HP and PLATINUM technology to Offer Automated PC Software Deployment; HP Vectra and NetVectra PCs Configured Remotely Using PLATINUM'S AutoConfigure Software.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998--Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that it will offer PLATINUM technology Platinum Technology Inc. was founded by Andrew Filipowski in 1987 to market and support deployment of Database Management software products and the applications enabled by database management technology and render related services. inc.'s AutoConfigure software for HP Vectra and NetVectra PCs. Based on Wired for Management Wired for Management (WfM) was a primarily hardware-based system allowing a newly built computer without any software to be manipulated by a master computer that could access the hard disk of the new PC to paste the install program. specification, PLATINUM's AutoConfigure software, coupled with HP Vectra and NetVectra PCs, saves time and money by enabling IS managers to centrally configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. PCs, deploy operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and applications, format hard-disk drives and install management agents such as HP TopTools. AutoConfigure and HP Vectra PCs The standards-based manageability features of HP Vectra and NetVectra PCs and PLATINUM's powerful AutoConfigure software together provide a cost-effective solution for IS managers who want to eliminate the need to physically install or upgrade their networked PCs. AutoConfigure software is loaded onto a central server where the IS administrator can define a set of standard desktop configurations and then download them, within minutes, to selected HP Vectra and NetVectra desktop PCs. "Many IT managers create their own unique software image, called a `gold disk,' and then individually install it on each PC within their network," said Achim Kuttler, marketing manager, HP Commercial Computing computing - computer Division. "Now with Platinum's AutoConfigure software, HP's award-winning Vectra PCs and HP TopTools, our customers can expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. their PC deployment process and seamlessly manage their HP Vectra PCs from one central location." "Our customers have long been challenged with deploying administrator-defined configurations to PCs in the corporate environment," said Steven McDowall, vice president, PLATINUM'S Desktop Management Group. "By working with HP, we are able to provide our powerful configuration-management solution, AutoConfigure, to HP's award-winning Vectra PCs while saving our customers time and money." PLATINUM's AutoConfigure software is now available through HP's Complementary Products Organization, which provides HP customers with information and services regarding products from third-party vendors. The software also is available on the HP Web site at: http://www.hp.com/uk/complementary/default.htm. About PLATINUM technology inc. PLATINUM technology inc., headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Oakbrook Terrace is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,300 at the 2000 census. A 2003 recount gave the city a population of 2,293. , had 1997 revenues of $739 million. PLATINUM provides software and services that help IT organizations manage and improve the IT infrastructure. Solutions include database and systems management, data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and decision support, application lifecycle. Internet commerce, and Year 2000 reengineering. For information visit: http://www.platinum.com. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 124,600 employees and had revenues of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. HP Vectra corporate PC information is available at http://www.hp.com/desktop |
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