AU-System Makes Network Monitoring Possible for Sweden's Broadband Operators.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 AU-System has implemented a system for monitoring Telia subsidiary Skanova's network providing broadband services to homes and companies. This is AU-System's fifth assignment of the kind for broadband actors. Previously, Bredbandsbolaget, Banverket Telenat, Telia Telecom, and Nextra have employed AU-System's assistance in securing high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. for their services. "In order to maintain constant and high quality broadband services, well-functioning network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. is a must," says Lars Andersson, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at AU-System OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. Solutions. The solution chosen by Skanova makes it easy for them to control the services they provide via their broadband network based on ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and ATM technology. The monitoring system warns of faults in Skanova's broadband service network and provides information about which customers are affected by the faults. AU-System installed and adapted the Netcool system from Micromuse to suit Skanova's environment in just three months - despite the need to integrate equipment from several suppliers. Skanova is an independent company within the Telia Group with Sweden's largest telecom and data network. The purpose of the operations is to lease capacity and infrastructure to operators and service providers in Sweden. Tele1Europe, Tele 2, Telenordia, and Europolitan are among Skanova's customers. About AU-System AU-System is a leading Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. consultancy. Through the subsidiary SandbergTrygg, the company also offers integrated services for marketing communications. Major clients include Ericsson, Telia, Scania, Nordea and Singapore Telecom. AU-System was established in 1974 and currently employs more than 1000 staff in offices in Sweden, the U.K., Italy, the U.S., Thailand and Singapore. AU-System is listed on Attract40 of Stockholmsborsen, under the symbol AUS AUS abbr. Army of the United States . For more information, please visit www.ausystem.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/05/20010405BIT00220/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/05/20010405BIT00220/bit0002.pdf |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion