SPECTRUM Chooses Progress IPQoS For Application Monitoring.BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999-- Leading Management Vendor Will Embed Progress Software's Quality of Service Product Within Its Network Management Platform Progress Software Corporation (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 :PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ), a leading supplier of application development, deployment and management products, today announced it signed a licensing agreement with SPECTRUM, a division of Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS). Progress Software will license its Progress(R)IPQoS(TM) quality of service (QoS) tool to complement SPECTRUM's portfolio of service-level management solutions. Progress IPQoS is the only embedded application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. and resource monitoring tool that supports and integrates with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. )-based products. It provides the most comprehensive offering for network management platforms requiring embedded application monitoring solutions through its complete SNMP capabilities. Progress IPQoS gives SNMP-based SPECTRUM extensive capabilities without requiring invasive changes to the SPECTRUM platform. "Service level management is important to many of our customers. If application response time is slow, our customers need the tools to isolate the problem," said Patrick Kelly For other uses, see Patrick and Kelly. Patrick Kelly may refer to the following people:
"SPECTRUM's selection of the IPQoS product underscores the industry's recognition of Progress IPQoS as a unique, powerful solution for application monitoring. The combination of Progress Software's IPQoS product and SPECTRUM's leadership position in enterprise management will provide IT departments with the most granular fault-isolation solution available for complex, heterogeneous networks," said Stephen R. Casella, Progress Software's vice president and general manager, Internet Software Quality Product Unit. About SPECTRUM SPECTRUM is the leading provider of network management software, providing customers worldwide with the information necessary to align network and IT resources with the goals and objectives of the business. Premier service providers, telecommunications firms, Fortune 1000 companies, government, financial and educational organizations rely on SPECTRUM to ensure the reliability of processes that are mission critical to the organization. Customers include Adelphia Communications, Amgen, Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. , Compaq, Earthlink, Glaxo Wellcome, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Rogers Cable Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Southern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. and Sprint. Headquartered in Durham, NH, the SPECTRUM business is a company wholly owned by Cabletron Systems. For more information about SPECTRUM, visit http://www.cabletron.com/spectrum/. About Progress IPQoS Progress IPQoS offers an easy-to-deploy early warning system to ensure application availability and expected performance from multiple perspectives throughout a WAN. IPQoS is the only quality of service (QoS) solution that monitors and collects statistics 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. , NetWare file systems and NetWare Services. Progress IPQoS aggregates statistics from enterprise networks and encapsulates the information into customized reports. The reports include time-sensitive, concise overviews of network applications and resources to provide for the monitoring and flagging of trouble spots. While Networked Systems Management (NSM (Network and System Management) Running and controlling the networks and computer systems in an enterprise. See network management. ) platforms only monitor edge and core devices on a network, the Progress IPQoS product provides additional granularity of information by determining the overall availability and performance of applications and devices as they relate to Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Progress IPQoS' notification functionality allows for alerts to be sent by alphanumeric pager in addition to email. Progress Software's Internet Software Quality Product Unit In May of 1997, Progress Software created the Internet Software Quality (ISQ ISQ Institut de la Statistique du Québec ISQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade ISQ International Studies Quarterly ISQ Implant Stability Quotient ISQ Independent Schools Queensland (Australia) ISQ Israel Society for Quality ) Product Unit to focus on enhancing developer productivity and ensuring the quality of distributed components and applications within the company's Universal Application Architecture (UAA UAA ochre codon, one of the three stop codons. ). UAA is a model that enables business applications to efficiently interoperate within a standards-based architecture. The ISQ Product Unit continues to deliver enterprise-level software products and support that helps information managers handle the growing complexity of today's application and network management. About Progress Software Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS) is a global supplier of software products and services for developing, deploying and managing business solutions across all computing and network environments. Our products, which are installed in over 60% of Fortune 100 companies, include application servers, databases, development tools and application management products for Internet/Web, extranet and intranet applications. Our customers operate in 100 countries, are supported by more than 1,200 employees worldwide, and deploy annually over $1.5 billion in Progress Software-based applications built by 2,000+ independent software vendors (ISVs). For more information, visit www.progress.com or call +1-781-280-4000. Progress is a registered trademark and IPQoS is a trademark of Progress Software Corporation. SPECTRUM is a trademark of Cabletron. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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