BMC Software has announced added platform support for Enterprise Controlstation, a GUI-driven production automation solution that manages and automates the setup, scheduling, and execution of processes running across multiple platforms.
As part of BMC`s recently acquired New Dimension Control suite of products, Enterprise Controlstation has been extended to support the Windows NT platform and upcoming versions will support Windows 2000.
"Windows NT continues to advance as a production platform, and many companies consider it a strategic component of their IT environments," says Allen Lewis of local BMC distributor, CCH Enterprise Solutions. "At the same time IT organisations are beset with requests for an increasingly broad systems management charter without benefit of commensurate staff increases. In this situation, a premium is placed on tools that enable centralised management for functions like job scheduling, backup and recovery, policy management and progress monitoring."
An integral part of the company`s production management suite of products, the Enterprise Controlstation provides a consolidated control point for managing and automating all production activities enterprise-wide. The NT-based GUI reflects the real world relationships of current and pending jobs regardless of platform or geographic location, including all jobs managed by production-management module CONTROL-M.
"As businesses globalise, the computing environment becomes increasingly complex and distributed, prompting organisations to find technology solutions that will ensure 24X7 availability of business-critical applications," adds Lewis. "With its management-by-exception capabilities, Enterprise Controlstation reduces system downtime by notifying operators of exception situations and automating the problem resolution process.
"We see Windows NT increasingly moving into the enterprise to support business-critical applications and the demand for comprehensive NT solutions rising,`` he continues. "BMC Software is leveraging the strength of its strong partnerships with industry leaders to deliver comprehensive NT solutions to a very competitive marketplace.``
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