CACI Products Company Teams With Computer Associates to Integrate Its Network Performance Assurance Products With Unicenter TNG.LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999-- CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. Products Co. Inc. an industry leader in network performance prediction In computer science, performance prediction means to estimate the execution time or other performance factors (such as cache misses) of a program on a given computer. It is being widely used for computer architects to evaluate new computer designs, for compiler writers to explore and planning, today announced a technology development partnership with Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) resulting in the integration of CACI's COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. III, COMNET Predictor and Enterprise Profiler products with CA's Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) (R), the industry leading end-to-end enterprise management solution. CACI also announced that it has joined the CA Development Partner Program and will begin shipping the Unicenter TNG Framework(TM) with each version of the COMNET product line at no extra cost to its clients. The Unicenter TNG Framework is the first IT management framework with all the services and tools necessary for deploying sophisticated management applications on all leading operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . "CACI's partnership with CA continues to affirm our commitment to providing infrastructure planners with a real-world understanding of their networks and the technologies they deal with," said CACI Products Co. President Joe Lenz. "The integration with Unicenter TNG allows us to make it even easier for network managers to perform fast, accurate 'what if' scenarios about their networks on a daily basis." CACI's COMNET Predictor helps network managers measure the impact of network changes before they are implemented. Predictor determines which network resources will run out of capacity first, and when it will happen. It also identifies applications or protocols causing congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and performs "stress tests" to quickly measure the effects of link failures on the network. Using COMNET Predictor, planners improve network performance and lower costs by setting thresholds for specific recommendations. They also foresee the effects of moving servers or rolling out applications before changes are made. Daily web-based reports improve communication with up-to-date, accessible information. Data from COMNET Predictor performance scenarios can be uploaded into CACI's COMNET III software for more detailed analysis, and can be integrated with the company's Enterprise Profiler software for insight into how individual users or departments are using the network. "In order to meet SLAs and to deal with convergence and other rapidly emerging technologies, network professionals today need tools that will help them assure their network's performance," said Mark Bouchard, Senior Research Analyst with META Group Inc. "Furthermore, integrated tool sets increases functionality for the network manager and provide a more versatile and robust solution," Bouchard said. The integration between the COMNET products and Unicenter TNG extends the ability of IT managers to automate network performance prediction by quickly and easily accessing network topology See topology. information from Unicenter TNG. This information can then be imported into COMNET Predictor or COMNET III to examine the effects of making changes to the network, including rolling out new applications, centralizing servers, increasing traffic or adding bandwidth. This results in IT managers saving time and costs that could otherwise be used creating and experimenting with IT infrastructure changes. "CACI's COMNET product line extends the powerful network management capabilities of Unicenter TNG," said Brian Shemilt, Computer Associates Vice President of Development Partner Programs. "Network managers, ISPs, and carriers are now even more empowered with timely information to effectively assess and plan future IT resource requirements The components of a system that are required by software or hardware. It refers to resources that have finite limits such as memory and disk. In a PC, it may also refer to the resources required to install a new peripheral device, namely IRQs, DMA channels, I/O addresses and memory on an ongoing basis." About Unicenter TNG By automatically managing the enterprise-computing environment, Unicenter TNG optimizes the availability of business-critical services to help reduce the total cost of ownership. Enterprise assets -- including the Internet/intranet and even non-IT equipment, like automated teller machines automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. -- can be managed based on the business processes they support. Comprehensive and integrated out-of-the-box functionality, an intuitive Real World Interface, and self-learning, predictive neural network neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn from trial and error, discerning and extracting Neugent technology make Unicenter TNG easy to deploy and use, resulting in a rapid return on investment that increases over time. About Unicenter TNG Framework The Unicenter TNG Framework is the only framework to provide "out-of-the-box" support for a broad range of hardware platforms and sophisticated framework technologies, such as object repository, auto discovery and 2D and 3D GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. . The Unicenter TNG Framework supports a full portfolio of desktop management standards, including DMTF/DMI 2.0 and IETF/SNMP. The software is the underlying foundation for Unicenter TNG, the only fully-integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, change management and other functions for the heterogeneous enterprise. About CACI Products Co. CACI Products Co. is the leading provider of enterprise network performance prediction and planning solutions. The La Jolla, Calif.-based company has been offering software products ranging from object-oriented simulation languages to industry-specific application tools since 1962. CACI's products are used by more than 8,000 commercial, government and academic institutions worldwide. Specializing in performance prediction, monitoring and planning software, CACI provides innovative simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. for network managers, service providers, integrators, and consultants who design, install, support, and/or manage complex networks. CACI Products Co. is 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 CACI International Inc. More information is available on the Internet at http://www.caciproducts.com. All copyrights, trademarks, and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Unicenter TNG(R), Unicenter TNG(R) Framework(TM) are registered trademarks of Computer Associates International Inc. COMNET III(TM), COMNET Predictor(TM), Enterprise Profiler(TM) are trademarks of CACI Products Co. |
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