Microsoft, EMC team on network management
Microsoft Corp. is licensing technology from EMC Corp. and the companies are developing new technologies aimed at making it easier for businesses to monitor and manage their IT systems.
Microsoft will include EMC's Smarts network monitoring technology in future versions of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, software used for end-to-end IT systems monitoring. EMC is also developing network management and root-cause analysis management packs that will be used in existing and future versions of System Center Operations Manager.
On Tuesday, the companies announced the first product based on their collaboration. The EMC Smarts Connector for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, which will become available in May, integrates the two products so that the technologies can share information with each other. The Smarts component shares network discovery, topology and root-cause events with the Operations Manager and the Operations Manager synchronizes alert status and resolution with Smarts.
Integrating the two products will help improve operations management across devices and systems, making it easier for users to identify where a problem may be occurring, Microsoft said.
EMC and Microsoft are also working on developing a cross-domain behavioral model in an effort to improve IT operations management across devices and systems. Operations Manager partners will be able to add to the model as they build new devices and applications. The model is expected to make it easier for users, particularly those with servers, applications and services from a variety of sources, to find the source of problems in their IT systems, the companies said.
IDG News Service
Symantec Backup Exec 12 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8 deliver industry leading Windows data protection and system recovery. Download this whitepaper to find out the top reasons to upgrade and how to get continuous data protection and complete system recovery.
Data and system loss — from a hard drive failure, malicious attack, natural disaster, or simple human error — can happen anytime. Don’t leave your business vulnerable. Make sure you have a secure recovery strategy in place. Symantec's latest backup and system recovery technology can efficiently restore critical applications, individual emails and documents and even restore your entire system in minutes in the event of a loss.
Businesses face a growing challenge to ensure that the IT environment is properly protected. Backup Exec 12 integrates with other applications in the Symantec family of products, to complement your current data protection strategy, keep your data securely backed up and make it recoverable when you need it most.
VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise
By Edward L. Haletky
Published Dec 29, 2007 by Prentice Hall.
Enter now! | Official rules | Sample chapter
Green IT
By Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert C. Elsenpeter
To be published Oct. 10, 2008 by McGraw Hill Professional
Enter now! | Official rules | About the book
