Boole & Babbage Adds Three Systems Management Applications to Ensign with New Synergy Partners Program; Ensign Capabilities are Extended with Integration of Scheduling, Software Distribution and Trouble Ticketing Solutions.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)--Jan. 15, 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 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 the Ensign Synergy partnership program. Synergy delivers integration with leading systems management applications to complement the Ensign R3 event management and systems administration suite, also announced today. The initial phase of Synergy includes OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard for scheduling, Tangram for software distribution and Remedy Corp Remedy Corp (NASDAQ:RMDY) was a software company that produced the Action Request System and various applications therein. Remedy is now the Service Management Business Unit of BMC Software. . for trouble ticketing to offer Ensign R3 customers a more comprehensive choice of distributed systems management (DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. ) solutions. Future partners and applications are planned for integration with Ensign R3 later this year to incorporate Security, Storage, Database and Performance Management. "Customers have told us that interoperability and ease-of-use are critical," said Saverio Merlo, senior vice president of marketing, Boole & Babbage. "With Ensign R3 and Synergy, they have one of the most powerful systems management tools for client/server without paying any of the exorbitant implementation costs typical of competitive proprietary solutions." The Ensign Synergy program provides an integration path for best of breed third-party applications from preferred suppliers. Through these partnerships, customers receive the benefits of other DSM solutions without requiring the third-party Synergy partner or the customer to undergo major interoperability re-engineering costs. From the Ensign R3 console, customers can perform application launching, agent-to-agent monitoring and automation, and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. management through tight integration with leading network manager platforms, including HP OpenView, 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) SystemView for AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Sun SunNet Manager. In addition to application integration provided by Boole & Babbage, customers can purchase the Synergy toolkit to build integration between their native systems management applications and Ensign R3. The Synergy toolkit is available for $2,500. Boole & Babbage is a 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 -- from mainframe to desktop and legacy to client/server. Boole & Babbage products complement Help Desk, data center operations, network and systems 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. Ensign is a trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. HP OpenView is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co. All other trademarks 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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