DataSynapse Supports IBM Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library -OPAL- Initiative.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004 Integration of DataSynapse's GridServer and Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator Enables On-Demand Infrastructure Allocation DataSynapse, Inc., the fastest-growing provider of grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal software for commercial applications, today announced its participation in the 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) Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library (OPAL opal (ō`pəl), a mineral consisting of poorly crystalline to amorphous silica, SiO2·nH2O; the water content is quite variable but usually ranges from 3% to 10%. ) to create and build workflows for the automation and provisioning of on-demand computing See utility computing. infrastructures. Intended to bring together IBM partners to share IT best practices and collaborate on building a broad repository of workflows for storage, network infrastructure, server platforms, applications and middleware, OPAL arms IBM business partners with the solutions needed to help customers rapidly build and deploy on-demand IT environments, reducing total cost of ownership and improving resource utilization. As a participant in OPAL, DataSynapse will create and publish workflows that address the virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and execution of application services See ASP and Web services. across the network, while enabling organizations to leverage additional resources when needed to meet quality service needs. Integrating Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator with DataSynapse's award-winning technology, GridServer(TM) enables enterprises to implement a cost-effective model for acquiring, deploying and managing resources while delivering significant improvements to application performance, resiliency and scalability. "Combining Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and GridServer will enable IT organizations to eliminate stovepipes and silos and offer customers on-the-fly infrastructure provisioning to respond to changing business conditions," said Tony Bishop, DataSynapse's chief business architect. "As a participant in the OPAL initiative, DataSynapse is able to closely align itself with IBM's e-business and on-demand strategy, generating new revenue opportunities and improving quality of service for our clients." "OPAL allows IBM and its partners to address common IT pains most frequently reported by customers: dependence on manual processes and low utilization of resources," said Sandra Carter, vice president of worldwide Tivoli marketing, software group. "The involvement of DataSynapse provides immediate value to organizations looking to remove the limitations of existing environments to optimize resource allocation resource allocation Managed care The constellation of activities and decisions which form the basis for prioritizing health care needs , while in the process consuming less capital, generating new revenue opportunities and reducing operating costs." About DataSynapse DataSynapse, Inc. is the fastest-growing provider of grid computing software for commercial applications today. Its award-winning, production-proven on-demand application infrastructure software, GridServer(TM), provides a real-time application operating environment to manage a complex, diverse IT landscape. Using standards-based grid technology, DataSynapse delivers quantifiable, hard-dollar benefits and unparallel levels of application scalability, performance and reliability, while optimizing computing resources and measurably increasing revenues. DataSynapse works with leading organizations in the financial services, energy, industrial and public sectors. The company boasts more than 40 worldwide installations including Wall Street heavyweights Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Wachovia Securities, Bank One and UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System . DataSynapse is headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , with offices in London, Paris, Houston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and San Jose, Calif. and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.datasynapse.com. |
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