JP1/Asset Information Manager from Hitachi Asia The Software Which Will Address Your Compliancy Concerns With Minimum Cost

Singapore, 22nd February, 2005 – Hitachi Asia Ltd. (Hitachi) has boosted its leading System Management Solution (JP1) with an enhancement to its Desktop Management module with JP1/Asset Information Manager (AIM). It streamlines and centralizes the management of information about hardware devices, software, and their users across an enterprise in a regular format. Hitachi’s JP1 System Management can be used across a variety of operating systems and network topologies, thereby facilitating and automating server and client management for a wide range of modern network environments.

JP1/AIM seamlessly links to other JP1 products of its existing users, and integrates asset information management by acquiring information from linked product databases, consolidating it and displaying it a central window. In addition, system administration tasks are streamlined by JP1’s ability to automate the delivery and installation of software according to any predefined schedule, manage software, hardware and user-defined inventory information, log information on remote clients to facilitate troubleshooting, as well as distribute registry information to control Windows policies and network settings. JP1 allows asset information to be accessed remotely from a Web browser, and enables system administrators and employees of related departments to share information, as well as better understand, collectively manage, and effectively deploy IT assets within the company.

Mr Hideto Hoshino, General Manager of Hitachi Asia’s Systems Management Solution Division, said, “The principal benefit of Hitachi’s JP1/AIM is that it solves the fundamental problem of efficient, across-the-board management of IT assets in today’s diverse network environments. As enterprises have begun to down-size and adopt improved open platforms that use both Windows and Unix servers, they may be vulnerable to security risks and compliance issues. Therefore as enterprises grow, so should their awareness of their IT assets. JP1 provides an integrated solution to properly manage and protect enterprise IT assets in increasingly complex systems from a main control centre. Hitachi’s JP1/AIM key enhancements feature the much needed software license management and IT asset lifecycle management in today’s world of high security risks and compliance issues.”

Mr Hoshino added, “With a desire to innovate and reinvent, coupled with a ‘Customer 1st philosophy’, we strive to become No.1 in customer satisfaction in Southeast Asia.”

Key features and benefits of Hitachi’s JP1/AIM include:

• Automatic creation and management of asset management listings: Facilitates adaptation to different operations, and ensures that inventory and asset management listings are up-to-date.
  
  
• Real-time updates on asset information: Supports remote access and ensures that records and information are always current.
  
  
• Browser monitoring of asset information: Authorized users can access information as required, with configurable user permission levels to protect confidential content.
  
  
• Contract management: Contract information, due dates and other details can be easily tracked and updated. Management teams can more easily monitor asset depreciation, effectively plan for IT investments and evaluate cost-effectiveness.
  
  
• Greater efficiency in stock-taking: As hardware assets grow, details and progress of all stock-taking operations can be registered and updated using a Web browser. Hardware rentals/leases and system changes are therefore more efficiently managed.
  
  
• Avoidance of risk associated with license management: Compares software installations with the number of purchased licenses to identify illegal copies and plan for future software investments. Prevents license violations and ensures compliance in software license usage.
  
  
• Enhanced error recovery, reduced response time: Error histories are logged so that devices prone to errors and/or the conditions that are likely to cause errors are more easily identified, thus accelerating the recovery process during error recurrences.
  
  
• Efficient management of system security measures: Enables easy confirmation of whether anti-virus software and the latest security patches have been deployed.
  
  
• Automatic e-mail notification reduces administration load: Monitoring of asset information relevant to specific asset applications is carried out on a regular basis. For example, where leases are about to expire, or the number of users allowed by a software license has been exceeded, details are automatically sent to the relevant administrator by e-mail.
  Hitachi’s JP1/AIM is available immediately.

• 8th March 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand
• 10th March 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 11th March 2005 in Singapore