Freshwater delivers native Linux version of SiteScope Web system monitoring software
FRESHWATER SOFTWARE EXPANDS SITESCOPE WEB SYSTEM MONITORING TO INCLUDE
NATIVE SUPPORT FOR LINUX
IT Managers Leveraging Linux Turn to the Flexibility SiteScope Offers
to Ensure the Availability of Their Web Systems
BOULDER, COLO., JUNE 11, 2002 - Freshwater Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Mercury Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: MERQ), the leading provider
of enterprise testing and application performance management solutions,
today announced the expansion of the Web system monitoring software SiteScope
to include native support for Linux. IT managers utilizing Linux can now
monitor their mission-critical Web systems with SiteScope, the most flexible
software for monitoring the widest variety of Web technologies, to natively
run on their Linux platform.
"Real estate transaction processing, which is our specialty, requires
multiple processors to all be functioning reliably because our customer's
business is dependent on our services," said GURU Networks CTO Paul Hill.
"We use Linux systems for their ease of support, operational efficiency
and improved security. SiteScope allows us to monitor 24/7 without having
staff on-site."
SiteScope streamlines the management of complex Web systems into a single
system. IT managers can select from 60 different monitor types, allowing
them to customize how the monitors are displayed and establishing criteria
for how and when alerts are issued. SiteScope also includes customizable
reports. SiteScope is already used by more than 3,700 companies that have
installed it on UNIX and Microsoft platforms.
"SiteScope excels at delivering the ability to monitor a wide range of
system components and network services," said Diane Hagglund, Director,
Product Marketing, at Freshwater Software. "SiteScope for Linux reinforces
our commitment to provide our customers with tools to solve their problems
in the most flexible way, regardless of the specific technologies
implemented."
AVAILABILITY
SiteScope for Linux is immediately available starting at $1,995. SiteScope
can be downloaded and installed within minutes, regardless of the number
of servers being monitored. A fully functional evaluation version of SiteScope
can be downloaded at www.freshwater.com.
ABOUT SITESCOPE
SiteScope is monitoring software used by system and network administrators
to ensure the availability of their mission critical Web systems. SiteScope
includes more than 60 monitors that system administrators can tailor to
their unique Web systems and a real-time alerting engine that ensures
immediate notification of potential problems.
ABOUT FRESHWATER SOFTWARE
Freshwater Software, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercury Interactive
Corporation provides real-time Web system monitoring solutions that are
downloadable and easy-to-deploy, to ensure that business critical Web
sites are available 24x7. Customers include America Online, Microsoft,
Digex, Intel Online Services, Merrill Lynch, along with more than 3,700
other companies. For more information about Freshwater, please visit
http://www.freshwater.com/
or call 303-443-2266.
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SiteScope is a registered trademark of Freshwater Software. Product and
company names are used herein for identification purposes only, and may
be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
