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April 4, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WebmasterSolutions (webmastersolutions.com), a provider
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of performance testing and monitoring services for e-business, recently
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announced the general availability of AppMonitor 2.1, the second generation
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of the company’s flagship application monitoring service.
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New features include an upgraded control panel, user definable maintenance windows, full-page
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downloads of all images and objects of each page, and rich HTML/Flash
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consolidated reporting. AppMonitor 2.1 also offers users the ability to
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export performance data to enterprise reporting applications using XML.
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AppMonitor 2.1 is a consultative, outsourced service that provides
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end-to-end transaction monitoring of Web applications from outside the
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firewall. Based on the defined user transactions, such as order fulfillment,
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stock purchase and catalog procurement, WebmasterSolutions creates test
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scripts to continuously challenge the performance and availability of
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e-business functions. These test scripts can be executed as often as every
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five minutes from one of WebmasterSolutions 15 globally distributed
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monitoring agents. If potential performance problems or errors are detected,
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instant alerts are executed, via pager or phone, and performance reports are
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delivered daily via email.
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“AppMonitor is used to provide 24/7 functionality testing and performance
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monitoring of all components of an e-commerce site, including Web servers,
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network connectivity, applications, and databases,” said Tim Drees, Chief
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Project Architect, WebmasterSolutions. “Understanding that the performance
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and availability of web applications directly affects the success of
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specific business functions, such as sales, marketing and e-commerce
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initiatives, our new XML Data Access API provides customers with the ability
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to access and integrate data generated by AppMonitor into their corporate
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reporting processes.”
