Tivoli and IBM Consolidate Systems and Network Management.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998--Delivering on its promise to simplify enterprise-wide management, Tivoli Systems today announced it has integrated Tivoli Enterprise IT management software with 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) Nways Manager. This integration enables organizations to access and manage inventory data about their IBM routers, hubs and networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. directly through Tivoli Enterprise, giving them one view into the state of their distributed IT environment. As a result, IT managers can more easily coordinate complex enterprise management tasks such as software distribution, applications management, business-centric management, user administration and security control. "Because systems management tasks directly affect the performance of networking hardware, it's essential for customers to be able to consolidate network and systems functions through a single point of control," said Bob Greenberg Bob Greenberg was an employee of Microsoft who left Microsoft in 1981 and then helped launch the Cabbage Patch Dolls that were popular in the 1980s[1]. He now makes golf software and has an estimated fortune of US$20 million. [2] References 1. , business line manager, Enterprise Network, NHD NHD National History Day NHD National Hydrography Dataset NHD Natural Heritage Division NHD Non-Homogeneity Detector NHD National Heritage Database NHD Netscape Hypertext Document of IBM. "The integration of Tivoli Enterprise with IBM Nways Manager allows companies to do just that, resulting in a smooth running enterprise and a greater return on IT investment." "Companies realize that the better they manage their enterprises, the more competitive they'll be," said Martin Neath Neath (nēth), Welsh Castell-nedd, town (1981 pop. 48,687), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, on the Neath River. Neath is both a market and an industrial town. Metallurgy and a growing petrochemical industry are important. , executive vice president, Tivoli Systems. "A significant factor in achieving this enterprise management `nirvana' is the integration of systems and networking management functions. Our work with IBM and other leading networking hardware providers allows companies to do this, giving them the ability to more quickly make critical IT management decisions. As a result, customers will gain a significant advantage over their competitors." The integration of Tivoli Enterprise with IBM Nways Manager is made possible by the Tivoli Integration Pack for IBM Nways Manager. This Integration Pack leverages the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., Portland, OR, www.dmtf.org) An industry consortium founded in 1992 that is involved with the development, support and maintenance of management standards for PCs. Its goal is to reduce the cost and complexity of PC management. ) Common Interface Model (CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. ) Schema to integrate network management inventory data from IBM hardware with Tivoli Enterprise software. The DMTF CIM Schema is fast becoming a widely supported industry standard that enables IT management programs to share and exchange information. In addition to integrating Tivoli Enterprise with IBM Nways Manager, Tivoli has delivered similar integration capabilities for Cisco Systems' CiscoWorks2000 (see today's related announcement). Tivoli will also integrate Tivoli Enterprise with Bay Networks' Optivity and 3Com's Transcend by the first half of 1999. The Tivoli Integration Pack for IBM Nways Manager is currently available for free for a limited time. For more information about the integration packs for IBM, please visit http://www.tivoli.com. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM software offers the widest range of applications, middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a and 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. for all types of computing platforms See platform. , allowing customers to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM software is through the IBM software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com/. About Tivoli Systems Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly scalable and cross-platform 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 compatible third-party products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an IBM 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. Tivoli and Tivoli Enterprise are registered trademarks or trademarks of Tivoli Systems Inc., an IBM company. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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