February 11, 1992 -- Dolphin Networks announces LAN Command Professional, Artificial-Intelligent Network Management for NetBIOS Networks. Boston, MA--Dolphin Networks (based in Norcross, Georgia) announced today at NetWorld 92 Boston, LAN Command Professional--the comprehensive. proactive network management system for administrators of NetBIOS LANs. The software-only product runs on a single client PC, and features powerful artificial intelligence (AI), English-text alarms and reports, and intelligent alarm handling. Capable of true enterprise-wide operation, LAN Command Professional automatically crosses bridges, routers and gateways to monitor any networked server or client--without any additional software or hardware on those remote segments. Topology independent, it simultaneously monitors attached Arcnet, Ethernet and Token Ring LANs from a single site. "Because the complexity of the network environment is growing along with the number of installations, network administrators have told us that they need a network management system to troubleshoot problems before their network goes down," says Phil Kim, Marketing Manager. "LAN Command Professional is "trained" to manage like an expert--first, proactively monitoring the network for hundreds of problems; second, automatically using its intelligence to detect and forward alarms to the administrator; and third, taking user-defined actions to correct the problem on its own." Other features integrated within LAN Command Professional include: ù A powerful, relational network database with support for up to 25,000 nodes. ù A comprehensive monitoring of both servers and clients, and a single display showing: ù Traffic statistics ù Network alarms ù Skylined bandwidth chart ù English-text alarms and analysis ù Extensive English-text diagnostic reports on the entire network. ù Benchmarking tools to test, analyze and tune a client, server on the entire network. ù An unlimited number of custom reports and bar charts supported. ù Support for LC Contact, the add-on, PC remote control and diagnostic software. Dolphin Networks will be exhibiting LAN Command Professional, along with their other products, in Booth #4010 (in the Hynes Convention Center) at NetWorld Boston. The product will become commercially available starting May 1992 through major resellers and distributors. Pricing is set according the number of nodes monitored: 50-node ($895), 100-node ($1,295), 250-node ($1,995), 500-node ($3,995), 750-node ($5,995) and 1,000-node ($7,995). The system requirements include an IBM PC/XT/AT or 100% compatible, 512 KBytes of RAM, 1 megabyte available on a local hard disk, and a network interface card (NIC). CGA, EGA and VGA video is supported, and a color monitor is recommended. -------------------------------------------------------- FEBRUARY 11, 1992--Dolphin Networks Announces LC Benchmark for Novell Networks A Comprehensive Network Simulation and Performance-Measurement Solution Boston, MA--Dolphin Networks (based in Norcross, Georgia) announced today at NetWorld 92 Boston LC Benchmark: a performance-measurement and simulation package for Novell 286 & 386 networks. Running on a DOS-based client workstation, LC Benchmark uses an expert system to measure and predict the performance of a PC, a pair of nodes, or the entire network. Optionally, LC Benchmark can also accurately predict the performance of any new or planned network configuration running any application. When testing an installed network, LC Benchmark automatically finds all nodes-- across all bridges, routers and gateways--and populates a database with information gathered from the network. Applying specific test suites and its advanced expert system, LC Benchmark measures the performance of individual stations, two-station dialogues, or the entire network. With these features, LC Benchmark pinpoints problems and allows an administrator to quickly isolate any faulty or failing equipment across the network. In addition to pinpointing the bottlenecks of an installation, LC Benchmark also determine a PC's performance in a network environment by conducting extensive tests on the installed network card, the CPU, the memory, the video card, the local hard drive, and other components that either directly or indirectly impact performance. With this feature, a network administrator can easily benchmark multiple PC's to identify the machine configuration with the best network performance--prior to making any purchase decision. Also available are optional library modules which work in conjunction with LC Benchmark to simulate the performance of any network device and application. These modules consist of two types: ù A Device Profile Module (DPM)--which describes a network device. ù An Application Profile Module (APM)--which describes a software application. By importing the data from a DPM and an APM module into a record--which in turn represents a "node" on the network--an administrator can easily project the impact of additional or replacement equipment, as well as the performance of new applications on an actual network, or even layout an entirely new "network." LC Benchmark can also capture the data from a network into custom DPM and APM modules. Because the capture option draws on the actual performance for a specific node, these custom modules effectively emulate how a "real" node would perform. A single-site license for LC Benchmark is $1,995 and the optional library modules begin at $99. LC Benchmark will become generally available April 1992 through major resellers and distributors. The library modules are available directly through Dolphin Networks. The minimum system requirements include an IBM PC/XT/AT or 100% compatible, 640 KBytes of RAM. 2 megabytes of available storage on a local hard disk, and a network interface card (NIC). CGA, EGA and VGA video is supported. and a color monitor is suggested. 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