CHEYENNE SOFTWARE EXPANDS OEM AGREEMENT WITH HEWLETT-PACKARD; Cheyenne to Provide High-Performance HSM Storage Capabilities to Hewlett-Packard OpenView Customers.ROSLYN HEIGHTS Roslyn Heights (rŏz`lĭn), uninc. residential village (1990 pop. 6,405), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. William Cullen Bryant lived and is buried in nearby Roslyn. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 9, 1995--Cheyenne Software, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CYE CYE Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV show) CYE Close Your Eyes CYE Check Your Email CYE Calendar Year End CYE Choose Your Event CYE Curtis Youngblood Enterprises ), a world leader in the development of storage management software, today announced the expansion of its Original Equipment Manufacturer (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 ) agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP). The extended agreement provides for Cheyenne to furnish HP with its Heirarchical Storage Management (HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. ) technology. HP will then repackage re·pack·age tr.v. re·pack·aged, re·pack·ag·ing, re·pack·ag·es To package again or anew, especially in a more attractive package. re·pack this technology and market it as the storage solution of choice for HP's industry-leading network management software, 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. . Under the new agreement, HP will integrate and resell Cheyenne's HSM technology as its HP OpenView OmniStorage hierarchical storage management See HSM. software to provide a key component of its enterprise storage management strategy. "Cheyenne's HSM for 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). technology complements our offerings and secures us a leadership role for storage management in the open systems market," said Robert Hoog, general manager of HP's Network and System Management Division. "This agreement allows us to offer our customers the most complete storage solutions on the market." "Our partnership with HP further advances Cheyenne's goal to be a leading provider of best-of-breed network storage solutions," said Jeff Finkle, General Manager for Cheyenne's UNIX Product Division. "The functionality of Cheyenne's HSM for UNIX technology, tightly coupled See tight coupling. with the HP OpenView platform, provides the key ingredients needed to successfully manage the exploding storage needs in large client/server environments." Originally established as an OEM agreement with NETstor, HP has renewed its agreement with Cheyenne Software, who acquired the leading HSM for UNIX vendor in December 1994. Cheyenne HSM for UNIX provides an automated system for network data and storage management. The product optimizes valuable storage resources by automatically and dynamically migrating data to the appropriate storage devices (i.e., magnetic disk and optical-storage libraries) based on criteria defined by the network administrator. By integrating Cheyenne HSM for UNIX with HP's OpenView platform, network administrators have virtually unlimited on-line storage capacity, as it provides more efficient use of hard disk space, maximizes storage performance, reduces overall storage cost and simplifies storage management. The HP OpenView OmniStorage version A.01.01 supports the HP 9000 Series 700 and Series 800 systems. Immediately available, prices start at a U.S. suggested retail cost of $12,000. The products developed under this agreement will be marketed and supported by HP's worldwide organization. HP OpenView offers users integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. , system, application, and database management for multi-vendor distributed-computing environments. Solutions consist of a broad portfolio of management products from HP and OpenView Solution Partners, and a complete set of services that help customers improve service and reduce operations costs. HP OpenView is installed in more than 73,500 networks around the world. Today, there are more than 220 complementary HP OpenView-based management solutions available on a variety of platforms, including HP 9000 systems, Sun Microsystems Solaris and SunOS workstations and Microsoft Windows PCs. 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. Cheyenne Software, Inc. is a leading international developer of essential software services for UNIX, NetWare, Windows NT, Macintosh, and OS/2 systems. Their enterprise-wide solutions include an array of security, backup, management and communications products, including Monitrix(R), FAXserve(TM), InocuLAN(R), and their flagship product line, the ARCserve(R) family of network backup software products. Cheyenne's products are sold on a world-wide basis through an extensive distributor network and strategic OEM relationships. CONTACT: The Benjamin Group Inc. Robin Lutchansky 408/559-6090 rlutch@sv.tbgi.com or Cheyenne Software, Inc. Denise S. Behringer 516/484-5110 deniseb@cheyenne.com |
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