Bull Adds Application Management to its ISM/OpenMaster Enterprise Management Suite.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996-- Enterprise Management Summit Booth # 116 New tools add production management for SAP R/3, transactional management for TUXEDO See BEA TUXEDO. (database, networking) Tuxedo - Cross-platform distributed transaction monitor middleware marketed by BEA systems. Tuxedo supports the production of scalable client-server applications and the coordination of transactions spanning heterogeneous databases, , support for new databases and open agents to manage in-house developed applications At the Enterprise Management Summit, Bull today laid out its strategy for adding a complete set of application management capabilities to its ISM/OpenMaster system and network management software offering. The company also introduced the first four major modules that will let corporate information systems managers monitor and control both proprietary and commercial applications running on networked computers throughout their enterprises. "Managing mission critical applications has become one of the highest priorities to most businesses," said Claude Derue, ISM See ISM band. marketing director at Bull. Now with the addition of application management to the ISM/OpenMaster software suite, we can optimize not only the performance of the IT resources in the enterprise, but the applications as well." "To manage most effectively, companies need their enterprise management system to view their computing resource and their applications as an integrated whole, as it really is," said Bill Wood, vice president of ISM. "That means having a unified view of systems, networks, security, data and applications. ISM/OpenMaster is the only enterprise management system positioned to deliver that today." ISM/OpenMaster is an award-winning application software suite comprised of six domains that cover the management and security of networks and systems. All the ISM applications are integrated using object-oriented technology See object technology. and use common services delivered by the ISM platform. Because business applications are deployed over the IT infrastructure of networks and systems, troubles in the infrastructure may show up first as performance degradations at the application level. The advantage delivered by ISM/OpenMaster is the capability to detect an emerging problem and take remedial steps before it impacts business services. The unique addition of application management is the final element needed to manage the performance and availability of mission- critical applications. The new application management capabilities introduced today address both in-house developed applications, as well as commercial applications. The ISM/OpenMaster capabilities provide high level application monitoring, administration and configuration, unified security management plus service level tuning to guarantee high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of the business service. High level application monitoring: ISM/OpenMaster's application management tools discover, localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. and control distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications and their operating parameters, through a common and single view of all the components in the IT infrastructure. Administration: ISM/OpenMaster is a proactive system which detects and resolves problems before they occur at the application level. Because application management is fully integrated within the ISM/OpenMaster software suite, the life cycle of any application can be easily synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. with the infrastructure evolution which supports the service. Service level and tuning: ISM/OpenMaster provides performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. , trend analysis and predictive reporting, threshold alerts plus a flexible reporting capability. Combined, these capabilities help managers ensure high availability of the business service. Security: ISM/OpenMaster provides an end-to-end security solution that protects any transaction on the network. ISM application security includes the X/Open GSS API GSS API Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (usually seen as GSSAPI, without the space) which guarantees both confidentiality and integrity for the data and the applications, even over an unsecured network (such as the Internet). New application management capabilities o The first of the four new application management tools introduced today provides management of the unique applications that already exist in every large enterprise information system through open agents. ISM/OpenMaster provides file, trace, error and process monitoring and can execute application scripts or commands that automate both the daily and exceptional management tasks associated with the application. Because ISM itself is distributed, the action that it takes to manage a distributed application can vary based on time, geography, organization or other conditions. o The second new capability introduced today expands ISM/OpenMaster's ability to manage large commercial databases by adding support for complete management of Sybase, Informix and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. databases to the Oracle database support that's been available in ISM for more than 2 years. o The third new management capability provides production management for the SAP R/3 environment. ISM/OpenMaster will now offer centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. save and backup strategy control, management and security of the underlying SAP R/3 databases, and batch application scheduling. It will automatically discover and display R/3 components on monitoring maps with R/3 nodes, instances and services. It will show performance measurements and service alarms for response time, wait time and events per minute and allow startup and stop of R/3 applications and changes in their operation. In the event of R/3 failure, ISM OpenMaster will provide backup and restore interfaces through its ISM Epoch-Backup utilities. o The fourth new application management tool offers transactional management through the ISM TUXEDO Manager. The new transactional management capabilities include centralized, object-oriented administration of TUXEDO applications integrated into the ISM platform. Pricing and Availability The Open Agent Toolkit to manage applications is priced at $4,000. Database management for Oracle, Sybase, Informix and Microsoft SQL Server is $3,750 plus $1,250 per database server. Pricing for SAP Monitoring begins at $5,000 for one SAP application. TUXEDO application management is priced at $3,565 plus $625 per agent. The TUXEDO management applications are available now. The other new application management tools introduced at the EMS show will all be available before the end of the year. More information available on-line More information about Bull's ISM OpenMaster network and systems management software suite is available on the Web at http://www- ism.bull.com/ism or by calling 1-800-285-5727 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . About ISM ISM is the most customer-proven, enterprise-level integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. and system management solution in the world. Built on an object-based architecture, it provides an open integration framework and growing suite of management and security tools for the management of multivendor environments, including UNIX- and PC-based systems and networks, wide area communications links, proprietary hosts, and internetworking devices such as routers, bridges, and hubs, and applications. To date more than 1600 ISM servers are installed running 18,000 ISM applications worldwide. About Groupe Bull Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull With a presence in more than 85 countries, more that 24,000 employees and combined revenues of more than $5.3 billion in 1995, Bull offers a wide range of systems, infrastructure software and IT services through focused innovation, alliances the best partners and its own integration expertise. Based in France, the company's North/South America headquarters are in Billerica, Mass., with significant R&D, marketing and customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in Phoenix. Bull is recognized for innovative products such as Escala servers, Sagister multiframes, CP8 smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. , plus infrastructure software such as ISM/OpenMaster for the management of systems and networks. The company's Web address is http://www.bull.com. CONTACT: Bill Bradley For other uses, see Bill Bradley (disambiguation) and William Bradley. William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former U.S. Dave Manley Bull KHJ KHJ Katholische Hochschuljugend (German: Catholic University Youth) Integrated Marketing (508) 294-5812 (617) 241-8000 ext. 113 b.bradley@ma30.bull.com dmanley@khj.com |
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