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Halcyon Software has announced a partnership with Network Services Plus, Inc. (NSPI) to enhance the automated operations behind NSPI's data center and managed service offerings supporting IBM iSeries customers.

Under the terms of the partnership, Halcyon and NSPI will deliver an array of IBM automation solutions including Halcyon System Operations Suite and Operations Center to provide message management, reporting management, and job scheduling, to enterprise organizations hard hit by recent economic and resource challenges.

"Halcyon is delighted to be working with NSPI to deliver our advanced systems management portfolio to its managed services customers," said John Dominic, channel manager for Halcyon Software Inc. "After years of working with large managed services companies, we have a good understanding of the outsourcing business."

Halcyon's multi-platform systems management solutions proactively manage and automate IT operations--dramatically reducing system operating and support costs, thereby enabling organizations to do more with less resources, the company said.

NSPI managed services help organizations extend the life and value of legacy systems and applications, reduce service and support costs, and even take advantage of greater computing power and scalable capacity.

With the Halcyon Outsourcer program NSPI will be able to deliver Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to their customers at fixed prices and with a flexible contract. Further, NSPI will be able to easily monitor thousands of users on a 24/7/365 basis.

System and data availability are absolute musts for NSPI customers. Providing a 24/7 monitoring solution is critical for small and medium sized businesses that might not have a hardened, secure, secondary facility and/or the staffing to support," said Tim Roe, sales and marketing director for NSPI. "By working with Halcyon Software, we are excited to be able to offer advanced monitoring and automation to customers at a reasonable cost.

For more information on Halcyon Software, visit http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/, or contact John Dominic, at (215) 272-6727 or write This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

About Halcyon Software

Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management software. With more than 20 years of delivering proven software solutions and first class customer support, Halcyon's products proactively monitor, manage and automate IT operations. Large multi-nationals, corporate data centers and small to medium-sized organizations throughout the world rely on Halcyon Software to ensure their mission-critical systems, core applications and services are available 24/7.

Halcyon solutions support IBM enterprise class systems, including the IBM i, AIX as well as Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms. Halcyon Software reduces the complexity of systems monitoring and automation. Solutions deliver real ROI by automating more than 80 percent of routine tasks to free up valuable resources, reduce operating costs and minimize the risk of human error. With U.S. headquarters in Philadelphia, Halcyon also has offices located in the UK and Australia as well as a world-wide network of partners and distributors.

About Network Services Plus, Inc. (NSPI)

For more than 22 years, customers have relied on NSPI to identify solutions that support business initiatives and then optimizing those technology investments to deliver winning results. NSPI provides customers the Power of Choice, with a portfolio of proven technology solutions, 24/7/365 Managed Support Services, SAS 70 certified Data Centers and industry certified expertise. Delivering technology solutions requires deep professional expertise and experience. Our teams pride themselves on having both attributes at their disposal when engineering and supporting customer solutions. While there have been significant changes in the underlying technologies we have deployed, two constants have remained: Quality Workmanship and Ethical Business Practices. For more information, visit http://www.nspi.com/.
Halcyon Software, Inc.

About Halcyon Software

Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of monitoring critical business systems, core applications and processes. They help companies prevent business disruption, increase the efficiency of their IT services and save costs.  In most cases, Halcyon’s solutions increase IT efficiency by 30 – 40 percent, delivering significant savings and a rapid return on investment – often in less than six months.

Halcyon achieves this in three ways:

Monitoring: Halcyon’s monitoring software keeps a vigilant watch on the most critical IT systems and core applications on which business depends. IT administrators receive early warnings of any potential problems or ‘bottlenecks’ before they affect the organization.

Automating: Halcyon enables IT teams to set up ‘self–corrective actions’ to issues or problems to ensure that they never impact the business again.  IT teams can also automate regular tasks, checks or jobs which would normally be undertaken manually. This frees up valuable resources, saves costs and helps to eliminate human error. 

Reporting: Halcyon’s cloud-based reporting solution proves to management that the IT team is achieving the service levels demanded by the business or flags any issues so they can be quickly resolved. 

Halcyon’s products support IBM Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX, Linux and Windows. With regional offices in the United States, Australia and UK, Halcyon also has a network of partners and distributors supporting territories world-wide. For further information, please visit www.halcyonsoftware.com 

 

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