Cupertino-based EcoSystems Software Inc reckons it has scored a first with its EcoSphere and EcoTools/Oracle client-server systems management software, the production versions of which are just shipping. They are claimed to be the first ever to enable system administrators to monitor and manage all their computing resources – computers, networks, and relational database applications – from one central management console. Prior to announcing production status, EcoSystems says it put the products through a four-month beta test programme covering a dozen US organisations featuring a diverse assortment of Unix hardware and Oracle relational database configurations. The EcoSystems products provide functionality for configuration management, performance management, fault management, capacity planning, automated operations and management reporting, and support Unix servers with Unix, MS-DOS or terminal clients; product pricing starts at $16,000 and is based on specific system configuration capacity.
