Advent Network Management Announces Advent Web NMS A Web and Java Based Network Management Solutions Toolkit.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1997--Advent Network Management, Inc. announced Advent Web NMS See NetWare Management System. , a Java(R)-based Network Management System Toolkit that enables web-based, cross-platform, network management solutions. This innovative network management system is a 100% Java, cross-platform toolkit that delivers on the promise of web-based network management. The Advent Web NMS Java-based tools provide functionality to support many areas of network management, including fault management, performance management, and configuration management. It enables easily building solutions that offer enhanced functionality in these areas. Network management today usually requires custom development over and above what is provided by NMS tools, before useful applications and solutions can be delivered. The promise of NMS platforms has not materialized, and developing applications and solutions for these platforms is difficult. The cost of development is high, and needs to be repeated for each operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and platform to be supported. Advent Web NMS brings the ease-of-use, and lower-cost, of web and Java tools to network management development. It provides a framework for building network management applications and solutions while providing a superior set of base platform services. Advanced features like event correlation Event Correlation is the processes involved with reducing a large number of incident alerts to a much smaller, more manageable number within automated monitoring and incident/problem management in a Support Management System. are built into the framework, so application and solution developers can provide these features to their users with minimal effort. In the current fast-paced environment, it is not practical for most application developers to support multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. in a timely manner. A cross-platform, web-based solution is required to allow rapid development of applications to fit the diverse set of potential customers for network management. Advent Web NMS leverages the cross-platform nature of Java to provide a toolkit that can be used across many operating systems, as well as can be integrated with multiple network management platforms with minimal effort. Advent Web NMS includes client and server components, creating an integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. management framework. The clients run in Java-enabled web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Network Management developers can now focus on using the web and Java with the Advent Web NMS framework, and produce the best applications and solutions, instead of dealing with multiple proprietary platform vendor APIs and multiple operating system versions. Given the power and ease-of-use of these new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. technologies, developers can provide better solutions faster and at lower cost than before. Pricing and Availability Advent Web NMS will be available in July 1997. A beta version will be available from the company's web site http://www.adventnet.com in May 1997. Pricing will be set at a later date. About Advent Network Management, Inc. Advent Network Management, Inc., located in Aberdeen, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, is a leading provider of web-based network management tools. They have delivered the industry's first SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. library for Java programmers as well as a number of browser based network management tools, which are widely used throughout the networking industry. Advent is focused on leveraging web and Java technologies to deliver the next generation of network management tools, which provide enhanced management capabilities, web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. access, distributed management, and lower cost network management solutions. The company has already delivered a number of such tools being used by large and small companies to build network management solutions. Additional company information can be found at http://www.adventnet.com -0- Note to Editors: Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Tony G. Thomas, 908/566-2314 tgt@adventnet.com |
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