Hewlett-Packard Partners with Horizons Technology Inc. to Enhance Asset Management Service

San Diego-based Horizons Technology Inc. has signed an OEM agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company, licensing the company's LANauditor desktop inventory technology for integration into HP's Asset Management Service. The partnership aims to provide customers with a comprehensive solution for analyzing network assets across multiple platforms, including the Unix environment. HP Asset Management Service offers a range of features, including needs analysis, physical asset inventory, and data collection, as well as asset-database maintenance, custom reports, and ongoing tracking.

Key Takeaways:

• The OEM agreement between Horizons Technology Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company will integrate HTI's LANauditor desktop inventory technology into HP's Asset Management Service, enhancing the solution for analyzing network assets.
• The partnership will enable customers to gather configuration information from local area networks at each site, which will be reported to the HP Asset Management Service database for analysis.
• LANauditor desktop inventory module will complement the tools developed by HP for Unix asset management, supporting a range of platforms and operating systems.
• The partnership is significant as it leverages HTI's desktop inventory technology, which is also the basis for its flagship network management product, LANauditor.
• LANauditor is a standalone asset management software program that automates the task of tracking hardware and software on the network, as well as on standalone personal computers.
• The partnership highlights the growing demand for effective network management solutions in the industry.

Statistics:

• Horizons Technology Inc. has more than 450 employees, with offices in San Diego, Boston, Alexandria, Va., and the Netherlands.
• Hewlett-Packard Company has 98,200 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in its 1994 fiscal year.
• HP Asset Management Service will utilize HTI's desktop inventory technology to gather configuration information from local area networks.
• Retail price of LANauditor is $495, with the ability to inventories all hardware and software installed on DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Macintosh workstations and file servers.

Sources:

• Business Wire, "Horizons Technology Inc. Announces OEM Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company" - March 27, 1995.
• Horizons Technology Inc. - "About Horizons Technology Inc."
• Hewlett-Packard Company - "About Hewlett-Packard Company"
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