uXcomm Introduces Specialized Editions of XManage.XManage Server and XManage Information Appliance See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. Editions Provide Out-of-the-Box Management for Technologies Including Dell Servers and Xen Hypervisor BEAVERTON, Ore. -- uXcomm, the leading provider of systems management platforms for device and software system manufacturers, today introduced specialized editions of its XManage product to help customers reduce development cycles and deliver highly differentiated products. XManage Server Edition[TM] and XManage Information Appliance Edition[TM] are the first in a series of pre-integrated and standards-based offerings that deliver commonly-used management functionality so that server and network appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything manufacturers can bring specialized and manageable products to market in record time. "XManage Server Edition enabled us to develop a systems management solution for our BladeRunner[TM] server line at a fraction of the cost and time than anything we could have built from scratch," said Bob Monkman, director of software product management and business development at Penguin Computing. "The modular nature of XManage Server Edition allows us to quickly and easily deploy the features our customers require now and in the future." Built on uXcomm's Service-Oriented Management Architecture or SOMA[TM] (see accompanying release), the XManage Server Edition makes it easy for companies such as Dell, Intel, and Penguin Computing to integrate systems management functionality within X86 blade and rack dense servers. Manufacturers can leverage uXcomm's pre-integrated software services to manage 1000's of their servers from a single Web-based console. Additionally, XManage Server Edition includes bundled services for remote discovery, provisioning and monitoring. Unlike other systems management solutions, XManage Server Edition supports hardware and software products from any vendor, and all the standard management interfaces, including SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. , IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) A protocol for monitoring server hardware for temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, etc. Introduced in 1998 by Intel, HP, NEC and Dell, IPMI defines a standard set of messages for the characteristics of hardware , WS-MAN, and CIM-XML. The XManage Information Appliance Edition embeds intelligent network management directly into any server, storage, network or software appliance A software environment that inclues the operating system and application. It is designed for installation in standard hardware that will be dedicated to running that single application. A "hardware appliance" is the software appliance and computer packaged as a single product. . With support for XenSource's popular Xen Hypervisor and major versions of Linux, XManage Information Appliance Edition allows network vendors like Cisco, Nortel, and Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. to integrate open source technologies directly into their solutions and provide automatic installation, configuration, and control. These embedded management capabilities enable software upgrades to be completed dynamically over the network and devices to proactively generate alerts that plug into any third party management application or framework a customer has installed. "The new Editions will help server and information appliance manufacturers add advanced systems management capabilities into their product lines faster and for less investment than anything they could do themselves," said Bob Van Steenberg, 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. of uXcomm. "In 2007, we will announce additional specialized editions to the XManage product family to help our growing global customer base meet the systems management needs of their customers." Development and Support Users of the XManage Information Appliance Edition and XManage Server Edition get access to: * XManage WorkBench - an Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) * Systems management development training * Development access XManage[TM] Premium Services Catalog with a wide range of value-added adaptor and connector services * Professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to assist you in customizing XManage to your specific product * Premium technical support Pricing and availability The XManage Information Appliance Edition and XManage Server Edition are available today and more information can be found at http://www.uxcomm.com/products/. About XManage uXcomm's XManage product suite is a proven, modular systems management platform, delivered as a software agent or specialized appliance that enables any system builder (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ), XManage comes bundled with all major system management interfaces, an integrated development environment based on Eclipse, and a management services engine that can be quickly customized and extended by systems builders to manage any hardware or software subsystem. About uXcomm uXcomm is the leading provider of systems management platforms for device and software system manufacturers. It is the only company to enable server, storage, networking and specialized appliance companies to deliver a broad array of standards-based systems management solutions to enable their devices to be easily managed within heterogeneous data center environments by any systems management infrastructure. Based in Beaverton, OR, uXcomm is a private company; its investors include Intel Capital, Foundation Capital and OVP OVP Originalverpackt (German: original packaging) OVP Over Voltage Protection OVP Ostvorpommern (German number plate area code) OVP Originalverpackung (German) Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.uxcomm.com or call (503) 748-6411. uXcomm, XManage, XManage Server Edition and XManage Information Appliance Edition are trademarks of uXcomm, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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