MailCheck 4.2 Optimizes E-Mail Performance.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999-- New Release Enhances Reporting and Service Level Features, Helps Make the Most of Corporate Messaging Investments Tally Systems Corp. today announced the release of MailCheck 4.2, the latest version of the company's e-mail management system designed to optimize performance of multi-vendor e-mail networks. Version 4.2 enhances MailCheck's reporting features, adding thirteen new high-resolution maps. These maps, recommended for use on machines that support color depth Same as bit depth. of 16-bit or higher, provide the network manager with a graphic overview of the company's enterprise e-mail network, allowing them to isolate trouble spots and optimize performance before a problem occurs, says Mark Merchant, product manager for Tally Systems' Mailcheck. In addition, version 4.2 includes a brand new Service Level Report, which lets network managers set desired service levels as a percentage and then configure a range of acceptable and unacceptable response times. "For example, a network manager could establish a Service Level Agreement that stipulates 98% of all messages sent from a site must be delivered in less than 10 minutes, designating messages that exceed the 10-minute limit as unacceptable," says Merchant. Additional enhancements in MailCheck 4.2 include: Enhanced summary, histogram histogram or bar graph Graph using vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths indicate quantities. Along with the pie chart, the histogram is the most common format for representing statistical data. , and availability reports: MailCheck 4.2 adds all-mailbox averages to each of these reports. New version of Crystal Reports: The Crystal Reports package that MailCheck uses to generate reports and graphs has been upgraded to version 6.0. More control over CSV-format report generation: A new parameter in the Monitor initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. file allows more options in the generation of reports in comma-delimited format (.csv). The True Cost of Down Time "Given today's complex, multi-vendor e-mail networks, it's all but impossible for network managers to get a handle on how fast and efficiently their networks are running. At any time, anywhere, a mega-sized message may be bogging down the system, leaving hundreds messages in limbo and slowing delivery to a crawl," says Tally Systems' Merchant. "Unless you have the tools to detect and address the cause of the delay, there's no way you can have a constant read on what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. where." Worse still, you have no idea of what downtime is costing your company -- or what even a single percentage point of uptime might be worth. Unless your e-mail system is performing optimally, you're probably not getting the most out your e-mail investment. For more on how to do that, see the whitepaper: More for Your Money: Reaping Returns on Your Messaging Investment http://www.tallysys.com/tally/whitepapers/index.html Enterprise Support MailCheck supports virtually all major vendor specific and open messaging systems including (but not restricted to): -- Microsoft Exchange/Outlook -- Microsoft Mail An earlier and simple messaging system from Microsoft that runs on PC and AppleTalk networks. Gateways are available to a variety of mail systems including X.400, PROFS and MHS. Microsoft Mail-enabled applications are written to the MAPI programming interface. See Microsoft Exchange. -- Lotus cc.Mail/cc: Mobile -- Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. -- Novell GroupWise GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. offering e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and document management. Summary GroupWise can operate on a number of server and workstation platforms. -- Netscape Mail -- Eudora -- Native SMTP/POP3 -- MHS/Connect2 -- Beyond Mail -- DaVinci -- X.400 -- HP OpenMail HP OpenMail was an enterprise e-mail messaging and collaboration product from Hewlett-Packard. It was known for its ability to interconnect several other APIs and protocols, including MAPI, , SMTP and MIME, and was originally based on the OSI standards such as X.400. -- AT&T Mail -- MCI Mail (messaging) MCI Mail - The first commercial Internet electronic mail service, launched by MCI in about 1981. Vint Cerf was the chief engineer. Reading mail was free but you had to pay to send. Users discovered you could communicate for free by sharing an account. -- The Internet Global Messaging Management Tally Systems global messaging management solutions, which currently support millions of users at 3000 customer sites worldwide, include: -- MailCheck: Designed to monitor performance of your e-mail network, MailCheck is the world's leading e-mail management solution. -- IP.Check: Provides application and service monitoring for TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. networks. -- ModemCheck: Provides remote access system monitoring A System Monitor (SM) is a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data. There are many issues involved with designing and implementing a system monitor. and management. -- Veranda Enterprise Messaging Reporter: Provides messaging usage management for e-mail, Internet, and fax resources. About Tally Systems Founded in 1990, Tally Systems Corp. is the world's leading supplier of full-featured messaging and asset management products, providing packaged software solutions and service to improve management of end-user system resources. Tally Systems' desktop asset management products are currently licensed on over 7,500,000 PCs at more than 11,000 client sites worldwide. For more information, visit Tally Systems web site at http://www.tallysystems.com. |
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