Concord Brings Proactive Management to Wide Area Networks.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)-- March 6, 1995 -- Reinforcing its leadership in delivering proactive network management applications based on its award-winning TRAKKER system, Concord Communications announced today the availability of its new WAN Health application. Utilized in conjunction with Concord's revolutionary Universal Poller technology which eliminates the need for distributed probes, WAN Health gathers vital statistics concerning bandwidth utilization, error rates, and router performance to deliver the industry's most cost-effective approach to proactive management of wide area networks. This ground-breaking solution allows for effective utilization of expensive bandwidth for as little as $400 per wide area connection. WAN Health will support rates such as T1/E1, T3/E3, and SONET, and services including ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , 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. , SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. , and ATM. "Fortune 1000 companies spend millions of dollars on building wide area networks yet often lack adequate tools to manage them efficiently and cost-effectively. WAN probes don't provide the required baselining capabilities and impose a price barrier to widespread deployment," said Kevin Conklin, Vice President of Marketing at Concord Communications. "Our WAN Health capability not only shatters that price barrier, it also saves significant amounts of money lost due to bottlenecks or to under-utilized services, and demonstrates a clear migration path to ATM." Tempe-based Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. utilizes Concords TRAKKER system in managing a network comprised of 9,500 nodes that stretch across 100 buildings over a 60 acres campus as well as a sister campus 25 miles away. In addition to the campus network, ASU ASU Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) ASU Appalachian State University ASU Arkansas State University ASU Angelo State University ASU Alabama State University ASU Australian Services Union supports over 60 wide area connections utilizing 56 Kbps and T1 leased lines and Frame Relay technology. The connecting organizations include state, county, and city governments; hospitals; libraries; school districts; community colleges; and other universities. Joe Askins, director of data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. at ASU, who has reviewed and plans to implement the new WAN Health application, comments, In WAN Health, Concord has produced another innovative application that facilitates proactive network management and means savings for the university in human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , equipment, and time. WAN Health is an excellent tool for managing bandwidth utilization and ensuring efficient use of costly WAN services. Were highly enthusiastic about adding Concords WAN Health to the ASU network. "Concord's WAN Health represents a major step forward in the process of offering the enterprise a practical solution for managing overall network health--now combined with Concord's earlier 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. Health application," said Charlie Robbins, Vice President of Communications Research at Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. in Boston. "The real value here is an extended ability to obtain high quality information that will help customers decide how much bandwidth to acquire and which WAN services to use. With WAN Health, Concord is taking a leadership position in delivering a powerful and welcome application that assists customers in planning their wide area network investments." Pricing and Availability WAN Health is a part of Concords Network Health application, which also includes LAN Health functionality. Network Health is available now in either a stand-alone version or as a module for TRAKKER. Pricing is $20,000 for a base configuration capable of polling up to 50 segments or circuits. Pricing for additional increments of 50 segments or circuits is $7,500. Concord Communications, Inc. is a leading supplier of network management solutions for mission-critical environments. Concord's TRAKKER family of proactive management applications provide customers with the information they need to effectively plan and manage the growth of their enterprise networks. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Marlboro, Mass. -0- TRAKKER is a registered trademark of Concord Communications, Inc. Other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. CONTACT: Jackie Lustig Neva Group, 617/441-4000 ext. 229 or Barbara Bennett Concord Communications, 508/460-4646 |
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