldwide. For more information, please visit BMC Software's Web site at www.bmc.com. BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software Inc. SPECTRUM is a registered trademark of Aprisma Management Technologies. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. (c) 2001 BMC Software Inc. All rights reserved. |
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