The world's leading enterprise management software provider BMC software has recently announced in its "Business Service Management (BSM) High-level Forum", with the world's leading enterprise-level open source solution provider RED HAT: Red Hat becomes a BMC software Linux field. Business Service Management (BSM) Basis Partner. Combined with the long-term support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms, BMC and Red Hat will work together to make companies surpass traditional IT management, better from the business perspective, which is the component of BMC software BSM strategy. . The first step in strengthening cooperation will be to launch integrated cross-platform change and configuration management solutions, continue to maintain the leading position in the Linux market; this integrated solution with BMC Software Marimbaò Configuration Discovery and Automation Solutions and Red Hat NetWork is based, managed, and controls applications, and the changes in the IT environment are patched.
BSM basic partners are leaders in their respective industries. They work closely with BMC software to develop products and services, extend BSM solutions. Red Hat is recognized by the leader in open source code, working with BMC software in terms of technical support, sales and marketing of Linux and open source, expands BSM.
New cooperation will focus on providing business sensational changes and configuration management solutions, and the collaboration of both parties will include the following three major areas: • Integrate BMC software Marimba Server and client in the field of application management, patch management and configuration discovery Management Solutions and Red Hat Network
· Integrate Remedyò Change Management and Red Hat Network (RHN) to realize dynamic change management
· Collaboration in system management and software packaging industry standards
The initial cooperation results will be listed in the first half of 2005, which will make the BMC software Marimba patch management and Red Hat Network to benefit customers from the following aspects: · A integrated cross-platform patch management solution, across Windows, UNIX and Linux systems
· Can deploy RPM and Non-RPM package software for single-point control, deploying rpm and non-rpm package software for Linux, Windows and UNIX systems
· Customers can effectively use BMC software Marimba patch management to connect Red Hat Network
· Ability to fully discover and capture key licenses and registration information across platforms
· Enterprise customers can accurately report Red Hat Network registration in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system in the network
Comprehensive patch management reduces downtime and business risks
The Intel Software Solutions Group General Manager Melissa Laird said: "Intel has a wide range of cooperation with BMC and Red Hat to make software solutions can increase the value of IT for business by improving performance and reduced overall cost. By simplified Cross-platform management, this integration is an important victory in these two key areas for our common customers. "
MARIMBA patch management of BMC software can automatically collect, report, and send patches to multiple operating systems and applications. The administrator can check the standardization display of all patch data including patch-dependent, and can customize patch information, such as severity levels and description thereof. Therefore, the administrator can deploy patch according to the special task of continuously running security policies or emergency deployments.
Alex Pinchev, Executive Vice President, Global Sales Execution: "As Red Hat technology continues to get rapid deployment and acceptance in the enterprise calculation infrastructure, the integration of Red Hat Network and BMC will make customers more easy to manage. And safer systems. When customers have a overall field of view of the business infrastructure, companies will be able to fully achieve future growth. "
The BSM solution provides a integrated business and IT operational field of view, which is closely connected to business destination and manages these resources based on business priority. In supporting BSM, this integration will deliver comprehensive change and configuration management capabilities, and achieve influence analysis and risk mitigation through the seamless links of patch management through open systems and patented OS environments. These solutions can increase the response of business and technology changes and better control the IT environment through a wide range of changes and configuration management practices. Jim Grant, vice president and general manager of BMC Software Service Management Business Department: "As a leader in open source market, Red Hat can become our BSM basic partner, we are very honored. As Linux has more and more Important influence, our customers need to enable them to give them a solution to business service management capabilities. "
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