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EDITORIAL CONTACTS: PRCSJ600116
Maureen Schickel
(508) 256-6600. Ext. 7582
Jim Christensen
(408) 447-1678
HP TO SUPPORT OSF/DCE TECHNOLOGIES
ACROSS ALL HP OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 17, 1991 -- Hewlett-Packard Company
announced it will use the Open Software Foundation's Distributed
Computing Environment (OSF/DCE) as a unifying element across HP
computer systems.
The company said today it will make OSF/DCE technologies
available on HP MPE/XL, an operating system for HP 3000 PA-RISC
systems, completing the company's plan to provide distributed
computing technologies across its operating environments --
HP-UX*, Domain/OS, OSF/1 and HP MPE/XL.
"HP introduced distributed computing in 1987 with the HP
Network Computing System (NCS)," said Lewis E. Platt, HP
executive vice president in charge of HP's Computer Systems
Organization. "With its early widespread acceptance in the
industry, and ultimately by OSF as the cornerstone of OSF/DCE, HP
NCS has long been the foundation for practical, distributed
applications that are solving customer problems today.
"Workstation customers of HP and other leading vendors depend
on HP NCS-based applications to meet their
distributed-manufacturing, engineering and administrative needs
on a daily basis. HP stands ready to provide similar distributed
solutions for all our computer users by delivering OSF/DCE
technology," said Platt.
OSF/DCE will allow computer users to access enterprisewide
resources and data from their own desktop systems without regard
for the network location or the type of computer within which the
data resides.
In an engineering environment, OSF/DCE will allow a great
degree of transparency for distributed-file access and will
improve compute performance. To address the needs of distributed
transaction processing in a commercial environment, HP will
provide a transaction-processing monitor from Transarc
Corporation, based on DCE, for the HP 9000 and HP 3000 PA-
RISC-based business systems and servers. Each of these
performance enhancements depends upon remote-procedure-call (RPC)
technology.
The RPC technology employed by OSF/DCE is built on HP NCS, a
set of advanced software tools that allows users to distribute
parts, or modules, of a single application program to computers
best suited for specific tasks.
HP has delivered practical, NCS-based applications since
1987, including system-administration and application-development
products that enable customers to increase productivity within
their existing computing environments. For example, HP OmniBack
requires just a single procedure from one location to back up a
distributed multivendor environment. With HP's distributed
development environment, an application developer can debug code
by running a distributed application from the workstation.
Availability
HP expects to release OSF/DCE technologies on its platforms
beginning in 1992. A release of critical elements of OSF/DCE
will be available in the first half of 1992 on HP OSF/1,
Domain/OS and HP-UX operating systems. This first release is
targeted for application developers who need DCE's RPC technology
to develop DCE-compliant software products and for evaluators of
DCE technology.
OSF/DCE technology is expected to be available in the second
half of 1992 to HP's installed base of HP MPE/XL customers, with
further DCE technology incorporated into HP MPE/XL early in 1993.
Hewlett-Packard Company is an international manufacturer of
measurement and computation products and systems recognized for
excellence in quality and support. The company's products and
services are used in industry, business, engineering, science,
medicine and education in approximately 100 countries. HP has
91,300 employees and had revenue of $13.2 billion in its 1990
fiscal year.
# # #
HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX* operating
system. It also complies with X/Open's* XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS
151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc.
in the U.S.A. and other countries.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and
other countries.
EDITORIAL CONTACTS: PRCS4700137
Jim Christensen
408-447-1678
Dave Kroll
408-447-0985
OSF ADOPTS HP PRODUCTS
FOR DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 17, 1991 - Hewlett-Packard Company
today announced that three products submitted to the Open
Software Foundation (OSF) -- HP OpenView Network Management
Server, HP Network License System (NetLS) and HP Software
Distribution Utilities -- were selected as components of the
OSF's Distributed Management Environment (DME). The technologies
on which the products are based will provide users a
standards-based framework and software services for unified
system, network and application management.
"The terrific thing for HP customers is that they can buy HP
products today and be confident their investment will be the
foundation of future standards-based products," said John A.
Young, HP president and chief executive officer. "OSF's adoption
of HP OpenView is the kind of endorsement that keeps HP at the
forefront of the open-systems and distributed-computing
movements."
Last year at this time, the OSF also selected HP technologies
as components of its Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), a
comprehensive, integrated set of networking services that support
the development, use and maintenance of distributed applications.
The DCE enables customers to access enterprisewide resources and
data from their own desktop systems without needing to know the
network location or type of computer.
The newly selected DME technologies further enhance the DCE
by allowing a multivendor-computing network to be managed with a
consistent graphical user interface (GUI) in a unified and
efficient manner. The products chosen by OSF will simplify the
management of multivendor-computer environments by providing a
common framework and tools to simplify development of new
management applications and integration of existing applications.
HP OpenView Network Management Server components form the
core of the DME framework. HP NetLS, submitted to the OSF by HP
and Gradient Technologies, is a software-licensing toolkit that
administers licenses, manages and monitors software usage for
software products on multiple vendors' platforms. HP Software
Distribution Utilities are a set of tools that install,
distribute and manage software applications over networked
systems.
These HP solutions, along with technologies from several
other vendors including Groupe Bull, IBM, Tivoli Systems and Wang
Laboratories, form the complete DME solution.
Product Availability
The HP OpenView NM Server and HP NetLS products are available
today to solve problems and give users an early transition to the
DME. HP will incorporate other OSF-selected DME technologies
into HP OpenView products for the earliest possible delivery. HP
Software Distribution Utilities currently are available on HP-UX*
and will be available on HP's release of an operating system
being developed by OSF called OSF1.
HP OpenView Network Management Server
HP OpenView Network Management (NM) Server is an open,
standards-based environment for both network- and
system-management solutions. Software developers can use the HP
OpenView NM Server to develop complete network and
system-management applications. The HP OpenView NM Server offers
customers a platform for integrating network and
system-management applications under a common GUI. Two key
components of the product were selected by OSF: HP OpenView
Windows and HP OpenView Communications Infrastructure.
HP OpenView Windows is an advanced GUI that employs OSF/Motif
and X Window System technologies to provide consistent user
interaction with management applications and the managed
environment. This interface provides common,
developer-configurable, pull-down menus and topology maps to
simplify navigation through complex computer environments.
In addition, the HP OpenView Communications Infrastructure
provides location-transparent communications between
applications, managed objects and management services in a
distributed-management environment. The infrastructure is based
on the industry-standard Simple Network Management Protocol or
Common Management Information Protocol.
Applications gain access to the communications infrastructure
through the Consolidated Management API. This API, jointly
specified by HP and Groupe Bull, provides a standard applications
interface and simplifies the use of multiple management protocols
in the DME.
HP Network License System
HP NetLS allows application vendors and end users to take
advantage of a wide variety of license models to more accurately
reflect application usage and value. HP NetLS is a software
toolkit that manages, enforces and monitors software usage
policies. The product also provides a unified, networkwide
mechanism to administer all software licenses running on a
network and enables the free flow of applications across the
various systems, including distributed multivendor networks.
HP NetLS supports multiple-licensing attributes and methods
to address the needs of a range of software applications. HP
NetLS also operates across any computing environment, supports
any software or hardware platform, and provides a uniform
administrative mechanism. By furnishing tools to all
constituents involved in software licensing (application
suppliers, application end users and end-user system
administrators), HP NetLS creates a single, comprehensive system
to establish new software-licensing policies, and improve
end-user software-asset management.
HP NetLS utilizes the Network Computing System -- the
remote-procedure call facility of the OSF DCE -- to enable
communications across the network.
HP NetLS offers OSF/Motif-based GUIs, as well as programmatic
interfaces to the development and administrative tools provided
for NetLS constituents.
HP Software Distribution Utilities
The HP Software Distribution Utilities simplify software
distribution with a set of sophisticated tools that install and
update system and application software from a single location,
providing users flexibility in distributing software throughout a
multivendor environment. These utilities also give
administrators and users the ability to manage software on both
stand-alone and networked systems.
The utilities support creation of a variety of software
media, installation of new software, update of installed software
to a newer version and removal of installed software. This
software can include any combination of base-operating-system,
application and end-user software products. Software can be
distributed on CD-ROM, magnetic tape or from a network server.
Information on installed software is maintained on each system to
coordinate these operations and to permit user inquiries.
For example, an administrator can distribute software to
multiple nodes simultaneously -- from a single point --
eliminating the need for tedious step-and-repeat operations.
This capability is built upon the NCS-based remote-procedure call
facility of the OSF DCE.
HP OpenView offers a comprehensive family of systems and
network-management solutions including platforms,
application-software products, and systems and network-management
services. HP OpenView is installed in more than 4,000 networks
around the world. Network and system-management applications are
available on a variety of platforms including HP 9000
workstations and HP 3000 business systems and servers, Sun
workstations, MS-DOS* PCs and will be available from IBM on
RS/6000 systems in the future.
HP NetLS is in use by major software vendors and has been
adopted by major hardware manufacturers for use in their own
systems. The product is available on a wide variety of
platforms, including PCs, workstations and minicomputers, as well
as across various operating systems, including a UNIX* system and
others.
Hewlett-Packard Company is an international manufacturer of
measurement and computation products and systems recognized for
excellence in quality and support. The company's products and
services are used in industry, business, engineering, science,
medicine and education in approximately 100 countries. HP has
91,300 employees and had revenue of $13.2 billion in its 1990
fiscal year.
# # #
HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX* operating
system. It also complies with X/Open's* XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS
151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
MS-DOS is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc.
in the U.S.A. and other countries.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and
other countries.
NOTE TO THE EDITOR: Sales information may be obtained by calling
1-800-752-0900. Please do NOT use editor-contact or corporate
telephone numbers for sales information.
Information in this release applies specifically to products
available in the United States. Product availability and
specifications may vary in non-U.S. markets.
If you choose to review this item, fastest response to your
readers' inquiries will be assured by mailing them to
Hewlett-Packard Company Inquiries, 19310 Pruneridge Ave.,
Cupertino, Calif. 95014.
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