Platinum Technology Inc has got some of its systems management tools through Hewlett-Packard Co’s OpenView certification process and was showing them off at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas last week. First out of the trap is Platinum’s AutoSys scheduling and DBVision performance tools, which have been tied to OpenView’s IT/Operations console for addressing problem and operations management. AutoSys is Platinum’s batch job control system for distributed Unix and Windows NT processing and includes self- correcting job control, centralized system wide monitoring and programmable error recovery. Platinum says users just point and click to launch Autosys tasks from within the IT/Operations console. DBVision is its round the clock database performance monitor, acquired with Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Aston Brooke Software Inc. Other Platinum products due to be certified at the end of the month for HP OpenView IT/Console include Servervision for performance monitoring and resource management of distributed Unix servers; Apriori, an automated problem resolution and management system; AutoXfer, an electronic software distribution tool, AutoSecure, a Unix security product; and NetArchive for system file back-up and hierarchical storage management. Platinum says all of its systems management tools should be certified by the end of June. Hewlett-Packard will also market the tools to its network management customers, although Platinum’s 250-person sales force will take over system management leads, claiming that its people are better versed in that area.
