Bowstreet Selects NetBotz To Monitor Its Network and Computer Equipment Environment.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002 Bowstreet, the Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. automation company, has selected NetBotz, a leading provider of enterprise environment monitoring solutions, to monitor the environment surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. its critical network and computer equipment. With several hundred desktops, laptops and servers to monitor, Bowstreet's Information Technology (IT) Group needed a stand-alone product that could monitor temperature, humidity humidity, moisture content of the atmosphere, a primary element of climate. Humidity measurements include absolute humidity, the mass of water vapor per unit volume of natural air; relative humidity (usually meant when the term humidity and airflow in the rooms housing its network equipment, and notify Bowstreet's staff should potentially harmful environmental changes occur at night or on weekends. "Bowstreet has critical equipment in several locations, which makes it challenging for our IT staff to know what's occurring at all facilities at all times," said Lance Aughey, senior systems administrator at Bowstreet. "To ensure that our customers and employees experience minimal downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. , we initiated a search for a product that could help us prevent downtime caused by environmental conditions." To address its environment-monitoring needs, Bowstreet purchased and installed a NetBotz Solution Pak containing five WallBotz 310s, Web-accessible network appliances (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , and NetBotz Central, server-based software that allows users to access, control and configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. the NetBotz products through a simple, intuitive interface. Designed to end the need for manual equipment monitoring, the NetBotz System monitors the environment surrounding network and computer equipment, including air temperature, airflow, humidity and audio alarms. When environmental changes that could be harmful to the equipment occur, the NetBotz System sends warnings via pager or e-mail to alert users of the problem. "The NetBotz Central console sold us on the NetBotz solution," continued Aughey. "It's one of the simplest systems I've ever used. We deployed the entire system in less than four hours." The NetBotz products have helped Bowstreet's IT Group prevent network downtime by alerting them of a weekend power failure. The company's ability to remotely monitor room temperatures and receive immediate notification of the power failure prevented what Aughey describes as "a great loss of equipment and employee productivity." "Even if you have a member of your IT staff at the office 24 hours a day, you can't be in every computer room all the time. Having the NetBotz products is like having an additional co-worker," said Aughey. "I now sleep better at night knowing that we're completely monitoring our network and computer equipment environment." About NetBotz NetBotz provides early warning of conditions that threaten the integrity of the Information Technology (IT) environment and equipment. Its Web-accessible monitoring tools protect IT equipment investments, enhance network planning and surveillance capabilities, increase productivity of IT staff and prevent financial losses attributable to network downtime. Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999, NetBotz has received over $20 million in venture capital financing To start an own company or to bring a new product to the market, the venture may need to attract financial funding. There are several categories of financing possibilities. If it is a small venture, then perhaps the venture can rely on family funding, loans from friends from CenterPoint Ventures, Hill Partners Inc., Osprey osprey (ŏs`prē), common name for a bird of prey related to the hawk and the New World vulture and found near water in most parts of the world. Ventures, QuestMark Partners, SSM SSM abbr. surface-to-surface missile Venture Partners and Sanchez Venture Partners. NetBotz received the Best of Show award in the Network Management category at NetWorld+Interop 2000 Atlanta and was the 1999 recipient of KPMG's Start-up Standout award. The NetBotz products are delivered through a nation-wide network of distributors, value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . Press resources are available at http://www.netbotz.com/company/news/. About Bowstreet Bowstreet provides the industry's most advanced Web services automation platform, the essential technology for implementing complex Web applications based on Web services and other software components. More information can be found at www.bowstreet.com or by calling 603/559-1900. Bowstreet is a trademark of Bowstreet Inc. All other company names and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners. |
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