---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Third Party Product Announcements SunFLASH Vol 50 #22 February 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingres Family Of Products Available For Solaris 2.1 Tivoli Systems' Third-Party Developers' Program AIM Technology BIM DEMAX Software, Inc. Landmark Systems Corporation Legato Systems, Inc. LEGENT Corporation Los Altos Technologies Metrix Network Systems Networx, Inc. Open Computing Security Group Paranet Scopus Technology, Inc. Sybase ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: INGRES FAMILY OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR SOLARIS 2.1 Contact: Glynnis Woolridge (Public Relations) Org: Ingres Phone: (510) 748-2803 Ingres And Sun Microsystems Provide Open Systems Solutions ALAMEDA, Calif., February 16, 1993 -- Ingres, an ASK Group company, today announces the availability of its INGRES Intelligent Database, application development tools and connectivity products for Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation's (SMCC) SPARC systems running the Solaris 2.1 distributed computing environment. "SMCC and Ingres are both committed to providing customers with innovative, open systems solutions for today's client/server computing environments," said Larry Hambly, vice president of marketing for SMCC. "The strong relationship between Ingres and Sun allows us to jointly address key application needs of information management systems." Solaris 2.1 is a powerful 32-bit software environment for the corporate enterprise, and provides all the features of the industry-standard SVR4 operating system plus significant added functionality and ease of use. Ingres products are simultaneously available across the industry's most popular hardware platforms and operating systems. INGRES applications developed in one environment can run virtually unchanged in multiple environments. "INGRES and the Solaris operating environment are an ideal combination for the development, deployment and integration of database applications across an enterprise." said Jean-Paul Minarro, Ingres senior vice president of marketing. "And the advance capabilities of INGRES products take full advantage of Solaris' symmetric multiprocessing and multithreading capabilities." In a related matter, Ingres announced the availability of its INGRES/Windows4GL application development tool for Sun OPEN LOOK graphical user interface. INGRES/Windows4GL is the premier fourth-generation language (4GL) environment for developing graphical client/server applications running on workstations, PCs and terminals. Customers in the United States should direct product inquires to Ingres at 1-800-4-INGRES, and SunSoft, Inc. at 1-800-227-9227. Customers outside of the U.S. should contact the local vendors' offices. Ingres is the leading provider of innovative, cross-platform information management products and the pioneer of the relational database industry. The second largest database company worldwide, Ingres has consistently led the industry, delivering the first transparent distributed database management system, the first intelligent database, and the first graphical, object-oriented fourth-generation application development tool. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Alameda, California, Ingres is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Ask Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASKI), one of the largest software companies worldwide. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation is the world's leading supplier of open client-server computing solutions. Sun Microsystems, Inc., founded in 1982, has its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and is a multi-billion dollar corporation doing business worldwide. ### Trademarks: INGRES is a trademark of INGRES Corporation. Solaris is trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Contact: Glynnis Woolridge Leiann Lee Ingres Public Relations SMCC Public Relations (510) 748-2803 (415) 336-0597 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Janice Brown <0003548141@mcimail.com> Subject: Tivoli Systems' third-party developers' program Contacts: John Hime or Gene Grell Org: Tivoli Systems, Inc. Phone: (512) 794-9070 emaila: info@tivoli.com Janice Brown Janice Brown and Associates, Inc. (617) 332-8066 email: 354-8141@mcimail.com Thirteen Software Vendors Announce Support for Tivoli Systems' Object-Oriented Systems-Management Environment LEGENT, Landmark Systems, Legato Systems, Sybase Among Charter Members of Tivoli Partners Program AUSTIN, Texas, February 16 -- Tivoli Systems, Inc., pioneer of object-oriented software for managing distributed computers, today announced that 13 companies, including Landmark Systems and Legato Systems, will provide software or consulting services for the Tivoli Management Environment (TM). This will provide organizations downsizing their computer installations with a broad set of management tools and support compatible with the Tivoli Management Environment, the industry's leading software for managin g distributed computer systems and the basis of future object-oriented standards for distributed systems management. Tivoli also has formed the Tivoli Partners Program, which provides technical, marketing and sales support to third-party developers build ing applications and services for the Tivoli Management Environment. In 1992, Tivoli shipped the first systems-management applications compliant with the object-oriented standards, for managing users and workstations/servers; security administration; remote systems monitoring; and software distribution. Tivoli software cu rrently is available on workstations from Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard. Tivoli's object-oriented framework technology is the systems-management platform of the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Management Environment and UNIX Systems Laboratories' Distributed Manager, important forthcoming industry standards for managing distributed computers. "Our goal is to provide customers with a comprehensive set of standards-based, fully interoperable, industry-leading applications for managing their distributed computer systems. Customers can begin buying these applications today, with a guaranteed path to the standards of the future," said John Hime, vice president of marketing for Tivoli Systems. "By working cooperatively with other software companies, we're speeding the delivery of specialized tools that address the spectrum of distributed systems-m anagement problems. The first wave of Tivoli-compatible applications will help customers manage such key resources as distributed databases, security, backup-and-restore functions, performance monitoring, and problem tracking and resolution." The following companies will develop versions of their products compatible with the Tivoli Management Environment or will provide consulting and support services: AIM Technology -- provider of SharpShooter (TM), an application for managing the performance of distributed server computers. BIM -- developer of SysCortex, a set of intelligent and graphical task-scheduling applications. DEMAX Software -- provider of SecureMax for UNIX, a security auditing and management solution for distributed system environments. Landmark Systems Corporation -- provider of Probe/X and Probe/Net, performance management solutions for popular UNIX platforms. Legato Systems, Inc. -- provider of Legato NetWorker (R), a high-performance backup and recovery system for client/server environments. LEGENT Corporation -- a leading provider of systems-management applications for mainframe environments. LEGENT will port the object-oriented Tivoli Management Framework to IBM MVS by the end of 1993, as well as will make a number of its applications avai lable on the framework and interoperable with Tivoli applications. Los Altos Technologies -- provider of government-quality security assurance, audit and management tools, including UniShred (TM), UniShred Pro (TM), Fortress (TM) and TermServ (TM). Metrix Network Systems -- provider of NetMetrix (TM), an integrated set of high-performance network monitoring and analysis software for Ethernet, FDDI and token ring networks. Networx Incorporated -- provider of Paradigm, a complete network trouble ticketing and inventory solution that maximizes the productivity of maintenance personnel and reduces operational costs. Open Computing Security Group (TM) -- provider of Kerberos (R) authentication software and consulting services. Paranet -- provider of TShell (TM), a Motif(TM)-compliant development environment for systems administrators, and The System and Network Management Guide. Scopus Technology, Inc. -- developer of ProTEAM (TM), a set of multi-user, client/server applications that automates the operations of software companies and software-centered organizations. Sybase -- developer of the SYBASE (R) system, a leading client/server-based RDBMS product family for online, enterprise-wide applications, and SYBASE Control Server (TM) products, which provide mainframe-class control for distributed databases. Most products will be able to interoperate with the Tivoli Management Environment by the end of the third quarter of 1993. Software Developers Endorse Tivoli Framework "Landmark sees its alliance with Tivoli as a breakthrough in functionality for open systems management. For the first time, using the Tivoli Management Environment as a backbone, customers will be able to manage distributed systems to an unrestricted lev el of detail -- online, in batch or by alarm," said John Ticer, director of UNIX products for Landmark Systems. "The detailed management tools that have long been Landmark's strength are a natural extension of Tivoli's powerful framework. These tools wi ll also be available to the user, along with Tivoli's and those of its other partners, from Tivoli's consistent GUI." "Los Altos Technologies is excited to be working with Tivoli and supporting the company's efforts. The Tivoli Management Environment is an outstanding framework, especially for the management of our security services in today's downsizing environments," said Gary Kremen, executive vice president of Los Altos Technologies. "We recognize that the effective administration of client/server distributed databases is a big challenge," said Stewart Schuster, vice president of marketing for Sybase. "With the SYBASE Control Server (TM) products we will be delivering to the market i n 1993, we are taking the first step toward providing complete tools to address this challenge. Our object in working with Tivoli is to provide our customers with integrated administration tools that are easy to learn and to reduce management costs by pr oviding a single, simplified management interface to operating systems and client/server database administration tasks. This will allow our customers to protect their investments when they begin employing standards-based technologies in the future." The Tivoli Partners Program Tivoli Partners agree to do one or more of the following: provide consulting services for the Tivoli Management Environment, integrate their software applications with Tivoli's systems-management applications, or develop new applications that run on the T ivoli framework. They license the Tivoli/Advanced Development Environment (TM), an advanced toolkit for building framework-compliant