Corporate Profile for RippleTech, Inc., dated October 25, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: October 25, 2002
Company Name: RippleTech, Inc.
Address: 500 South Gravers Road, Suite 2000
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Main Telephone
Number: 610/832-1100
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.rippletech.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Van Morris
Chief Financial
Officer: Freddi O'Brien
Investor Relations
Contact: Jessica Redding
Business number: 610/832-1100 x331
E-mail address: jredding@rippletech.com
Public Relations
Contact: Jessica Redding
Business number: 610/832-1100 x331
E-mail address: jredding@rippletech.com
Industry: Software
Company description: Founded in 1998, RippleTech develops and markets Windows systems management solutions that boost the reliability of Windows Servers See Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. . The company is unique in its ability to deliver immediate results. Unlike the past generation of products that involved long and costly implementation projects, RippleTech products install quickly and go to work right away. By building a company that is committed to delivering results to their customers, not just shipping software, RippleTech creates a culture of mutual commitment. Making results their number one priority, RippleTech ensures customers achieve improved Windows operations at the lowest possible cost. Led by LogCaster, RippleTech's breakthrough products and services deliver increased manageability, decreased administration costs and increased end user satisfaction to businesses around the world. The company addresses real business and IT challenges with real results, for both Windows NT/2000 Servers and Citrix MetaFrame and Microsoft Terminal Server server-based computing Refers to applications that run in a server. Also known as "thin client computing," it may refer to a browser-based environment that uses a Web browser as the client with all applications running on a Web server on the Internet or in an intranet on the LAN. environments. With more than 800 customers and over 9,000 LogCaster licenses sold, RippleTech's diverse customer base is comprised of small businesses and large corporations that span many industries, including pharmaceutical, technology, manufacturing, government, colleges and universities and healthcare. RippleTech's management team places great focus on continued customer satisfaction and believes systems management software, done right, can deliver quick returns while still providing an architectural base for an extensive, long-term solution to systems management. Management Team Van Morris, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Van Morris joined RippleTech in 2001, bringing over 20 years of experience in systems management and the technology industry. Morris most recently served as CEO of Infonautics, Inc., a publicly held Internet content company. Prior to Infonautics, he held numerous positions including VP of Marketing and Divisional General Divisional General is a rank used in many armies to denote a rank of general, corresponding to command of a division. For convenience Divisional General is almost always translated into English as Major-General, the equivalent rank used by the UK, USA, etc. Manager for systems management company Legent Corporation, which was acquired by Computer Associates in 1995. Earlier in his career he was VP of Worldwide Marketing for Goal Systems, a systems management company, and Director of Product Marketing for UCCEL Corporation. Kevin P. Davies, Executive Vice President of Sales Kevin Davies This article is about the football player. For the director, see Kevin Davies (director). Kevin Davies (born March 26, 1977 in Sheffield, England) is an English football player who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers as a striker. joined RippleTech as Vice President of Sales in 2001, bringing nearly 20 years of sales and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. experience to the company. Prior to joining RippleTech, Davies was General Manager of Infonautics, Inc., an Internet content company. During his tenure, Infonautics grabbed the #1 position in the K-12 marketplace for paid Internet-delivered databases in less than three years. Curt Zweier, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. & Vice President of Engineering Curt Zweier joined RippleTech as Vice President of Engineering in 1998. Zweier has extensive experience in leading software and hardware development teams. Prior to joining RippleTech, Zweier led development teams for Catalyst Corporation, Athena Controls and Octopus Technologies. Zweier was responsible for the kernel mode driver component of the Octopus real time mirroring software product, which was one of the very first kernel mode drivers developed for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT. Products and Services RippleTech has built a solid foundation through the sale of their award-winning solutions. The company's products and services deliver the powerful results IT departments need to keep business flowing. With RippleTech's LogCaster and the company's other products and services, robust Windows systems management and increased operational results are easily within reach. Listed below are RippleTech's current offerings. RippleTech's LogCaster -- Windows NT/2000 Server monitoring and management software RippleWatch Services -- comprehensive