Boole & Babbage signs OEM agreement with INNOVUS Technologies; Ensign UNIX systems management tools to be integrated with the NetWorker for HP 9000 product.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)--June 6, 1995--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), a leader in enterprise automation 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 that it has established an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationship with INNOVUS Technologies, Inc., a provider of open systems software solutions for HP platforms. Through this agreement, INNOVUS will offer Ensign (TM) software products from Boole & Babbage Incorporated into its NetWorker for HP 9000 product for improved systems availability. When integrated with NetWorker, Ensign alarm agents provide fault management and notification via 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. for storage and backup tasks handled by NetWorker in the HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. environment. The Ensign products, recently certified through the 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. Premier Solution Partner program, offer a gateway to integrate NetWorker for HP 9000 with the popular HP OpenView SNMP management framework. This agreement illustrates the value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. by integrating the capabilities of the Ensign UNIX systems management and availability monitoring tools with software solutions from other manufacturers. The Ensign product family from Boole & Babbage consists of modular components for advanced systems management of multiplatform UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NetWare environments. Ensign product components can function as standalone solutions or in concert with each other and other applications and frameworks. "Ensign can be configured to monitor systems and applications using SNMP within minutes," said Robert Albertson, executive director of the Boole & Babbage Business Partners Group. "The OEM Agreement with INNOVUS proves Ensign's applicability as value-added technology when integrated with other vendors' software." Bob Hewson, general manager for INNOVUS, noted that Boole & Babbage and INNOVUS are ideally matched in providing an integrated storage solution for HP OpenView, as both companies are dedicated to delivering products that can be easily customized and enhanced based on a customer's changing requirements. "NetWorker for HP 9000 on HP OpenView can be configured in an unlimited number of ways to meet the demands of a specific customer installation, such as a customer's need for heterogeneous client support and the demand to integrate non-HP servers into the overall storage architecture," said Hewson. The Boole & Babbage Business Partners Program manages relationships with value-added resellers, system integrators and OEMs to expand distribution opportunities for Ensign systems monitoring and management software. INNOVUS Technologies is a manufacturer of high-performance open systems software solutions for HP computers. INNOVUS was incorporated in 1984 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to provide software development and software migration services for HP 3000 business servers and HP 9000 commercial servers and technical workstations. INNOVUS focuses on network operating systems and storage management software. The company works with Novell Inc. as a NetWare for UNIX partner, with Legato Systems, Inc. as a NetWorker Solutions Partner and with Hewlett-Packard Corp. as a Premier Solution Partner, a PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. Developer and a SureStore Solutions Provider. Boole & Babbage is a 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, 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 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 North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. -0- Notes to Editors: Boole & Babbage is a registered trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. Ensign is a trademark of Boole & Babbage, Inc. NetWorker for HP 9000 is a trademark of INNOVUS Technologies, Inc. HP OpenView is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Please do not use editorial contacts for product information listings. For product information, please list: -- Boole & Babbage, Patrick Johnston, 408/526-3269 -- INNOVUS Technologies, Mark Broadus, 905/529-8117 CONTACT: The Weber Group Sharon Zovod or Nancy Donegan, 415/325-8300 or Boole & Babbage, Inc. Julia Montgomery, 408/526-3321 |
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