Systems/Enterprise:
NEW MetiLinx CONNECTOR ENABLES REAL-TIME UTILITY COMPUTING
MetiLinx Inc, a provider of technologies for heterogeneous utility computing,
announced the MetiLinx Connector for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005.
This updated version of the MetiLinx Connector extends MOM 2005 to virtualize
and unify heterogeneous server and partition environments, giving customers
the platform for real-time utility computing. The announcement follows
Microsoft's announcement of the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Microsoft
Operations Manager 2005.
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 is the next-generation systems management
solution for managing and monitoring a Windows-based server environment, and
is an important element of Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative. This
initiative focuses on reducing the cost and complexity of managing and
securing enterprise systems. Through its partnership with Microsoft,
MetiLinx's product strategy is closely aligned with Microsoft's Dynamic
Systems Initiative.
The MetiLinx Connector integrates MOM 2005 with MetiLinx's technology and
solutions for real-time utility computing enablement. These solutions are:
- Real-time assessment and heterogeneous monitoring, to determine exactly how
systems are being utilized, including Windows NT 4.0, Windows Server 2000,
Windows Server 2003, VMWare ESX, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, FreeBSD and leading
versions Linux.
- Virtualization of server and partition resources into functional groupings
that make sense to business and IT.
- SLA Management, based on virtualized groups of business systems, matching
the system with the business need.
- Intelligent Allocation, using MetiLinx real-time capabilities to allocate
traffic and work to the least utilized server or group.
- Charge Back and Reporting, allowing customers the ability to see if their
systems are being cost effectively utilized.
- Capacity on Demand, using real-time SLA measurement to make automatic
decisions on adding or subtracting systems and applications based on business
need.
"All enterprise data centers are heterogeneous, and all data center managers
can see the cost benefit and flexibility of utility computing," stated Larry
Ketchersid, executive director at MetiLinx. "The MetiLinx Connector for MOM
2005 allows managers of heterogeneous data centers to take advantage of new
MOM 2005 features for managing Linux, Unix and Windows NT 4.0 environments.
And, more importantly, it gives these customers a platform to rapidly build
toward a heterogeneous real-time utility computing environment today."
"Customers are asking for solutions that not only provide excellent management
of the Windows environment, but also extend to meet their heterogeneous
challenges so they can reduce cost and complexity," said David Hamilton,
director of the Windows and Enterprise Management Division at Microsoft Corp.
"We're delighted to see MetiLinx extending MOM 2005 to deliver an integrated
solution -- helping our mutual customers do more with less and delivering on
key objectives of the Dynamic Systems Initiative."
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