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News Release from: Nimsoft | Subject: NimBUS SLM software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
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NimBUS monitors critical server network
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NimBUS service level management software to monitor server infrastructure demands along with response times for critical applications
Nimsoft, an emerging leader in service level management (SLM) solutions, announced that Koenig and Bauer, a global printing press manufacturer, is implementing its NimBUS SLM solution The company, headquartered in Wuerzburg, Germany, will use NimBUS to monitor the demands placed on the server infrastructure as well as manage the response time of critical line of business applications
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The deployment will ensure that Koenig and Bauer can proactively manage and monitor the availability of this key line-of-business application across all four of its German factories.
"We chose Nimsoft over other products because NimBUS is a feature-rich, easy to deploy and low cost of ownership solution", says Juergen Tuffentsammer, Bereichsleiter IT (CIO) of Koenig and Bauer.
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"Before implementing the NimBUS solution, we had to collect performance data manually from different sources in order to deliver the results in a graphical format for reporting purposes".
"This required a huge amount of effort for what should be a relatively straight forward task," says Tuffentsammer "What had formerly been a time consuming and error prone activity is now done automatically at the push of a button".
End user satisfaction is an important metric for Koenig and Bauer's IT department.
The teams of production planners and engineers, based at the factories in Wuerzburg, Frankenthal, Radebeul and Trennfeld, expect all line of business applications - such as the internal ERP system or the electronic archive for construction drawings to be readily accessible.
The NimBUS solution will transform what has been a largely manual measurement process to a more automated one.
NimBUS automatically generates an alert when the thresholds of the application or system performance may be breached.
Now Koenig and Bauer's IT department will be able to compare the application and system performance data against predefined criteria and thresholds and automatically generate results into graphical reports.
This will make it far easier to take a holistic view across the application and supporting infrastructure.
The applications used by Koenig and Bauer are all very time and resource-intensive.
Using NimBUS, it will be possible to measure how long it takes for example to conduct an archive research for CAD construction drawings.
Equally, NimBUS will allow the company to monitor the time that it takes to initiate and complete a print job request and capture all the necessary data needed to create accurate threshold metrics.
In addition, the company plans to use NimBUS to monitor Internet and Intranet availability.
"Manufacturers such as Koenig and Bauer are typical of today's businesses that rely on business applications to collaborate among staff members across the country," said Norbert Pongratz, Country Manager Central Europe Nimsoft.
"Our end-to-end response solution for SLM provides reliability and stability in demanding, distributed environments".
"The automated features in NimBUS enable IT executives to reduce ongoing management costs and at the same time increase the business value of their IT infrastructure".
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