Boole & Babbage Welcomes Tivoli to the IBM SystemView Family.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. 31, 1996--As one of the initial members of the 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 Advance Team, Boole & Babbage (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) announced its support of today's IBM/Tivoli merger. The SystemView partnership has enabled Boole & Babbage to develop and deliver significant integration between its client/server and mainframe products and the SystemView framework. "Although this move narrows customers' choices in vendors, it also merges two competing frameworks and underscores the opportunity for ISVs like Boole & Babbage to deliver value through interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. ," said Jack Brown, senior marketing director of 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. at Boole & Babbage. With this announcement, Boole & Babbage will continue to add value to the IBM framework by extending enterprise-level application availability management and correlation to every element in the enterprise. "Because Boole & Babbage provides a combination of agent- and message-based technology, its products can scale to an enterprise level and address standard, non-standard and emerging technologies such as ATM and FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. -- all from a central point-of-control," continued Brown. "IT managers are anxious to have vendors get on with the business of delivering interoperable solutions, instead of fighting over standards," said Bert Cooley, technical leader in information systems at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Electric & Gas Co. "We truly benefit when vendors like Boole & Babbage deliver seamless interoperability with our other key suppliers' products, such as IBM SystemView." Boole & Babbage also stated that in a recent nationwide survey of IT leaders responsible for distributed systems management, an overwhelming majority indicated that they were leaning toward selecting HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. as their framework of choice. "This initiative certainly gives IBM SystemView greater visibility in a crowded market," said Brown. Boole & Babbage is the worldwide leader in Enterprise Automation solutions for 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 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. HP OpenView is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard, Inc. IBM SystemView and IBM are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boole & Babbage Shelly Gordon, 408/526-3430 sgordon@boole.com http://www.boole.com |
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