Itheon joins the Blue Chip motor racing sponsorship program.
Blue Chip have been proudly sponsoring racing driver Carl Breeze for many years and find this to be a great help in forging strong bonds with you our customers.
Blue Chip shows green credentials with Europe's most energy efficient Data Center encompassing Tier 4 security & resilience.
Blue Chip (Itheon’s parent company) is in the final process of building Europe’s most Energy Efficient Data Centre. This will be our 3rd and largest Data Centre in the UK - built with resilience and energy efficiency at the forefront of its design and it will come online in March 2010.
The 5 acre freehold site in Bedford will house up to 600 racks supported by the highest levels of resilience and security. The 2MW facility will be cooled entirely by CRECS (computer room evaporative coolers) and is expected to have a PUE of 1.1 which will make it the most energy efficient data centre in Europe.
Blue Chip has also become the UK’s first company to benefit from the new upper level £500,000 Carbon Trust grant as well as partnering with The Marston Vale Trust to offset the carbon footprint of the new datacenter.
Itheon Ltd and Microsystem Support Partner for Multi-Platform Systems Monitoring and Management Solutions
January 2010
Itheon, a division of the Blue Chip Customer Engineering Group, and Microsystem Support today announced the partnership for the iAM suite of multi-platform systems monitoring and management solutions which are designed to ensure high availability of business services. Microsystem Support have been involved in the design and implementation of practical, high-quality solutions that brings clear, measurable benefits to the business for many years and the Itheon solutions dovetail perfectly into those long term goals.
New product support for OS/400
June 2009
We are pleased to announce support for OS/400. Blackbird has been designed to provide generic monitoring software to facilitate the management and operational requirements of i-Series machines.
Blackbird consists of two parts, a client that is running on the “Source” system, and a host that is running on the “Target” system. The client performs all the monitoring tasks and then forwards information to the host. Blackbird can also forward events into Itheon’s EDA event management system and Business Service Management solution. This and other news is contained within our newsletter here.
Itheon become part of Blue Chip Customer Engineering Ltd
December 2008
Itheon are pleased to announce that they have recently become part of Blue Chip Customer Engineering Ltd, based in Bedford, UK. Established in 1987 as a specialist company to provide IT support services for IBM Midrange users, Blue Chip have grown organically to become the largest independent IBM Midrange specialist in the UK.
Brian Meredith, Managing Director of Blue Chip, commented:
"This latest acquisition is in line with our strategy to further expand our range of services to both our existing hardware maintenance and managed service customers and to support Blue Chip's continued success in winning larger customer contracts. Itheon's software not only adds considerable functionality to our existing solutions but the extensive platform support and aggressive product development roadmap will enable Blue Chip to offer our customers the ability to deliver even more value to their businesses. As companies look to reduce cost out of their business whilst continuing to provide a resilient, agile and highly available IT infrastructure, the automation of their data centres will be become paramount to their survival. We believe, in this respect, Itheon is perfectly positioned to help our customers achieve their goals."
iAM:Servers for Unix Version 8.2 is IBM System Storage Proven™
April 2008
Itheon are pleased to announce that iAM:Servers for Unix Version 8.2 has passed the required validation testing for IBM System Storage Proven™.
This now allows Itheon to use the attached emblem on product packaging, in printed and electronic marketing materials and in advertisements.
New version of iAM:Consoles
April 2008
As part of its new technology ownership (see Feb 2008 announcement), Itheon are pleased to announce the next major release of iAM:Consoles. The most significant addition in the latest version is the provision of SSH support allowing even more secure access to system consoles.
Itheon buys Console Management Technology
February 2008
Itheon buys the joint ownership rights and a transferable, perpetual, non exclusive, worldwide license to the Cyclone Technology Ltd DataStream™ console management software
Itheon had been distributing the DataStream™ software as a component of the Itheon Availability Management Suite under the Itheon brands: RoboCentral® and iAM:Consoles™.
Itheon will also continue with iAM:Consoles 2007.
