Alchemy Lab Network Management

January, 2003 For Immediate Release It is estimate that network failures cost 3-5 billion dollars to companies each year. In fact, most surveys show that an average network administrator reports 3 to 15 serious network malfunctions annually. Yet most of these problems could be easily avoided, if the administrator had proper network monitoring software installed. Alchemy Lab announces the release of version 4.5 of Alchemy Eye, a network monitoring tool that continuously monitors network server availability and performance, and alerts the network administrator in the event of network errors BEFORE these problems get seriously out of hand. Compatible with any type of server, Alchemy Eye monitors server's work using a variety of protocols and services, including ICMP ping, NT event log, HTTP(s) and FTP URLs, disk space control, NT service state monitoring, Oracle Server, Microsoft SQL Server and virtually any SQL-compatible database server monitoring, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NNTP and TELNET protocols, as well as some others. This tool can also perform user-defined monitoring by executing custom VBScript programs or external Windows applications and batch files, as well as analyzing program's exit code. Alchemy Eye automatically notifies the Network Administrator about server malfunction events. In the case of a network failure, this program can send e-mail alerts, send messages to WinPopup application or Windows NT/2000/XP Messenger Service, restart remote computers or NT services, execute SQL scripts, VBScript programs or external applications, play sound alarms and send messages to pagers or cell phones. Alchemy Eye can log all events to a separate log file. Different log file detail levels (none/normal/full) and log file formats (text and HTML) can be configured to suit your needs. The program also allows you to build monitoring reports, showing you server availability information, server response time totals, server error statistics and other necessary data statistics. Nine reports are included into the program installation, new reports can be added to the program on demand. CD or downloadable version of Alchemy Eye 4.5 is immediately available at www.alchemy-lab.com, the license price starts from $299. The program is licensed on the "per seat" basis and allows you to monitor unlimited number of network devices with only one license. Further information and a fully-featured trial download are available for free at www.alchemy-lab.com. Alchemy Lab specializes in network management solutions. Its engineers have also created these popular packages: Asset Tracker for Networks, AutoMail and Alchemy Ping. Alchemy Lab has long established itself as one of the leaders on the network monitoring market. The products released by the company consistently get high rankings by the industry analysts and media. Another measure of the company's success is the list of its clients, which includes such names as Unisys, Citybank, Xerox and Philips Semiconductors. The company's most known products are Alchemy Eye and Asset Tracker for Networks.

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