N(i)² announces the release of The N(i)² Suite Version 3 with more integrated ICT Infrastructure Management
Montréal (Québec), Canada - December 10th, 2007 - As data centers face exponential growth resulting in increased challenges, N(i)² announces release 3 of the N(i)² Suite with consolidated shared infrastructure management features to support physical capacity and change.
Version 3 is a direct response to data centers’ increasing demands for software that better manages change and ICT infrastructure. The N(i)² Suite now offers enhanced physical IT capacity management, better data center connectivity modeling and enhanced change and release management features.
In keeping with industry trends and demands, this release is also in line with ITIL 3 guidelines that further express the essential role infrastructure management plays in delivering IT services.
The highlights of the N(i)² Suite Version 3 include:
An extended object model that includes power devices and network design capabilities to support layer 3 networking connectivity and the MPLS protocol
Better physical capacity management through floor plan views and rack management
Better management of cables and their supporting structures
An enhanced change management work environment to better model and assess the impact of change on a shared infrastructure
CTO Toufik Abdallah maintains that N(i)² software is designed to help IT operations gain a holistic view of their underlying infrastructure and better support the management of all services in order to minimize impacts on business. This release augments a data center’s ability to effectively manage physical capacity in an ICT management context.
"The data center is the lifeline of any IT-dependent business." Abdallah says. "IT managers need to maintain complete visibility over ICT infrastructure at all times, across multiple domains; especially during large scale changes".
"N(i)² is focused on engineering products that facilitate growth and change in the IT management space. Data centers are currently the biggest players, with the most to lose from any amount of downtime. They desperately need tools to help them manage infrastructure from the granular to the holistic level in order to facilitate their growth."
This release further consolidates N(i)²’s mission to provide high performance solutions in the ICT infrastructure management space. The N(i)N(i)² Suite Version not only helps businesses gain absolute visibility on their physical and logical infrastructure, but also helps IT managers understand how changes will impact business and services.
About N(i)² N(i)² develops and markets new generation technology for the operation and management of IT Infrastructure and IT service support. The N(i)² Suite is an integrated product line that shares a common knowledge-based CMDB platform to offer unprecedented synergy between ITIL based processes. N(i)² was founded in 2003 by the creators of the industry leading physical inventory management software, N&SP, aimed at the telecom service provider market.
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