Itheon releases iAM:Consoles 2007 V2
September 2007
Itheon is pleased to announce iAM:Consoles 2007 V2. In conjunction with V1 this release also utilises technology licensed from world class console management specialist, TecSys Development Inc.
Graham Wood, Managing Director at Itheon, says "customers that have upgraded from iAM:Consoles to iAM:Consoles 2007 V1 have been absolutely delighted with the product in terms of added functionality and ease of migration". This new version adds further significant capabilities to the product including:
- 100% embedded compatibility with Itheon's proprietary EDA Event Structure (under license from Itheon)
- An automated rule conversion utility from RoboCentral®/iAM:Consoles to iAM:Consoles 2007
In June Graham Wood, Itheon's Managing Director, stated that the alliance with TecSys would enable Itheon to "leap-frog our development roadmap", "this is now being clearly demonstrated in both this announcement of Version 2 and the impressive roadmap we can share with customers", he commented.
Itheon offers iAM:Consoles 2007 V2 as a free upgrade as part of the standard terms of existing RoboCentral, iAM:Consoles or iAM:Consoles 2007 V1 maintenance agreements.
For more information contact us on 01707 336600.
Itheon releases iAM:Consoles 2007
July 2007
Itheon today announces the release of iAM:Consoles 2007. This version is the first of many releases that will now use TecSys Development Inc. (TDi) software to provide the core console management functions.
"This is a big win for our companies and our customers as we will spend our efforts promoting a single console solution to the customer base which will now have support for HP-UX, Solaris, AIX and OpenVMS. Previous versions of iAM:Consoles ran exclusively on Windows, lacked a web client interface and full Sarbanes-Oxley compliance" said Bill Johnson ( CEO TecSys).
"We are delighted with our partnership with TecSys, it has enabled us to leap-frog our development roadmap." said Graham Wood, Managing Director of Itheon.
Itheon has already successfully upgraded some customers and offer iAM:Consoles 2007, for Windows, as a free upgrade as part of the standard terms of existing RoboCentral or iAM:Consoles maintenance agreements.
For more information contact us on 01707 336600
GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. Using Itheon Technology
June 2007
GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. Using Itheon Technology to Provide Storage Allocation Tracking Service
Itheon announced that it provides the technology that underpins Glasshouse's storage allocation tracking service.
The service provides automated reports reflecting the true quantity of allocated storage, avoiding the confusion of double or triple-counting mirrored servers and duplicated copies. This allows the customer to understand exactly how their storage is allocated so they can better optimise efficiency, apply appropriate charge-backs and improve service levels.
Itheon's Managing Director, Graham Wood said "We are delighted to be provide the technology element of the GlassHouse Storage Allocation Service."
Itheon supports local university
June 2007
Itheon has supported local University of Hertfordshire for many years and this year has offered placements to two of the Universities brightest students.
Javed Mir has joined Itheon's Technical Team as a full-time Developer and has a Honours Degree in Computer Science, graduated last year. Daniel Winn has joined Itheon's Technical Team for one year as a Developer. Daniel is currently studying a BSc Honours Degree course in Computer Science.
"We are delighted to offer two students the opportunity to develop their skills. Our partnership with the university enables us to offer placements to some of the up-coming and newly graduated IT students. Apart from supporting the local community, we offer an excellent training program and proactive environment for those looking to progress a career in IT" said Technical Operations Director, Peter White.
Itheon goes down a storm at SunLive
June 2007
Sun partners and platinum sponsors, Itheon were very well received at this year's SunLive event in March.
The event, which ran over three days in central London, was attended by over 1000 delegates who flocked to hear an impressive line-up of speakers including leading BBC journalist Andrew Marr. Itheon were supporting Sun's Private Utility Solution in conjunction with Business Service Management providers, Managed Objects.
The solution, which enables IT Managers to gain valuable insight into their operations by providing full transparency of Compute and Storage operations gained a great deal of interest by customers who were looking to measure, monitor and manage utilisation, performance, allocation and consumption.
"It was very encouraging to see so many people flocking to the event for answers to their IT issues. With IT financial accountability high on their list of priorities, our stand was very busy", said Itheon's Marketing Manager, Annie Rickard
