Concord Adds Fault Diagnosis, Proactive Management and Capacity Planning Capabilities to HP OpenView.Business/Technology Editors MARLBORO Marlboro or Marlborough (märl`bərō), city (1990 pop. 31,813), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled on the site of a Native American village 1657, inc. as a city 1890. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 Brings At-A-Glance, Trend and TopN Reporting to HPOV HPOV Hewlett Packard Open View HPOV Hp Open View Network Node (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". Manager to Better Manage E-Delivery Systems and Prevent Brownouts Concord Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CCRD CCRD Colorado Civil Rights Division CCRD Clear Certainty Rundown CCRD Center for Community Research and Development CCRD Climate Change Research Division (US DoE) CCRD Certified Chiropractic Rehabilitation Doctor ), the market leader in solutions that maximize the availability and performance of the e-business infrastructure, today announced an integration module that delivers expanded functionality to Hewlett-Packard's OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM NNM Network Node Manager NNM NASDAQ National Market (financial) NNM National Nutrition Month (March; American Dietetic Association) NNM Naryan-Mar (Russia) NNM Net New Money ). By using NNM in conjunction with Concord's eHealth integration module, IT managers will now be able to access real-time and historical trend information about network performance through Concord's At-A-Glance reports directly from NNM, as well as utilize Concord's Trend and TopN reports for proactive management and capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. . The new integration module combines real-time and historical performance information in easy to read, eHealth reports that give HPOV NNM users the information necessary to address potential problems before they cause a network outage A network outage is an interruption in availability of a system due to the communication failure of the network. Network outages cost money directly to the organisation (for example Banks, Airlines, Online Transaction companies); or cost money indirectly to customers ISP, or "brownout A lowering of AC power voltage for some period of time. Brownouts can be very harmful to electronic equipment if sustained for long periods. Brownouts can cause flickering or a dimming on screen, and the computer may experience intermittent problems as a result. See blackout. " conditions. By allowing IT personnel to proactively manage the network and understand changing conditions, companies save time and money and are better able to guarantee 24x7 uptime. Additionally, the quick-install module gives a complete end-to-end network assessment and integrates information from HPOV and eHealth that was previously difficult to access. By launching the eHealth console from the NNM main window, users can also benefit from Concord's Trend reports, for tracking performance patterns over time, and its TopN reports for predictive performance analysis and capacity planning - vital functions for providing optimal customer service. "The new challenge for vendors that guided the transition of service level management from buzzword A term that refers to the latest technology or a term that sounds catchy. If not a flash in the pan, new technologies become mainstream. For example, Java was a hot buzzword in the 1990s, but should remain a major topic for decades. to service differentiator is to offer relevant solutions to an established customer base," said Paul Bugala, research analyst at IDC. "Concord's OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) integration module takes advantage of the overlap between Concord's and Hewlett-Packard's customers." More than 50 percent of Concord's customers currently use NNM in conjunction with eHealth. The new NNM integration module easily plugs into both solutions and provides the tight, off-the-shelf integration HPOV NNM and Concord customers need to achieve their e-business goals. "Concord's NNM Integration package lets me see the overall 'health' of an element as part of NNM's color-coded map display," said Wendy Hayko, senior network engineer at Geac Computer Corporation, a software and systems solutions provider. "When a node is ill, Concord's detailed information and element history is just a single click away, giving me the integrated information needed to diagnosis and fix problems quickly." Pricing and Availability The OpenView Integration Module is currently available through the Concord Communications worldwide sales force, including agents and VARs. Pricing begins at $10,000 U.S. list. It is available on 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). and NT platforms. About Concord Communications Concord Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CCRD) is the market leader in solutions that maximize the performance and availability of the e-business infrastructure. With its eHealth solution set, Concord offers the only solution to combine real time information with historical context for integrated management across systems, applications and networks. Only by successfully managing performance and availability across all of these key areas can organizations truly ensure effective e-business. This end-to-end view provides the critical insights needed to power day-to-day business and e-commerce operations for some of today's most successful service providers and corporations worldwide. Concord is headquartered in Marlboro, Massachusetts. For more information on Concord, call 1-800-851-8725 or visit Concord's World Wide Web site at http://www.concord.com. Concord Communications, Inc. and Network Health are registered trademarks of Concord Communications, Inc. The Concord logo and eHealth are trademarks of Concord Communications, Inc. |
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