OpTier’s CoreFirst Named 2006 SIIA CODiE Awards Finalist
- Created on Thursday, 23 February 2006 00:00
Flagship Product for Transaction Workload Management Recognized in Best Software Testing Solution Category
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- OpTier(TM), the leader in transaction workload management for the enterprise, today announced that its flagship product, CoreFirst, was selected as a 2006 Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards Finalist in the Best Software Testing Solution category.
CoreFirst dynamically assures IT business service levels and optimizes resources for the enterprise by introducing a transactional context for IT service management. By providing visibility and insight into business transactions across multi-tier environments, CoreFirst helps applications and support teams to test and roll out quality performing services and minimize the time required to remedy production performance issues.
Through a unique combination of journalist and peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products and services, as well as corporate excellence and philanthropy. This year’s finalists were chosen from more that 1,026 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies.
"The 21st Annual CODiE Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a CODiE Awards Finalist is a significant achievement."
Businesses today rely on IT transactions, made up of complex sets of components operating across multiple tiers and involving different stakeholders (IT infrastructure, applications and business). Visibility and control of these transactions are essential to the success of the business.
CoreFirst automatically discovers, tracks and profiles all transactions -- across all tiers -- to clearly map IT business service topology at the transaction level. With the insight that CoreFirst provides into transactions, developers and testers can make sure that new and modified applications run smoothly from the get-go and -- and when there are production problems -- solve them within minutes or hours, not days.
CoreFirst improves collaboration among the different stakeholders by providing them with a common transactional context to activities ranging from testing to production monitoring and reduces the cost and time to resolve performance issues. In production, CoreFirst further helps to maintain a fair share of resources and prioritize transactions based on business policies. Thus an organization can protect core services and users and deliver more from the current IT infrastructure.
"The pressure to keep up with the demands of business means that IT managers must explore ways to test new applications within the IT environment in order to preempt and resolve problems," said Israel Mazin, CEO of OpTier. "CoreFirst helps organizations to identify and resolve performance issues faster, protecting core services and users and optimizing resources for the enterprise. Our selection as a CODiE Awards finalist is a testament to CoreFirst’s ability to help companies such as our Fortune 500 clients maintain business service levels."
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net.
About OpTier
OpTier(TM) develops software that dynamically assures IT business service levels and optimizes resources for the enterprise. The leader in Transaction Workload Management, OpTier introduces a transactional context for IT service management.
Businesses today rely on IT transactions, made up of complex sets of components operating across multiple tiers and involving different stakeholders (IT infrastructure, applications and business). Visibility and control of these transactions are essential to the success of the business.
OpTier solutions automatically discover, track and profile all transactions -- across all tiers -- to clearly map IT business service topology at the transaction level. They improve collaboration among different stakeholders by providing them with a common transactional context and reduce the cost and time to resolve performance issues. They further maintain a fair share of resources and prioritize transactions based on business policies. Thus an organization can protect core services and users and deliver more from current IT infrastructure.
Established in 2002, OpTier is headquartered in New York, with sales offices throughout the US and in Europe. For further information, visit http://www.optier.com.
