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 Novell
Ò 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 Novell’s (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 PatchLink’s 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. PatchLink’s WebConsole provides the universal Web-based management interface that facilitates DS Doctor’s 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 Doctor’s 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 Novell’s Net services software by offering Novell customers an important labor-saving device for managing multiple servers within the enterprise.”

 

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Features & Benefits

The new DS Doctor features and benefits include:

 

Features

Benefits

Enterprise-wide directory repair

Rapidly reduces the time spent on directory repair saving labor time and costs

 

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

 

Charts & graphs based on  using DS Doctor health statistics and activity report

Eliminates tedious manual analysis and provides information in an
easy-to-read daily, weekly and monthly graphical format for each server hosting DS Doctor

 

 

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

 

Pricing & Availability

            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.

 

About PatchLink Corporation

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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