diagnostic auditing and remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a RippleTech BackupWatcher -- free software tool to help ensure thorough backups RippleTech's LogCaster RippleTech's flagship software, LogCaster, is the most results-oriented solution available for distributed Windows(R) NT and Windows 2000 Server management. Architected to deliver immediate results, LogCaster can be implemented in an hour and improving Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. operations from day one. With LogCaster's powerful management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. and its easy to use interface, administrators can more efficiently manage and analyze the voluminous data produced by today's Windows environments (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . Using LogCaster, administrators gain increased visibility and control over critical business systems and applications which boosts the reliability of their Windows environment. Illustrating RippleTech's culture of mutual commitment is the RippleResults Guarantee. The company has identified twelve critical areas of Windows Systems management that they address within the first hour of a LogCaster implementation. This provides LogCaster evaluators with the opportunity to experience immediate results in just an hour's time. LogCaster delivers robust event log consolidation and filtering, 24x7 server and application monitoring, real time alerting, flexible data management and comprehensive reporting features. Through its powerful management console, LogCaster provides a consolidated view of system data and allows administrators to filter unimportant un·im·por·tant adj. Not important; petty. un  im·por tance n. events and
focus on those that really need attention.Upon detection of a critical event, LogCaster immediately alerts administrators to the exact problem, so they fix an outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. or performance problem before there is an end user service disruption. In addition, LogCaster can take user-defined corrective actions A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or to automatically fix problems in real time, ensuring business continuity. LogCaster also handles many routine administration tasks, so IT staff can spend more time on higher level, higher value projects. Using LogCaster's library of predefined reports, IT staff can immediately gain insight into the overall performance and health of their environment. Users can establish a base line for standard performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. and establish 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. trigger points trigger points see local acupuncture points. for their most crucial measurements from day one. As a result, LogCaster enhances planning practices, so IT staff can best utilize existing resources and anticipate the future needs of their business. RippleWatch Services RippleWatch Services are designed for the customer who wants the benefits of systems management software, but who doesn't have the time or the staff to fully implement and use the software. These services are part of RippleTech's commitment to think beyond shipping software to ensuring customers realize the desired results. RippleTech offers the following service options to meet customer needs: RippleWatch Diagnostic Audit The RippleWatch Diagnostic Audit is a comprehensive survey that includes on-site implementation of RippleTech's proprietary software. Data is collected and analysis of system availability, performance and security is performed on a monthly basis. At the end of the audit period, you are supplied with a comprehensive diagnostic report that includes valuable recommendations based on data collected by our software. RippleWatch Remote Monitoring With RippleWatch Remote Monitoring, RippleTech installs proprietary software on the customer's Windows Systems, and monitors alerts, provides escalation es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. , generates management reports and helps troubleshoot the customer's environment along with their IT staff. Using this option, customers can leverage RippleTech's expertise and focus on their most critical systems management needs. RippleTech BackupWatcher RippleTech BackupWatcher is a free Windows tool that finds the data that your backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. misses. BackupWatcher takes just minutes to install and delivers immediate results from the first scan. Each morning BackupWatcher delivers an e-mail report summarizing the files that were not backed up on each server during the last run of the backup software. This allows administrators to quickly identify those systems that need attention. They can then reconfigure their backup software to ensure thorough backups. Users have the ability to schedule reports and to exclude specific files such as system files, program files, and temporary cache files A file of data on a local hard drive. When downloaded data is temporarily stored on the user's local disk or on a local network disk, it speeds up retrieval the next time the user wants that same data (Web page, graphic, etc.) from the Internet or other remote source. See Web cache and cache. from the scan. BackupWatcher operates on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0 Servers and above and can be downloaded at www.rippletech.com. |
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