Boole & Babbage aggressively extends reach of HP OpenView Solution Framework; COMMAND/POST integration with HP OpenView OperationsCenter enhanced and HP-UX supported.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1995--Boole & Babbage, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOOL), a provider of enterprise automation solutions for distributed computing, today announced that it has further advanced its partnership with Hewlett-Packard Company by entering into an agreement to provide enhanced interoperability between Boole & Babbage products and HP OpenView OperationsCenter and HP-UX.

This agreement builds upon the work already completed by the two companies to provide a tightly integrated, complete solution for distributed systems management. The results of the work already completed are: (1) Ensign integration with HP OpenView Network Node Manager to the level of HP OpenView Premier Solution Partner; (2) Boole & Babbage Ensign support for HP-UX; and (3) bi-directional interoperability between Boole & Babbage COMMAND/POST and HP OpenView Network Node Manager.

Boole & Babbage is now further committing to extend the reach of the HP OpenView Solution Framework through the expansive legacy and distributed management capabilities provided by COMMAND/POST. Integration between Boole & Babbage products and the HP OpenView Solution Framework will provide systems managers with the ability to seamlessly use products from both companies.

Robert Hoog, general manager for HP's Network and System Management Division, commented, "We're very glad to see Boole & Babbage standardize its products on the HP OpenView Solution Framework. The combined offering will enable our mutual customers to get more out of the products from each company by enabling consistent, scalable and robust systems management from a common environment."

HP added OperationsCenter to the HP OpenView Solution Partner Program to allow ISVs to provide off-the-shelf and customized management solutions based on OperationsCenter. With this agreement, Boole & Babbage is recognized as a key industry provider tapped by HP to offer tightly integrated products that form a complete enterprisewide management solution.

Of primary significance in the agreement is Boole & Babbage's plan to provide automation and alert integration between COMMAND/POST and HP's OperationsCenter as well as HP-UX support for COMMAND/POST. Additionally, the agreement expands the existing implementation of bi-directional interoperability between COMMAND/POST and HP OpenView Network Node Manager, including applications launching, alert sharing and map integration.

"This combined system management offering from Boole and HP delivers both the infrastructure and availability management applications for extending our customers' distributed systems management reach well beyond SNMP boundaries," said Saverio Merlo, senior vice president of marketing for Boole & Babbage. "Many of our customers use HP OpenView as their standard framework for distributed systems management, and this integration delivers on our promise of industry-leading interoperability for systems management."

"Product integration of this type is critical to our operations and positions us for the future," said Jacques Desbiens, project manager systems automation at Groupe IST. "Rather than a variety of disparate products managing individual functions within the system, we're looking for a total IT management solution. Combining the capabilities of COMMAND/POST and Ensign with HP OpenView will lessen our systems management headaches through automation and single point-of-control."

COMMAND/POST is an enterprisewide automated systems management product that provides central point-of-control for availability, fault management and automated operation 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 the productivity of staff by automating many common procedures.

The Boole & Babbage Ensign product family provides simultaneous centralized and distributed system administration services across UNIX and Novell NetWare environments. Ensign products interoperate with HP's Network Node Manager, providing simultaneous applications launching, alert sharing and fast-path troubleshooting to enable context- and problem-sensitive navigation between maps and alert displays. Tight integration between Ensign and the Open View Platform was key to Boole & Babbage being named an HP OpenView Premier Solution Partner. The Ensign systems management applications can interoperate with any SNMP platform.

Boole & Babbage is the worldwide leader in enterprise automation software for distributed systems. The company is committed to supporting open systems and the growing client/server market to help IS organizations reduce costs and increase systems availability. Boole & Babbage maintains strategic alliances with Hewlett-Packard and other industry leaders to ensure its customers the most powerful, efficient solutions. Founded in 1967, Boole & Babbage sells more than 40 products in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications, and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 98,600 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in its 1994 fiscal year.

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Note to Editors: Boole & Babbage is a registered trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. COMMAND/POST and Ensign are trademarks of Boole & Babbage, Inc.

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