FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Details, Contact:
Debi Henry, Director of Marketing
PatchLink Corporation
Phone: 480.970.1025 ext. 120
Email: debih@PatchLink.com
PatchLink Corporation To Release DS Doctor Ô v4.04,
The NovellÒ eDirectoryÔ Health Monitoring Tool
New Features Expand Web-based Health
Monitoring Tool Functionality to Include One-of-a-Kind,
Enterprise-Wide Directory Repair Capability
Scottsdale, Ariz. March 13, 2001 PatchLink Corporation, a global leader in providing the IT community with secure enterprise-wide network and server management software products and services, announced today that it will start shipping DS DoctorÔ v4.04, a monitoring tool that manages the overall health of Novells (Nasdaq: NOVL) NDSÒ eDirectoryÔ, on March 19, 2001. The latest version of DS Doctor will include important features such as enterprise-wide directory repair, chart and graph creation capabilities, advanced repair including obituary removal and purging, and comprehensive directory event monitoring that allows network administrators to extend and modify the functionality of DS Doctor via custom NetBasic scripting.
DS Doctor is an integral part of PatchLinks IT management offerings. DS Doctor provides the network administrator with a robust, 24x365, Web-based monitoring, alerting and management tool that views the network system ensuring server partitions are operating efficiently while also enabling IT organizations to repair and synchronize NDS eDirectory trees from anywhere, anytime. PatchLinks WebConsole provides the universal Web-based management interface that facilitates DS Doctors functionality.
DS Doctor is a powerful software utility that all network administrators tasked with managing an eDirectory environment should have installed on their servers, explains Sean Moshir, CEO, PatchLink Corporation. By implementing this tool, IT professionals responsible for mission-critical networks will realize unprecedented cost savings because of DS Doctors unique ability to perform enterprise-wide repair across their entire network.
Novell is pleased to see PatchLink offer a new tool that makes it even easier to maintain NDS eDirectory within a large corporate network, adds Ed Anderson, director of product management for the Net Directory business group at Novell. DS Doctor complements Novells Net services software by offering Novell customers an important labor-saving device for managing multiple servers within the enterprise.
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The new DS Doctor features and benefits include:
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Features |
Benefits |
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Enterprise-wide directory repair |
Rapidly reduces the time spent on directory repair saving labor time and costs
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Repair options including obituary removal and purging |
Gives the IT organization total control of the repair process with a powerful NDS eDirectory clean-up functionality
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Charts & graphs based on using DS Doctor health statistics and activity report |
Eliminates
tedious manual analysis and provides information in an
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Comprehensive event monitoring using DS Event |
Allows the incorporation of business rules via NetBasic scripts, enabling you to modify and extend the reach of NDS eDirectory by providing a whole new systems management and integration platform |
The new version of DS Doctor is competitively priced at $250 for 50 user objects (including one Master server license of WebConsole). The production release will ship on March 19, 2001 and can be directly purchased by contacting a PatchLink Corporation account manager at 888. 970.1025.
Established in 1991, PatchLink Corporation is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management software. As a provider of infrastructure management solutions, PatchLink delivers its network management technology through several subscription-based service offerings in addition to its established flagship software product, WebConsole® IT Management Suite. The Company has built a strong reputation in providing top quality software products at substantial savings to system and networking professionals. PatchLink products are installed on more than 2 million network servers worldwide. For additional information on PatchLink, visit http://www.patchlink.com/.
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