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Administrative Tools
Extend MOM's Support
NetIQ announced 13 Extended Management Pack (XMP) solutions for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000. The XMP solutions extend MOM to provide monitoring capabilities for specific applications and platforms (including SQL Server), provide platform agents to extend MOM to directly manage nonWindows 2000 platforms, and include third-party connectors to integrate MOM with other management products. The XMP solution for Microsoft Applications on Windows NT 4.0 lets you manage your crucial NT applications and includes a complete set of rules for monitoring SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, Site Server, and SNA. The XMP Solution for Microsoft Applications on Win2K provides data analytics and reporting functionality for SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000 Server, and Commerce Server 2000.
The XMP solutions are available for trial download from NetIQ's Web site. Pricing varies based on the XMP solution you select. Contact NetIQ at 408-856-3000, 888-323-6768, or http://www.netiq.com.
Reduce Wasted License Fees
Vector Networks announced LANutil 5.1, a tool for desktop management that lets you record, evaluate, and reduce wasted license fees for underused programs. The software can help you determine which users should and shouldn't have particular software on their PCs. The PC Change History feature is a reporting tool that indicates network changes or individual PC changes. Compatible with SQL Server, Oracle, and Microsoft Access, the SQL Wizard enables customers to define their own custom views on the LANutil database and turns English into an SQL script. Wake on LAN and Wake on WAN support lets you collect data at any time. The Inventory Report Library provides 30 preformatted reports. LANutil also features SQL-driven PC Grouping in the database for easy desktop management.
LANutil 5.1 supports SQL Server 2000 and 7.0. For pricing, contact Vector Networks at 770-622-2850, 800-330-5035, or http://www.vector-networks.com.
Application
Organize Electronic Workflow
MetaCommunications announced Virtual Ticket 4.0, software that expanded from an electronic job ticketing and digital asset management system to an integrated production platform for printing, publishing, and creative development of electronic job tickets. You can use the software as a standalone system, in conjunction with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or with a production management system. Virtual Ticket's digital asset management system lets you use a drag feature to associate digital assets with production information, as you would have traditionally associated physical transparencies with a job by hand-placing them in the paper job ticket. Virtual Ticket InterSync technology monitors, synchronizes, and catalogs your network's digital assets. You can use this new technology to identify the relationships between directories, files, and production information.
Virtual Ticket 4.0 provides SQL support in MetaScript to let you perform complex SQL queries and operations from within any MetaScript function. The software also uses SQL Server as its database engine and can scale from a few users to hundreds of concurrent users. Pricing starts at $3998 for a base server package and five concurrent users. Contact MetaCommunications at 319-337-8599, 800-771-6382, or http://www.meta-comm.com.
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