Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server support extends database capabilities of Quadritek Enterprise IP management architecture.

MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996-- Quadritek Systems, Inc. today announced that its Quadritek IP Management System (QIP) now supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases, in addition to Sybase databases. As a result, Quadritek customers have more flexibility in choosing a database engine to build an Enterprise IP Knowledge Base using QIP. An Enterprise IP Knowledge Base is a central repository that includes data about all network resources in a global Intranet. It eliminates guesswork by providing a powerful relational database to catalog and track network resources. But more importantly, it also functions as an intelligent vehicle to implement dynamic, unattended network operations. System administrators create and maintain this enterprise data warehouse on the central Intranet server, and all data -- such as adds, moves, changes and IP address lease updates -- are automatically downloaded to remote servers no matter where they're located. This consolidates centralized network control, and makes it easier to: enforce operating rules and processes; complete both live and time-delayed tasks; and significantly reduce end-to-end administrative costs.

QIP's Microsoft SQL Server module for Windows NT ships September 26th. QIP's Oracle module for SUN is available now; Oracle modules for HP and IBM will ship in October, and Oracle support for Window's NT will ship in Q4/96. In addition, Quadritek is also extending Sybase support beyond the HP, IBM and SUN platforms, to include support under Windows NT, which will also ship on September 26th.

"This multi-faceted database announcement is a key element in our overall strategy to provide the most flexible enterprise IP management environment in the industry," commented Quadritek President and CEO Joseph D'Andrea. "Support for Oracle, the industry's dominant database engine for large, distributed applications, means that customers deploying large-scale, worldwide Intranets can use an Oracle database within QIP to build their Enterprise IP Knowledge Base. At the same time, we continue to support Sybase for our UNIX customers, and we've not only extended Sybase support to Windows NT, but introduced Microsoft SQL Server for NT as well. This means that any organization making a strategic deployment of NT, or operating in a mixed-platform NT/UNIX environment, can select the database that's right for their needs. Only the QIP Enterprise Architecture provides this flexibility, while delivering real strategic, centralized network management, across platforms and throughout the global enterprise."

The QIP Enterprise Architecture

The QIP Enterprise Architecture (QEA) is the first and only network management architecture that gives system administrators end-to-end control of network resources throughout the network life cycle. It facilitates planning, modeling, deployment, reconfiguration and ongoing management of network resources. It also streamlines and automates the process of adds, moves and changes that today hamper much of day-to-day system administration. In addition, QEA makes it easy to adopt and deploy new technologies into the Intranet environment in a measured and controlled way. QEA allows sysops to make true strategic use of network resources, rather than spending costly hours reacting to crisis situations with tactical solutions.

QEA's main features include easy operation across UNIX and NT platforms; a unique Enterprise IP Knowledge Base that tracks the network and enables enterprise-wide, unattended network management; robust API's that are used to integrate popular network management suites into the Intranet environment, including Cambio Networks' Command tool and HP OpenView; easy integration and synchronization of network services -- such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Service (DNS), NIS, Bootp and local host interface -- between the enterprise server and all remote servers; and easy access to QIP functions via standard clients, including a UNIX client, X terminal (XR11 and Motif); Virtual terminal (telnet); Command Line Interface; and PC client supporting Windows 3.1, NT and 95. QEA also supports a secure, customizable Web client based on the Netscape Navigator browser.

Quadritek Systems, Inc., based in Malvern, PA, provides strategic software solutions for IP management in enterprise-wide, global Intranets. The company's QIP Enterprise Architecture (QEA) enables centralized, dynamic network management across UNIX and Windows NT platforms. QEA also enables unattended network management, automates IP address/name updates, and simplifies the integration of new technologies into the network infrastructure. With QEA, network administrators can concentrate on strategic planning, modeling, building, deploying and management of large-scale, wide-area networked systems. Quadritek products have been adopted by many large, distributed organizations, including Phillips Electronics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Georgia Pacific, AT&T, MCI, Dow Jones Telerate, Dow Chemical, 3Com Corporation and UPS. Quadritek Systems, Inc., may be reached at 10 Valley Stream Parkway, Suite 240, Malvern, PA. 19935, telephone [phone], fax [phone], or e-mail [e-mail]. The company Web site is located at http://www.quadritek.com.

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