HP has been ranked as a leader in META Group`s recently released METAspectrum for the event management market.
The HP OpenView management software suite has been noted for its enterprise-class management solutions, broad installed base and pre-configured integration agents. META Group`s new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies providing tools that create a central point for consolidating and correlating infrastructure and application management events.
"We`re pleased to be recognised by a widely respected analyst group like META, whose leadership rating is indicative of the strong industry validation HP has received for our comprehensive suite of adaptive management software and services," said Yergen Govender, manager, HP Enterprise Servers and Storage.
"To HP, it`s all about enabling the Adaptive Enterprise - helping our customers architect and manage change by creating a tighter linkage between business and IT. Our HP OpenView portfolio represents a core component of this strategy, and we`re pressing forward with the new Business Service Management program for lighthouse customers introduced today."
HP is positioned in the leadership segment of the METAspectrum analysis and is specifically recognised for its strength and nearly ubiquitous presence in the market. META Group noted that HP OpenView Network Node Manager is used by the majority of companies and that over the years the company has expanded this solid installed base for its event management tool, HP OpenView Operations, to support every major UNIXR operating system, Microsoft WindowsR NT, Windows 2000, Novell NetWare, Linux and legacy systems. META Group found that HP has continued to offer its customers a broad list of pre-configured integration agents, resulting in solid out of the box management software capabilities.
"IT organisations are wisely accelerating consolidation of fragmented management efforts under a common process and unified event management technologies to bolster operational efficiency and business value," said Glenn O`Donnell, program director, META Group.
"Solutions to address this need are generally robust and mature. Several factors influenced the outcome of our METAspectrum analysis of vendors in this market, including installed base, customer satisfaction, vendor viability, correlation technology, and the richness of included third-party integration capabilities. The three leaders demonstrated strength across this broad range of criteria."
"The event management market has begun to come into its own; end-users have started to show an increased interest toward it. In fact, companies in this market have started to make event management integration the cornerstone of their overall message," said Corey Ferengul, vice-president and principal analyst, Operations Strategies, META Group. "With a continued emphasis on event management, META created METAspectrum as a tool for end-users to quickly use when evaluating vendors based on their ability, presence and performance in the market."
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