Enterprise Management Summit '94 - New Product Announcements

Enterprise Management Summit '94 Santa Clara Convention Center November 14-18 Phone:800.340.2111 415.512.0801 Fax:415.512.1325 EMail:emiinc@mcimail.com summit@ix.netcom.com --------------------------------------- New Product Announcements --------------------------------------- Digital Equipment Corporation -------------------------------------------- At Summit '94, Digital will be demonstrating the first integrated system and network management platform for Windows NT. POLYCENTER AssetWORKS, in conjunction with Microsoft's Systems Management Server, combines UNIX robustness with Windows NT ease-of-use to provide configuration management for the vast majority of open client/server systems. POLYCENTER Manager on NetView brings the power of industry leadership UNIX management capabilities to Windows NT on Alpha AXP and Intel platforms. Together, POLYCENTER AssetWORKS and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView provide powerful functionality for both system and network management. Intel Will Preview LANDesk Manager V2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LANDesk Manager V2.0 will fully support the DMTF DMI standard as well as feature new task management orientation. DMI will allow information from PC sub-systems to be gathered through a standard interface (a standard System MIF) thereby providing the basic building blocks for asset management. Hewlett-Packard ------------------------ Hewlett-Packard will demo the first DMI enabled Vectra at Summit '94 which can manage all 33 standard groups plus 6 HP extended groups with over 250 attributes. The DMI enabled Vectras will also be used to demo Intel's LANDesk and OpenView running together. HP's DMI MIF Browser will also be on display. Bridgeway Corporation Will Unveil EventIX Version 2.0 Features ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EventIX is a network management solution that bridges the gap between legacy systems and SNMP systems. Network managers can now support non-SNMP devices from SNMP management systems. EventIX provides a set of tools and applications for event processing (recognition, filtering, and correlation) and task automation. Enhancements in EventIX version 2.0 include * Bubble Interface - A GUI for developing, debugging, and implementing EventIX applications * Support for SNMPv2. * Improved NetView Interface - Allows data from the SNMP manager to be sent to multiple IBM hosts simultaneously. * Sybase Database Management - Intelligent agent for managing Sybase databases Network Computing, Inc. Will Announce the LANAlert Console ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LAN Alert Console will integrate the LANAlert NetWare management system with Hewlett- Packard OpenView/UX. LANAlert uses intelligent agents running as NLMs on NetWare file servers to periodically interrogate up to 200 essential NetWare file server events and over 135 NetWare workstation inventory and performance events. Returned values are compared to 3 customer-configurable thresholds with 5 associated priority levels and alerts are generated when thresholds are crossed. LEGENT Corporation Will Unveil Paradigm/XP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGENT will be demonstrating newly released Paradigm/XP, a comprehensive problem management application designed to automate the help or service desk and simplify the management of networks and distributed systems. LEGENT will also be demonstrating their upcoming new technology which allows mainframes and UNIX machines to share problem management information. DeskTalk Systems, Inc. ------------------------------------------- DeskTalk will announce TRENDsnmp 3.0 at Summit '94. TRENDsnmp is the world's first true client/server, scalable SNMP application for enterprise network management. MIBwalker is the primary data collection tool for TRENDsnmp. The main MIBwalker screen displays the actual tree structure of loaded MIB together with object description and definition fields. TRENDbuild lets the user create meaningful graphs and table reports without using SQL. TRENDsnmp's tabular report format displays rows and columns of information selected from the data repository or calculated from stored values. TRENDsnmp graph reports provide time based plots of information selected from the data repository or calculated from stored values. ISICAD ------------------------ At Summit '94, ISICAD will demonstrate its new InfoManager software, an object-oriented database application builder which allows simultaneous update access and reporting from multiple relational databases. InfoManager functions as a point-and-click application builder which allows the network manager and technician to get the data they need, from wherever it is stored, ad easily structure it into a useful format. InfoManager is a true "drag and drop" environment that transparently handles all interaction with relational databases. It lets the user access multiple databases simultaneously, allowing the user to obtain the information that is required for the task at hand, without having to worry about which database it is stored in or where it is located on the network. InfoManager will complement other database repository strategies, such as those being suggested by Hewlett-Packard and the Management Integration Consortium. Network Management Forum (NMF) -------------------------------------------------------------- At Summit '94, the Network Management Forum will be providing details on its newest working team -- SMART (Service Management Automation & Re-engineering Team). SMART is comprised of users looking to cut costs, streamline operations and improve the quality and delivery of networked information services. The objective of SMART is to understand, prioritize, and meet all of the most pressing automation needs of these network operators for which industry agreements are required. - End -