Visionael partners with GSP to manage network inventory
Published:02-October-2008
By Louise Turner
Visionael Corporation, a provider of delivery management software and services, has partnered with Government Solution Providers, a telecommunications reseller and contractor for the defense and intelligence customer community.
Through this partnership, two government intelligence agencies have implemented Visionael's Network Resource Manager (NRM) to track network inventory in real-time, providing significant cost savings through improved resource allocation and reduced labor.
According to Visionael, Government Solution Providers (GSP) worked with two of its intelligence agency customers to deploy Visionael's NRM, a single, server-based application which manages IT assets throughout the network lifecycle. Both agencies were experiencing difficulty managing their networks. Multiple groups were responsible for different aspects of the network and changes to the inventory were not centrally recorded. Relying on outdated information, network engineers often had to repeat tasks which increased time spent on manual labor and overall costs.
Now, these agencies rely on Visionael's NRM to provide an up-to-date central repository of all network data. Using the NRM workflow engine, the agencies' network administrators can create a configuration control process to systematically manage the entire inventory throughout each stage of the project at hand. To ensure accuracy, Visionael's NRM monitors network equipment and checks the actual inventory against the repository. It automatically reconciles the inventory list to reflect the current inventory status, providing live, real-time network data, said Visionael.
Craig Nichols, president and CEO of Visionael, said: "Government agencies face the challenge of scarce resources - both in terms of people and assets. Our NRM enables government agencies to better leverage the equipment they already have and spend less man hours tracking and managing it. GSP is a key player in this market and we look forward to a long and mutually successful relationship with them."
