TeamQuest
Encyclopedia
TeamQuest Corporation, is a computer software company specializing in Systems management
, Performance management
and Capacity planning
software for computer servers
. TeamQuest worldwide headquarters is based in Clear Lake, Iowa
, United States
with branch offices located in Gothenburg, Sweden, Oxford
, United Kingdom
, Frankfurt, Germany, and Hong Kong
.
group at Unisys
Corporation.
and reporting to event monitoring
, capacity planning
and capacity modeling. Products can be used individually or in combination to address various needs, and they scale to thousands of servers
in complex, heterogeneous and virtualized environments.
TeamQuest Performance Software comprises these products:
As a spin-off from Unisys
Corporation, TeamQuest also provides software for the following mainframe
platforms:
hosted by a TeamQuest Application Server powered by Apache Tomcat
. Thus they run entirely within the operator's web browser. The TeamQuest IT Service Applications share a common technology called TeamQuest IT Resources.
Systems management
Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications....
, Performance management
IT Performance Management
This entry describes performance management in an Information Technology context. See Performance Management for a description of performance management in a more general context....
and Capacity planning
Capacity planning
Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, "capacity" is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period of time...
software for computer servers
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
. TeamQuest worldwide headquarters is based in Clear Lake, Iowa
Clear Lake, Iowa
Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,161 at the 2000 census. The city is named for the large lake on which it is located. It is the home of a number of marinas, state parks and tourism-related businesses. Clear Lake is also a major stop on Interstate...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with branch offices located in Gothenburg, Sweden, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Frankfurt, Germany, and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
History
TeamQuest was founded in 1991 by three employees from a software research and developmentResearch and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
group at Unisys
Unisys
Unisys Corporation , headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a long established business whose core products now involves computing and networking.-History:...
Corporation.
Products
TeamQuest offers a suite of software products, called TeamQuest Performance Software. These products help optimize IT services, from performance managementPerformance management
Performance management includes activities that ensure that goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of an organization, a department, employee, or even the processes to build a product or service, as well as many...
and reporting to event monitoring
Event monitoring
In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signalling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators...
, capacity planning
Capacity planning
Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, "capacity" is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period of time...
and capacity modeling. Products can be used individually or in combination to address various needs, and they scale to thousands of servers
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
in complex, heterogeneous and virtualized environments.
TeamQuest Performance Software comprises these products:
- TeamQuest IT Service Applications Suite
- TeamQuest IT Service Analyzer
- TeamQuest IT Service Reporter
- TeamQuest Model
- TeamQuest Alert
- TeamQuest View
- TeamQuest On the Web
As a spin-off from Unisys
Unisys
Unisys Corporation , headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a long established business whose core products now involves computing and networking.-History:...
Corporation, TeamQuest also provides software for the following mainframe
Mainframe computer
Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.The term originally referred to the...
platforms:
- ClearPath/IXUNIVAC 1100/2200 seriesThe UNIVAC 1100/2200 series is a series of compatible 36-bit computer systems, beginning with the UNIVAC 1107 in 1962, initially made by Sperry Rand...
Systems http://www.teamquest.com/solutions-products/products/unisys/os-2200-systems/index.htm - ClearPath/MCPMCP (Burroughs Large Systems)The MCP is the proprietary operating system of the Burroughs large systems including the Unisys Clearpath/MCP systems....
Systems http://www.teamquest.com/solutions-products/products/unisys/mcp-systems/index.htm
TeamQuest IT Service Applications
These products are rich web applicationsRich Internet application
A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...
hosted by a TeamQuest Application Server powered by Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation...
. Thus they run entirely within the operator's web browser. The TeamQuest IT Service Applications share a common technology called TeamQuest IT Resources.
Solutions
TeamQuest solutions are focused on IT Service Optimization (ITSO). The goal of ITSO is to consistently meet IT service levels while minimizing infrastructure costs and mitigating risks. This can be achieved in a multitude of ways, from consolidating servers to avoiding bottlenecks to aligning IT with business objectives.Customers
TeamQuest customers include companies across a variety of industries.See also
- Article from iTechWire: TeamQuest Announces New TeamQuest Performance Software
- Article from ComputerworldComputerworldComputerworld is an IT magazine that provides information for senior IT leaders. It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Its publisher is International Data Group. Computerworld serves the needs of IT management via print and online...
: Companies turn to capacity planning to find bandwidth bottlenecks - BigAdmin Feature Article: Using TeamQuest Performance Software to Monitor Zones for Performance Management of the Solaris OS
- Business Profile on Yahoo Finance : Teamquest Corporation