Computer Associates CA.CA have upgraded three network management software products and introduced another, to support customers working toward an on-demand computing See utility computing. model. They have announced plans for on-demand computing along with upgrades to six Unicenter software tools. They say their objectives in the upgrades are to deliver IT as a service, provide self-management capabilities, and develop a service- oriented architecture, and have continued updating products under its Unicenter management brand to give enterprise network managers the ability to adopt on-demand computing without changing their infrastructure. A new product, Unicenter NSM (Network and System Management) Running and controlling the networks and computer systems in an enterprise. See network management. Wireless Network Management Option 3.0 (the company brands new Unicenter soft, are at Version 3.0 to keep the version consistent with other Unicenter products), provides enterprise network managers with an integrated management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. tracking both. wired and wireless network elements. The wireless option can detect rogue access points (1) A wireless access point (AP) installed by an employee without the consent of the IT department. Without the proper security configuration, users have exposed their company's network to the outside world. and rogue devices on a network, as well as provide visual mapping capabilities to help staff more quickly locate areas where the performance of wireless components is degrading. The software works from a dedicated server and polls the network to determine what's there and how its performing. Many products in CA's network management line do not deploy agents, but rather send out probes to devices and pull data from management information bases (MIB (1) (Management Information Base) The hierarchical database used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to describe the particular device being monitored. MIB objects are identified using ASN.1 syntax. See SNMP, RMON, OID and ASN.1. ) and syslogs on the device. While the new wireless network software lets IT managers see both wired and wireless assets in one screen, it does not correlate the performance of the separate network elements. CA says its engineers are currently working toward providing a feature that would interrelate in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in wired and wireless network performance. CA also upgraded three Unicenter management tools: NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. 7.0; NSM Network Performance Option 3.5; and Advanced Network Operations 3.5. From wireless to mainframes, CA says it is working to provide a means to report on all network devices with one interface. |
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