Paessler A.G. today announced an upgrade to its PRTG Network Monitor 7.0.9 that is intended to help IT systems and network administrators and the enterprises they serve keep their eyes on the virtualization prize - literally.
With the tough economy likely to continue in 2009, 'sVirtualization's will be one of the top IT themes for the upcoming year. Via virtualization, infrastructures can be consolidated and
sometimes even entire data centres can be economized. At the same time, the costs for energy can be reduced significantly. A precondition for a successful virtualization is the
undisturbed operating of the consolidated host servers and network- and storage-infrastructure to assure the maximum availability of the virtual servers, said Dirk Paessler, CEO and
founder of Paessler. The use of a qualified network monitoring solution like PRTG Network Monitor is an important step to make critical areas transparent and keep them permanently in
sight. Additionally this system delivers valuable information for planning and executing virtualization measures.
Network monitoring delivers essential information for planning and testing of virtualized environments. Using a solution such as PRTG Network Monitor offers valuable clues to expected
long time demands of different enterprise applications. Furthermore, long term trends allow forecasts of expected performance peaks - precondition for adequate resource planning.
PRTG delivers a real time monitoring without gap for the bandwidths and availability of the network the virtual systems are run at, said Paessler. The so achieved transparency is an
important precondition to assure maximum performance and availability of the network and thus the virtualized servers and applications.
In case of failures and disturbance IT systems and network administrators can react immediately and clear problems. Via analysis of long term monitoring data, weak spots can be discovered
and the general performance of the network can be improved.
VMware-Sensors - now integrated
In the current version PRTG Network Monitor was expanded for two special VMware-sensors: 'sVMware Server Host's and 'sVMware Virtual Machine's. Thus PRTG not only enables the monitoring
of virtualized applications rather than servers but also the monitoring of the proper VMware-server. Additionally the system now comes with an integrated automated discovery of
VMware-servers and with a preconfigured monitoring scenario.
Freeware and trial versions of all Paessler products can be downloaded at: http://www.paessler.com/download.
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About Paessler AG:
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Nuremberg, Paessler AG builds cost effective software that is both powerful and easy to use. The product range is specialized on Network Monitoring
and Testing as well as Website Analysis. Its products are used by Network Administrators, Website Operators, Internet Service Providers and other IT-Professionals worldwide. The customers
of Paessler are enterprises of all sizes and of all branches from SOHOs to SMBs and global acting enterprises. More than 150,000 installations of PRTG Network Monitor are in use every
day. Free trial licenses and more information are available on www.paessler.com.
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