Users retain control over when information is delivered, and in what form, to match their individual needs. Key elements of the technology protected by the patent are already employed by users of Novadigm's software management product, Enterprise Desktop Manager. The technology also will be incorporated into Internet-specific management products to be launched by the company as part of a recently announced Internet Management Initiative, due to ship in the first quarter of 1997. The techniques patented are especially attractive since they offer benefits to both Internet content producers and business users. Producers, for example, can direct specific content to users based on configuration details or levels of service.
Users also can control which updates they receive.
Wyatt River Adds More Partners Wyatt River Software Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., will integrate its soft-ware license management program, LicenseTrack, to Bull's OpenMaster, IBM's Tivoli TME and Novadigm's EDM, among others, in the next several months. Wyatt River is working with the developers of administration and help desk modules to create a comprehensive enterprisewide solution. The company's LicenseTrack 4.0 software has been available since August 1996, offering IS managers and systems administrators a tool to quickly evaluate software usage trends, improving their ability to maintain and purchase new software. Wyatt River's LicenseTrack software already integrates with BMC's Patrol, CA's Unicenter, HP OpenView and SunNet Manager. Last fall, McAfee added Java support by integrating LicenseTrack with Sun Microsystems' JavaStation.