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- Marimba
- (Marimba, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, www.marimba.com) A software company founded in 1996 by four key members of Sun's original Java development team. In 1996, it introduced Castanet, a...
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- Marimba and Software License Compliance
- Software compliance is an ongoing initiative that depends on people, process, and technology. As enterprises continue down the path of IT asset management, remaining compliant with software licensing contracts will save money, increase efficiencies, and improve vendor relations. An effective software compliance and asset management program is critical to ensuring...
- Tags: software, marimba, compliance, software compliance, tools & techniques, management
- White papers 2003-09-25
- Marimba Inventory Management Module
- This white paper describes the Inventory Management module that adds asset management functionality to the Marimba Software Change Management solution for servers, desktops, laptops and mobile systems. It automates the formerly tedious tasks of gathering and updating inventory information, enabling corporations to benefit from a lower total cost of operations...
- Tags: marimba, inventory management, asset management, change management, enterprise software, operational planning, business operations, tools & techniques, management, software
- White papers 2002-09-30
- Sarbanes-Oxley and Compliance, Policy, and Security With Marimba and Remedy
- This webcast explains the role the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has on IT organizations, license management, and compliance automation. This Web Seminar will help prepare you for your IT audit. It explains how CIO's solutions enable Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
- Tags: bmc software inc., security, sarbanes-oxley act, marimba, compliance, remedy corp., sarbanes-oxley, regulatory compliance, regulations, government, financial accounting, finance, human resources, policies and procedures
- Webcasts
- Admiral Insurance Selects Marimba for Its Software Distribution and Inventory Management
- Admiral was looking for a change and configuration management system that could provide detailed inventory information, speed-up software rollouts, and was easy to use and understand. Marimba was chosen following a trial period during which the software was proven to hit all of these criteria and performed particularly well within...
- Tags: software, marimba, inventory management, configuration management, insurance, admiral, tools & techniques, it management, management, it service management
- Case studies
- Ultimate Electronics Selects Marimba to Provide Automated Software Change Management
- Ultimate Electronics, headquartered in Colorado and operating 58 stores across 13 states, is a leading specialty retailer of home entertainment and consumer electronics. Prior to selecting Marimba, Ultimate Electronics performed software distribution projects manually, flying teams of technicians to each of its retail store locations. After evaluating several software management...
- Tags: software, software distribution, marimba, software change management, electronics, tools & techniques, retail, management
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- Marimba Selected by Shepherd to Automate Software Distribution and Improve Inventory Management
- As one of Europe's largest privately owned engineering and construction groups, employing 1500 people, the management and control of IT within Shepherd is complex. The Shepherd IT environment is widely dispersed, with staff and equipment based on different construction sites for temporary periods of time. These temporary locations require IT...
- Tags: software, bmc software inc., marimba, antivirus, information technology, inventory management, shepherd it environment, team management, tools & techniques, it management, strategy, management, it service management
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- P&G Selects Marimba for Management of Desktops, Laptops, and Servers Across 70 Countries Worldwide
- Procter & Gamble Company, a Fortune 50 company and global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of superior consumer and health care products, selected Marimba as their global solution for software configuration management and content deployment to P&G's desktops, laptops, and servers. They looked at several vendors and Marimba...
- Tags: desktop, marimba, procter & gamble co., health care, server, laptop computer, vertical industries, microsoft windows, benefits, healthcare, notebooks, enterprise software, software, operating systems, human resources, hardware, notebooks & tablets
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- Nasdaq Selects Marimba to Manage Key Business-to-Business Trading Applications
- Nasdaq Stock Market is world's largest stock market of dollar volume and shares traded. Nasdaq intends to use Castanet to manage application updates and deployment to approximately 8,000 trader workstations at its customers' sites throughout the country. Nasdaq evaluated a number of products and found that Marimba offered a fully-integrated...
- Tags: marimba, b2b, nasdaq stock market inc., it management, investment, it service management, finance
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- MusicMatch to Integrate Marimba's Castanet for Internet-Based Management of MusicMatch Jukebox
- MusicMatch, Inc. selected Marimba's Castanet to manage its award-winning MusicMatch Jukebox. The goal of MusicMatch Jukebox has been to provide a way for people to take more control over how they find and experience digital music. Castanet will enable MusicMatch to improve the speed and download reliability of music and...
- Tags: musicmatch jukebox, internet, marimba, jukebox, musicmatch, marimba castanet, digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics
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- InfoGenesis Teams With Marimba to Deliver Point-of-Sale Solutions for the Hospitality Industry
- InfoGenesis develops and supports point-of-sale POS solutions for hotels, restaurants, resorts, sports arenas, casinos, and other entertainment attractions. The company's integrated POS solutions allow InfoGenesis customers to sell food and retail items anywhere in their facilities. The InfoGenesis technology manages transactions from the point of sale - back to a...