object-oriented applications. Tivoli/ADE is the first toolkit compatible with the base framework of the OSF DME. Tivoli Partners receive: Early access to a DME-compatible development environment, ensuring that their applications will be compatible with the DME standard when it becomes available Technical support for integration and development Additional training credits for Tivoli/ADE Marketing and promotional support Cooperative sales programs "The Partners Program will greatly enhance our current product offering and will allow us to provide a more complete systems-management solution for the MIS or data center manager," said Gene Grell, technical marketing manager for Tivoli with responsibili ty for the Partners Program. "Through cooperative marketing and technical support, we are providing select software companies with the tools they need to rapidly and confidently adapt their products and services to the industry-standard framework for sys tems management." Tivoli Management Environment The Tivoli Management Environment provides a productive, vastly simplified way to manage complex distributed environments. Using object-oriented technology and graphical user interfaces, Tivoli applications automate and simplify key management tasks and allow companies to take a collaborative, team approach to systems management by distributing tasks among senior and junior systems staff. The Tivoli Management Environment includes the object-oriented Tivoli Management Framework, graphical and command-line user interfaces, and several management applications. A core application and the basis for all other Tivoli applications, Tivoli/Works (TM) manages basic system resources, including user accounts, host systems (workstations and servers), and the Network Information Service (NIS), as well as simplifies the development, delegation and enforcement of system-administration policies. Tivoli/ Courier (TM) lets system managers automatically distribute software updates throughout a network and ensure consistent network-wide configuration of software -- eliminating the need to make updates manually on each machine. Tivoli/Sentry (TM) helps syste m managers proactively monitor, spot and correct problems on local and remote computers to reduce downtime. In addition to the Tivoli/ADE toolkit, Tivoli offers the Tivoli/Application Extension Facility, a toolkit that lets system managers customize Tivoli applications without programming. In addition to its central role in the DME, Tivoli software is the systems-management framework of UNIX Systems Laboratories' Distributed Manager for UNIX System V Release 4 and is being integrated with technologies from SunSoft to form a systems-manageme nt foundation compliant with the Object Management Group standard. Founded in 1989, Tivoli Systems is an industry force and the leading provider of comprehensive, standards-based software solutions for managing the distributed computer, with more than 50 major installations managing thousands of workstations and servers. The Tivoli Management Environment was named a product of the year by both UNIXWORLD and UNIX Review. Tivoli is dedicated to supporting major industry standards affecting systems management, and actively participates in the Open Software Foundation, UNI X International and the Object Management Group. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tivoli Partners Profiles AIM Technology Contact: Brian Flock, (408) 748-8649 "System administrators will see a high degree of synergy between the offerings of AIM and Tivoli. Users will benefit from Tivoli's endorsement of AIM SharpShooter to address performance management. Our partnership will ensure that we develop complementa ry and interoperable products." -- Paul Farr, vice president. Products/company description: SharpShooter is a distributed server performance management tool. The tool monitors NFS load on servers by file system and client. It also monitors other network services (i.e., TelNet, X Windows, electronic mail) by serve r, interface and client. System managers can watch client systems at work and identify the network services or file systems that the clients are using. SharpShooter's disk storage monitoring can be used for distributed disk management to prevent full fi le systems. These functions are necessary when attempting to improve performance by balancing server load. BIM Contact: Philippe Moitroux, (32) 2-759.59.25 (Belgium) "With SysCortex, BIM brings 10 years of experience in artificial intelligence, graphical environments and applications running on UNIX networks to provide our customers with tools to control and manage the execution of tasks in a distributed and heterogen eous environment. Tivoli features a unique, reliable multiplatform framework that is compliant with emerging standards and helps us concentrate on high-level applications while preserving and leveraging the investment of Tivoli Framework users." -- Paul de Valensart Shoenmaeckers, president and chief executive officer. Products/company description: SysCortex is a coherent set of intelligent and graphical task scheduling tools that will provide operations managers with the capabilities necessary to optimally configure, monitor, schedule and account for distributed tasks . SysCortex provides UNIX process management applications for distributed computing environments, which ensure that groups of tasks (e.g., user applications, backups, testing and maintenance) are scheduled at the right time, in the right place, in the co rrect sequence and in response to the appropriate events. SysCortex brings features from the traditional mainframe environment into the distributed and open world. DEMAX