Alignment Software Hits 3500 Downloads and Releases Version 1.0.3; New Version Enables 5-Minute Installation, Monitoring of WebLogic Clusters and Embedded MySQL.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUPERIOR, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 Alignment(TM) Software, makers of the only deep, light and easy performance management software for n-tier application infrastructures, has counted more than 3500 downloads of its AppAssure software since online marketing efforts began in October. "Public response to AppAssure has been enthusiastic," said Rich Schmelzer, 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 Alignment Software. "No other tool lets IT staff easily look deep into the performance of applications with a light load." For Version 1.0.3, the company further simplified installation from an already short one hour, to five minutes or less. Other industry players take from one day to more than six months. Another industry first of Version 1.0.3 is the support for performance monitoring of clustered WebLogic servers. Through its console, server and adapter architecture, AppAssure can monitor applications that include one or more of Apache, Tomcat A popular Java servlet container from the Apache Jakarta project. Tomcat uses the Jasper converter to turn JSPs into servlets for execution. Tomcat is widely used with the JBoss application server. For more information, visit http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat. See Jakarta and JBoss. , JBoss, WebLogic, Oracle 8i, MySQL, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , and Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. . More adapters are being added continually to support additional technologies. The new version also includes a bundled evaluation copy of the MySQL database, which can be used throughout the 30-day trial period for AppAssure. "AppAssure's five-minute installation lets users start monitoring applications in depth faster than any other tool on the market," said Jeb Bolding, AppAssure product manager. "With dynamic instrumentation and transaction recording and playback, the user can see the performance of individual EJBs, classes and methods within minutes of completing the download." With dynamic, tunable instrumentation, users can record and playback transactions, and monitor their performance in detail. One-click root cause analysis identifies specific trouble spots, while thresholds and alerts tell users immediately when problems arise. This way, AppAssure can detect the problem, notify the user, automatically turn on full instrumentation, automatically run a synthetic test transaction, collect detailed performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. , analyze root cause, e-mail the results to the interested parties, and then turn off all unneeded instrumentation. AppAssure, Version 1.0.3 is available to download for free evaluation at http://www.alignmentsoftware.com and can be completely installed in five minutes. About Alignment Software Alignment Software Inc. develops the only deep, light and easy application performance management software for complex, distributed-application infrastructures. It delivers tools IT personnel require to operate at top efficiency. Alignment's premier product, AppAssure, is competitively priced and has a unique, model-driven approach to monitor, diagnose and manage infrastructure systems, distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications , transactions and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. components. From URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. to SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. , the customer defines the views most relevant to their environment, and receives a clear picture of the health and performance of their IT systems. No other product combines the depth into the granular level of the applications, with such a light burden on the network. For a free evaluation that takes only five minutes to install, or for more information, please visit www.alignmentsoftware.com. |
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