Company News Views Aetna Gains Deeper Data Centre Intelligence With CiRBA By Newsdesk May 1, 2006 Leading health care provider Aetna has selected the Data Center Intelligence (DCI) solution from Richmond Hill, ON-based CirBA Inc., to capture and better understand the attributes and dynamics of its data centre assets and resources.   One of the country's leading providers of health, dental, group, life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna required a flexible solution to help manage its large, multi-platform data centre and free up precious resources for critical operational issues such as availability and service delivery performance, the companies describe.   "Aetna is expanding its business through acquisition and organic growth at an accelerated rate, with revenues increasing to over $22.5 billion in 2005. Supporting an employee base of 28,000, Aetna's business segments demand increased flexibility, performance and reliability from its IT resources," said Patti Schlosser, Head of Server & Storage Services, of Aetna Information Services. "With the growth of our business, the size, diversity and complexity of our IT infrastructure have dramatically increased, requiring us to have a firm grip on the management of the technologies and processes within that environment. We view CiRBA's Data Center Intelligence (DCI) as a solution that will immediately address Aetna's configuration management and compliance reporting requirements."   Aetna is expecting to gain efficiencies in server and storage resource management by implementing DCI to measure change across a heterogeneous infrastructure (AIX, HP/UX, SUN Solaris, Linux, VMWare and Windows); displace current manual processes and one-off script-driven activities; and contribute to inventorying and asset management objectives. CiRBA's data capture and reporting capabilities will build greater rigor into production support processes and audit-control compliancy requirements.   "In health care, with changing regulations and IT budgets growing consistently smaller, it is crucial to have full visibility into assets so that no dollar is wasted and no resource under-utilized," explained Gerry Smith, president and CEO of CiRBA. "Coupled with the complexity of today's IT environments, untold resources are exhausted simply trying to track millions of elements and their dynamics across the data center each day. Improved data center intelligence can support business initiatives such as compliance, data center consolidation and risk management in large-scale, multi-platform IT environments." CiRBA serves Global 3000 customers in a range of industries including healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, oil and gas, technology and managed services.   CiRBA Inc. is the only supplier of solutions that enable IT organizations with the intelligence required to better manage heterogeneous data centers. CiRBA Data Center Intelligence (DCI) provides Global 3000 customers deep visibility into system configurations, changes and differences, compliance and asset utilization in order to identify associated problems, risks and optimization opportunities.   Aetna is one of the leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 27.9 million unique members with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care and disability plans, and medical management capabilities. Customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans and government-sponsored plans. © Copyright 2004 Real World Networks Biz. All Rights Reserved.