"Holistix today announced the latest version of its powerful
software for monitoring Web systems and diagnosing their
performance and availability for critical e-business applications.
Version 2.0 of Holistix Web Manager offers more comprehensive Web
component monitoring via new 'profiles' -- default templates that
enable immediate configuration and monitoring of complex Web system
elements such as BEA Systems' WebLogic Server and F5 Networks'
BIG-IP Controller. The new version also speeds Web-site problem
solving with new reporting features, such as the Correlation Report
to track cause and effect and the 'at-a-glance' console to make it
easy for everyone from the CTO to the network administrator to know
the health of the entire Web site with just one look. Holistix Web
Manager, along with the Holistix Remote Monitor service, is part of
the company's overall strategy to provide a complete end-to-end
system to detect, respond to and prevent Web performance problems
on both sides of an e-business firewall, so that enterprises can
ensure optimal Web site performance...."
"Holistix Web Manager monitors the health of e-business
applications, such as account login or order entry, based on the
performance of Web system components that contribute to that
application. Web Manager monitors all critical Web system
components, including Web servers, application servers, databases,
operating systems, network devices, Internet services, transactions
and Web site content. When problems arise, site managers can be
alerted via pager, e-mail, cell phone and SNMP traps, and the
product supports existing escalation policies. Detailed reporting
ensures rapid troubleshooting and resolution of performance
problems. Its architecture is flexible, scalable and centrally
configured and maintained, so Web Manager can support multiple data
collection methods (standards such as SNMP, WMI, and Perfmon or
lightweight Holistix agents) and accommodate the frequent changes
to Web systems. Web Manager can be deployed in hours or days -- not
weeks or months like other management systems."
"Version 2.0 of Holistix Web Manager offers new profiles for
common Web system components. A Holistix system profile contains a
default set of metrics and thresholds that help Web managers
quickly configure their system. Version 2.0 extends the offering of
profiles beyond the initial group offered in version 1.0 -- Apache
for Solaris, Solaris, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and 7, Windows NT 4,
Microsoft IIS 4, Netscape Enterprise Server and Oracle Database
servers 7.0, 8.0 and 8i -- with new profiles for other popular Web
components, including Linux, ColdFusion Server, F5 BIG-IP Load
Balancer, BEA WebLogic Server, HTTP server, Microsoft IIS 5,
MS-Exchange 5.5, Windows 2000, Cisco Catapult 4000/5000 Service
Switches, and RFC1213 network devices (SNMP MIB for common
networking statistics). Although Web managers can create their own
profiles, Holistix will continue to publish additional profiles for
common Web system components."