AdventNet Announces Major Release of its Web NMS MSP Edition Designed to Enhance Business Value for Managed Services Providers and Enterprises.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2001 AdventNet, Inc., the leading systems and network management solutions provider, today announced a major release of its pioneering Web NMS See NetWare Management System. MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. Edition, the Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality Delivery Platform(TM), with a vastly expanded set of features designed to meet the needs of Managed Services Providers (MSPs) and enterprises. The AdventNet Web NMS MSP Edition is a path-breaking software product specifically built to facilitate managed services. It is a scalable, high performance solution to Customer Network and Service Management. It uses a multi-tier architecture, providing for distribution of processing as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . This allows a service provider to start small, and scale the system as the number of customers, devices and applications to be managed grows. The data collected is stored in a central relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. , with customer segmentation, allowing powerful and flexible reporting on the customer's data. Multiple databases including Oracle, MS SQL See Microsoft SQL Server and mSQL. , DB2 and MySQL are supported. "With the emergence of e-business, it has become critical for to ensure availability of applications across supplier, partner and customer boundaries. In addition, with the increasing trend towards IT outsourcing, there is a new breed of companies emerging who are in the process of revolutionizing IT systems management by offering managed services. The managed services model fundamentally assumes that management has to cross network and administrative domains as well as geographically distributed resources, and focus on ensuring end-to-end availability of critical IT systems," said Dr. Sridhar Vembu, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AdventNet. Some of the powerful features in the new release include a Java client which facilitates a rich GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. environment, a very intuitive network-centric interface for user navigation, a failover strategy for the backend servers and the ability to monitor additional resources such as MS Exchange servers and Oracle servers. The new release is thus optimized for ease of use, reliability and managing an expanded set of services. "For the MSPs to succeed, delivering on Service Level Agreements is critical. With AdventNet's clear focus on delivering business value to our customers, we have optimized the product to enable MSPs to effectively manage and deliver on SLAs," said Vembu. About AdventNet AdventNet, the Internet Management Infrastructure Company, is the worldwide leader in providing massively scalable, carrier-grade software for provisioning and management of Internet and e-business infrastructure and applications. AdventNet has a worldwide customer base of leading equipment vendors, service providers, system integrators and e-business application vendors. The company's product provide ease of use, scalability, reliability and extensive customizability. They power solutions in many markets segments, including e-business application management, optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. , cable modem, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , storage management, web hosting and management service providers (MSPs). AdventNet enables superior solutions with rapid time to market advantages and all the benefits of new communications and software technologies. AdventNet is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif. with offices in N.J., Mass., Canada, India, U.K., France and Japan. It has over 300 employees and more than 500 customers. For more information call 925/924-9500 or visit www.adventnet.com. Note to Editors: AdventNet, the Internet Management Infrastructure Company and AdventNet Web NMS are the trademarks of AdventNet, Inc. Java is the trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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