Tivoli and Novell Integrate NDS and Enterprise Management Products

Business Wire, Dec 9, 1998

PROVO, Utah and AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998--

Joint Initiatives, Including Plan to Make Future Versions of

NetWare Tivoli-Ready, Reduce Network Ownership Costs for

Enterprise Customers

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) and Tivoli Systems today outlined joint initiatives that will offer customers superior manageability of their complex enterprise computing networks. The product integration and standards that result from this relationship will reduce costs and greatly simplify network management for customers who bet their mission-critical business applications on Novell and Tivoli Enterprise investments. As part of the agreement, Novell and Tivoli will integrate Tivoli Enterprise software with Novell Directory Services(R) (NDS(TM)); deliver console integration through a ManageWise(R) Provider for Tivoli Enterprise; and make future versions of NetWare(R) 5 Tivoli-Ready by providing a Tivoli Management Agent for NetWare. In addition, the companies will collaborate on support for industry management and directory standards.

"Novell and Tivoli provide strategic IT solutions for our business, and we salute the relationship between these two companies," said Hewitt Associates CIO Len Tenner. "With NetWare Tivoli Ready, we will be able to more efficiently and effectively manage NetWare servers in our Tivoli managed environment to ensure a more efficient and controlled business-focused IT infrastructure."

"Novell and Tivoli are delivering on our commitment to reduce the cost of owning and maintaining customers' networks -- regardless of vendor components," said Christopher Stone, senior vice president, strategy and corporate development for Novell. "Many Novell and Tivoli customers already rely on NDS, ManageWise and Tivoli Enterprise software to manage their distributed computing environments. With this partnership, customers can more efficiently leverage their investments in the leading directory-enabled enterprise and LAN management solutions."

"Tivoli offers the broadest range of IT management solutions available today through partnerships with key network and systems management vendors such as Novell," said Tivoli Executive Vice President Martin Neath. "With the increasing importance of ease-of-use and return on investment, the integration of the Tivoli Management Agent with NetWare, NDS with Tivoli Enterprise products and availability of the new management module, ManageWise Provider for Tivoli Enterprise, will offer customers an unprecedented level of enterprise manageability."

Joint Novell/Tivoli Initiatives

Integrated product solutions from Novell and Tivoli will offer customers the most efficient and effective means to manage disparate network environments:

-- Support for Novell Directory Services: Recognizing NDS as the industry's premier cross-platform directory service with full LDAP support, Tivoli and Novell are collaborating on the delivery of cross-platform enterprise management solutions based on NDS and Tivoli Enterprise software. During the first quarter of 1999, Tivoli, in cooperation with Novell, will integrate Tivoli Inventory, Tivoli Software Distribution and Tivoli User Administration with Novell's NDS.

-- NetWare to be Tivoli-Ready: Tivoli will provide a Tivoli Management Agent for NetWare, enabling future versions of this critical network operating system to be Tivoli-Ready. This will enable customers to more effectively manage NetWare servers via Tivoli Enterprise software. In addition, the two companies also announced today that the Tivoli Management Agent is now YES, Tested and Approved, by Novell. YES approval means that the agent has met Novell's stringent requirements for compatibility with NetWare and other Novell products, further enhancing benefits for customers.

-- Availability of ManageWise Provider for Tivoli Enterprise: In the first quarter of 1999, Novell and Tivoli will release ManageWise Provider for Tivoli Enterprise, a solution that seamlessly integrates ManageWise with Tivoli Enterprise software. ManageWise Provider for Tivoli Enterprise allows ManageWise and Tivoli Enterprise software to share network alarms, topology and inventory data--greatly reducing a customer's network management complexity and costs.

-- Collaboration on Industry Management and Directory Standards: The two companies will continue to lead the industry in furthering acceptance of independent, open standards, such as the Desktop Management Task Force's (DMTF) Common Information Model (CIM). This effort aims to simplify applications management and software distribution across heterogeneous enterprise networks. Through their partnership, Novell and Tivoli will collaborate on the advancement and use of the CIM and Managed Object Format (MOF) standard in future products. The two companies have already demonstrated prototype integration of Novell's Z.E.N. works and Tivoli Software Distribution via standards.

Pricing and Availability

Tivoli Inventory, Tivoli Software Distribution and Tivoli User Administration are currently available and each product will offer NDS integration in the first quarter of 1999. Pricing and additional information on these products is available at Tivoli's Web site at www.tivoli.com.