2009-07-28 20:02:06 -
London, July , 28, 2009
Feedback From Hundreds of Customers Reveal That WhatsUp Gold v14.0
and Flow Monitor 2.0 Provide a Solution Easy Enough for Novice
Network Administrators and Powerful Enough for Experienced Network
Engineers
LEXINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 28, 2009) - Ipswitch, Inc.'s
Network Management division, a developer of innovative network
management solutions, today announced the immediate worldwide
availability of WhatsUp Gold v14.0 and Flow Monitor v2.0 (formerly
known as NetFlow Monitor). With over 100,000 networks managed
worldwide, this release of WhatsUp Gold v14.0 marks the most feature
rich release since product inception.
"WhatsUp Gold v14 is not a step forward, it is a giant leap. I assure
you that global customers and prospects will install v14 and react
with excitement because of usability enhancements and powerful
additions in functionality," commented Ennio Carboni, President of
the Network Management division at Ipswitch. "The network management
market has been inundated with companies, new and old, claiming to be
the alternative to the Big 4 (BMC, CA, HP and IBM®). I see us as the
recommended, viral choice for network administrators and engineers
seeking low complexity, yet powerful network monitoring functions for
their wired, wireless and virtual networks."
Network management professionals want simplicity and need rapid
results. With over 25 major new features, and over 100 new
sub-features, WhatsUp Gold v14.0 directly addresses these needs by
delivering decreased deployment time and increased performance and
productivity. Major improvements to the overall user experience also
free up time for network administrators, allowing them to focus on
more important IT and business initiatives.
Reducing complexity through powerful features including; enhanced and
much faster discovery, Alert Center, 13 preconfigured active and
performance monitors and Critical Monitors (intra-device
dependencies); the WhatsUp Gold product family provides networking
professionals with more intelligence about and visibility into their
networks than ever before.
"WhatsUp Gold v14 plays a key role in helping the Texas State Guard
to accomplish its mission by providing greater visibility into our
communications infrastructure," stated Bob Miller, COL, GS of the
Texas State Guard. "While always important, this visibility becomes
critical during times when we are called upon to deploy during
emergencies. WhatsUp Gold will become our internal IT 'force
multiplier.'"
Knowledge of impaired network performance (i.e. bottlenecks) or
security issues is improved with Flow Monitor v2.0. The additions of
the new features in Flow Monitor v2.0 increase the capability to
identify and quickly pinpoint misuse, attacks and bandwidth spikes.
Highlights of the newest releases of WhatsUp Gold and Flow Monitor
include:
WhatsUp Gold v14.0
-- Enhanced Discovery - up to 3 times faster and more accurate
identification of networked devices and their role
-- Alert Center - new consolidated view of device status and state
from a
single console
-- Threshold Monitors - performance and alerting parameters for
critical
devices and Flow monitors
-- Pre-configured Monitors - FTP monitor and File and Folder monitor
are
among the 13 new active and performance monitors that greatly
simplify and
accelerate monitoring of the most common devices and services
-- Critical Monitors - establish intra-device dependencies to
prevent
alarm storms when a device or sub-system failure occurs
-- Ability to discover, map, monitor, alert and report on IPv6
network
devices
Flow Monitor v2.0
-- J-Flow and sFlow® - expanded flow support increases visibility
into
all traffic flows throughout the network including high speed
switching
networks powered by Cisco®, Hewlett-Packard, Juniper® and other
leading
vendors
-- Reporting - three new troubleshooting reports decrease time to
understand and locate issues
-- Role Based Management - increased security through control of
user
access to configuration and reports
Additional new features:
-- 64 bit Operating System and SQL Server 2008 Support
-- Supported on VMware ESX, ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualized
environments
-- Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 Monitor
-- HTTP/S Content monitor for synthetic monitoring
Pricing and Availability
WhatsUp Gold version v14.0 is immediately available starting at $595
USD (MSRP). The WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor v2.0 plug-in module pricing
starts at $1,495 USD (MSRP).
A free trial of WhatsUp Gold v14.0 and the new Flow Monitor plug-in
are available at www.whatsupgold.com/download
WhatsUp Gold -- Know Your Network
Ipswitch(TM) WhatsUp® Gold is a network management software solution
with over 100,000 networks reliably managed worldwide. Built on a
scalable architecture offering automated network discovery and
network mapping, real-time network monitoring (including SNMP
monitoring and WMI monitoring), and versatile alerting, notification,
and reporting functionality, WhatsUp Gold provides intelligent and
easy to use, extensive network management that goes beyond simple
device availability and delivers comprehensive troubleshooting.
WhatsUp Gold scales from the small business to the large enterprise,
and its functionality can be easily extended with additional plug-in
modules: WhatsUp Gold WhatsConnected(TM) for Layer 2/Layer 3
discovery, mapping and visualization; WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor for
network performance and utilization monitoring; and WhatsUp Gold VoIP
Monitor for precise measurement of a converged network's ability to
provide the quality of service (QoS) necessary for VoIP. To learn
more about WhatsUp Gold, download a free trial or to make a purchase
visit: www.whatsupgold.com/products/download.
*All mentioned trademarks, product and company names cited herein are
the property of their respective owners.*
Contact:
Mike Manfredi
mmanfredi@ipswitch.com
781-676-5757
www.whatsupgold.com
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