Stan, If it helps, HP Service Manager is a modern web based application (with what looks like a Java server component), and one communicates with the server component using webservice requests. If HP AM follows the same design principals, then webservices will be the way forward.
I've spoken to the HP people recently and found them to be very helpful. I'd suggest that if you have a product in mind, you join the HP Software Technology Enterprise Management at http://www.hp.com/go/emap and speak to them directly. John -- SSO Plugin for BMC. http://www.javasystemsolutions.com _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"

