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To: dreydoc who wrote (19827)	12/14/1998 4:02:00 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 77400

Looks like we had some big trading programs running today.

To: dreydoc who wrote (19827)	12/14/1998 8:33:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 77400

dreydoc, thanks, and yes you can certainly lease me ;-) The Concord example is a good one for cutting down on time spent on assessing and approximating performance metrics and anomalous conditions. In recent months I've seen some fairly accurate and swift assessments made as to sizing, load sharing attributes, and performance measurements made possible by these tools. Previously, a lot depended on heuristics almost exclusively, with a little help from heaven and some good 'ol Kentucky Windage, when attempting to characterize climatology and weather conditions in a global, private cloud. Thanks for the heads up. I missed this one in my searches earlier today. Regards, Frank C.

To: dreydoc who wrote (19827)	12/15/1998 11:06:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

dreydoc, re: network management tool vendors There's an interesting press release posted by Stephen Temple in the VoIP thread concerning network management tools, which is related to our previous discussion. CSCO is mentioned among the firms into this particular area of IP address management. Enjoy, Frank C. ====== from: Message 6851853 Process to manage IP addresses By Jeff Caruso Network World Fusion, 12/15/98 Process Software yesterday unveiled an application to handle IP address management-a hot button for network managers. As IP use has increased, so has the need for programs that can assign and keep track of IP addresses throughout a company. Network managers often keep track of the addresses of users and network devices in a spreadsheet, but that technique breaks down in a large network. Process Software's IP AddressWorks lets managers change network configurations and IP addresses from a central location. It is the first part of a suite of management applications called IPworks, according to Process. Upcoming pieces will manage network policies, generate reports and manage billing. For PacifiCare, an international health care company headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., tracking IP addresses can be a hassle. PacifiCare manages many of its IP addresses in a central place, but some departments use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, says Randy Carter, principal systems engineer at the Cypress, Calif., company. "It's all hand-generated, very laborious, very tedious and quite error-prone," he says. The company evaluated Quadritek's IP address management software but wanted capabilities in its Domain Name Service server that Quadritek didn't provide, Carter says. DNS servers map domain names to numeric IP addresses. PacifiCare wanted the software to provide a backup server that would automatically kick in when the first server fails. It also wanted the software to work with Process' MultiNet DNS for OpenVMS. Process' new IP AddressWorks software has those capabilities, Carter says. All of the applications are designed around directories that use the standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Through LDAP, the software can retrieve and change configuration data about devices in the network. The IP address management market is already somewhat crowded. Players include Quadritek, now owned by Lucent; American Internet, now owned by Cisco; and MetaInfo, a subsidiary of CheckPoint. "I could see Process getting bought. It'll be interesting to see how long they stay independent," says Eddie Hold, an analyst with Current Analysis in Sterling, Va. He points out that 3Com and Xylan might want to acquire IP address management capabilities. Both work with Quadritek, but Hold speculates that those agreements might change since their rival Lucent bought the company in October. IP AddressWorks will ship in the first quarter of next year on Windows NT, OpenVMS and Unix, starting at $2 per node.