Editing HP OpenView (section)

{{Short description|Network and systems management software}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = HP OpenView Software
| developer              = [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[HP Software Division]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| genre                  = [[network management|Network]] and [[systems management]] tools
}}

'''HP OpenView''' is the former name for a [[Hewlett-Packard]] product family that consisted of [[network management|network]] and [[systems management]] products. In 2007, HP OpenView was rebranded as '''HP BTO''' (''Business Technology Optimization'') Software when it became part of the [[HP Software Division]]. The products were available as various HP products, marketed through the HP Software Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-10%5e36657_4000_100 |title=Looking for HP OpenView? |access-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416123350/http://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-10%5e36657_4000_100 |archive-date=2011-04-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> HP Software became part of HPE after the HP/HPE split and HPE Software was eventually sold to MicroFocus.

HP OpenView software provided large-scale system and network management of an organization's [[IT infrastructure]]. It included optional modules from [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] as well as third-party management software, which connected within a common framework and communicated with one another.