Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,585,939 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Bug Free, Constantly Updated, Self-healing Applications Result From SWAN International/Shaman Corporation Partnership.


Business/Technology Editors

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

-- Companies to Jointly Sell Software Deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use.

The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them.
 and

Software Reliability software reliability - See also formal methods, safety-critical system.

ftp://ftp.sei.cmu.edu/pub/depend-sw. Mailing list: depend-sw@sei.cmu.edu.
 Solutions for Corporate Enterprises --

SWAN International, Inc., today announced a partnership with Shaman shaman (shä`mən, shā`–, shă`–), religious practitioner in various, generally small-scale societies who is believed to be able to diagnose, cure, and sometimes cause illness because of a special relationship with, or  Corporation that will provide customers with the ability to deploy and manage the most current, complete and compliant versions of applications in their enterprise. Shaman's technology determines which applications throughout an enterprise may have bug patches or new updates available. SWAN provides the ability to distribute and install those patches and updates on the appropriate workstations and then guarantee application availability through self-healing technology.

For SWAN's customers, Shaman's products ensure that users are running the most up-to-date and bug-free versions of their software available, thereby reducing maintenance costs and avoiding the lost productivity that results from out-of-date applications. Shaman's customers can use Vision64 to deploy the applications and updates Shaman identifies, and enable those applications to be self-healing. SWAN and Shaman will work collaboratively to market each other's products and develop joint promotions.

"This is a truly synergistic partnership. Shaman ensures that the enterprise knows about the latest and greatest versions of the software applications running throughout the enterprise. Vision64 provides a way to deploy those applications and updates. The icing on the cake is that Vision64 makes those applications self-healing," stated Michael Torto, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of SWAN International. "Using these two products together provides the ultimate in software reliability."

"The partnership between Shaman and SWAN International will provide our customers with an ideal solution to enable their updates to be effectively distributed and applications to be proactively maintained at the highest level of quality, " explained John Jack, president and CEO of Shaman Corporation. "SWAN International's superior distribution and self-healing capabilities combined with Shaman's highly acclaimed software reliability products will benefit both our customers."

About Shaman Corporation

Shaman Corporation, the leading content and service provider for the software reliability community, ensures its users are running the most complete, current and reliable versions of software available. The Shaman Knowledge-Base contains up-to-the-minute details on bug fixes A revised program file or patch that corrects a software bug. See bug, patch and hot fix.

(programming) bug fix - A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug.
, patches, upgrades and Windows 2000 readiness from over 200 software vendors covering 50,000 software titles. Enterprise Shaman(TM) and Shaman ASP(TM), winner of PC Week Analyst Choice Award, proactively finds and fixes security breach, data loss and system failure bugs before they affect corporations. Shaman Corporation's partners include Motive Communications, Support.com, SWAN International, 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.  Service Desk, Peregrine Systems This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . , Remedy Corporation, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail,  and Careport.net. More information about Shaman's software reliability products and services can be found on the world wide web at http://www.eShaman.com

About Vision64

Vision64's self-healing desktop management and electronic software distribution technologies meet the software management challenges of today's demanding corporate enterprises. SWAN's Vision64 provides software deployment, graphical remote control, dynamic hardware and software inventory, back-up/restore and process control to ensure that software applications are functioning optimally in heterogeneous environments Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. . Through its Integrity Control Manager(TM), Vision64 discovers and repairs software problems before productivity is compromised. A web-based version, Vision64 for the Net, enables companies to distribute and manage software on laptops.

About SWAN International, Inc.

SWAN, International, Inc. is a leading provider of desktop management, software distribution and "self-healing" PC technology. With a loyal customer base of over 650,000 users worldwide, the Company made an aggressive entry into the North American North American

named after North America.


North American blastomycosis
see North American blastomycosis.

North American cattle tick
see boophilusannulatus.
 market in early 1999 with its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Vision64. SWAN International's parent company, SWAN SA is based in France and publicly traded on the EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation.  exchange under the symbol SWAN. SWAN International is headquartered at 61 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH 03060 USA. Phone: 603-888-9964. Fax: 603-888-9967. Web site at www.vision64.com.

Vision64(R) and Integrity Control Manager(TM) are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SWAN International, Inc. Enterprise Shaman(TM) and Shaman ASP(TM) are registered trademarks of Shaman Corporation.
COPYRIGHT 2000 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2000, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Date:Mar 13, 2000
Words:633
Previous Article:ADVISORY/Applicast CEO to Speak At Websourcing Conference; John McGrory, CEO of Leading ASP, to be Keynote Speaker on 'The ASP Model: Past, Present &...
Next Article:Terayon Acquires Internet Telecom Assets for Broadband Voice over IP; Expands Terayon's Broadband Telephony Systems Portfolio.
Topics:



Related Articles
Wassily Kandinsky.
Shamanism and Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy.
The Shaman's Apprentice: Ecstasy and Economy in Wilson's Joe Turner.
Shakers of St. Vincent.
In search of the authentic self: using plants of wisdom as healers.
Buzz off!

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles