Cisco Systems Announces Enhancements to CiscoWorks2000 Family; CiscoWorks2000 Solutions Now Deliver Advanced Management and Device Fault Analysis Capabilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Inc., the leader in networking for the Internet, today announced extensions to its CiscoWorks2000 Routed WAN (RWAN RWAN Routed Wan RWAN Relayed Wireless Access Network ) 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. Management Solutions offering customers new management capabilities for evolving enterprise networks. With the availability of CiscoWorks2000 Device Fault Manager (DFM DFM Design for Manufacturing (newsletter) DFM Design for Manufacturability DFM Dubai Financial Market DFM Delphi Form (computer filename extension) DFM Distinguished Flying Medal DFM Diesel Fuel Marine ) 1.0, customers can now retrieve real-time Cisco device fault analysis information and address critical local and wide area network conditions for timely resolution. The new CiscoWorks2000 enhancements extend Cisco AVVID AVVID Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco) AVVID Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data (Architecture for Voice and Video Integrated Data) by continuing to address the management requirements of today's network infrastructures. "With enterprise customers evolving their networks to deploy services such as voice and VPNs, powerful management tools are crucial," said Jeff Krause, vice president and general manager of the Cisco Enterprise Management Business Unit. "The new capabilities in the CiscoWorks2000 RWAN and LAN Management Solutions, including fault analysis, voice and 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. features, give our customers the confidence to deploy these emerging network services with the assurance of required management support." New Voice and VPN Management Capabilities Spanning the LAN and Routed WAN Enhancements to the CiscoWorks2000 RWAN and LAN Management Solutions now include voice and VPN management functionality for comprehensive management of the evolving network. The Resource Manager Essentials application, included in both the RWAN and LAN Management Solutions supports a variety of Cisco voice and VPN platforms and technologies. Providing easy accessibility to VPN configuration, inventory, and analysis tasks from the CiscoWorks2000 management desktop. Customers can deploy VPNs and IP-enabled voice technologies with the assurance that the appropriate management support is in place. For voice management in the campus LAN environment, the LAN Management Solution now provides advanced troubleshooting and monitoring capabilities. Users can now trace phone call paths across the network, identify performance issues that may affect voice quality, associate IP phone numbers and users with IP addresses and switch ports the phones are attached to. Additionally all voice-enabled platforms can be identified and displayed on network maps for comprehensive views of the network. The RWAN Management Solution also includes enhanced network response time and availability troubleshooting capabilities. The Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. ) 2.2 application, now available on the 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. platform, gives customers a web-enabled pro-active network response time and availability tool that identifies and troubleshoots potential network performance problems before they occur. With advanced latency analysis capabilities for VPNs, IPM 2.2 aids customers in quickly identifying potential performance issues or bottlenecks associated with VPN related traffic performance. New CiscoWorks2000 Device Fault Manager for Comprehensive Device Fault Analysis The CiscoWorks2000 Device Fault Manager (DFM) gathers Cisco device fault analysis information and notifies operators of critical network conditions via intelligent Cisco traps. These Cisco specific device faults can be viewed in a real-time CiscoWorks2000 display and also be forwarded for additional analysis to other multi-device, multi-vendor enterprise management systems installed in the network for added analysis. Supporting over 100 of the most common Cisco devices, DFM provides comprehensive, out-of-the-box fault management capabilities designed to evolve and grow with a customer's network. "Having the ability to quickly identify and resolve network device fault scenarios is imperative to maintain optimal network performance," said Karen Anderson, Network Analyst at San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. . "DFM gives us instantaneous access and analysis capabilities to these network conditions, and the ability for immediate notification when issues arise." Pricing and Availability The CiscoWorks2000 Device Fault Manager is available today as an add-on product to the CiscoWorks2000 family. New customers can purchase DFM with either the CiscoWorks2000 RWAN or LAN Management Solution today for $19995 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . The RWAN Management Solution or the LAN Management Solution alone is $14995 USD. Current customers can add DFM to their existing CiscoWorks2000 solutions for $7995 USD. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco IOS Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and all current Cisco network switches. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly integrated with a , Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion