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The
following HP software releases are now available:
Asset
Center 5.01 (ACT501)
Service Center Knowledge Management Search Engine 1.1 (SC62LP)
OVPA, GlancePlus PAK v C.04.60 (GPP46A)
Enterprise Discovery 2.20 (PED220)
Network Configuration Manager 3.6 (NCM036)
HP OVIS 6.20 (OVIS62
Requests to HP are due
no later than May 1, 2008
ASSET CENTER 5.01 (ACT501)
HP AssetCenter software introduces the following new enhancements:
Modern open, standard, architecture
Web enabled, with shared end-user interface
Scalable multi-tier architecture, designed to support large organizations
Based on industry standard J2 EE web architecture
Out-of-the-box business
services
Allows IT to communicate with the business in their language
Service modeling wizard to create business services and model relationships
for greater impact analysis and asset utilization
Catalog Management to publish services and submit requests
Software Asset Management
Module Enhancements
User-profile management ensures user roles and responsibilities
are aligned with their discrete tasks
Out-of-box templates provide simplified and complex calculations
to help better measure license compliance
Guest User licensing
Provides a low-cost license option for users that only need light-use
of the application
Users can seamlessly view, approve and submit requests for goods
or services Empowers users by providing them quick access to view
and update their assets as well as, view other assets within their
department
Business end-user interface
Available end-user interface with only the most commonly used fields
and tabs
nterface can be tailored for business users
Language Availability
AssetCenter 5.01 is currently available in English, Japanese, French,
Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Korean Unicode
You can find a complete
list of all the product features, along with more details, by viewing
or downloading the HP Asset Center 5.01 product brief at: http://www.managementsoftware.hp.com/products
HP
Glance Plus & Perf Agent 4.6 (all platforms) - (GPPA46A)
HP
OpenView Performance
Agent and/or GlancePlus 4.6. This new version 4.6 has many new and
exciting features as summarized below.
o Support for heterogeneous virtualized environments o VMware ESX
Server, HP-UX HPVM and IBM AIX LPAR
o Configurable logging interval o New threshold based logging and
flush interval o Enriched set of metrics What is not new: o datacomm
(same as OVPA4.5)ARM o tools - extract, utility etc.
o DSI interface
A detailed
list of the additional features of this release can be found in
the Release Notes.
HP Enterprise
Discovery 2.2 (PED220)
The following are just some of the new features included with HP
Enterprise Discovery 2.2: Enhanced Support for Virtualization
environments
Now supports Solaris containers to provide an inventory per virtual
machine.
View the relationship between a virtual machine and its host server
Modernization
of Configuration Subsystem
Enhanced look-and-feel
and ease of use
Greater control over and visibility into the configuration process
Windows Vista
support
Inventory of devices running the Windows Vista Operating System
? Identification of the 'Vista readiness' of the hardware configuration
of your managed devices
Broader platform
coverage for the Software Utilization module
Collection of software utilization data now extended to cover all
platforms supported for inventory collection. This includes the
Windows, HP/UX, Solaris, AIX, Linux and Mac platforms
Network Configuration
Manager 3.6 (NCM036)
HP Network Configuration Manager (NCM) v3.60 Software represents
the state-of-the-art in multi-vendor network change and configuration
management, including audit, compliance, and security reporting.
Network Configuration Manager v3.60 has many changes, including:
a redesigned
User Interface to facilitate operator tasks and efficiency, included
tabbed work spaces;
support for server operating environments, including Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4; Solaris 10; and Windows Server 2003;
enhancements to auditing, scalability, availability and reliability;
and
defect fixes
Product manuals
are contained within the software. Network Configuration Manager
v3.60 is intended for both new and upgrading customers. Customers
with previous versions, may wish to contact their HP Partner or
HP Consulting and Integration Services to plan and schedule an engagement
for migration. Migration tools are also included in the software
and more information is available from your HP representative.
For more details
about the new features and functionality of Network Configuration
Manager, please check the Release Notes document included in the
software.
HP OVIS 6.20
(OVIS62)
OpenView Internet Services product provides you with:
- The ability
to actively measure, report and alert on many discrete Internet
services as well as complex multi-step transactions
- HP's powerful
Virtual User Generator technology for recording and replaying
user actions in a over 60 environments
- Virtual
User Generator script compatibility with HP Performance Center,
LoadRunner and Business Availability Center
- Integration
with HP's Network Management Center (previously known as Network
Node Manager or NNM), Operations Center (previously known as OpenView
Operations or OVO)
- Numerous
bug fixes and scalability enhancements
More
information and assistance
For
questions about this upgrade, customers working with an HP OpenView
Services Integrator (SVI) partner should contact their representative.
Otherwise, please consult the HP OpenView knowledge base at www.hp.com/managementsoftware/services.
In case you do not find an answer or solution in the knowledgebase,
we suggest that you submit a support call - www.hp.com/managementsoftware/submit_call
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for
assistance.
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