Bridgeway Unveils Preview of Keystone's Network Performance System at SuperComm Tradeshow.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1998-- Software-only, Real-time Solution Interprets and Partitions Network Data to Internal Customers and Provides Performance SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. Reporting Bridgeway Corporation announced today that a preview of their Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Network Performance System (NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) ) will be available June 9-11 at their SuperComm booth No. 9249, Hall H. Keystone NPS goes beyond current similar solutions by providing a software-only solution that combines both real-time monitoring of carrier Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and the additional functionality of Enterprise Customer Network Management (CNM CNM Certified Nurse-Midwife; see nurse-midwife. CNM abbr. Certified Nurse Midwife ) services. The combination of Performance SLA reporting services and CNM allows customers to manage the service to their particular internal customers, not just manage the network. "Our Keystone Network Performance System empowers our customers with performance visibility and control over frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ATM service level agreements," said Lisa Olson Lisa Olson (born circa 1964) is an American sportswriter for the New York Daily News. In 1990, while working at the Boston Herald, she was sexually harassed by New England Patriots football players in the team's locker room. , Director of Engineering at Bridgeway. "Customer Network Management is the differentiating element in our Keystone NPS offering, and our customers can maximize the use of their existing infrastructure and manage the network for their internal use based on their unique business needs." Keystone's Enterprise CNM capabilities provide Enterprise Customers with the flexibility to discover and select their own network data, and determine the intervals in which they receive that data. CNM interprets, segments and partitions information about the service that is unique to each internal customer, such as Performance SLA information from wide area circuits, including Frame Relay, ATM and other network elements. Keystone NPS is targeted at Enterprise Network Managers for their internal customers; Carriers and ISPs for their Enterprise Customers; and Managed Data Services and Outsourcers for their clients. Each of these groups benefits from the unique, combined performance of Keystone NPS, and is provided with needed network performance data, availability, utilization and performance SLA information for WAN and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. network elements. There is no expensive hardware to purchase or manage, regardless of the size of the customer network. Keystone NPS Overview a. Customer Network Management / Customer Partitioning To divide a resource or application into smaller pieces. See partition, application partitioning and PDQ. -- Discovers, selects and controls network data specific to the user service by segmenting or partitioning the WAN or LAN network information securely by customer. Allows service users to see only the network data that is relevant to their service. b. Customer Configuration -- Offers a choice of using a pre-existing customer configuration system, or Keystone NPS as the customer configuration system. Continuously discovers the network, noting additions, deletions and changes in real-time. c. Real Time Repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. -- Securely assigns Individuals to whom property is, will, or may be transferred by conveyance, will, Descent and Distribution, or statute; assignees. The term assigns is often found in deeds; for example, "heirs, administrators, and assigns to denote the assignable nature of real-time and historical network data and service information to each individual customer, and offers the flexibility to easily change customer structure. d. Differentiated Classes of Service -- Allows the provisioning of different classes of service in response to alarms or other real-time or historical network information, evaluating or "interpreting" the level of response against each customers' specific service parameters. e. Frame Relay Service Level Parameters -- Collects, calculates and displays availability, utilization and performance statistics on all VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. interfaces. f. Current Event Reporting and Control -- Provides event reporting based on a customers' unique information management needs, as well as customizable polling intervals as instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. as 1 second, or set to more manageable intervals. g. Network Performance Reporting -- Supports two types of views, Maps and Graphs, to group selected network interfaces by their relationships to each other, or graphically with different timelines. Pricing and Availability Bridgeway's Keystone Network Performance System (NPS) is currently available in beta. General availability is expected in 3rd Quarter 1998. Pricing will be announced at that time. About Bridgeway's Additional CNM Products Keystone is a suite of products that provides CNM solutions for the VPN environment. Keystone offers significant advantages to both Service Providers and their subscribers. For Service Providers: a. Allows for immediate access to fast, comprehensive and robust CNM data. This makes their internal organizations more knowledgeable on how their customers use the network. b. Enables a new revenue and profit opportunity, while simultaneously offering the best price/value relationship for the enterprise customer. c. Protects their network element investment by providing CNM service across networks composed of multi-vendor, multi-technology equipment. d. Differentiates the service offering acting as a key element in retaining and acquiring customers. For Service Subscribers: a. Enables them to control the service received from Providers by managing the Service Provider*s quality and level of network services (SLAs). b. Provides real-time visibility into network status for fault management and real-time network utilization statistics for configuration management. c. Provides integration of Subscriber's Network Management Systems (NMS See NetWare Management System. ) with Provider's systems. The Keystone Product Suite consists of Mid-Level Managers that collect data from carrier network elements and/or from customer premises equipment See CPE. , and VPN Management Applications that interpret the collected data. In addition to the Keystone product line, Bridgeway offers EventIX, an established, award-winning software product line consisting of distributed management gateways, turnkey See turnkey system. intelligent agents, and agent development tools and utilities supporting both standard and legacy network equipment. The EventIX product line includes the MapSync product. About Bridgeway Corporation Bridgeway Corporation is a leading developer of network management software that allows Service Providers and Enterprise customers to integrate, monitor, measure and manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal. network data. Bridgeway Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. For more information on the company and its products, please call 425/881-4270. Bridgeway, EventIX and Keystone are trademarks of Bridgeway Corporation. All other companies, products and trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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