Software, Inc. Contact: Julia Lockwood, (415) 358-3821 "DEMAX provides a centralized security auditing, analysis and management package for a networked environment. Together with the Tivoli software, our products ensure our customers of a comprehensive systems management environment." -- Tanya Candia, vice p resident of marketing. Products/company description: DEMAX Software, Inc., is the leader in centralized security management solutions for networked heterogeneous systems. SecureMax is a security auditing and management solution for distributed UNIX system environments encompa ssing a variety of hardware platforms. From a central UNIX workstation, a security manager can assess the security status of multiple systems on the network simultaneously via a user-friendly, graphical user interface. If a specific system has a securit y concern, the security manager can perform a detailed security audit and correct any security problems. No UNIX expertise is required to use SecureMax, and its multiple reports are appropriate for auditor and management-level audiences who may not be fa miliar with UNIX technical issues. Landmark Systems Corporation Contact: Jodi Levine, (703) 902-8151 Products/company description: Landmark Systems Corporation is a leading supplier of enterprise performance management solutions. The company is a major provider of performance tools for mainframe applications and offers integration and presentation prod ucts that tie these applications together in a single point of control for all the enterprise's computing resources. Landmark has over 8000 customers worldwide. Landmark's Probe/X and Probe/Net products provide leading performance management capabilities for UNIX hosts. Probe/X can be used in online or batch mode, and provides over 200 performance measures in 30 screens, ranging from global to process-level info rmation. Probe/X is available today on IBM AIX, Sun, HP-UX and SCO platforms. Probe/Net is a distributed product providing the same benefits as Probe/X in a client/server environment. Remote collection and logging functions operate on managed nodes, ty ing to central management stations via agents and allowing system management by alarm. Probe/Net is available today for Sun hosts under SunNet Manager. Landmark plans HP OpenView and IBM NetView 6000 versions later this year. Legato Systems, Inc. Contact: Wendy Wytyshyn, (415) 329-7863 Products/company description: Legato develops and markets network service software that simplifies and enhances network computing for personal computer and workstation users, network administrators, and information systems managers. The company's first product, Prestoserve, is widely accepted as the solution for enhancing performance of NFS servers. Both products are used in over 2,000 U.S. and international companies to make network-based computing cost-effective and manageable. LEGENT Corporation Contact: Pam McGraw, (703) 761-6495 "LEGENT's commitment to provide solutions to the entire enterprise complements Tivoli's innovative software environment. By working together, we will ensure that customers will be able to manage heterogeneous environments from any single point within the enterprise." -- John F. Burton, president and chief executive officer. Products/company description: LEGENT Corporation (NASDAQ: LGNT), one of the largest software companies in the world, is a leading international supplier of enterprise-wide solutions for the management and operations of IS organizations. LEGENT's product s and services help Fortune 500 manufacturing companies, major financial institutions, government agencies and a range of other customers maximize the full potential of information technology in their businesses. The company offers a portfolio of more t han 130 products, many of them category leaders, in four critical IS disciplines: data center management, resource management, network management and applications management. A number of these applications will be made available on the IBM MVS-ported Ti voli framework. Los Altos Technologies Contact: Gary Kremen, (415) 949-4567 Products/company description: Los Altos Technologies develops, markets and supports a suite of security software for a variety of open systems applications. LAT's products address a wide range of needs for affordable, user-friendly solutions such as sec urity assurance, audit and management tools. LAT products are currently available on most derivatives of UNIX, including Sun, HP, IBM, SCO, DEC and Addamax Secure CMW. Metrix Network Systems Contact: Matt Russell, (603) 888-7000 "Now the system administrator can use NetMetrix to perform extensive network monitoring and analysis within the Tivoli Management Environment. There are enormous benefits to this integrated approach." -- Matt Russell, president. Products/company description: NetMetrix is a set of distributed client/server monitoring and analysis applications for Ethernet, token ring, and FDDI networks. The applications employ both the RMON and X Window System standards to provide enterprise-wid e monitoring and analysis from your system management console. There are five applications in the set: the NetMetrix Internetwork Monitor allows you to see traffic patterns at every layer of the OSI stack; the NetMetrix Load Monitor and the NetMetrix NFS Monitor provide extensive traffic statistics and correlational analysis in a wide variety of graphs and tables; the NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer captures and fully decodes packets of all major protocol families (including TCP/IP, DECnet, Appletalk, SNA, N ovell and SNMP); and the NetMetrix Traffic Generator can simulate load and test protocol implementations. Networx, Inc. Contact: