WebManage Announces SiteMARC 1.0, the Industry's First Software Solution to Provide Class of Service and Site Resource Management.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 7, 1998-- JAVA-based SiteMARC(TM) allows e-business sites and ISPs to deliver next generation value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. based on rational business policies WebManage Technologies(R), leading provider of software solutions that deliver predictable Internet & Intranet services, today introduced SiteMARC(TM) 1.0, the industry's first JAVA-based Web Class of Service (CoS) and complete Site Resource Management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) software solution. SiteMARC dynamically changes a customer's class based on individual actions, so revenue-generating customers are given priority over others. It ensures key customer transactions are completed quickly and cost effectively. WebManage is the first to offer such application level Class of Service (CoS) and prioritization; thus enabling e-business and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. sites to deliver predictable and differentiated service Differentiated Service is a design pattern for business services and software, in which the service varies automatically according to the identity of the consumer and/or the context in which the service is used. levels. "SiteMARC's privilege-based access can prioritize Web traffic according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. user class, domain of origin and type of transaction," stated Martin Marshall, Senior Analyst at Zona Research. "For corporate users, it means guaranteed robustness on highest-priority Web requests with existing hardware. This innovative and timely solution is a must-have for IT managers who are already well into their second generation of Web application deployment." "SiteMARC CoS lets e-business sites and ISPs determine service levels based on rational business policies, and it provides a facility for creating, implementing and modifying the business rules used to determine Web traffic flow and load-balancing," said Vijay Basani, president 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 WebManage Technologies Inc. "For the first time, IT managers can obtain true class of service differentiation based upon the quality of the Web request." "JAVA-based SiteMARC gives Web administrators a level of Site Resource Management and business policy control that is more granular, qualitative and precise than non JAVA-based schemes," said Brian Gentile, vice president, Developer Relations at Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . "SiteMARC combined with Solaris(TM) delivers Class of Service and Site Resource Management features that service providers can count on." Policy driven SiteMARC provides the following services: -0-
-- Web Class of Service (CoS) and Privilege Based Access: Enables
e-commerce sites and ISPs to deliver differentiated services
based on customers' Class or subscribed service level, Domain of
origin and or Transaction.
-- Rules Based, Intelligent Load Balancing: Uses administrator
defined load-balancing algorithms to intelligently distribute
incoming traffic to the most available server and around failed
servers.
-- Single Sign-On Access Control: Provides a single sign-on
mechanism to set policies on how site visitors get access to site
resources, such as a page, directory, or a hierarchy of
directories.
-- Monitoring: Monitors CPU usage and system processes in real time.
-- Content Management: Using a Publisher and Subscriber model it
minimizes file not found (404 errors) and other content missing
errors, thus improving user experience and user retention.
-- Real Time Site Activity Reporting: Identifies patterns and trends
to learn who-what-where-when-how of user activity on the site.
-- Site Integrity Analysis and Site Mapping: Automatically checks
for size integrity/broken links and generates reports showing
problem areas on your site.
-- Scheduler: Automatically generates and delivers reports via
either e-mail or FTP.
-- Centralized and Remote Management: Allows for centralized and
remote management of all services through a browser based UI -
IntelliAdministrator.
SiteMARC enables distributed servers to act as a single, scaleable, reliable, easily managed Internet/Intranet server system. SiteMARC improves site performance and response times, prevents server bottlenecks and breakdowns, reducing total cost of site ownership. Pricing and Availability SiteMARC 1.0 is available immediately direct from WebManage. Entry-level SiteMARC for two servers is priced at $14,995. SiteMARC is available on servers running 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. , Sun Solaris 2.51 or higher, HP UX 11.0, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Digital UNIX See Tru64 Unix. . SiteMARC is compatible with all commercial Web server software. WebManage is exhibiting SiteMARC 1.0 at InternetWorld 98, October 7-9, in Booth No. 3513 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. About WebManage Technologies Inc. WebManage Technologies Inc. was founded in 1995 to provide Internet and Intranet infrastructure enabling software solutions. WebManage's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SiteMARC enables e-business sites and ISPs deliver predictable and differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. . To obtain a complete listing of WebManage products visit WebManage's site at http://www.webmanage.com or call 1-603-594-9226. WebManage Technologies, SiteMARC, IntelliAdministrator, IntelliAnalyzer, ContentSeeker, and IntelliReporter are either registered trademarks or trademarks of WebManage Technologies, Inc. All brands or product names are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. Note to editors: Personal demonstrations of SiteMARC 1.0 will be available at InternetWorld '98, October 7-9, in Booth No. 3513 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. All trademarks recognized. |
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