Network Computing Awards HP OpenView Editor's Choice Award for Systems Management

Business Wire, Feb 11, 1999

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999--

HP OpenView Defeats CA, Tivoli and PLATINUM in Head-to-head

Competition on Performance Management

Hewlett-Packard Company has established itself as the industry's systems-management leader, according to Network Computing, a leading monthly publication for IT mangers, from which HP OpenView received the prestigious Editor's Choice Award. The results of the systems-management review were published in the Jan. 25 issue of Network Computing.

The Editor's Choice Award was awarded to the systems-management solution that best identifies and solves performance problems by delivering real-time diagnostics and historical data that can be used to spot trends and predict future resource consumption. Network Computing brought five systems-performance-management solutions to its Syracuse University Real-World Labs. For returning superior value to the user in the area of systems management, the review editors chose HP OpenView GlancePlus, MeasureWare, PerfView and Service Reporter over Tivoli's Enterprise Distributed Monitoring 3.6, Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG 2.1, PLATINUM's ProVision ServerVision and Network Monitor 4.2, and Boole and Babbage's Command/Post 4.1.

In the areas of event automation, diagnostics, analysis, cost and configuration, HP OpenView was the highest scorer in the head-to-head competition. According to Network Computing, HP's near "flawless" OpenView products set the standard for performance management and for out-of-the-box functionality in the area of complex multimetric reporting.

"This review validates the HP OpenView suite as the best overall systems-management solution," said Olivier Helleboid, general manager of HP's OpenView Software Business Unit. "It also proves our building-block approach to systems management delivers faster and higher ROI that the costlier framework approach."

HP designed the HP OpenView management portfolio from a solutions point of view -- and not as a framework -- so customers can achieve results quickly and efficiently. With HP OpenView solutions, customers realize a fast return on their investment (ROI).

HP OpenView products referenced in the Network Computing review include the following: -0-

--   HP OpenView GlancePlus -- real-time performance monitoring and
     diagnostics;

--   HP OpenView MeasureWare -- historical resource- and
     performance-measurement data collection and alarm condition
     monitoring;

--   HP OpenView PerfView -- enables managers to examine, through
     graphs and numerical tables, MeasureWare-generated resource
     utilization and performance data, as well as alarm messages. This
     information is highly useful for identifying bottlenecks and
     isolating problems that cause poor service levels, helping to
     ensure that IT resources meet business needs; and

--   HP OpenView Service Reporter -- generates Web-viewable automated
     reports showing MeasureWare Agent resource and performance
     information and HP OpenView IT/Operations event and availability
     information.

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The Network Computing article is located at http://www.nwc.com/1002/1002r1side1.html.> About HP OpenView

HP is one of the world's largest providers of integrated network-, application-, storage-, security-, deployment- and service-management solutions. HP OpenView solutions are at work in more than 100,000 multivendor distributed computing environments worldwide. Together with offerings from more than 200 partners, HP OpenView offers a complete portfolio of services and management solutions on all major platforms.

Information about HP OpenView and its solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.openview.hp.com.

About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and Intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 124,600 employees and had revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.

Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.