Lisa Sheeran, Hi-Tech Communications, (415) 904-7000 "Customers seeking a tightly integrated solution to their network management issues are faced with a potpourri of offerings. We are committed to participating in programs such as this that simplify the customer's decision process. The Tivoli/Networx ali gnment offers a 'best of breed' approach to solving network management issues. The interoperability of Networx' Paradigm Trouble-ticketing and Inventory System with the Tivoli Management Environment offers customers a truly synergistic combination." -- C hristopher Slatt, president and chief executive officer. Products/company description: Paradigm gives you a complete solution for the management of complex client/server, multi-platform network problems -- without additional programming. Fully integrated with a network management platform, such as HP OpenView or SunConnect SunNet Manager, Paradigm filters alarms and reports anomalies. Paradigm lets you correlate multiple incidents with a single problem, generate trouble tickets, and notify the appropriate service personnel, including external service vendors . The automatic escalation of unresolved problems allows your organization to monitor service organizations' performance. Action templates record successful repair strategies for use in the future. Paradigm provides an automated mechanism for coordinat ing internal and external resources to provide optimal network maintenance. Open Computing Security Group Contact: Bob Gassen, (206) 883-8721 "We're very excited. What this partnership brings to the end-user is a centrally managed security solution for large, distributed networks through the combined technologies of Tivoli Systems and OCSG." -- Dr. Daniel Webb, director. Products/company description: The Open Computing Security Group (OCSG) provides commercially supported client/server security software based on MIT's Kerberos authentication software, as well as a full range of security training and consulting services. OCSG/Kerberos servers and client workstation utilities support a wide variety of UNIX and non-UNIX operating systems. Client Toolkit libraries allow customers to "Kerberize" their own client/server applications. OCSG also provides tutorials in network security, client/server security alternatives, Kerberos theory, and scale and security infrastructure in a large distributed environment. Consulting services include security assessments, assistance in "Kerberizing" applications, and software implementat ion. Paranet Contact: Michael Holthouse, (713) 626-4800 "Because the Tivoli software has been selected by so many industry standards bodies, it is the ideal framework for integrating the multitude of system and network management tools. It is a real win for the industry." -- Michael Holthouse, president. Products/company description: Paranet is a multivendor network management company specializing in products and services specifically targeted towards helping customers integrate and more profitability manage their distributed computer environments. In addition to assisting customers with the implementation and customization of the Tivoli Management Environment in their distributed computing environments, Paranet will make several value-added tools available to Tivoli customers. TShell is a Motif-compli ant development environment specifically designed for system administrators of heterogeneous environments. The System and Network Management Guide helps companies establish and implement important corporate policies and procedures for distributed multive ndor computer environments, including the implementation of Tivoli's software policy regions. Scopus Technology, Inc. Contact: Ed Niehaus, Niehaus, Ryan & Haller, (415) 615-7908 "This integration signals the first time computer systems management personnel will have at their fingertips all the information and tools they need to provide complete user support. Tivoli and Scopus share the goal of helping customers resolve users' pr oblems quickly. Our mutual customers will appreciate this strategic relationship because they want standards-based solutions that integrate the best products for each of our functions." -- Will Herman, president. Products/company description: ProTEAM, from Scopus Technology, Inc., of Emeryville, Calif., is a family of multi-user, client/server applications that automates the operations of software companies and software-centered organizations. ProTEAM integrates the various groups throughout an organization, including engineering, quality assurance, technical and help desk support, as well as sales, marketing, finance and manufacturing. All users share a standard SQL server-based database of product, customer a nd user information. Sybase Contact: Didi D'Errico, Blanc & Otus PR, (415) 546-8080 Products/company description: Sybase, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBS) develops and markets the SYBASE system, a leading client/server-based RDBMS product family for online, enterprise-wide applications. The company offers proven products and services to provide cust omers with complete desktop to mainframe solutions. Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase markets its products worldwide through its direct sales force, telesales, distributors, OEMs, VARs and systems integrators. ### Tivoli, Tivoli Management Environment, Tivoli/ADE and Tivoli/AEF are trademarks of Tivoli Systems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark and Distributed Manager a trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc. Kerberos is a registered trademark of the Ma ssachusetts Institute of Technology. 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