Hewlett-Packard GmbH and Jenoptik Systemshaus GmbH in eastern Germany have begun co-operation on a software product that manages networks and the large amount of data that they carry. Jenoptik, a company of 45 employees, specialises in software development for plant and hospital management. Because customers must often manage data of up to 2Tb, Hewlett-Packard said a product was needed to handle this task and guarantee high security. The offering the two companies are working on will complement HP OpenView. To date, Hewlett-Packard said there are 35,000 OpenView installations worldwide. The product release date is set for the middle of next year at the latest.
