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NetIQ Extends Automated Event Management Across Heterogeneous Environments Aegis 1.5
September 2008 by Marc Jacob
NetIQ, an Attachmate business, announced the release of NetIQ® Aegis™ 1.5, featuring new integration methods to extend process automation across heterogeneous computing environments and further reduce operational inefficiencies plaguing IT organizations. Along with these enhancements, NetIQ also announced expanded platform support.
NetIQ Aegis is the industry’s first vendor-neutral IT Process Automation platform and the only technology featuring deep embedded workflow knowledge for modeling, automating, measuring and improving run books and ITIL-based processes. By utilizing Aegis along with adapters to leading management products, organizations can further automate their event management process and derive greater ROI from heterogeneous computing environments.
With IP v6 compatibility, new out-of-the-box activities, a process scheduler and improved mapping wizards for building and maintaining IT processes, Aegis 1.5 delivers a richer and more intuitive experience to accelerate the achievement of cost savings. It also ships with a greater variety of integration methods, including a:
o Universal database adapter, which enables Aegis to interact directly with any product that utilizes a back-end database such as a CMDB
o Command line interface communicator, which allows Aegis to issue text commands or read output to drive processes such as job scheduling
o Web services activity that provides access and control of any application or tool via this common API to enable rapid integration
NetIQ continues to extend integration with leading IT enterprise tools with the introduction of an adapter for BMC® Remedy® Action Request System®, technology resulting from the NetIQ Technology Partner Program that is designed to work with any enterprise customizations already in place. Now, users can correlate events across multiple tools, automatically populate a single ticket within Remedy and monitor for status changes that dictate further steps in an automated process.
– Availability and Pricing :
NetIQ Aegis 1.5 is generally available worldwide today. NetIQ Aegis Adapter for BMC Remedy Action Request System will be available worldwide in August 2008. List pricing for NetIQ Aegis starts at $25,000 per base server with managed objects and adapters licensed separately.
