WILY TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS SUPPORT FOR IBM JAVA PLATFORMS.

Wily Technology, the leader in Enterprise Web Application Management, has announced increased support for IBM's AIX operating platform and WebSphere Application Server with the addition of Introscope AIX Platform Monitor and the latest version of Introscope PowerPack for WebSphere.

AIX, IBM's robust and scalable UNIX platform, runs across the entire range of RS/6000 systems, from entry-level servers and workstations to powerful supercomputers like the RS/6000 SP, which runs some of the most complex commercial and technical workloads in the world. AIX Platform Monitor is a new feature of Introscope, Wily's flagship application monitoring solution, which provides users with detailed operating system performance metrics such as process ID, aggregate CPU utilization and CPU utilization for the Web application process. Wily's AIX Platform Monitor increases Introscope's ability to deliver a "whole application view" into the entire Java environment including operating systems, production JVMs, the Java application, the application server and connected back-end systems.

Developed in cooperation with the WebSphere Development Team, Wily's PowerPack for WebSphere combines the ability of Introscope to monitor the performance of production J2EE components such as EJBs, JSPs and Servlets with measurements specific to WebSphere. Version 1.2 enhances PowerPack's visibility into critical WebSphere resources by adding Object Request Broker (ORB) thread statistics such as active, idle and pending requests. The addition of ORB metrics increases the breadth and depth of PowerPack's monitoring capability, making it easier than ever for operations personnel and professional services personnel to fine-tune their systems for optimal performance.

"Enterprises of all kinds must ensure that their customers, trading partners and employees have the very best online experiences," said Vic Nyman, senior vice president of marketing at Wily Technology. "The best way for these companies to reach the goal of a predictably superior user experience is to manage and optimize the high-performance e-business solutions they deploy on platforms such as IBM's AIX and WebSphere Application Server. Introscope and Wily's family of application management solutions allow IT personnel to identify performance issues in live applications before they affect the customer experience. Together, Wily and IBM are working to help their enterprise customers meet service level goals by eliminating downtime and increasing performance."

Wily's Introscope and its family of PowerPack extensions make it easier than ever to manage any large-scale Enterprise Web Application and its environment. Integrated with WebSphere, Introscope monitors the performance of live production Java applications and pinpoints the exact cause of performance bottlenecks whether inside the application at the component level or outside the application in an external system such as the database server, security server or any connected back-end system.