Presented by: Mike Silva
Who is Ipswitch
• Develop easy to use software for:
• Network Management
• Positioning
• 100 Million+ users in over 60 countries
• 10 Million+ devices monitored
• 468% growth 2006-2010
• Privately owned, non-VC funded
Where is Ipswitch
Our Customers
Areas of Focus
Network
Monitoring
Log
Management
Datacenter
Consolidation
Virtualization
Management
Private Cloud
Monitoring
Solution Benefits
IT Management Made Simple
• Rapid time to value, extensible architecture, easy to use
& install
• Discover everything deployed in your network
• Receive real-time alerts to ensure rapid response to a network
outage, network traffic bottleneck or a security threat
• Simplify troubleshooting tasks through a unified view and a
single console
• Automate administration tasks, from corrective actions to
configuration changes
• Custom reports including detailed hardware inventory,
performance, policy compliance, bandwidth usage or audit trails
WhatsUp Gold:
Foundation Platform
Standard: entry level management
Premium: adds system and application management
Distributed: for larger customers with multiple locations
CORE PRODUCT
MSP: for small VARs and Managed Service Providers
IT Management Platform: WhatsUp Gold
WhatsUp Plug-ins:
Plug-ins ship with core platform
Activated via license keys
Extensible Architecture
WhatsVirtual:
Virtual Server Management
Dynamically manage VMware servers and Virtual
Machines from a single interface
Flow Monitor & Publisher:
Network Traffic Analysis
Manage, visualize and alert on bandwidth
utilization and application traffic
WhatsConfigured:
Change & Config Management
Automate change and configuration
management of network devices
VoIP Monitor:
Network QoS Measurement
Assure the network supports IP Telephony
Voice Quality
WhatsConnected:
Layer 2/3 Discovery & Mapping
Discover, map and inventory hardware and
software assets and their connections
WhatsUp Gold: Application, Fault and Performance Monitoring
Standard
Premium
Distributed
Solution Differentiators
IT Management Made Simple
• Deploys in a matter of minutes versus weeks or months
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No planning required
Frees up IT personnel time that can be used for critical tasks
• Extensible and complete solution
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Organizations can buy the right components to support their business goals
No need to re-install or install anything new- functionality is controlled by licensing
• One pane of glass, one Alert Center, one integrated discovery
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Track and resolve problems anywhere in your infrastructure
• Web and Mobile Access for flexible monitoring on the go
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Balance better your personal life and career
• Flexible licensing model
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Based on servers and workstations – simple, no hidden tech support costs
20 years of experience, proven products & competitive pricing
Case Studies
WHATSUP GOLD
Marston PLC
Case Study – Retail
Challenge –
Manage the infrastructure connecting 500+ locations and gaining visibility
into potential hardware and connectivity issues.
Benefits –
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24x7 networking monitoring
Real-time visibility of hardware and connectivity status
Remote monitoring capabilities reduce needs for local administrators
Ability to intelligently scale
Solution –
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WhatsUp Gold
Legoland
Case Study – Entertainment
Challenge –
Manage 96+ servers –spread out throughout the globe @ 38 sites– in addition
to electronic turnstiles.
Benefits –
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Clear alerts to administrators via email, pager, mobile phone
Restart of business-critical application services
Shortened administrative reaction time to under 15 minutes
Ability to intelligently scale
Solution –
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WhatsUp Gold
O’NEILL EUROPE
Case Study - Retail
Challenge –
A single solution to speed remediation actions, gain visibility into disparate
network infrastructure and gather performance metrics for scale-out, scale-up
initiatives.
Benefits –
 Faster response time to issues
 Accurate utilization reports for proactive capacity planning
 Single console to monitor – CPU utilization, disk utilization, bandwidth
utilization & memory utilization
Solution –
 WhatsUp Gold Distributed Edition
European University Institute (EUI)
Case Study - Education
Challenge –
Manage 200 devices including a converged voice/data network. Ensure
network availability.
Benefits –
 Proactive monitoring of all equipment
 Data to support resource planning
 Single console – single tool – to monitor the entire network
Solution –
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WhatsUp Gold + Flow Monitor + WhatsConnected + VoIP Monitor
The Hollybank Trust
Case Study - Charity
Challenge –
Fast growth required a real-time monitoring solution to monitor business
critical hardware and inter-site connections
Benefits –
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Proactive monitoring VPN connections and Internet availability
Faster response time to incidents
Visibility into critical hardware, applications, servers and devices
Single console – single tool – to monitor the entire network
Solution –
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WhatsUp Gold + Flow Monitor + WhatsConnected + VoIP Monitor
WhatsUp Gold v15
Designed WITH Network Mgrs FOR Network Mgrs
STRATEGIZE
Discover, Map and Monitor with one click
Infiltrate physical & virtualized environments- New Dynamic LiveMaps
Understand bandwidth usage across multiple uplinks and locations
PROTECT
Identify security threads (errors, failure audits…) right from WhatsUp Gold
Protect network mgmt data (FIPS 140-2 encryption/validation)
MASTER
Respond to outages in less clicks with a new task-oriented UI
Quickly get the info you need – web pages load up to 30 times faster!
Automatically scan & configure Cisco NetFlow MIB supported devices
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