Just came across this press release:
(COMTEX)B: DATAMETRICS SYSTEMS: Datametrics ViewPoint monitors NT, UNIX, OpenVMS & Unisys
JUL 12, 1999, M2 Communications - Datametrics Systems, provider of enterprise-wide multi-platform performance analysis solutions, has set up European headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey. The company has been in the UK since 1997 and has now centralised its European operations here with responsibility for sales and support in all European markets.
Datametrics, a subsidiary of the US Nasdaq-quoted company Zitel, is the manufacturer of ViewPoint, a performance monitoring, analysis and management product which monitors cpu, memory, I/O and disk utilisation on several platforms, including Windows NT, UNIX, OpenVMS and Unisys.
"Our customers tell us that the number of servers required is mushrooming," commented Tony Dee, sales & marketing manager of Datametrics. "Where once they thought they needed one or two servers to run their operations, now they are finding they need multiple server clusters. The growing use of NT as mail and database servers, which require multiple servers across multiple sites, is certainly a good example of how this is happening. It has become increasingly important to these users to monitor what's going on with their servers in a structured way. No longer are they just the workgroup servers in the corner, now, in many cases, they are the cornerstone of the business.
"The current revision of ViewPoint, version 5.1, has been developed to monitor exactly these types of systems. ViewPoint is an out-of-box solution, supplied ready configured to monitor, analyse and report on the most common activities and situations. Once installed, the ViewPoint data collectors gather operating system metrics from each server and automatically build historical trace files for immediate reporting and analysis. Within hours of installation, organisations can see immediate results and benefits."
About ViewPoint 5.1
ViewPoint 5.1 contains a number of tools designed to investigate, monitor, analyse and report on the performance of cpu's, memory, I/O and disks. Historical analyses can also be produced and the product has a direct, OLE link into common Windows applications such as MS-Word, so that graphics and management reports can be produced. ViewPoint alerts the operator if performance parameters are exceeded and has several analysis tools that can correlate activity against overloads and suggest solutions. In addition, ViewPoint has a capacity planning module which allows users to model their systems and perform 'What if?'queries. Although NT and UNIX are the most popular platforms for
performance management, Datametrics recognises that most organisations have multiple legacy platforms and has designed ViewPoint to support these. The product was designed so that it could be set up and used without reference to the documentation.
About Datametrics
Datametrics Systems is a global company, providing IT professionals with multi-platform software and services, to keep mission-critical systems, databases and applications running at peak performance.
Datametrics is a leading developer of automated performance analysis and correlation software to solve computer performance problems. The company has been delivering total performance solutions to customers in over 25 countries since 1980 and is publicly traded under its parent
company, Zitel Corporation. Visit Datametrics via the Internet at datametrics.com.
Datametrics Systems - Fact Sheet
Datametrics provides multi-platform performance management solutions which address: performance monitoring, analysis and reporting; and capacity planning, on an enterprise-wide basis, from a single point of control. These capabilities help organisations achieve their Service Level Agreements, by turning performance data into intelligence.
Datametrics is publicly traded under its parent company, Zitel Corporation (a NASDAQ quoted company).
Company Details
Company Founded: 1980
Worldwide Headquarters: Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom USA Headquarters: Fairfax, Virginia Employees: 120 Turnover: $21 million
Products:
ViewPoint is Datametrics' flagship product for performance analysis of systems, databases and applications. The product alerts, analyses and reports performance problems before they become critical. Major benefits of using ViewPoint are reduced downtime, reduced costs, protected IT investments and leveraged valuable IT resources.
Customers:
UK customers of Datametrics include: First Direct, British Telecom,Penguin Books and Cellnet.
Reasons for Success:
Many organisations are now finding that they need an increasing number of servers (mostly NT or UNIX) to run their IT operations and business processes. It has become increasingly important for the IT department to keep a close eye on the performance of these servers to ensure the service levels are being adhered to and that business processes can run efficiently. Datametrics ViewPoint allows users to monitor their multiple servers (whether NT, UNIX, OpenVMS or Unisys)from a single PC. The product was designed to be installed and set up without the need to refer to the documentation. Because of this simplicity, ViewPoint allows users to quickly take control of their server environment and report on exceptions before they become critical.
Key Personnel:
President and Chief Executive Officer Hank Harris (USA) President European Operations Reg Webb Chief Technology Officer Julian Palmer UK Sales & Marketing Manager Tony Dee
Biographies
Reg Webb, President European Operations
Reg Webb was born in 1949, and studied chemistry before beginning his career in data processing operations in the late sixties. He rapidly moved into programming and systems design and in the early seventies Reg worked for four years at Rotaprint Ltd., as systems software designer and chief programmer. In 1976 he secured the position of manager, systems and programming, with a software house in Bermuda, where he met Julian Palmer.
On his return to England in 1980, Reg worked with Julian as IT manager at Shipping Company, Gotaas-Larsen. Reg led a $5 million system development from obsolete batch-based systems to fully integrated database online real-time accounting systems. As a result of these systems Gotaas-Larsen were able to reduce administrative staff by 50 percent and produce monthly management accounts within five days of month end - previously they had taken up to 30 working days. During the fourteen years of growing Palmer & Webb Systems, Reg concentrated on the financial, sales and commercial functions as well as maintaining a keen interest in technology.
Julian Palmer, Chief Technology Officer
Julian Palmer began his computing career in 1971, in a predominantly IBM mainframe environment. By 1974 he had progressed through operations management and had become a data centre operations manager. In 1977 Julian moved to Bermuda to run a computer bureau operation using
Burroughs equipment. In Bermuda, Julian developed the MANAGER software, which provided IBM job management centralisation on a Unisys mainframe. Julian then returned to England in 1980 and formed Palmer and Webb Systems with Reg Webb, to market and sell the MANAGER software.
Tony Dee, Sales & Marketing Manager
Tony Dee studied for HND Mechanical and Production Engineering at Birmingham Polytechnic, leaving in 1982 to join GKN Axles as a production engineer. Tony then moved into sales and during the period 1984 to 1997, held various positions including technical sales engineer, sales manager, sales & marketing manager, and finally vp of sales at Licom Systems, a CAD/CAM software developer.
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Datametrics is a registered trademark of Datametrics Systems Corporation, reg. US Pat. & TM Office. All other product names and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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