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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">The purpose of this document 
        is to provide you with information on the integration of WMI and <A HREF="http://www.dmtf.org/wbem/index.html">WBEM</A> 
        with the ProVision suite of products from PLATINUM <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">technology</SPAN>.</FONT></FONT><BR>
        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><BR>
        <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">PLATINUM <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">technology</SPAN> 
        is committed to supporting the Microsoft Windows Management 
        Instrumentation (WMI) standard. PLATINUM is active in the Web-Based 
        Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative through its work on the <A HREF="http://www.dmtf.org">Desktop
         Management Task Force</A> that is defining the WBEM standard and the 
        CIM data model.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">PLATINUM
         ProVision is a suite of highly integrated tools that address the 
        complexities of managing your IT environment. ProVision's management 
        tools enable users to identify, respond to, and resolve problems 
        across multiple disciplines and multiple environments, including 
        UNIX, Windows NT and heterogeneous relational databases.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">The
         ProVision WMI A</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial"> 
        uses WMI technology derived from the WBEM initiative. The WMI A</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial"> 
        enables any ProVision tool to both consume and provide management 
        data fr</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">o</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">m
         and to WMI. Such capabilities are useful for managing WMI because 
        ProVision features a sophisticated event management service with 
        features like publish and subscribe messaging, guaranteed delivery, 
        and event correlation.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">The
         WMI </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">A</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent
         for ProVision can also provide better data integration for 
        management applications and new ways to deliver custom reports and 
        views into Windows or browser-based consoles like the PLATINUM Director.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">For
         example, AutoSys Job Management for ProVision can consume and 
        provide information about scheduled jobs running in the Windows 
        environment and can take appropriate actions using the ProVision 
        Event Management Service. ProVision Performance Management tools can 
        collect system and application performance data from the entire 
        enterprise, provide that information to WMI consumers, and exploit 
        WMI information for analysis and reporting within ProVision.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">Technical
         specifications for the WMI </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">A</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent
         for ProVision are available. For more information, download the 
        readme.txt and the PLATINUM WMI white paper from our web site, </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><A HREF="http://www.platinum.com"><FONT COLOR="BLUE"><FONT FACE="Arial">www.platinum.com.</FONT></FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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        <SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">Click
         <A HREF="setup.exe">setup</A> to install the WMI Agent.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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        <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;font-size : 9.0pt;">Note:
         ProVision components must be installed to view and provide WMI events.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;font-size : 9.0pt;">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></P>
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