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 ControlTier Software Launches Products for Managing the Complexity of Software-Based Business ServicesSan Mateo, CA -- March 29, 2004. ControlTier Software, Inc., a provider of next-generation development and systems management tools, announced today the public launch the of its flagship products, ControlTier Workbench and ControlTier Commander. ControlTier's Workbench and Commander products manage the complexity of developing, deploying, and managing multi-tier applications. For companies whose businesses are based on their ability to develop and operate software-based business services, multi-tier integrated applications are at the heart of their revenue producing operations. "Today's applications are becoming more and more complex and you need the right set of tools to efficiently manage that complexity" states ControlTier's CTO Alex Honor. "Existing tools and point solutions are suitable for managing individual components but that is not where the complexity lies; the complexity is in managing how those components are assembled and coordinating the changes across them." ControlTier's software provides the visibility and control missing from the lifecycle management of integrated applications. Getting applications from development into production accurately and efficiently, and then making in-production changes once there, is problematic. Errors are made and inefficiency abounds at each step in the process. By focusing on information management and process automation, ControlTier removes some of the most costly barriers to efficiency and accuracy in both development and operations. ControlTier's Workbench Software helps you manage all of your valuable, yet often "homeless", technical and operational details. With no special skills required, ControlTier enables your team to collaboratively create a model of how things should be assembled in your environment and a map of how things are currently assembled. This managed information can be reused to generate configurations or documentation and to facilitate information sharing between groups. ControlTier's Commander Software enables the reuse of the information managed in Workbench to drive deployment and change. ControlTier Commander provides a powerful, yet surprisingly flexible and easy to use, control and automation framework. This framework enables you to quickly create modular, model-driven management scripts. Model-driven scripts allow you to easily compose complex and dynamic management procedures that are exposed to end-users as simple logical commands. Model-driven scripts evolve along with your changing applications and allow you to stay out of the complex quagmire of deployment details while managing your applications. This model-driven approach to scripting allows users of any skill-level to manage complex applications at any physical or logical level (e.g., manage and coordinate change by machine, groups of machines, type of application deployment, by architectural tier, or any user-defined level). When it comes to building, deploying, and managing integrated applications, ControlTier enables you to accurately and efficiently tackle these common, yet increasingly difficult, tasks: -Generation of accurate and up-to-date application configurations and documentation -Software deployment and updating (including patch management) -Generating dependency and operations reports -Accurately and efficiently moving integrated applications from one environment to another (e.g. development to production) "ControlTier doesn't strive to replace your existing tools, scripts, and processes" , says Honor, "Our initial customers all had homegrown tools, scripts, 3rd party tools, and management procedures that worked well for them in the past-- and some that didn't work so well. What they were lacking was a system that could help them coordinate those tools, dynamically create dependency-driven scripts, and cut through the complexity that was costing them so much. For that, they chose ControlTier." ControlTier is currently undergoing initial customer deployments with several large Internet based operations, including a top-tier online brokerage, a premier news and content portal, and an industry leading consumer shopping site.
About ControlTier Software, Inc. ControlTier provides a complete system for Release and Deployment Automation. By focusing on information management and process automation, ControlTier enables enterprises to reduce errors, improve productivity, and compress the amount of time it takes to get multi-tier applications from development to production. By leveraging your existing scripts, configurations, and processes, the ControlTier System implements quickly, with immediate impact and ROI. For more information please email info@controltier.com or call Damon Edwards at +1 650-292-9660 x705 |
