Symantec Enhances Interoperability Through the Open Collaborative Architecture
Tuesday October 14, 8:00 am ET
Standards-Based Architecture Will Allow Dell to Standardize Its Systems Management Offerings on the Symantec Management Platform
ORLANDO, FL--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 14, 2008 -- ManageFusion -- Symantec Corp. (SYMC - News) today announced the Open Collaborative Architecture and a new third-party developer program to establish greater interoperability with Symantec solutions and provide customers, partners and ISVs with the ability to integrate their applications with the Symantec Management Platform (formerly the Altiris Platform). The Open Collaborative Architecture is an open, standards-based set of guidelines and technologies that enables collaboration across Symantec's product portfolio and third-party solutions. The architecture allows customers to maximize their investments through easy management of the infrastructure with greater confidence, efficiency and control across more platforms.
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The Open Collaborative Architecture prescribes an evolutionary approach to interoperability and solution building. Using standard Web services, Web-based security, workflow management and configuration management technologies, the Open Collaborative Architecture provides customers with greater flexibility to build complex, multi-disciplinary solutions that can be tailored to specific business needs. The Web services-based architecture provides data sharing and IT automation to streamline process execution and reduce the cost and risk of IT ownership.
DELL to Standardize on Symantec Management Platform
As a major initiative related to the Symantec Open Collaborative Architecture, Dell is working to standardize its systems management offerings for all Dell ENTERPRISE class machines on the Symantec Management Platform by early 2009. Dell's adoption of the management platform as the foundation for its flagship enterprise management console further substantiates the value of the Open Collaborative Architecture and its value to the companies' joint customers. Going forward, Symantec and Dell are aggressively building out a comprehensive roadmap to use the platform in Dell systems such as Dell PowerEdge(TM) servers and blades, Dell Latitude(TM) Laptops, Dell Precision(TM) Workstations and Dell OptiPlex(TM) Desktops.
"With the Dell Management Console as a modular plug-in to the Symantec Management Platform, we will be able to offer one of the most simple, flexible, cost-effective ways for our customers to backup, SECURE and MANAGE enterprise data," said Sally Stevens, director of product marketing at Dell. "We will offer customers a single view to manage all of their computing resources without additional infrastructure. Using the Open Collaborative Architecture will let us simplify IT so customers improve productivity and reduce management costs."
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