Siemens Signs Alliance Partnership Agreement with Tivoli Systems.MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1999-- Selects Tivoli Enterprise (TM) for Internal IT Infrastructure and Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality Business, Initial Deployment Across 130,000 Desktops Siemens IT Service GmbH & Co.OHG OHG Offene Handelsgesellschaft OHG Otto Hahn Gymnasium (Germany) OHG Old High German OHG Operators Harmonization Group (ITU) OHG Official Hotel Guide OHG One Hit Gamer (gaming) and Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co.OHG have signed a global partnership agreement with Tivoli Systems Inc. Tivoli Enterprise will become a key component of Siemens' internal IT infrastructure, managing its critical business systems and server farms in Europe, Asia and the US. In addition to other market relevant system management solutions, Siemens will also use Tivoli Enterprise in its outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , managed services and systems integration businesses, and will resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. Tivoli Enterprise licenses. A significant number of Siemens service employees will develop expertise in Tivoli(R) management software and become Tivoli Certified See certification. (TM) enabling Siemens to offer consultant services for large scale Tivoli deployments. Siemens expects the agreement to improve efficiency and cost base of its internal IT infrastructure and that of its IT Service. Siemens Business Services will deploy Tivoli Enterprise initially across 130,000 desktops and over 4,500 servers both internally and across selected customers. This number will grow with the Managed Services business. Rudiger Bruess, senior vice president, Siemens Business Services Information Processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. said: "We see an exceptional growth in our business. Tivoli's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Tivoli Enterprise, has set market standards. We see demand for a worldwide standard solution. As a global partner, the valuable experience gained in deploying Tivoli Enterprise for our internal infrastructure and for our managed clients will enable Siemens to develop its own global system management integration business. We see this partnership as a key success factor for significant growth." Jan Lindelow, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tivoli Systems, said: "Tivoli's partnership with one of the world's leading IT services companies underscores the growing importance of a comprehensive, business driven approach to systems management. Siemens' long term commitment to Tivoli Enterprise demonstrates a high level of confidence in proven Tivoli technology. In addition, the collective strengths of our services partnership should inspire further confidence in our future customers." Siemens aims to achieve significant cost savings by consolidating multiple systems management tools and helpdesks at its outtasking and managed services operations. Tivoli Enterprise will enable Siemens to meet this objective by providing a single management solution for monitoring, security, user administration, software distribution, asset inventory and other critical services to Siemens' customers. Benno Zollner, head of Business Development, Siemens IT Service explains: "Siemens has set aggressive targets for its IT Service group. Underlying this growth will be the Tivoli experience in end-to-end systems management solutions. This provides Siemens with a cost-effective platform to manage multiple, mixed environment customers." Siemens' agreement with Tivoli also includes a joint sales and marketing program and a product development partnership that will deliver new Tivoli products, extend functionality in existing software and add new services for the companies' joint customers. Siemens IT Service operates as a Global Managed Services Provider, that is it offers a complete service portfolio, ranging from consulting through to operational management. On the one hand, Siemens IT Service provides classical product services, such as the non-proprietary installation and maintenance of hardware and system software, while as a service provider it focuses strategically on services that promise greater growth in tomorrow's international IT service market. These services, known by Siemens IT Service as "Value-Added Services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. ," include user help desks, call centers, rollout solutions, Internet services (e-commerce packages), high-availability solutions, outtasking or operational services such as R/3 operational management. Siemens IT Service can call on the know-how of 7,600 highly-qualified employees around the world (including German subsidiary SINITEC), based in more than 800 service centers (of which 500 are located in Europe) in every continent. Siemens Business Services (SBS See Small Business Server. ) is among the world's leading providers of innovative solutions and services in the area of information and communication. With its comprehensive IT expertise and specific sector knowledge, SBS offers services from a single source, ranging from consulting through system integration to management of complete business processes for users. Set up in 1995 as a subsidiary of Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , the company has rapidly developed into a market leader in Germany. SBS achieved sales of more than DM 7 billion in fiscal year 1998/99 and currently employs approximately. 21,000 people in 40 countries. About Tivoli Systems Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly scalable and cross-platform IT management solutions that span networks, systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce. Leading companies around the world use Tivoli software Tivoli Software is the systems management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. in 1996[1] and allowed it to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary for a few years before forming the Software Group. and Tivoli Ready products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an 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) Company. Tivoli distributes its products worldwide through a network of global sales offices, systems integrators, resellers and IBM sales channels. For more information, visit Tivoli's World Wide Web site at http://www.tivoli.com. 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