Optimal Networks Announces Professional Services Tool Kit and "Get Optimized" Program.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1998-- Professional Service Organizations Standardize On Tool Kit to Set and Meet End-User Response-Time Agreements Optimal Networks Corporation, provider of integrated application management tools, today announced the Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Tool Kit, a suite of products packaged specifically for professional service organizations. Optimal Networks' Tool Kit allows professional services organizations to set and meet end-user response-time agreements (RTAs) and ensure successful application deployments. Optimal Networks also announced its first "Get Optimized" program, certifying professional service organizations as Optimized(TM) once they receive custom training. Charter members of the program include Comdisco, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , The Enterprise Systems Group, Fujitsu, Garrison Communications Systems, International Network 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. , PeopleBridge, Quantum Data, Tangent Computer, and U S WEST. "Optimal Networks provides the first practical and comprehensive tool set that focuses on application performance," said Jim Meissner, member of technical staff of U S WEST. "Our customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. more than just network utilization and uptime, they are looking for end-user response-time commitments. We have standardized on the Optimal Professional Services Tool Kit because it enables us to set and meet RTAs, a value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. service that sets us apart from the competition." "Our J.D. Edwards (J.D. Edwards & Company, Denver, CO, www.jdedwards.com) A developer of multinational, integrated enterprise software for distribution, finance, human resources, manufacturing and supply chain management. practice has integrated the Optimal Networks Professional Services Tool Kit into our 'Optimized(TM) Deployment Methodology,'" said Lynn Cooper, a managing consultant with The Enterprise Systems Group. "This allows us to establish realistic RTAs with our clients. The Optimal Tool Kit is an invaluable resource for analyzing software network footprints and will be key to the success of our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. outsourcing solution." "Professional service organizations working with the most demanding and complex networks are struggling with introducing service level management," said John McConnell John McConnell is the name of:
"We have recently launched our Professional Services organization as a result of the Professional Services Tool Kit," said Peter Rusinek, manager, network integration for Fujitsu. "It enables us to predict, optimize, and monitor the performance of today's complex distributed applications on enterprise networks. Since becoming Optimized, we have received a rapid return on our investment." "Although MCI-SAE has been providing consulting for years, we are now marketing our award-winning Network Consulting services for such customers as 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 , winner of the Smithsonian Award The Computerworld Smithsonian Award is given out annually to individuals who have used technology to produce beneficial changes for society. Nominees are proposed by a group of 100 CEOs of information technology companies. The award has been given since 1989. ; FAA, which received recognition for its self-healing, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. network architecture; WEPEX WEPEX Weapons Exercise , a SONET-based ATM backbone with full network redundancy and survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. , etc.," according to Paul M. Metzger, Advisory Engineer Strategic Accounts Engineering, Customer Networking Technologies Consulting MCI. "As part of our MCI-SAE Consulting Services launch, we have selected the Optimal Networks' Tool Kit. It enables us to monitor and analyze our customer networks remotely. We can analyze the impact of network reconfigurations, identify and measure network latency elements, and performance down to individual applications. This ability significantly reduces our overhead costs overhead costs see fixed costs. which translates into cost savings for our customers. The Tool Kit also gives us the ability to offer response-time commitments within our service-level agreements, a competitive advantage." "Get Optimized" The Optimal Networks' "Get Optimized" program for professional services is designed to certify network consultants, outsourcers, and systems integrators once they receive custom training. Optimized(TM) professional service organizations are able to ensure successful application deployments and set and meet end-user response-time agreements (RTAs) using Optimal Networks' products. "Get Optimized" partners receive custom training and priority telephone support. Partners can also participate in joint marketing and sales programs. The "Get Optimized" program for professional services is the first of three certification programs. Optimal Network will offer the next two programs to application developers and network vendors later this year. Professional Services Tool Kit Optimal Networks' Professional Services Tool Kit allows professional services organizations to set and meet end-user response-time agreements (RTAs) and ensure successful application deployments. The Professional Services Tool Kit includes a complete set of Optimal Networks' software tools, including Optimal Application Expert, Optimal Application Insight, Optimal Surveyor, and Optimal Performance. Price and Availability The Professional Services Tool Kit is available immediately from Optimal Networks. Optimal Networks invites professional service organizations to join the "Get Optimized" program with a minimum commitment of $50,000. Please contact Optimal Networks to determine eligibility. Optimal Networks Optimal Networks provides integrated software tools for optimizing, monitoring, and troubleshooting distributed applications. More than 250 Global 1000 companies currently use Optimal Networks' products to ensure successful application development and deployment. Optimal Networks' tools support all stages of the deployment life cycle, from application creation and customization, through live network deployment, through day-to-day monitoring and troubleshooting. Optimal Networks is a California corporation with principal offices at 1057 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. . For further information about Optimal Networks, contact Optimal Networks Corporation at 650/845-6333 or visit the Optimal Networks Web site at http://www.optimal.com. -0- Note To Editors: Optimal Surveyor, Optimal Performance, Optimal Application Insight, Optimal Application Expert, and Optimized are trademarks of Optimal Networks Corporation. All other companies and products as they appear in this bulletin are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: A&R Partners Nicolet Gibson, 650/363-0982 ext. 233 ngibson@arpartners.com |
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