Center 7 Inks Major Sales Contract with Brigham Young University for PilotCenter Enterprise Management Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Center 7 Inc., a leading Management Service Provider (MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. ), Tuesday announced that Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. (BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding ) has signed a major contract for the company's PilotCenter(SM) enterprise/infrastructure management services. This initial contract will entail deploying PilotCenter management and monitoring functionality across BYU's approximately 110 existing AccessPoint TEC Room teaching podiums situated throughout the Provo, Utah campus. The university plans to deploy as many as 200 podiums on the Provo campus as resources become available. The managed assets built into the podiums to be monitored by PilotCenter include a networked PC with DVD/CD player, a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , cable TV access, and an overhead projector. The initial contract also encompasses the management of computer lab equipment and the deployment of the comprehensive PilotCenter enterprise management solution to the BYU-Hawaii campus in Laie, on Oahu. Additional projects are under discussion with BYU. "We're enthusiastic about the opportunity to provide enterprise management solutions to BYU that can be deployed quickly and cost effectively," said Center 7 Chief Executive Officer Kelly Phillipps. "PilotCenter offers BYU greater control and more information -- more metrics about how end users employ IT assets. "In turn, this helps IT administrators know what additional functionality is needed; how to spend their resources, and how to improve service to users, with the ultimate goal of bringing more BYU educational opportunities to those who can't be present on campus." Kelly McDonald, assistant IT vice president at BYU, added, "We are excited about the partnership possibilities with Center 7. We look forward to a major improvement in our IT infrastructure because of the network management services that Center 7 will provide. We are especially looking forward to the proactive support that faculty will receive in TEC Rooms because of the PilotCenter monitoring." The proactive monitoring capabilities of PilotCenter are designed to increase podium availability and decrease downtime, which can disrupt lecture and teaching situations. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Center 7 President Chris Skillings, PilotCenter represents a fundamental change in the way organizations can deploy 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. , mission-critical management and monitoring of their IT and non-IT infrastructure. "PilotCenter enables organizations to monitor and manage the most complex 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. , over the Internet, from a unified management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. ," Skillings said. "Center 7 is the first to develop and deliver a hosted enterprise management service around the core technology of Computer Associates' market-leading Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) (TM). "What was previously an expensive, arduous, and technical-resource intensive internal project can now be delivered as a hosted, turnkey solution, enabling customers to focus on managing their enterprise -- not their management infrastructure." About Center 7 Center 7 Inc. was formed by the Canopy Group The Canopy Group is an investment firm founded by Ray Noorda, headquartered in Lindon, Utah. It serves as the parent company of various technology companies. One of its most well-known members was the SCO Group. , a venture capital company of Novell founder Ray Noorda. Center 7 provides IT infrastructure management services to customers over the Internet. Clients are able to manage their own technology assets and take control, no matter how diverse their environment. For more information, please visit http://www.center7.com. (c)CENTER7/INC. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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