- Tags: point-of-sale, marimba, industry, infogenesis, infogenesis technology
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- Electronic Arts Licenses Marimba's Castanet for Integration With Online Games
- Electronic Arts is the world's largest interactive entertainment software company. During their first two years of managing online games, Electronic Arts relied on an internally-developed patching system. As Electronic Arts realized that the overhead required to maintain and enhance the patching system could be better spent developing new content and...
- Tags: marimba, electronic arts inc., online game, marimba castanet, integration, games, personal technology
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- Circuit City Selects Marimba for Its In-Store Software Change Management Solution
- Circuit City is one of the nation's leading consumer electronics retailers, producing approximately $10 billion in annual sales. Circuit City needed a flexible, reliable method for managing software changes affecting both servers and clients supporting their in-store systems. They evaluated a number of potential solutions, including the option of creating...
- Tags: circuit city stores inc., marimba, it management, roi/tco, it service management, finance, managerial accounting
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- Charles Schwab Leverages Marimba's Castanet to Roll Out New Trading Application for Active Investors
- Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. is using Marimba's Castanet technology for their new trading and portfolio management tool designed specifically for active investors. Named Velocity, the desktop trading system was created using Castanet's Internet infrastructure framework. Schwab will also use Castanet to frequently and cost-effectively update the client software transparently...
- Tags: charles schwab & co. inc., marimba, investor, marimba castanet, financial accounting, tools & techniques, it management, finance, management, it service management
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- Marimba and Celestix Partner to Deliver Linux-Based Hardware Appliance for On-Demand Software Management
- Celestix Networks Inc., is a leading developer of Internet managed security appliances that are complete, ready-to deploy solutions. Celestix and Marimba, Inc. have formed an alliance to offer a cost-effective solution for enterprise change management. Using Marimba's management software enhances the capabilities of the Celestix appliance by efficiently distributing software...
- Tags: software, bmc software inc., linux, qos, marimba, on-demand, hardware, tools & techniques, it management, roi/tco, management, it service management, finance, managerial accounting
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- Barclays Global Investors to Automate Application Distribution Worldwide With Marimba's Castanet
- As the world's largest institutional investment manager, Barclays relied on Castanet to streamline the distribution and management of approximately 350 applications to all of their desktop and mobile systems around the world. Barclays was looking for a cost-effective distribution solution to replace a myriad of commercial solutions and internal processes...
- Tags: marimba, barclays plc., investor, marimba castanet, it management, it service management
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- Patch Management Web Seminar
- Virus attacks are occurring with increasing frequency, disrupting thousands of IT networks, costing companies billions of dollars. Every unprotected enterprise is at risk, making automated patch management a must-have tool in your IT arsenal. Many of the world's largest companies use Marimba's patch solutions to avoid costly system outages caused...
- Tags: bmc software inc., virus attack, marimba, patch management, virus, patches, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, it management, security, it service management
- Webcasts
- Patch Management Web Seminar With Gartner
- Marimba's Patch Management Solution automates the deployment and management of security and service patches and anti-virus updates across your enterprise, reducing maintenance and support costs by eliminating inefficient manual patch tracking and deployment. This webcast explains how Marimba's Patch and Anti-Virus Management Solution can help you proactively manage the distribution...
- Tags: bmc software inc., marimba, antivirus, patch management, gartner inc., patches, it management, security, it service management
- Webcasts
- Marimba and Remedy Web Seminar: Empowering IT to Take Action
- This Web seminar will explain how the integration of Marimba and Remedy offers the ability to fortify Remedy IT service management with the control and automation of Marimba software management.
- Tags: web, marimba, information technology, remedy corp., it management, service level management, it services, it service management, it operations
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- Security Patch Management Web Seminar
- This webcast explains how Marimba rapidly detects system vulnerabilities and immediately deploys the most up-to-date security patches for desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. The webcast discusses how patch management works with the Marimba infrastructure and all areas of Marimba products.
- Tags: bmc software inc., webcast, marimba, it management, patches, digital media, security, it service management, consumer electronics, personal technology
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- BMC Marimba: Building on Your Remedy Investment to Enhance ROI and Reduce Costs - Fast Track to Full Lifecycle CCM
- Customers who have made significant investments in BMC Remedy ITSM applications, such as BMC Remedy Asset Management, BMC Remedy Help Desk and BMC Remedy Change Management, face a consistent set of challenges when trying to align IT infrastructure and services to the needs of the business. This webcast shows you...
- Tags: bmc software inc., marimba, investment, roi, remedy corp., it management, it service management
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