Bull and NetTech agreement to provide downsized SNA management on Bull's Integrated System Management software.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 1995--Bull and NetTech Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., today announced an important new partnership whereby Bull will offer NetTech's EView/Open application, a UNIX-based tool for managing 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) MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. and Systems Network Architecture (SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. ) environments through VTAM (Virtual Telecommunications Access Method) Also ACF/VTAM (Advanced Communications Function/VTAM), it is software that controls communications in an IBM SNA environment. , in its comprehensive Integrated System Management software suite. Bull's ISM is the only software platform providing modular, integrated solutions for distributed, multi-protocol environments covering systems, networks, PCs and workgroups, as well as global security. NetTech's EView/Open solution focuses on problem and fault management for IBM MVS systems and SNA networks. It provides an effective LU6.2 interface between current SNA legacy systems and new open systems, requiring only minimal changes to existing hardware and software. Because Bull's ISM platform acts as a real SNA node, and not as a foreign intruder (TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. ), this new solution is far more efficient than Simple Network Management Protocol (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. ) proxy-based approaches, in which the limited capability of the SNMP object models prevents effective mastery of SNA's complexity. Customer Benefits NetTech's EView/Open on Bull's Integrated System Management platform offers: o Complete end-to-end management of enterprise networks, with SNA resources displayed and managed through ISM's powerful graphical user interface; o Reduced mainframe resource costs, resulting from downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing of SNA management functions to the ISM workstation; o Increased operator productivity, through the use of ISM automation and consolidation capabilities. The solution allows MIS managers to cope with increasingly complex enterprise networks with decreasing resources, to leverage current SNA investments, and to increase end-user productivity and satisfaction through improved service. Ellis Gregory, NetTech 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. , said, "We are extremely pleased about this new agreement, as Bull's Integrated System Management provides an increasingly large number of essential integrated network and system tools that others are still just talking about." "This new partnership with NetTech, delivering the huge SNA management world to Bull's ISM customers, is a milestone in our strategy," said Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Attal, vice president of Bull Integrated System Management, part of the Groupe's Open System and Software Division. "This is concrete proof of our determination to deliver effective, interoperable multi-vendor system and network management solutions to our customers," he added. NetTech Inc., founded in 1990 in Raleigh, N.C., focuses on solving customer problems in the SNA environment. NetTech provides management applications that allow customers to manage their VTAM SNA resources from their open systems workstations and PC-based platforms. Bull's Open System and Software Division is responsible within Groupe Bull for providing flexible and robust information infrastructures, technologies and solutions based on open, scaleable systems. Groupe Bull is one of the world's leading providers of information technology solutions for businesses and public administrations, with revenues of over $5.0 billion and 29,000 employees worldwide. -0- 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). is a registered trademark of X/Open Co. Ltd. We acknowledge the rights of proprietors of trademarks mentioned herein. CONTACT: Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
Bruce MacDonald, 508/294-6602
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