HP OpenView Makes Aggressive Enterprise-Management Move; Delivers Flagship Solutions on Windows NT; The Industry Leader in Network and System Management Now Offers Extensive Set of Native Windows NT-based Solutions

Business Wire, Feb 18, 1997

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1997--Hewlett- Packard Company today announced important new additions to the HP OpenView family of management software that extend mission-critical management capabilities to Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT systems. The new offerings from HP are designed to help customers effectively manage their heterogeneous enterprise computing environments entirely from a Windows NT system.

The new Windows NT-based products are HP OpenView Network Node Manager, the most popular enterprise-management platform in the world; HP OpenView PerfView resource and performance analysis, monitoring and planning software; and HP OpenView MeasureWare resource and performance agent software.

"This is an exciting time for HP and our tens of thousands of OpenView customers," said Olivier Helleboid, general manager of HP's Network and System Management Division. "Windows NT is strategic to the IT direction of many organizations. With the introduction of these new Windows NT products, along with the broad support of our solution partners, the HP OpenView program is uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive Windows NT-based network- and system-management solutions."

Today's announcement is the most recent move by the OpenView Program to address the growing need in the marketplace to use Windows NT-based systems to manage distributed and heterogeneous networked environments. In previous announcements, HP introduced two other OpenView products for Windows NT: HP OpenView OmniBack II storage-management software and HP OpenView Professional Suite software for managing PC LANs.

In addition, HP's offerings for Windows NT-based management of enterprise networks include agent software for virtually every HP OpenView product. This includes intelligent agents for HP OpenView IT/Administration, HP OpenView IT/Operations and HP OpenView Software Distributor. Additionally, the company has announced plans to integrate the popular HP NetServer Assistant application with HP OpenView Network Node Manager and IT/Operations for easier management of HP NetServer systems.

In a move related to the Windows NT product introductions, HP today also announced several major enhancements to its highly successful HP OpenView reseller program. The program will expand the OpenView business opportunities for HP's value-added resellers and systems integrators in the service-rich enterprise solutions market. The expanded program is called the HP OpenView certification program for resellers. In addition, HP's Professional Services Organization is committed to the availability of OpenView products on Windows NT and will provide new education and consulting services that customers need to make their Windows NT-based OpenView solutions successful.

NETWORK NODE MANAGER FOR WINDOWS NT

Network Node Manager helps information technology (IT) departments manage computing environments by providing concise and in-depth views of all devices and connections on a network. All devices attached to a network are automatically discovered and displayed in graphical maps. The product also provides real-time, critical information about the health of the network in easy-to-view formats. It supports a distributed architecture and is scaleable to virtually any size environment. Network Node Manager for Windows NT is the first enterprise management platform to receive the Microsoft "Designed for BackOffice" logo.

The UNIX(R) system version of Network Node Manager has been available since 1990, and is the leading network-management solution available. The new Windows NT version of Network Node Manager retains many of the powerful management features of the UNIX product and adds a set of enhanced features. Through a redesigned, native user interface, Network Node Manager for Windows NT now manages both IP and IPX networks. In addition, it discovers devices running Web servers, allowing integration with the new generation of Web-based device-management products. Additionally, with HP OpenView's powerful, distributed architecture, such network information can be shared easily with UNIX systems through seamless interoperability.

"The amount of information we manage and the importance of that information to our business is growing exponentially," said Tony Travaglini, project manager for network management and administration, Pepsi-Cola Co. "There is now an operational need for us to effectively manage that information across operating systems and hardware platforms. Our UNIX system management platform has been, and continues to be, strategic to our IT direction, and we see the potential of Network Node Manager on Windows NT to help us extend the capabilities of our UNIX system platform in a cost-effective way."

Network Node Manager customers also benefit from HP's unmatched OpenView partner program. More than 70 solution providers already have committed to integrating their products with Network Node Manager for Windows NT, including 3Com, Bay Networks, Cisco and UB Networks.