Army National Guard Deploys Lean and Mean WhatsUp Gold From Ipswitch, Inc. to Keep Watch On Networks.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Versatile monitoring tool being installed in all 50 states and U.S. territories to maximize operational efficiency, trim technology training time Ipswitch, Inc., a leading supplier of 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. and Internet productivity software for Windows platforms, today announced its award-winning WhatsUp Gold network monitoring software is being deployed on Army National Guard networks in all 54 states and territories. Officials of the Guard's Reserve Component Automation System (RCAS RCAS Reserve Component Automation System RCAS Residual Capability Assessment Survey RCAS Regimental Combat Aviation Squadron RCAS Rose City Ambulance Service (Michigan) RCAS Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies ) chose to replace its HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. software with WhatsUp Gold based on its ease of use, low cost and ability to upgrade easily. The 54 networks, each maintained and monitored by the respective organization, are used for a wide variety of purposes, including server and Internet availability, e-mail stores and firewalls, anti-virus services and personnel electronics-management records systems electronic personal systems, payroll, scheduling, e-mail and voice-over-IP telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. . "The Army National Guard plays a vital role for our country, whether it is mobilized for domestic emergency situations or international peace-keeping missions," said Roger C. Greene, Ipswitch president. "The Guard's collective choice of WhatsUp Gold to monitor its networks is a strong vote of confidence for WhatsUp Gold's value and ease of use. It makes everyone at Ipswitch feel proud that in a way we are directly contributing the Guard's efforts and helping to make a difference." The selection of WhatsUp Gold by the Army National Guard's RCAS followed the recommendation by Minnesota Army National Guard The Minnesota National Guard comprises Army and Air National Guard components. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. officials who tested it for two years, continuously monitoring activities on its network's 112 servers spread over 78 locations. Four other state Guard organizations have since also tested WhatsUp Gold and subsequently joined in the recommendation. "We regularly compare notes about network operations, and those using WhatsUp Gold had success in simplifying technical training requirements," said Col. William A. Hose, Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management for the Minnesota Guard, chairman of the National Guard Bureaus Information Management Advisory Committee and a member of the RCAS Requirements Control Board. "Compared to the more complicated product we have all used since the mid-nineties, WhatsUp Gold was extremely easy to use for comprehensive monitoring and status reporting, and it decreased personnel training time from weeks to just hours." The board first requested the prime contractor for RCAS network integration, Scientific Application International Corporation (SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. ), to independently evaluate WhatsUp Gold. SAIC recommended licenses be purchased for all states and territories to replace monitoring software (HP OpenView) installed in 1995. Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 5.0, the product's latest version released in March, has a list price of $695 per license. It monitors a wide range of devices and services and provides graphical network mapping Network mapping or Internet mapping is the study of the physical connectivity of the Internet. It is not to be confused with the remote discovery of which operating system a computer is running, an activity more akin to hacking. , remote notification by beeper beeper - pager , pager or e-mail and interactive Web interface reporting. Version 5.0's "SmartScan" hierarchical A structure made up of different levels like a company organization chart. The higher levels have control or precedence over the lower levels. Hierarchical structures are a one-to-many relationship; each item having one or more items below it. mapping finds all of a network's devices during autodiscovery and places them in appropriate sub-networks, avoiding manual creation of sub-networks. New and improved graphical reports, via a Crystal Reports Runtime plug-in, enable more efficient tracking of network performance and monitoring of critical applications from the office or a remote location. About Ipswitch Ipswitch develops Windows-based software products for the Internet and corporate intranets. Its product family includes WS_FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to Pro, the world's most popular FTP client; WS_FTP Server (networking) FTP server - A network server program or computer which responds to requests for files via FTP. A busy Internet archive site may have one or more computers dedicated to running FTP server software. These will typically have hostnames beginning with "ftp.", e.g. , the first industrial-strength, full-featured FTP server for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. ; WhatsUp Gold, a network mapping, monitoring and notification tool which is also integrated with Cisco Systems' CiscoWorks Windows 5.0, forming an easy-to-use network management solution; IMail Server, an Internet messaging server for small to medium-size companies and ISPs; and NT-based Ping ProPack, a utility suite for the Internet and intranets - all designed for today's mission-critical business communications. Ipswitch products set new standards for functionality, performance, reliability and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , while providing the foundation for corporate internetworking solutions, and are available directly from Ipswitch and through distributors, resellers and OEMs. Founded in 1991, Ipswitch recently was named one of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. magazine, and was named to the Deloitte & Touche "Fast 500," a ranking of the 500 fastest growing U.S. technology companies. For product and sales information, contact Ipswitch, Inc. at 81 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, Mass., via telephone (781) 676-5700, fax (781) 676-5710, or e-mail at info@ipswitch.com; or visit the Ipswitch Web site at http://www.ipswitch.com. IMail, WhatsUp, the WhatsUp logo, WS_FTP, the WS_FTP logos, Ipswitch, and the Ipswitch logo are trademarks of Ipswitch, Inc. |
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