Concord Communications Offers Free Network Health Checkups Over the Internet.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)--Jan. 20, 1998--Concord Communications(R) 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 leader in Web-based network performance reporting and analysis solutions, today announced free Network Health checkups over the Internet. By simply completing an online form at Concord's World Wide Web site, (http://www.concord.com/checkup.htm), service providers and IT professionals at large organizations can sample Network Health reports and gain insights into cutting costs by identifying and correcting network inefficiencies. Hundreds of leading organizations and service providers like AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Toys 'R' Us and Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. rely on award-winning Network Health reports every day to assess the health of their network and make informed decisions about future capacity and IT investments. "Corporate networks have become critical to the business, so any downtime will impact the bottom line. Only Network Health gives managers the total view of the network that lets them proactively plan IT resources and predict bottlenecks and breakdowns before they happen," said Kevin Conklin, Concord's vice president of marketing. "This is a perfect test drive for any organization struggling to plan capacity for the coming year, to migrate systems to new platforms or to monitor service-level agreements." The free Network Health checkup check·up n. 1. An examination or inspection. 2. A general physical examination. checkup See Yearly checkup. is available for up to 25 SNMP-accessible device interfaces. Concord will poll, compile data and produce daily reports for two weeks at no charge or obligation to the user. Daily reports will be available 48 hours after the online form is completed. To obtain a free Network Health checkup, visit Concord's World Wide Web site at http://www.concord.com/checkup.htm . About Network Health The award-winning Network Health family of analysis and reporting solutions includes LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network , 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. , Router/Switch, Server, Traffic Accountant and Service Level Reports modules. These modules share the same underlying database and presentation formats to provide a consistent and fully correlated "total view" of the entire IT infrastructure. Network Health offers a complete solution, or an incremental migration path for the entire client/server infrastructure -- from servers to the backbone through and through; thoroughly; entirely. - Lord Lytton. See also: Backbone and wide-area connections. About Concord Communications Concord Communications, Inc., (NASDAQ:CCRD) is the leading developer of Web-based network reporting and analysis solutions that provide customers with the information they need to measure the effectiveness of their IT investment. The premier service providers, ISPs and Fortune 1000 companies turn to Concord each morning to assess the health of their corporate networks. Concord is headquartered in Marlboro, Massachusetts. For more information about Concord, call 1-800-851-8725 or visit Concord's World Wide Web site at http://www.concord.com . -0- Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Any forward looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include the following: fluctuations in customer demand; the Company's ability to manage its growth; the risk of new product introductions and customer acceptance of new products; the rapid technological change which characterizes the Company's markets; the risks associated with competition; the risks associated with international sales as the Company expands its markets; and the ability of the Company to compete successfully in the future, as well as other risks identified in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to those appearing under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus dated October 15, 1997. -0- Concord, the Concord logo and Network Health are registered trademarks of Concord Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Schwartz Communications Liz Marshall or Bryan Scanlon, 781/684-0770 lizm@schwartz-pr.com bryans@schwartz-pr.com or Concord Communications Christine Washburn, 508/303-4312 christine@concord.com |
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