Broadwing Inc. Corrects and Replaces Previous Announcement, BW2754, TX-BROADWING.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NOTE: The following news release replaces and corrects the previous Broadwing Inc. news release, which ran earlier Monday on Business Wire, BW2754 (TX-BROADWING) AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 Broadwing Enhances Reliability of Hosting Centers With Realtime Monitoring Technology Micromuse Applications Selected To Provide End-to-End Management of Broadwing Collocation collocation - co-location Infrastructure Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ), today announced it has selected Micromuse (Nasdaq:MUSE) to provide realtime monitoring and management software for its 10 nationwide hosting centers. By installing Micromuse's Netcool software, Broadwing is now able to closely monitor its customers' systems and automatically notify these customers via email or pager when a network event has occurred that may affect their equipment. Broadwing is now also able to track key system metrics on its data collocation customers' servers, helping companies efficiently manage their growth and giving them the ability to be responsive to increases in Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. . "Broadwing's hosting centers already provide our customers unparalleled service and support and direct access to the industry's most advanced IP backbone," said Dominick DeAngelo, president of Internet/Data Services at Broadwing Communications. "With the addition of Micromuse's Netcool applications, we can now enhance our monitoring abilities to offer our customers the most secure, reliable hosting services in the industry. These applications will also scale accordingly as Broadwing continues to build out its infrastructure." Broadwing is implementing Micromuse's Netcool software suite in its Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) in Austin, Texas. Specifically, Broadwing is utilizing Micromuse's Netcool/OMNIbus(TM) application to maintain the availability and reliability of its hosting centers, enhancing the industry's best service level guarantee that Broadwing offers its data collocation customers. Netcool/Precision augments the Netcool/OMNIbus application by determining the precise locations and causes of faults throughout the fiber-based infrastructure. Micromuse is also providing Netcool/Internet Service Monitors(TM) to monitor the availability and response times of Broadwing customers' Internet services and Netcool/Impact(TM) to determine how specific network events might impact business processes, services and customers. "By offering direct access to its award-winning IP network, Broadwing's nationwide hosting centers provide customers some of the most advanced Internet services in the industry," said Lou Steinberg, Micromuse's senior vice president, Marketing & Market Development. "By utilizing Micromuse's Netcool suite, Broadwing is taking their monitoring and network assurance capabilities to the next level." Broadwing's 10 hosting centers provide flexible space configurations, strict environmental controls, and fully redundant power (AC and DC) backed up by uninterruptable power supplies and diesel generators. At these facilities, businesses are able to take advantage of 24x7 on site staff, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services (DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the , IP addressing, usage based bandwidth billing, and online usage reporting), and service level guarantees. These hosting centers provide the foundation for the Broadwing's Internet solutions offerings, such as managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and application service provider (ASP) services. They will also provide services not found elsewhere, including mass storage and remote disaster recovery services. As a leading provider of realtime fault management and services assurance software, Micromuse's Netcool suite collects management data from more than 250 management environments and network devices, including voice, data and Internet. Fault data is rapidly processed and filtered by the Netcool ObjectServer(TM), an in-memory database A database that keeps all active records in main memory rather than on disk. Accessing in-memory records is considerably faster than retrieving them from the disk. . The Netcool application allows operators to build views of service availability in realtime, helping them manage networks more effectively. About Broadwing Broadwing Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW). Broadwing combines unparalleled customer service with the industry's most advanced and flexible 18,000 mile next-generation fiber optic network and award-winning IP backbone, to create data and internet solutions that are innovative, reliable, and provide businesses a competitive advantage. Broadwing will be the first provider with a fully deployed optical network and sets the standard for customer accountability with the industry's only Installation Guarantee. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , and Austin, Texas, with 6,000 employees in 56 sales and service offices across the country, Broadwing can be found on the web at www.broadwing.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion