"T/MON SLIM" ALARM MONITORING IN 1RU CASE LAUNCHED.

DPS Telecom has launched T/Mon SLIM, a complete network alarm monitoring system in a 1RU case, designed for monitoring small, local and regional telecom networks. Cost-effective and compact, T/Mon SLIM empowers any small company - or even an individual department - to directly manage its network alarms, without depending on a centralized Network Operations Center (NOC).

"T/Mon SLIM answers the needs of regional and local network managers, the people who have front-line responsibility for maintaining telecom remote sites," said Eric Storm, president of DPS Telecom.

"These managers usually have to wait for the NOC to notify them of alarms, even when the alarm is from equipment in the next room. That's just unacceptable when you're responsible for a revenue-generating network. T/Mon SLIM provides real-time visibility in an alarm master unit that even small markets can fit into their budget," Storm said.

T/Mon SLIM takes the alarm notification and data-processing capabilities of DPS Telecom's flagship T/Mon NOC Remote Alarm Monitoring System and scales them to the needs of small, local and regional networks.

With T/Mon SLIM, network managers can do the following:

- Monitor telecom switches; fiber optic equipment; SONET; microwave radios; servers; multiplexers; SNMP, TL1 and ASCII equipment; DPS Telecom RTUs; remotes from Badger, Dantel, Larse, NEC and Pulsecom; and many other network devices.

- Monitor up to 64 individual network devices.

- Monitor 7,500 alarm points.

- Consolidate alarms from several sites, different equipment types and multiple protocols to a single local/regional network view.

- Send automatic pager and email alarm notifications to field technicians.

- Access alarms remotely via Web browser.

- Filter and forward alarms to a T/Mon NOC unit or SNMP manager at a central NOC.

- Maintain alarm history logs.

- Analyze past alarms to identify network weak spots and anticipate future problems.

- Track complex network problems with custom alarms built from multiple alarm inputs.

- Automatically correct network problems with user-programmable control responses.

WHO NEEDS T/MON SLIM?

T/Mon SLIM is a great solution for users who do the following:

- Manage a local or regional section of a large network.

- Want to monitor the alarms one department is responsible for, independent of the network's central NOC.

- Need powerful after-hours notification.

- Have a small network that needs monitoring.

For a complete description, full specifications and photos of T/Mon SLIM, visit http://www.dpstelecom.com/tmon-slim.

About DPS Telecom

DPS Telecom is an industry-leading manufacturer of network alarm monitoring solutions. DPS clients include RBOCs, ILECs, CLECs, gas and electric utilities, heavy and light rail transit, government agencies and manufacturers.

For more information, visit http://www.dpstelecom.com or call 559/454-1600.