Computer Associates Ships Standalone Network Management Solution.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 8, 1998-- NetworkIT Pro Delivers Immediate ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , Provides "Stepping Stone" To Full Enterprise Management Implementation Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that it has significantly altered the network management landscape with the shipment of NetworkIT Pro, the industry's most practical, standalone solution for monitoring corporate LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network infrastructure. Based on CA's industry-leading 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) technology, NetworkIT Pro provides comprehensive management of today's complex networks, enabling IT organizations to proactively manage service levels across LANs, WAN backbones, and ISP/carrier facilities such as 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. NetworkIT Pro provides all the essential functions associated with network management, including complete discovery, event correlation Event Correlation is the processes involved with reducing a large number of incident alerts to a much smaller, more manageable number within automated monitoring and incident/problem management in a Support Management System. and performance monitoring over TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. networks. NetworkIT Pro also helps customers reduce their cost of operations and improve uptime by allowing network managers to define automatic corrective actions that are triggered by pre-defined events of performance thresholds. It also includes compatibility libraries and migration tools for legacy network management products such as HP OpenView and IBM/Tivoli TME See Tivoli Systems Management Software. NetView. "Integrated network management has remained an elusive goal for organizations with limited resources and competing IT priorities," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. "NetworkIT Pro delivers the kind of solution customers have been waiting for - one that combines highly sophisticated monitoring of heterogeneous environments with exceptional ease of implementation, right out of the box." NetworkIT Pro is highly scalable and supports all major networking protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX, SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. and DECnet. Complete RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. analysis and 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. II support provide comprehensive performance monitoring and management. In addition to providing real-time and historical reporting on the network environment, NetworkIT Pro can continuously measure end-to-end user response times - enabling network managers to closely track current service levels. "NetworkIT Pro leverages the significant experiences that CA has established with its development of Unicenter TNG and re-packages it to meet the immediate need that so many organizations have for a practical, end-to-end network management solution," said Tony Picardi, group vice president of worldwide software at International Data Corporation. NetworkIT Pro features complete Frame Relay management, including end-to-end availability and performance as perceived by the end user. Most Frame Relay service providers support multiple customers across a single Frame Relay network. The end-to-end performance and availability management of individual Private Virtual Circuits (PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. ) is extremely complex, requiring the management of DLCMIs (Data Link Connection Management Interfaces) and logical PVCs to get a complete picture of service to the end user. NetworkIT Pro is the only solution that enables the user of Frame Relay networks to monitor and manage their DLCMIs and PVCs. Additionally, it enables the service provider to monitor all the DLCMIs and PVCs in the entire Frame Relay network. Operating systems agents for Windows 95, NetWare, Windows NT and a variety of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environments monitor the systems software residing on the network. Together with NetworkIT Pro, these operating systems agents enable network managers to manage events and performance throughout the entire systems and network infrastructure. This unique incremental functionality is the first step towards achieving full enterprise management which is available with a full Unicenter TNG implementation. Available as an Enterprise Edition product, NetworkIT Pro is built on proven Unicenter TNG Framework technology. By using the Framework's sophisticated management services - such as a common calendar, virus detection tool, object repository and secure communications - Enterprise Edition software delivers unparalleled functionality and scalability. Users also receive the benefits of Unicenter TNG Framework's Real World Interface (2D, 3D, Windows and Web-based) and Business Process Views. The Real World Interface enables Business Process Views which are used to assist in isolating the cause of network problems. This allows network managers to identify the processes or services affected by the problem and understand the impact in a business context. CA also offers NetworkIT, a full function network management solution that is being made available for free for a limited time. It provides complete discovery, event and performance management of TCP/IP and IPX networks. It also includes compatibility libraries and migration tools for legacy network management products such as HP OpenView and IBM/Tivoli TME NetView. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Patrick Karle, (516) 342-2487 or karpa01@cai.com
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