Integrated Platform Management Solution Supports
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
Microsoft Management Summit - San Diego, March 27,
2007 - NEC Corporation, a leading provider of Internet,
broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to
meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of
customers, will be demonstrating its integrated platform management
solution, SigmaSystemCenter, at booth 126 of this year's
Microsoft® Management Summit in San Diego, Calif.
In today's complex business environment, IT infrastructures are
required to grow quickly and continuously to meet business services
needs, while reducing or containing operational complexity and
cost. SigmaSystemCenter helps businesses to streamline system
management, integrating seamlessly with Microsoft System Center
Operations Manager to efficiently maintain system service levels.
Providing a unified and scalable solution, SigmaSystemCenter is NEC
Corporation's platform management product currently distributed in
Japan and available worldwide.
Working closely with Microsoft, NEC now supports Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager 2007 in addition to current
support of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. NEC plans to expand
the integration through future enhanced products of Microsoft's
Dynamic Systems Initiative and support of Microsoft Windows Server
Longhorn Virtualization technology.
"Supporting a strategic relationship with a highly regarded
company such as Microsoft is a key ingredient to NEC's success and
enables us to deliver the best system management offerings and the
most cost-effective solutions for our customers," said Katsumi
Inoue, general manager of 2nd Computers Software Division, NEC
Corporation. "Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative is an ideal
complement to our SigmaSystemCenter and aligns with our goal to
provide our customers with the best solution to their system
management needs."
The joint solution of SigmaSystemCenter and System Center
Operations Manager 2007 allows customers to manage heterogeneous
system environments of Microsoft® Windows®,
Linux® and HP-UX while leveraging the management
knowledge of Windows environment provided through System Center
Operations Manager 2007. SigmaSystemCenter automatically maintains
system service levels by detecting events and alerts from System
Center Operations Manager 2007 and other system monitoring
tools.
NEC's SigmaSystemCenter incorporates the system management of
server, storage and network switches to create a dynamic and robust
IT infrastructure. Using SigmaSystemCenter helps businesses
maintain a high service level and deploy multiple systems easily as
the technology automates system restoration for recovery;
dynamically optimizes resource allocation; and unifies the
management of physical and logical resources. SigmaSystemCenter
also sustains physical and virtual environment support, in
cooperation with various management products.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) is one of the world's leading
providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business
solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse
and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in
the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by
integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by
providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics
Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people
worldwide and had net sales of approximately $41.2 billion in the
fiscal year ended March 2006. For additional information, please
visit the NEC home page at: www.nec.com
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. Windows
is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks
of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved. © 2007 NEC
Corporation of America
For further information,
please contact:
Beth Makosey
NEC Corporation of America
(408) 844-1320
beth.makosey@necam.com
