Aperture and Tideway to Visualize the Dependencies Between Applications and Physical Resources in the Data Center
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Aperture's VISTA software for managing space, power, cooling and other physical assets will be integrated with Tideway Systems' Foundation, which shows the relationship between applications and servers
STAMFORD, Conn., June 25 / -- Aperture Technologies Inc., the leading global provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of data centers, has formed a technical partnership with Tideway Systems, the independent leader in IT service configuration management for enterprises, to provide data center managers with a visual insight into where applications are running, what physical infrastructure they depend on, and how they will be affected by any changes in capacity or resource availability.
Aperture VISTA provides IT executives with the planning and management capabilities to manage today's complex data center environments. Aperture VISTA provides data center managers with a visual representation of the data center; including the space available, power consumption and cooling requirements. In large data centers, Aperture VISTA is an invaluable tool that ensures optimal uptime and effective capacity management.
Tideway's products enable organizations to model distributed business applications and link them to their supporting infrastructure. The company's Foundation product is the most widely-deployed IT service configuration management solution and is relied on for its ability to map applications to the resources they depend on.
Under the technical partnership, the companies will integrate Aperture VISTA and Tideway's Foundation to provide data centers with a comprehensive insight into business applications in use and the underlying physical resources, all accessible through a user-friendly visual interface. Data center management will be able to see which applications run on which servers, what the physical requirements of those servers are, and how those needs are being met or are threatened by conflicting demands on the data center environment. Aperture VISTA will provide a visual representation of the impact the physical infrastructure has on the business applications.
Bill Clifford, chairman and CEO for Aperture Technologies, said: "Through this partnership, we will empower data center managers to quickly see how any changes or problems in the data center will affect the business. At a time when acceptable downtime is often measured in seconds, it is vital that companies can quickly identify how business functions are affected by technical limitations and faults."
Donald C. Klein, vice president of Alliances for Tideway Systems, said: "By mapping applications to the underlying physical resources they depend on, our customers are able to better manage uptime and resource allocation. Through this partnership, they will have access to richer technical information and a visual interface that will enable them to respond more quickly to adverse events, and to communicate priorities and problems to the business owners of any affected applications."
About Aperture
Aperture is the leading global provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of data centers. Aperture's solutions reduce operational risk and improve efficiency through the visual management of data center resources. Aperture delivers the best practice processes that enable organizations to take control of an increasingly complex physical infrastructure including equipment, space, power, cooling, network and storage.
With over 20 years of experience, Aperture provides organizations with the information required to optimize their data center operations, delivering better services at the lowest cost. Aperture's customers include the world's largest companies, half of which are Fortune 1000 and Global 500 organizations.
About Tideway Systems
Tideway Systems(TM) is the independent leader in IT service configuration management for enterprises. Tideway's flagship product, Foundation, provides essential transparency of data center configuration and dependencies, makes configuration management as simple as search and counts among its customers British American Tobacco, British Telecom (BT), BSkyB, Co-operative Bank, Dimension Data, Dresdner Kleinwort, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), ING, JCB, Linklaters, LogicaCMG, and Mizuho Bank Ltd.
Tideway Systems is a privately held company with offices in the UK, USA, Denmark and Germany. See www.tideway.com/ for further information.
Source: Aperture Technologies Inc.
CONTACT: Lisa Facinelli, +1-617-576-5763, lfacinelli@prompt-communications.com, or Hazel Butters, +1-617-291-9899, hbutters@prompt-communications.com, both of Prompt Communications, for Aperture Technologies
Web site: http://www.aperture.com/
http://www.tideway.com/
