Loran Kinnetics to Monitor Canadian Networks; Management Appliance Ensures Agency Networks Ready for E-Government.Business/Technology Editors OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 Loran Technologies announced the selection of the Kinnetics(TM) management appliance by three additional Canadian federal departments. The National Archives of Canada, Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing. , and the Royal Military College The Royal Military College can refer to:
"Right out of the box, Kinnetics has a lot of features that you can use immediately," said Richard Cameron, Network Manager, Royal Military College of Canada. "Kinnetics immediately collects a large amount of information that would require a lot of configuration on other network management systems." "As agencies continue the drive to e-government, they need to ensure their networks offer the robustness, performance and cost-effectiveness demanded by these new services," said Steve Dauber daub v. daubed, daub·ing, daubs v.tr. 1. To cover or smear with a soft adhesive substance such as plaster, grease, or mud. 2. To apply paint to (a surface) with hasty or crude strokes. , Vice President of Marketing at Loran Technologies. The National Archives of Canada has selected Kinnetics to manage its entire network. The National Archive is responsible for preserving Canada's history as well as managing government documents. The government historical records holdings comprise over 60 kilometers of textual records, maps and photographs; 19,000 master negative microfilm reels; and more than 2,000 data files. As Mr. Ian E. Wilson, Canada's National Archivist, said in a speech to Archives employees last year, "As with all public institutions, the context in which the Archives operates changes rapidly. The expectations of the public, technology and the changing role of government in our society force us to be flexible and creative, while remaining true to our principles. Moreover, the new conditions offer a wide array of possibilities to those institutions which learn to adapt. This is the challenge which we must face together." The Archives selected Kinnetics for its simplicity in installation and ease of use, as well as its ability to easily manage a multivendor environment. Natural Resources Canada's Earth Sciences Sector selected Kinnetics and has been using it since November, 1999. They were impressed with Kinnetics' automation - which eases the daily management burden. The Earth Sciences Sector is responsible for data and expertise on both the Canadian landmass land·mass n. A large unbroken area of land. landmass Noun a large continuous area of land landmass and offshore possessions. The Sector distributes maps and information in the fields of geoscience, geodesy geodesy (jēŏd`ĭsē) or geodetic surveying, theory and practice of determining the position of points on the earth's surface and the dimensions of areas so large that the curvature of the earth must be taken into , mapping, surveying, and remote sensing. Projects include the Geological Survey of Canada, the National Atlas of Canada The Atlas of Canada is an Internet atlas that has information on every town, village, hamlet, and city in Canada. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being published in 1906 by James White, Geographer and a team of 20 cartographers. , and the Polar Continental Shelf Project. About Loran Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Loran Technologies Inc. is a leading vendor of products to prepare networks for e-business. The Loran flagship product, Kinnetics, is the industry's first management appliance - a self-contained, rapidly deployable Linux- and Java-based system that enhances network availability, performance, cost-effectiveness and management controls to the levels required by e-business applications. Loran has major strategic relationships with Peregrine Systems (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 :PRGN) and Daikin Industries. Please visit the company's web site at www.loran.com. Kinnetics Network Manager is a trademark of Loran International Technologies Inc. |
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