Intel and CA Unveil Integrated Management Solution for Enterprise Environment

Strategic Insights -

Intel Corporation and Computer Associates have joined forces to offer a seamless integration of Intel's desktop and server management technologies with CA's industry-leading enterprise management solution, Unicenter TNG. This integration enables IT departments to fully leverage existing investments in Intel LANDesk Client Manager and LANDesk Server Manager software, while also streamlining IT operations and reducing the cost of ownership.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Application Integration Module (AIM) for Unicenter TNG allows users to directly integrate data and discovery facilities into the Unicenter TNG Framework and, by extension, their Unicenter TNG enterprise management consoles.
  • The AIM will automatically determine which systems throughout the network have Intel LANDesk Client Manager and LANDesk Server Manager installed and represent their presence graphically in the Unicenter TNG WorldView.
  • Data and alarms generated by LANDesk Client Manager and LANDesk Server Manager agents will be available to Unicenter TNG consoles, which can monitor, filter, correlate and manage any problems or potential problems detected.
  • IT managers can download the AIM free of charge from Intel's site on the World Wide Web at http://www.intel.com/network/aims.
  • Unicenter TNG is an integrated enterprise management solution that enables organizations to manage all IT resources, encompassing heterogeneous networks, systems, applications, and databases.
  • Unicenter TNG provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management for 40 platforms including desktops, Windows NT, UNIX, AS/400, NetWare, and mainframe environments.

Statistics:

  • CA has developed over 500 integrated products, including enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing, and financial applications.
  • CA has revenue of $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997.
  • Intel is the world's largest chip maker, also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking, and communications products.
  • CA has over 11,000 employees in 160 offices in 43 countries.

Sources:

  • "Intel Corporation today joined the growing ranks of hardware, software and operating systems vendors who are delivering integrated support for Computer Associates' award-winning Unicenter TNG enterprise management solution." (Business Wire)
  • "Intel's AIM for Unicenter TNG will provide the same seamless integration with Unicenter TNG that so many other CA partners have decided is essential to maximize value to the customer, streamline IT operations and ensure the lowest possible cost of ownership." (Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy)
  • "Our customers can now choose best-in-class management tools and can implement them in a fully integrated manner." (Ed Ekstrom, vice president, Intel Small Business and Networking Group, and general manager, Systems Management Division)