The new solutions will enable customers to extend and simplify the management of enterprise and e-business infrastructures running on Compaq industry-standard computing platforms in Microsoft Windows Server environments. As part of the agreement, announced at Networld + Interop in Las Vegas, Compaq will designate NetIQ as its premier partner for solutions built on MOM. In turn, NetIQ will designate Compaq as its premier Windows server hardware partner for management solutions.
Compaq is always seeking innovative new ways to drive down the operational and infrastructure costs of customers’ distributed server environments without compromising trademark ProLiant(TM) server performance, security or availability, said Paul Santeler, vice president, Modular Servers, Compaq Industry Standard Server Group. As ProLiant customers begin to adopt MOM, integration of existing Compaq Intelligent Manageability tools will be critical for delivering enhanced functionality and simplification. Our partnership with NetIQ will facilitate the rapid delivery of this integration.
According to the agreement, Compaq and NetIQ will jointly develop and market Extended Management Packs(TM) (XMPs(TM)) that build on the current NetIQ Compaq Insight Manager Active Knowledge Module(TM) (AKM(TM)). The new solutions to facilitate MOM integration for Compaq customers will complement the high value that ProLiant customers receive from Compaq Intelligent Manageability tools for a wide range of their Compaq infrastructure components.
Customers rely on NetIQ for industry-leading, secure, scalable solutions for the enterprise, said Rick Pleczko, senior vice president of marketing at NetIQ Corporation. Entering into this agreement with Compaq enables our mutual customers to streamline the management of their distributed Compaq-based server environment and achieve their availability and performance goals quickly and easily.
By working together, NetIQ and Compaq offer customers a powerhouse management solution for Microsoft Operations Manager 2000, said David Hamilton, director of product marketing for Management Technologies at Microsoft. Compaq and NetIQ both provide the technology, services and execution needed to simplify the management of customers’ distributed environments.
History of Joint Development
Since NetIQ’s inception in 1995, the company’s development team has worked with Compaq’s development team to fully integrate NetIQ applications with Compaq ProLiant server platforms in Windows environments. With Compaq ProLiant servers leading the worldwide market share of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 server deployments, NetIQ optimized its product to enhance the critical technology differentiator that Compaq delivers to ProLiant customers. Customers have responded by choosing NetIQ to manage ProLiant server environments, further extending the benefits of Compaq Intelligent Manageability tools and industry-leading ProLiant reliability and availability.
About NetIQ
NetIQ Corporation is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management and intelligence solutions for all the components of an organization’s e-business infrastructure-from back-end severs, networks and directories to front-end Web servers and applications. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with development and operational personnel in Houston, Raleigh, N.C., Bellevue, Wash. and Portland, Ore.
