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Re: New Product - Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity

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Subject: Re: New Product - Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity
From: "MENEZES, ALAIN" <a.menezes@ASLK-CGER.BE>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:22:43 +0100
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Thanks James but I already had read this anouncement. Is there any other
info out there ?
Thanks to all.
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Alain Menezes   
ASLK-CGER Services GIE                          Tel.:  +32 2 228.55.74
Rue Fossé-aux-Loups, 48                               Fax.:  +32 2 228.83.69
1000  Bruxelles                                         Email:
a.menezes@aslk-cger.be




> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: mercredi 2 décembre 1998 15:38
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:      New Product - Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity
> 
> 
> Alain Menezes wrote :
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> 
> > Any of you heard about "Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity" ?
> > Any insight on its position in regard to NetView and T/EC ?
> > Any info will be appreciated.
> > Thanks
> 
> > Al
> 
> 
> > ---------------------
> > Alain Menezes
> > ASLK-CGER Services GIE                          Tel.:  +32 2
> 228.55.74
> > Rue Foss
>   Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity Increases Availability of
>                       Business-Critical Applications
> 
>           New Product Significantly Reduces Time Required to Identify
> and
>                              Resolve Network Problems
> 
> 
>     AUSTIN, Texas--Nov. 30, 1998--Tivoli Systems Inc. today announced
> the
> 
> availability of Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity, a new,
> easy-to-use
> 
> product that allows customers to quickly locate and resolve network
> 
> problems.  Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity automatically
> identifies
> 
> the root cause of a network failure and forwards this information to
> the IT
> 
> administrator directly through the Tivoli Enterprise Console.  As a
> result,
> 
> customers can more quickly diagnose and resolve network failures and
> 
> increase availability of business-critical systems and technology.
> 
> 
>     Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity, which can be deployed in
> 
> production in less than one hour, collects real-time network topology
> 
> information and alarm notifications from Tivoli NetView or HP OpenView
> 
> Network Node Manager.  It relies on the fact that every problem in a
> 
> networked system generates a particular set of symptoms.  Tivoli
> Manager
> 
> for Network Connectivity combines these characteristic symptoms with
> 
> topology information to create a table of unique, problem-identifying
> 
> codes.  The incoming alarm notifications are quickly compared with
> these
> 
> codes, enabling fast root-cause determination.  This automated
> analysis
> 
> reduces the time normally required to identify the cause of network
> 
> downtime from hours to minutes because it eliminates the need to
> manually
> 
> search for the cause of a network failure.
> 
> 
>     "As companies increasingly rely on IT to run their businesses,
> it's
> 
> more important than ever for them to reduce network downtime," said
> Richard
> 
> L. Ptak, vice president and research director at D.H. Brown &
> Associates.
> 
> "Research shows 90% of the time required to fix a network failure is
> spent
> 
> trying to identify its root cause.  Tools like Tivoli Manager for
> Network
> 
> Connectivity, which automatically deduce the cause of a network
> problem,
> 
> allow customers to correct problems before they negatively impact
> their
> 
> business."
> 
> 
>     Unlike other products, Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity
> provides
> 
> customers with an out-of-the-box solution that automatically updates
> itself
> 
> when network topology changes.  No programming is required, which
> provides
> 
> customers with a fast return on investment and saves hours of ongoing
> 
> maintenance efforts.
> 
> 
>     Because it integrates with Tivoli Enterprise, Tivoli Manager for
> 
> Network Connectivity also assists a customer's service desk personnel
> by
> 
> allowing them to open a service ticket within Tivoli Service Desk.
> 
> Customers can also use Tivoli Decision Support with the new product to
>
> provide better information about the reliability of various network
> 
> technologies.  This information can then be used to assist customers
> in
> 
> planning and procurement decisions.
> 
> 
>     "The addition of real-time network analysis capabilities rounds
> out the
> 
> integration of network and systems management provided by Tivoli
> 
> Enterprise," said Martin Neath, executive vice president, Tivoli
> Systems.
> 
> "Every minute of network downtime costs money because any interruption
> can
> 
> affect business processes and mission-critical applications.  Tivoli's
> 
> Manager for Network Connectivity is like having the collective
> experience
> 
> of many, many network administrators available, at any time, to find
> the
> 
> root cause of a network problem."
> 
> 
>     Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity takes advantage of
> technology
> 
> patented by System Management ARTS, Inc.  (SMARTS), a leading
> developer of
> 
> real-time network analysis applications for self-healing networks.
> 
> 
> Availability
> 
> 
>     Tivoli Manager for Network Connectivity 1.0 is currently
> available.
> 
> Pricing is $25,000 per server.  For more information, visit
> 
> http://www.tivoli.com/o_products/html/netcon.html.
> 
> 
> About Tivoli Systems
> 
> 
>      Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly
> 
> scalable and cross-platform management solutions that span networks,
> 
> systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce.  Leading
> 
> companies around the world use Tivoli software and compatible
> third-party
> 
> products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks,
> systems,
> 
> databases and applications.  Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is
> an
> 
> IBM Company.  Tivoli distributes its products worldwide through a
> network
> 
> of global sales offices, systems integrators, resellers and IBM sales
> 
> channels.  For more information, visit Tivoli's World Wide Web site at
> 
> http://www.tivoli.com.
> 
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