AVIcode Releases New Version of .NET Management Pack forMicrosoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

AVIcode  announced the release of version 4.1 ofits .NET Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.This version offers upgraded functionality that expands monitoring support, andimproves ease of use and reporting capabilities within Operations Manager 2007.

 AVIcode?s .NETManagement Pack concurrently monitors for both application failures andperformance bottlenecks. It leverages the technology behind AVIcode?scornerstone monitoring solution, Intercept Studio, to deliver a comprehensiveview of application health by providing a per application and system-level viewof key performance metrics, while also correlating performance counter datawith application behavior.

 One of the newfeatures of the .NET Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 is its abilityto auto-discover distributed application architecture. This allows OperationsManager 2007 users to easily begin monitoring all of the components of complexapplications. Combining Operations Manager 2007 functionality with the .NETManagement Pack?s auto-discovery feature, users now have the ability to monitorall the critical aspects of a system, including application components,hardware (like IIS servers), database connectivity, and corresponding systemmetrics like CPU usage.

 With the .NETManagement Pack, Operations Manager 2007 users are automatically notified whenan application problem occurs, and are provided a complete root-causediagnosis. This real-time notification and diagnosis ensures appropriateproblem triage, improved problem resolution, and optimal applicationavailability and reliability.

 The latest versionof the .NET Management Pack for Operations Manager includes these enhancements:

• Expanded Monitored Resource Support. The .NETManagement Pack now monitors Windows Services, Windows EXE, and COM+applications. This enables end-to-end monitoring of complex distributedapplications, from transactional components on the back-end to WinFormsfront-end applications.
• Security and Connectivity Monitoring. The .NETManagement Pack extends availability and performance monitoring to includesecurity and connectivity monitoring. This allows for the detection ofmis-configured connectivity between applications and SQL Server or Web services,and for the detection of security failures due to insufficient rights torequested resources. With this information, operations teams are betterequipped to resolve these issues without relying on support personnel.
• Application Topology View. The .NET ManagementPack now provides a graphical topology that displays the dependency betweencomponents of a distributed application. This enables better understanding andassessment of infrastructure changes on deployed applications.
• Resource Utilization Correlation. The .NETManagement Pack offers the ability to correlate resource utilization, like CPU,Memory, and I/O with application load and performance. This provides an application-focusedperspective on resource utilization and enables proactive capacity planning andapplication performance tuning.
• EnterpriseReports. The .NET Management Pack now provides enterprise-class reports thatshow the most critical SQL, WCF, .NET Remoting, and other resource calls foroptimization prioritization. The .NET Management Pack also has the ability toreport on trends and compare key process and application performanceindicators.

AVIcode, Inc.

Price: Pricingis on a per-monitored-computer basis. For details, contact AVIcode.

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