Netreo Dramatically Streamlines Network Management With New OmniCenter 6.0

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Netreo, a provider of IT management software solutions for business, today announced OmniCenter(TM) 6.0, a fully integrated suite of network management products geared toward powerful yet practical management of networks, systems and applications. Already a proven player in this field, OmniCenter 6.0 -- available in Basic and Pro packages -- takes another dramatic step forward with an updated look- and-feel, improved functionality, WMI support, and further streamlining of administrative functions. These new features combine to deliver a powerful network management suite at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional enterprise-class solutions.

"Many IT organizations today are frustrated by the complexities of their existing suite of management tools," said Kevin Kinsey, Co-founder and CEO at Netreo. "Intricate sets of interrelated modules, external client and agent software components, and distributed hardware architectures often create deployment, configuration, and lifecycle challenges. That's where OmniCenter steps in, providing comparable functionality without the headaches. This new release further advances that theme."

OmniCenter provides in-depth visibility into network, system and application resources to deliver robust fault, performance, and device management capabilities and tools. This includes real-time alerting for failed or compromised components, as well as long-term trending, diagnostic and forensics reporting. These features enable IT managers to immediately identify network congestion or problematic components, helping to reduce costly downtime and more effectively manage corporate assets.

"Network management can be a complicated task, especially when you have multiple locations and systems to manage," said Michael Bourque, Technical Services Manager at Golden State Foods. "When we evaluated products, we decided it was essential to have a product that could deliver simple, straightforward network management. OmniCenter takes all the power and functionality associated with enterprise-class solutions and distills it into a simple format for managing everything. From what we have seen, 6.0 builds on that mantra, delivering new features and support that make it even easier to manage my network."

  Key Updates in OmniCenter 6.0

   *  New Graphing Engine improves user experience by delivering enhanced
      graphing libraries for improved graphics and more rapid graph
      generation.

   *  Role-Based Views provide customized at-a-glance views for users,
      prioritizing relevant data in a single page for improved user
      productivity.

   *  RSS 2.0 Support allows any compatible newsreader to view a current
      list of network related issues in a standard format, allowing improved
      compatibility with mobile devices and giving users an easy way to view
      data from any platform.

   *  Automated Management delivers improved auto-discovery for automatic
      categorization of devices based on device type or SNMP criteria
      provided by the device.  This feature also allows rule-based
      automation of application groups and user partitioning.

   *  New SLA Report Wizards automate the process of creating customized SLA
      reports for user environments, and can schedule recurring SLA reports
      to be delivered automatically via email.

   *  WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) Toolset offers support for
      WMI polling of statistics, logs, and service status for improved
      visibility into Microsoft Windows(TM) environments.  This feature
      includes statistical polling, event log monitoring, service checking
      and active response.

   *  Reporting Improvements include Click-to-Zoom graphs (all time-series
      data can now be displayed on a click-to-zoom histogram) and the
      ability to view arbitrary or related statistics (choose to view any
      arbitrary variables or automatically select all related variables on
      the same report).

   *  Improved Administrative Auditing now writes an audit trail to the
      database, allowing administrators to view what users made changes,
      what specific changes were made, and how they made the changes.  This
      allows improved compliance with corporate reporting standards.

OmniCenter 6.0 is available now with monthly pricing as low as $25 per device. For more information, please contact Netreo at (888) NETREO1 or visit online at http://www.netreo.net/.

About Netreo

Netreo is a privately held Corporation headquartered in Irvine, California, providing network management products and services directly and through resellers and managed service providers. For more information, contact us (866) NETREO1 [866-638-7361] or on the web at http://www.netreo.net/.