SilverBack Technologies Introduces the Industry's Most Affordable Portable Network, Systems, Application and Security Audit Device.Business Editors BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 IDC and NOX among the First Channel Partners to Utilize SilverBack Portable to Reduce IT and Security Audit Costs SilverBack Technologies, Inc., the industry's leading provider of integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. , systems, application and security monitoring software for the mid-tier market, today announced the availability of SilverBack Portable(TM). A first of its kind portable IT and security audit tool, SilverBack Portable combines the company's award-winning IT monitoring and security software with a laptop computer to deliver a fully integrated system that enables solutions providers, IT consultants, systems integrators (SIs) and value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VARs) to conduct on-site security audits and IT infrastructure performance evaluations Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return . Among the first to benefit from SilverBack's portable software device are Tokyo-based NOX Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading systems integrators for SAN/NAS; and IDC, a world-class business and technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a located in King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , PA. "With the new SilverBack Portable, channel partners of all types have access to a fully integrated IT monitoring and security tool that enables them to deliver instant performance, availability and security reports across their clients' IT infrastructures -- without the need to deploy multiple systems or dispatch costly technical resources," said Dan Phillips, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SilverBack. "We are dedicated to our channel partners and we believe that SilverBack Portable will enable them to significantly increase their profits while reducing their on-site technician deployment costs when conducting audits." SilverBack Packages Comprehensive Fault, Asset, Performance, Application and Security Monitoring Software to Meet the Needs of its Strategic Partners With over 40 strategic partnerships worldwide, SilverBack is committed to driving its business through the success of its channel. SilverBack has packaged its award-winning IT and security monitoring software to address the unique needs of its partners including MSPs, VARs, SIs and consultants. SilverBack Portable is the newest deliverable on the company's strategy to offer software that is tiered to meet various partner requirements. The company is now packaging its software in three ways: -- SilverBack Datacenter (TM)- SilverBack's flagship software is designed to simplify the IT monitoring and security process, enabling solutions providers and MSPs to more efficiently deliver existing core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. and offer more profitable managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality to its clients. SilverBack Datacenter is agentless, Web-based, offers patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique , security vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. , event log monitoring, scheduled reporting, and monitoring/reporting capabilities for networks, systems and applications, including SQL server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. and Storage Area Networks (SANs). SilverBack handles all software maintenance and updates -- and provides ongoing sales, marketing and engineering support. -- SilverBack Professional (TM)- This standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. package enables VARs and SIs to offer a highly profitable, fully integrated IT monitoring and security tool to mid-tier customers through a plug-and-play appliance. -- SilverBack Portable - SilverBack's new portable audit device enables consultants, SIs and solutions providers to leverage SilverBack's core software functionality to conduct on-site IT performance evaluations and profitable IT/security audits. SilverBack Portable has enabled IDC to simplify its process for conducting network and security audits right out of the gate. "Before we adopted SilverBack's Portable technology, we had to dispatch a technician for an extended period of time -- just to perform a network and/or security audit. This model doesn't scale, as we have numerous clients to support -- and we need available resources to secure new accounts," said Bob Feehery, vice president of technology for IDC. "SilverBack's Portable tool enables us to collect relevant audit data by simply dropping a device at a client or prospect site. With this new tool, we have already begun to offer new services and we are able to re-deploy our technical resources in billable areas." SilverBack Portable Pricing and Availability SilverBack Portable is available immediately. Suggested list pricing (U.S. dollars) for a Portable (including laptop and SilverBack software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. ) starts at $15,900. For more information on this product, please contact SilverBack directly at (877)745-5775. About SilverBack Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica (IPA: [bɪl.'ɹɪ.kə]) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,981 at the 2000 census. Its name is pronounced "bill-RICK-a", rather than rhyming with America. , SilverBack Technologies, Inc., is the leading provider of affordable, fast, easy and secure IT monitoring software for the mid-tier. SilverBack's mission is to deliver comprehensive IT monitoring and security to the masses, via a select group of global VARs, systems integrators and service providers. SilverBack software is available in three convenient packages, SilverBack Datacenter (multiple customers), SilverBack Professional (single customer) and SilverBack Portable (portable audit device). SilverBack software enables channel partners of all types to deliver IT monitoring and security as a fully integrated, plug-and-play product, or as a highly profitable suite of managed services. SilverBack's award-winning software costs up to 60 percent less than existing IT management solutions. For more information on SilverBack, please visit our Web site at www.silverbacktech.com. |
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