Marimba, Inc, a leading provider of systems management solutions for e-business, and Peregrine Systems, Inc, one of the world`s leading software companies, today announced an agreement to embed Marimba`s technology for "version-less" upgrades in Xanadu, the first turnkey IT asset management appliance for small and midsize businesses. Peregrine is represented locally by MGX.
Marimba`s Embedded Management product family enables companies to improve the quality of service to their customers and channel partners by transparently delivering and managing upgrades, transforming software applications from static products into dynamic services.
"By embedding Marimba technology in Xanadu, we`ve removed one of the traditional friction points within the software distribution process," said Fred Luddy, Peregrine`s chief technology officer. "Instead of tasking the IT staff with the time-consuming work of software updates, we are using Marimba`s technology to update our Xanadu software seamlessly - without human intervention - in essence making it `version-less`. That means better support, as well as substantial time-and-cost savings to our channel partners and customers."
Designed to serve as a company`s "next IT employee," Peregrine`s Xanadu represents a formidable innovation in IT asset management. It is the first self-installing, self-detecting, no-maintenance appliance, which offers asset discovery, asset tracking and incident reporting capabilities. Xanadu continuously identifies, monitors, and manages an organization`s entire IT network, providing easily understandable, comprehensive views of an organization`s vital assets - network, desktop, and mobile devices - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, Xanadu gives employees Web-based self-service access to report incidents. It is currently available as a service delivery platform through Peregrine`s OEM alliance partners and other IT service providers.
"We have seen increasing demand from technology companies who need robust management of devices of all types. Xanadu is one that we think has tremendous market possibilities," said Rich Wyckoff, president and CEO of Marimba. "Having Peregrine, which is one of the leading providers of IT infrastructure management, select Marimba as its distribution and management solution validates our core strength in distributed management, and extends our position in device and information appliance management."
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Founded in 1981, Peregrine Systems, Inc. provides solutions that enable companies to manage infrastructure, as well as extend next generation e-Business capabilities inside the enterprise and across the firewall. As one of the world`s largest software companies, Peregrine helps companies achieve a state of frictionless business and gain competitive advantage. Its solutions reduce costs, improve profitability, and release capital, generating a lasting and measurable impact on the productivity of assets and people.
Peregrine delivers Infrastructure Management solutions that manage the entire lifecycle of an organization`s assets, from IT equipment and fleets of vehicles to telecom and facility assets. Peregrine`s Employee Relationship Management solutions facilitate proactive management and empower employees with anytime/anywhere access to these enterprise resources, services and knowledge, and improve productivity, asset utilization, and real-time business intelligence. Peregrine`s Business Relationship Management solutions help companies establish a digital dialog for conducting e-business by automating and integrating the flow of information and business processes among buyers, suppliers and e-marketplaces.
BusinessWeek recently named Peregrine as one of the 100 best performing IT companies. Headquartered in San Diego, Peregrine currently has some 4 000 employees located in more than 100 offices worldwide, and its customers include 92% of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit our Web site at www.peregrine.com.
Marimba
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Marimba, Inc (Nasdaq: MRBA) provides systems management solutions built for e-business. Marimba`s Server Management, Desktop/Mobile Management, and Embedded Management product families allow Global 2000 companies to better manage their IT resources, increase operational efficiency and reduce IT costs. For more information, please call 888-800-5444, or visit our Web site at www.marimba.com.
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