Computer Associates is reworking the innards of its Unicentre systems-management software to encourage third parties to build add-ons.
The company is planning to start a test program next month for Unicentre 11, which is expected to ship in the fall, said Alan Nugent, general manager and senior vice-president of CA's Unicentre business unit. Nugent also said that an edition of Unicentre aimed specifically at SMEs is under consideration.
Unicentre and similar products from competitors such as IBM, HP and BMC Software, track devices and applications on corporate networks and flag problems so systems administrators can check them out.
With Unicentre 11, CA will publish a full list of programming interfaces in XML, which give developers a way to share management information with Unicentre. For example, a company that sells specialised software for monitoring application transactions could write an add-on to feed transaction data to a Unicentre console.
"Before, architecturally, it was just different. We had to work more closely [with partners] and give them inside visibility. The specific intent [with Unicentre 11] is to show every interface," Nugent said.
The increased openness should let customers that have a mix of products avoid having to write custom scripts to consolidate management information, he said.
As previously reported, Unicentre 11 will also introduce a storage mechanism with what CA calls a "federated data model". Called Management Database, or MDB, the database will act as a single place to keep configuration information on a broad set of managed gear, from storage devices to application servers.
The goal of MDB is to simplify administration tools and help IT organisations answer questions, such as how many PCs and servers are connected to a network, or what servers have the most recent patches.
Other planned features for Unicentre 11 include a revamped interface for the main management console, which will present information using industry-standard portlets through a Web browser. The new version will also be able to manage a broader range of devices and monitor networked components continuously, Nugent said.
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