Concord And Ascend Partner To Deliver Service Level Reporting For Service Provider Networks
BusinessWire, Monday, September 15, 1997 at 08:13
MARLBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1997 --
Network Health - Ascend Continues Concord's Initiative to
Expand Industry-leading Reporting Capabilities
Concord Communications(R) and Ascend Communications today
announced a partnership that will deliver Network Health - Ascend,
Concord's best-in-class, Web-based reporting and analysis software, on
Ascend's carrier-class Frame Relay switches. The partnership and
resulting solution is the latest in Concord's initiative to expand its
Network Health(R) reporting and analysis capabilities to cover the
broadest range of devices and platforms.
The two companies are making the announcement in conjunction with
the launch today of Ascend's NavisXtend, a comprehensive set of
distributed network management applications that align directly to
service provider business operations. Network Health - Ascend works
with NavisXtend Statistics Server (a Navis software application which
gathers detailed Frame Relay network usage statistics) to
automatically reflect changes in carrier services provided to end
users. Network Health - Ascend was jointly developed by Concord and
Ascend using the Navis open Application Programming Interface (API).
It is the first reporting solution to enable service providers to
easily implement service level reporting across their entire base of
users.
"We are delighted to welcome Concord Communications as our first
Navis Partners Program member. This program gives service providers a
choice of value-added applications to extend the functionality of
their core switch network management," said Pam Dodge, Ascend's
director of product marketing, Network Management. "The Network Health
integration highlights the ease and transparency of the Navis open API
that is specifically designed to meet the third-party and legacy
application demands of our service provider customers."
Network Health - Ascend provides automatic updates that are key
to accurate service level reporting and streamlines the collection of
data, minimizing needed bandwidth and reducing processing load. It
also imports "provisioning information" from backbone switches
detailing the level of service provided through each channel to a
customer. In addition, it automatically generates end user service
level reports that reflect the most current service agreement between
the provider and the customer.
"We are excited by the opportunity to partner with Ascend," said
Kevin Conklin, vice president of marketing at Concord Communications.
"Our Network Health - LAN/WAN and Network Health - Frame Relay
applications already are empowering large end users to effectively
track and project usage of WAN and Internet services and existing
resources and determine the appropriate level of service at the best
price. The Concord/Ascend partnership balances the equation by
enabling service providers to automatically report on the most current
services delivered."
Targeted at value-added network management applications and
hardware developers, Ascend's Navis Partners Program fosters
co-development on new network management solutions between Ascend and
third party developers. Ascend's customers benefit from the delivery
of tightly coupled, value-added network management applications. Navis
Partners, such as Concord, benefit from the increased exposure to the
rapidly growing service provider market.
Pricing and Availability
Network Health - Ascend is available immediately through the
Concord Communications worldwide direct sales force, sales agents and
VARs. The integration module is priced at $10,000, U.S. list.
About Network Health
The Network Health family of analysis and reporting solutions
includes LAN/WAN, Frame Relay, Router/Switch, Server and Traffic
Accountant modules. This family of turnkey solutions shares the same
underlying database and acclaimed presentation formats to provide a
consistent and fully correlated "total view" of the entire IT
infrastructure. The combined suite of Network Health products offers a
complete solution, or an incremental migration path for performance
analysis and streamlined reporting of an organization's entire
client/server infrastructure--from servers to the backbone and
wide-area connections.
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells
wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers,
Internet service providers, and corporate customers worldwide. For
more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the
Ascend web site at ascend.com, or e-mail info@ascend.com.
Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway,
Alameda, CA 94502. Phone: 800/ASCEND4; Fax: 510/814-2300.
About Concord Communications
Concord Communications, Inc., is the leading developer of
Web-based network reporting and analysis solutions that provide
customers with the information they need to measure the effectiveness
of their IT investment. The premier service providers, ISPs and
Fortune 1000 companies turn to Concord each morning to assess the
health of their corporate networks. Concord is a privately held
company with headquarters in Marlboro, Massachusetts. For more
information about Concord, call 1-800-851-8725 or visit Concord's
World Wide Web site at concord.com |
