New Dimension Software and IBM have entered into a strategic business partnership to provide systems management solutions for the IBM AS/400.
IBM has established an AS/400 Systems Management Partner Group (SMPG) through its AS/400 and RS/6000 server brands and the IBM Software Vendor Marketing Partnership to provide AS/400 customers with solutions for managing IT resources.
Organisations today use the AS/400 system in a broad range of environments - from small servers running plug-and-play applications to large distributed heterogeneous environments. Additionally, customers use the AS/400 for the deployment of new technologies, thereby increasing the demand for systems management tools that effectively leverage IT investments to meet the organisation`s business objectives.
To address the needs of the AS/400 market, IBM has implemented a three-pillar systems management development and marketing strategy. IBM selected solution developers to deliver complementary systems management solutions as part of the partnership pillar, a significant component of this business strategy. New Dimension, one of the first members of the AS/400 SMPG, was chosen from the many systems management providers because of its ability to deliver a robust, complex enterprise-wide scheduling system built on top of OS/400.
"Providing timely solutions that help our customers manage their resources amid a rapidly changing business environment has proven a challenge. This program, teaming the AS/400 brand together with some key solution developers, allows us to deliver solutions that will extend the AS/400`s systems management functions," says Sue Horn, director, AS/400 Systems Software Development, IBM. "New Dimension`s Control-M allows the AS/400 to participate in a cross-platform job scheduling solution."
"As organisations increasingly use the AS/400 to run business-critical applications, there is increased demand for advanced enterprise systems management tools that can handle the complexities of today`s distributed environments," says Darroll Buytenhuys, president of New Dimension. "As one of the first vendors chosen by IBM, we look forward to delivering robust enterprise-wide solutions to this important market."
Enterprise production management tools
AS/400 SMPG vendors must satisfy the following criteria:
- Provide quality solutions that satisfy customer needs worldwide;
- Support OS/400 V4R2 and later releases;
- Have TCP/IP capability;
- Be able to deliver a graphical user interface; and
- Integrate with AS/400 Operations Navigator and/or Tivoli`s TME 10 products.
New Dimension`s Control-M production control and job scheduling solution was selected as the only cross-platform job scheduler to be featured in an upcoming AS/400 SMPG promotional CD which will be initially distributed to 20 000 AS/400 customers. Through this software CD sampler, Control-M will be made available for customer evaluation.
An integral part of the company`s enterprise production management solution, Control-M allows operations personnel to manage and automate the setup, scheduling and execution of processes running across multi-platform, midrange and client/server environments.
New Dimension is represented in South Africa by Software Futures, a member of Computer Configurations Holdings.
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