PRNewswire -- 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.

"The increasingly complex and dynamic nature of Web systems makes them incredibly difficult to manage," said Bill Yaman, Holistix president and CEO. "Detecting Web site performance problems isn't enough anymore -- Web operations teams need instant and actionable information to pinpoint the source of a problem precisely and then resolve it before customers even know it existed -- that's the only way to protect an e-business's bottom line."

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.

More Comprehensive Web System Monitoring in Version 2.0
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.

"As the leader of Internet Traffic and Content Management, F5 Networks' products are quickly becoming a key component of many mission-critical networks in the B2B and B2C marketplace," said Dan Matte, director of product management at F5 Networks. "Helping customers deploy a reliable, high- performance Internet infrastructure is F5's core business. By working with Holistix, we will be able to ensure that our joint customers can easily monitor the performance of F5's BIG-IP Controllers as part of their total Web systems management strategy, helping to ensure optimal site performance."

In addition to new profiles, there are several new single monitors and monitor enhancements. Among the new monitors are a service monitor for checking the status of Windows 2000 and NT services, an SNMP monitor for viewing the status of SNMP objects on a single machine, and a port monitor for checking the status of a specific port on a single machine. The URL monitors and link monitors now support proxy servers.

Solve Performance Problems Faster With New Features
When performance problems strike, it is critical to find and fix them fast. A unique and powerful new reporting feature is the Correlation Report, a split window view that lets Web managers compare associated alerts, different monitors, and time spans to check problem relationships. For example, Web managers can compare URL response times and Web server CPU loads to see if there is a relationship between the two. This feature can be employed to compare any two reports.

A new at-a-glance console view provides a single, comprehensive view of the health of up to 200 Web applications on a 1024x768 monitor, making it easy to know the health of the entire Web site in one look. Alternatively, Web managers may prefer to keep a minimized window in the corner of their screen at all times, because Web applications in a critical or warning state are always displayed first.

The new version also offers more flexible reporting and faster drill-down to detailed data to identify the critical issues affecting Web performance. Due to the product's focus on data that can be acted on, the details of results are tiered, and are revealed as the user drills down to gather more detailed information. For example, Web managers can view each report at an overview level, as well as quickly drill down to detailed statistics via "hot spots" in each report that make it easy to get to more detailed information as they need it.

Pricing and Availability
Holistix Web Manager 2.0 is now available. Pricing starts at $1,800 per managed server CPU with unlimited network device monitoring at no additional charge. Volume discounts for multiple servers are available.

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