HP Boosts Application Management Portfolio

This IDC Insight examines the HP OpenView application management announcement, made on January 25, 2005, aimed at improving management capabilities for enterprise operations management and application development teams. The announcement's key components include a new reseller program (HP OpenView Application Readiness Program), enhanced user provisioning, product upgrades (OpenView Internet Services, Service Information Portal, and Transaction Analyzer), an integration toolkit, and an updated partner program. The announcement is aimed at existing and prospective application management customers, resellers, and system integration partners that are looking for tools and best practices to add management earlier and throughout the application life cycle and working toward implementing management solutions that span application development and operations groups.