Amdahl Advances Application Performance Management With Latest Version of EnView.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1999--

- New version of EnView delivers web-based information delivery, an

SNMP interface and enhanced system administration tools. - Customers applaud EnView 3.1, the latest version of Amdahl's

end-to-end application performance monitor.

Amdahl Global Solutions, a division of Amdahl Corporation, today introduced a new version of EnView, its flagship application performance monitoring solution. EnView 3.1 offers Internet-based information delivery via Netscape Netcenter and SNMP interoperability features. As a result, customers can integrate end-to-end response and availability information for Internet, client/server and heritage applications with existing enterprise management platforms.

EnView 3.1 also features enhanced system administration tools, enabling fast, easy implementation of proactive service management. This improves customer satisfaction by monitoring what matters most - actual response times experienced by the end-users of mission-critical business processes that span multiple technical environments.

"IT service quality is critical in today's business environment," said Joe Patti, Practice Director of Analysts International Corporation. "EnView is a one-of-a-kind service quality monitor that provides the means to significantly and consistently enhance end-user satisfaction levels. EnView 3.1 serves to routinely remind all IT personnel that customer service is a critical success factor. And because it can easily be used by high-level IT managers, it can serve as an effective communication tool, providing a common point of reference for managers and technicians."

"Today's global companies leverage complex, distributed IT environments to deliver user-friendly ERP and e-business solutions," said Charlie Latch, Product Marketing Manager for Amdahl. "This infrastructure must deliver seamless, efficient IT service. Therefore, it is imperative that businesses adopt and deploy strategies to optimize their application performance. EnView enables effective IT organizations to achieve consistent end-user service levels by managing what matters most to their customers, end-to-end application response. The result is better IT service, which increases corporate competitiveness and profits. EnView 3.1 takes this capability to the next dimension, enabling integration with existing management systems and providing access to real-time service information via the closest Internet browser."

EnView is an availability and response time monitor that measures application performance end-to-end. Starting at $19,500, EnView delivers proactive service management that continually monitors end-user response times across multiple technical environments. EnView monitors Internet/intranet, client/server and heritage applications, providing real-time visual displays, alerts, alarms and complete historical and trend reporting. EnView 3.1 is available to current EnView customers via Amdahl's early support program and will be generally available in November, 1999.

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