Applying NEPM

For network managers and admins, Network Operations Centers...
• Having multiple networks to monitor, each behind its own firewall, can become a hassle, especially when each uses a separate, incompatible monitoring system.
  NEPM is specifically designed to monitor equipment on many separate networks from a single decision point. Setup is easy, and clear alerts, reports, and summaries make management and decison making across many networks quick and simple.
• Routers, switches, WinNT-based systems, UNIX/Linux-based systems -- having multiple monitoring systems, one for each class of equipment can be a hassle.
  NEPM monitors all classes of systems with equal ease including Cisco IOS based-routers.
• Other monitoring tools may tell you that something is wrong but can let you down when it comes time for troubleshooting.
  NEPM gives you instant troubleshooting detail when you need it most.
• Some montoring systems require you to work only from your own desktop PC, and few run on a Linux desktop at all!
  NEPM gives you a browser interafce that provides full management capability from anywhere within your intranet. And NEPM itself runs with equal ease on WinNT hosts and UNIX/Linux hosts. Use your choice of desktop OS, not that of your monitoring system!
• Polling-based monitoring systems tell you that something is wrong, but what?
  NEPM links you instantly to the failing element and causes so you're back up and running within minutes.
• Hundreds of options and configuration parameters are great until you need to find a specific one quickly.
  NEPM's generalized structure and browser interface with context-sensitive, on-target help get you to the point immediately.
• Dilema: Poll monitored systems more often to get results closer to real-time, but burn more network capacity doing so. Poll less often to conserve capacity and risk hearing from users first that the network is down.
  NEPM gives you the fine-grained resolution that you crave without excessive polling or capacity loss.
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For VAR's and System Integrators...
• You want to show your clients independent proof of system performance at turnover.
  NEPM gives you a complete, independent performance picture both graphically and numerically. Results for uptime, event and error rates, and throughput are included at both element and system levels.
• You'd like to include a monitoring tool in the system you turnover to your clients without having it weigh down the system or your cost structure.
  NEPM's small footprint and efficient operation leave system capacity unaffected. Context-sensitive help that explains why as well as what gets users going quickly without classroom training, and per-network rather than per-node pricing saves you and your clients a bundle.
• Wouldn't it be nice to have only one monitoring sub-system to sell with any system type?
  NEPM's platform independence means you can include it with Cisco, UNIX/Linux/BSD, Windows, or mixed systems with equal ease.
• When you need that important special monitoring feature urgently where do you turn?
  Nova Software provides rapid turnaround customization of NEPM to your requirements. Get a business partner, not just a sub-system vendor.
• You want your business to grow.
  Maintain continuity as you grow with a monitoring tool commited to a future like yours.
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For HW and SW Developers, QA, test and qualification engineers...
• Having multiple test labs on their own isolated nets can have you hiking all over the campus to collect test results.
  Now NEPM gives you the means to monitor multiple isolated lab nets from a single location, saving you time.
• You need test results now, not after weeks of training and performance tool setup.
  Get going immediately with NEPM's intuitive browser interface and context-sensitive on-target help.
• You need to be in charge of your performance monitoring tool, not the other way around.
  Configure as much or as little of NEPM to your needs as you wish. NEPM defaults get you going quickly while very general configurability gives you ultimate flexibility when you need it.
• Why use one tool for UNIX/Linux-based systems, another for Windows-based systems, and yet another for routers and switches?
  NEPM monitors all classes of systems with equal ease.
• No more adjusting reported results for performance lost due to monitoring.
  NEPM provides high-resolution measurement capability without chewing up excessive bandwidth or processor cycles.
• Test results can be most valuable when they also indicate the causes of failure.
  NEPM's unique features take you immediatly to the root cause of failures as well as alerting you to the failure itself.
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For ISP's ...
• To improve your system uptime and throughput you have to identify the laggards.
  NEPM tells you quickly who is not measuring up, down to an individual element level.
• Those system glitches have a way of showing up when you have the least time.
  NEPM guides you to causes faster than any other monitoring or troubleshooting tool you've used. Try it!
• Every cpu cycle and packet consumed in monitoring comes off the bottom line.
  NEPM respects system capacity, and you don't have to choose between report resolution and system burden.
• Your hands are full supporting your system -- you don't want to have to support your monitoring system, too.
  Nova Software offers an economical installation and configuration service for NEPM so that you don't have to.
• What's good for you and your system can be good for your customers and your bottom line too.
  Add an NEPM-based monitoring option for your customers. Contact sales.
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For Webmasters...
• You need to get top thoughput from your systems without giving it back to your monitoring system.
• Where do you turn when you need to solve those intermittent conditions that cost you site traffic?
  NEPM traps and notifies you of any unusual event along with predecessor conditions.
• Top quality site management means never missing a log file.
• Don't just capture and collect your logs automatically, organize them automatically as well.
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For Network Security Analysts...
• Detect key security events and their predecessors with NEPM's unique event trapping, reporting, and alerting.
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Save time with NEPM...
• NEPM's unique system of linked reports take you to an offending sub-system almost instantly.
• NEPM extracts and links the preceeding events in the log for you so you don't have to find the log and search it for causes.
• NEPM sets up a monitoring, reporting and alerting schedule automatically for you on any host system. Simply specify a start time and monitoring interval.
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