Tokyo; Brisbane, Calif.; and Maidenhead, UK- Hitachi, Ltd., a leading provider of distributed
workload management tools, today announced it has achieved Hewlett-Packard Company's HP
OpenView Premier Partner status and that its Job Management Partner 1/Automatic Job Scheduler, a
product within the Job Management Partner 1 (JP1) suite, has HP OpenView certification. HP
OpenView is a portfolio of enterprise-management solutions for network, server, application, and IT
service management.
"As an established leader in distributed workload management tools, Hitachi, Ltd. is excited to have
Job Management Partner 1/Automatic Job Scheduler certified with HP OpenView, the leadingservice
management solution," said Shouji Yamamoto, Executive General Manager of Software Division,
Hitachi, Ltd. "This powerful combination allows IT departments to deliver the level of service needed
to make their businesses more productive."
"HP OpenView Premier Partners have developed the highest level of integration with HP OpenView,"
said Olivier Helleboid, general manager of the HP OpenView Software Business Unit. "Hitachi's Job
Management Partner 1 distributed workload management suite, combined with HP Network Node
Manager, allows customers to operate more effectively and gain a quicker return on their investment."
"We use HP OpenView as Network Management tool," said Tsutomu Takahashi, Director of Systems
Planning & Administration Management Department, Information Systems, Japan Airlines, which is
the Japan's biggest international airline, "We are looking forward to managing our enterprise system
effectively with the integration of HP OpenView and Hitachi's Job Management Partner 1/Automatic
Job Scheduler."
"We use HP OpenView as network management tool and Hitachi's Job Management Partner 1 as
system management tool," said Kenshi Yanagida, Managing Director, Skyward Information System
Co., Ltd., that manages enterprise information system of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., which is the
world's largest producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and semiconductor silicon, Shin-Etsu also has a
major presence in markets for silicones, synthetic quartz and rare earth magnets, "We are looking
forward to building our system and network management environment more effectively with the
integration."
About the Job Management Partner 1 Suite
Hitachi's Job Management Partner 1 (JP1), available for UNIXR and Windows NT(R), is a powerful
suite of workload management tools designed to automate routine batch processing for small to
enterprise level distributed environments. Although tightly integrated as a total product solution, JP1
components can be easily integrated into existing environments. Components include flexible job
scheduling, batch management with load balancing, event management for notification/automated
response, and network print services. With deployments at more than 2500 corporations, JP1 holds
the top market share in Japan among systems management applications (source: IDC Japan, 1997
Japanese distributed system management software market).
JP1 automates routine-computing tasks such as manually initiating and monitoring jobs, freeing up
system administrators to address business critical initiatives. When system problems or exceptions do
occur, administrators can rely on JP1's event management capabilities to notify appropriate personnel
and/or initiate an automatic response to predefined system errors or exceptions. When combined with
JP1's batch management capabilities, companies benefit from being able to conserve networked
resources and reduce the need for future upgrade purchases. With JP1's integration to HP OpenView,
administrators can gain even more control over their operating environment. By using JP1
components, administrators can schedule jobs, centrally monitor job end status from their HP
OpenView console, and detect processing errors or exceptions immediately, responding appropriately
and increasing system availability for users of the network.
HPcertified Hitachi's Job Management Partner 1/Automatic Job Scheduler version 05-10 with HP
OpenView Network Node Manager 5.0 for Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) 4.0. Job Management
Partner 1/Automatic Job Scheduler version 04-00 is also supported and certified on HP Network Node
Manager 5.0 running on HP-UX 10.20. The Hitachi JP1 suite is sold and supported worldwide. For
more information on JP1, please visit Hitachi's Web site at
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/open-e/jp1/ jp1.htm.
About HP OpenView
HP is one of the world's largest providers of integrated network-, application-, storage-, security-,
deployment- and service-management solutions. HP OpenView solutions are at work in more than
100,000 multivendor distributed computing environments worldwide. Together with offerings from
more than 200 partners, HP OpenView offers a complete portfolio of services and management
solutions on all major platforms.
Information about HP and its solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.openview.hp.com.
About Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global technology
companies, with fiscal 1997 (ended March 31, 1998) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($63.8
billion*). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers,
semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on
Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site at www.hitachi.co.jp.
* At an exchange rate of 132 yen to the dollar.
HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later (in both 32 and 64-bit
configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group and UNIX 95 branded products.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
Microsoft is U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows NT is U.S. registered
trademark of Microsoft Corporation
(C)1999 Hitachi, Ltd. Job Management Partner 1and Automatic Job Scheduler are trademarks of
Hitachi, Ltd. All other registered and non-registered trademarks are the sole property of their
respective owners. All rights reserved.
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