Halcyon Software has announced an education initiative to help IT college students learn how to manage IBM Power Systems technology. Halcyon has donated $30,000 in software licences to the Information Technology department of Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. The software will be used to train students in managing IBM i (iSeries), AIX, Linux and Windows servers.

Halcyon’s systems management software enables businesses to achieve fail-safe control of their core applications, processes, and systems while reducing the costs of IT through automation. The software will enable students to obtain real-world, hands-on experience in all aspects of multi-platform systems management, including monitoring, scheduling, automation, SLA reporting and performance monitoring. The donation includes two of Halcyon’s flagship software packages—Operations Center Suite for monitoring IBM i systems and Network Server Suite for managing AIX, Linux and Windows servers.

“Our monitoring software is used by companies throughout the world that have IBM technology at the very heart of their business,” said Lorraine Cousins, CEO of Halcyon. “We are very pleased to be working with Metropolitan Community College to help students in the Information Technology department gain valuable industry skills. It is vitally important that future generations of students are educated with the specialized IT knowledge they need to support IBM technology-based businesses and organizations.”

Metropolitan Community College has a long history with IBM Power Systems technology and IBM COMMON. The university offers IBM i course work, and through Halcyon’s software donation, its students can now use real-world technology on their IBM hardware.

“As the first generation of IBM i professionals are coming close to retirement, we believe it’s critical to educate the next-generation of professionals to learn this critical technology—ensuring continued growth and vitality of our industry niche,” said John Dominic, vice president of Sales, Halcyon Software.

Founded in 1974, Metropolitan Community College is a comprehensive, full-service community college. The College serves more than 49,000 students annually and offers more than 175 degrees. Professor Ted Tucker, Metropolitan Community College, said, “We are honored that Halcyon is supporting us with this generous donation of software licenses of their systems management technology. Our students, who are working toward Information Technology degrees, will now have the opportunity to gain practical experience on our IBM i hardware. I am confident that this technology will help inspire our students as they develop their studies and begin to work in the technology industry.”

Halcyon has future plans to work with Metropolitan Community College to create a scholarship program.

For additional information about Halcyon Software, visit: www.halcyonsoftware.com

About Halcyon Software

Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of monitoring critical business systems, core applications and processes. They help companies prevent business disruption, increase the efficiency of their IT services and save costs.  In most cases, Halcyon’s solutions increase IT efficiency by 30 – 40 percent, delivering significant savings and a rapid return on investment – often in less than six months.

Halcyon achieves this in three ways:

Monitoring: Halcyon’s monitoring software keeps a vigilant watch on the most critical IT systems and core applications on which business depends. IT administrators receive early warnings of any potential problems or ‘bottlenecks’ before they affect the organization.

Automating: Halcyon enables IT teams to set up ‘self–corrective actions’ to issues or problems to ensure that they never impact the business again.  IT teams can also automate regular tasks, checks or jobs which would normally be undertaken manually. This frees up valuable resources, saves costs and helps to eliminate human error. 

Reporting: Halcyon’s cloud-based reporting solution proves to management that the IT team is achieving the service levels demanded by the business or flags any issues so they can be quickly resolved. 

Halcyon’s products support IBM Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX, Linux and Windows. With regional offices in the United States, Australia and UK, Halcyon also has a network of partners and distributors supporting territories world-wide. For further information, please visit www.halcyonsoftware.com