Quest Software Announces Support for Universal Application Network At Siebel Worldwide User Week 2002.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2002 Quest's Foglight Monitors Systems and Processes Within Universal Application Network, Maximizing Performance and Availability Quest Software The computer-software manufacturer Quest Software (Quest Software, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QSFT), headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, dates from 1987. Quest develops, sells, and supports database management, Windows management, and application management software products Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application management solutions, today announced its support for Universal Application Network -- the industry's first standards-based, vendor-independent application integration solution -- launched by Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. , in conjunction with industry-leading application software vendors, integration server vendors and systems integrators. Siebel Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL SEBL Siebel Systems, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) is a leading provider of multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple e-business applications software. As part of this endorsement, Quest Software plans to provide out-of-the-box connectivity between Foglight version 3.0, Quest's application-centric monitoring solution, and Universal Application Network. The integrated solution enables customers to proactively detect, diagnose diagnose /di·ag·nose/ (di´ag-nos) to identify or recognize a disease. di·ag·nose v. 1. To distinguish or identify a disease by diagnosis. 2. and resolve issues that arise in any of the application components that reside on Universal Application Network running on the TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company BusinessWorks Integration Server. This reduces the total cost of system ownership by reducing downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and allowing administrators to more efficiently manage their infrastructure. Quest Software demonstrated its integrated solution running on the TIBCO BusinessWorks Universal Application Network Application Server in the Partner Pavilion at Siebel Worldwide User Week 2002. Quest Software is committing to submit the solution to the Siebel Validation Program within 90 days of Siebel Worldwide User Week 2002. Universal Application Network takes a standards-based, vendor-independent approach to the design and development of end-to-end best-practice business processes that are executed by market-leading integration servers. Based on XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. industry standards, Universal Application Network enables organizations to effectively integrate best-in-class applications such as Foglight, and ensures that organizations are not locked into vendor-specific proprietary architectures. Leveraging Universal Application Network as a common integration platform, Quest Software and Siebel Systems will deliver an enhanced integrated solution that combines best practices drawn from both Siebel Systems' business process library and Quest Software's application monitoring and performance management solutions. The joint offering will provide Universal Application Network customers using the TIBCO BusinessWorks Integration Server with a solution that enables organizations to monitor the performance and availability of critical processes required to execute cross-application business transactions. "Our support of Universal Application Network will benefit our joint customers by enabling them to monitor the availability and performance of Universal Application Network components with a single solution," said Charles Ramsey, vice president of marketing for Quest Software. "Quest's Foglight differs from traditional monitors by using `lightweight' agents to collect metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. from application components, ensuring they are performing optimally within the technology layers. By aggregating application performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. , end-users are empowered to easily determine the efficiency of specific applications and business processes." "The ability to seamlessly monitor the performance of applications across business processes is essential for today's global businesses," said Michael Straub, alliance technical director for Siebel Systems. "Quest Software's support for Universal Application Network will provide customers with a holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine view of the availability and service levels associated with their business processes." About Quest Software Inc. Quest Software is a leading provider of application management solutions. Quest provides customers with Application Confidence(SM) by delivering reliable software products to develop, deploy, manage and maintain enterprise applications without expensive downtime or business interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. . Targeting high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , monitoring, database management and Microsoft infrastructure management, Quest products increase the performance and uptime of business-critical applications and enable IT professionals to achieve more with fewer resources. The company has headquarters in Irvine, Calif. and has offices around the globe. For more information on Quest Software visit www.quest.com. About Universal Application Network As organizations struggle to unify 1. (database, product) Unify - A relational database produced by Unify Corporation. 2. (algorithm) unify - To perform unification. myriad disparate business processes and applications, integration is one of the key corporate constraints on revenue growth, increased productivity and business performance visibility. Universal Application Network takes a standards-based, vendor-independent approach to the design and development of end-to-end business processes that are executed by market-leading integration servers. In addition, these business processes are application-independent and can be deployed across a diverse set of applications across multiple divisions and business units. Based on XML and Web Services industry standards, Universal Application Network enables organizations to select best-in-class applications and ensures that they are not locked into vendor-specific proprietary architectures. Universal Application Network includes three primary components: -- Best-Practice Business Process Library -- A library of prepackaged industry-specific business processes based on best practices. These prebuilt, quality-assured business processes, provided by Siebel Systems, can be executed across multiple applications, departments, organizations and enterprises. -- Business Process Design Tools -- A selection of business process design tools, provided by leading integration server vendors, for modeling and configuring existing business processes and creating new ones. -- Integration Server -- An integration server to execute business processes and coordinate interapplication communication. The result is a vendor-independent application integration solution that enables organizations to rapidly respond to business opportunities, optimize organizational performance Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, and realize unprecedented business value from existing systems. Note to Editors: Quest and Quest Software are trademarks, and Foglight is a registered trademark, of Quest Software Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. Siebel is a trademark of Siebel Systems Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. |
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