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To: David Dyche who wrote (5440)	4/8/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 9068

BOCA RATON, Fla., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeside Software, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) Business Alliance Program. At the Citrix Solutions Network Worldwide Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, Lakeside Software previewed for Citrix channel partners the SysTrack applications and systems management software that it will announce during the Spring Comdex show later this month. "We are excited about the prospect of working with Citrix to bring SysTrack management capabilities to WinFrame(R) customers," said Mike Schumacher, President of Lakeside Software. "Joining the Citrix Business Alliance Program will allow us to further penetrate the thin-client/server marketplace, an arena that Citrix has pioneered." SysTrack is a software package for Windows NT-based systems. SysTrack is the first software package to provide resource billing, real-time and historical diagnostics, application load analysis, and user tracking for Citrix WinFrame thin-client/server software and Windows NT Terminal Server Edition. "We are pleased to welcome Lakeside to the Citrix Business Alliance Program," said Barry Davis, director of alliance marketing for Citrix. "With top resellers and vendors present at the Citrix reseller conference, Lakeside has chosen the right event to preview their latest software." SysTrack is made up of three primary components. A data collection agent is loaded on each Windows NT-based server to be monitored. Each data collection agent stores data records into the second component, an ODBC- compliant database. SysTrack supports most popular desktop and client/server database packages. The third SysTrack component reads and analyzes data from the database, providing easy-to-use reports and graphs to the end user. Features Construct Billing Reports. SysTrack monitors utilization of essential system resources. CPU, memory, connect time, and other metrics are stored in an ODBC database. The system administrator can set fees for resources consumed. SysTrack then constructs reports by user or cost center that show resources used, session start time, elapsed time, applications executed, and costs. Analyze Users. SysTrack can show the sessions that a user has started. Clicking the session allows the administrator to see the applications that ran in it. Another click shows a user's favorite applications, ranked by use count. Still another click shows the percentage of time that applications were actually in use (as opposed to just loaded). Analyze Applications. SysTrack analyzes applications too. SysTrack can help the administrator find out how much CPU an application needs. It can also analyze memory requirements. SysTrack can show the administrator the maximum number of concurrent application licenses thatare being used for each application. Diagnostics. Given a date/time in the past two weeks, SysTrack can tell the administrator what applications and users were running. It can show system, disk, and network statistics too. Real-time Monitoring for Help Desks. SysTrack lets help desks know about problems before users start calling. Over 30 status indicators are analyzed and reduced to green, yellow, or red status. Click the "Advice" button and SysTrack's built-in expert will help explain the problem and possible solutions. Pricing and Availability Lakeside Software's SysTrack software package will be begin shipping on May 10, 1998. The manufacturer's suggested retail price is $1,495 per monitored server.