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Nastel Releases jKool Performance Monitor for J2EE Applications

Posted on: Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 09:00 CDT

MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Nastel Technologies, a leading global provider of performance monitoring and automation software for enterprise composite applications, today announced the general availability of the AutoPilot jKool(TM) Performance Monitor. The jKool Performance Monitor provides click-stream level visibility into the performance of any J2EE and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application running in a J2EE environment to enable rapid detection and resolution of any performance problems.

"With the proliferation of J2EE and SOA applications, our customers tell us that they need end-to-end real time visibility into the performance of their web-based transactions that flow through the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) up to legacy systems," said David Mavashev, CEO of Nastel. "It is important to effectively monitor performance and rapidly identify potential performance bottlenecks to ensure high availability and reliability of their business processes. We created jKool explicitly to meet that need, to help them minimize the risk of application performance degradations disrupting their business."

About jKool

jKool gives users a detailed click-by-click view of every application transaction process. jKool utilizes a unique time-based approach to performance monitoring and user activity tracking, treating every individual user's transaction flow as a discreet session. It traces the click-stream from beginning to end within the context of that user session, measuring the code path traversed by a user from Servlet through back end down to the number of milliseconds spent in each piece of application code. It also logs each user session historically, creating a comprehensive record of critical performance metrics such as response times and exceptions.

As a result, jKool allows users to see performance metrics in real time to troubleshoot problems instantly, or view a clear picture of exactly what was happening at any specific day and time to spot performance-affecting anomalies, trends and conditions. With its low-overhead design and out-of-the- box functionality, this makes jKool ideal for trouble-shooting applications in development and QA as well as tracking them in live production environments to reduce labor-intensive troubleshooting and costly maintenance post-deployment.

jKool's Key Features * Shows complete user click stream through web-based J2EE and SOA applications * Measures web-based transaction performance end to end * Provides real-time and historical point-in-time views on demand * Drills down to JMS, JDBC, method calls, servlets and sessions * Creates custom queries to locate sessions that exceed user-specified thresholds * Supports WebLogic, WebSphere Application Server and JBoss * Integrates seamlessly with Nastel AutoPilot for rules-based correlation and dynamic event generation Packaged to Meet User Needs

Nastel offers different jKool packages designed to meet diverse user needs.

jKool Trial version: A complimentary trial version designed for people who would like to evaluate the tool is available for download at jKool download registration (http://www.nastel.com/index.php?mod=page&ctg=109).

jKool Professional Edition -- The Professional Edition package monitors WebLogic and WebSphere Application Servers. It features server and servlets monitoring, support for JMS, JDBC and Java methods and SQL databases Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL. It includes centralized access for monitoring multiple applications and servers, full performance history, custom queries and security and permission control. It is ideal for performance tuning pre-deployment as well as performance management in production environments.

jKool Enterprise Edition -- The Enterprise Edition package powered by Nastel's AutoPilot technology provides all of the powerful features and capabilities of the Professional Edition package. Enterprise Edition also offers a convenient web-based graphical dashboard, integration with popular Enterprise System Management (ESM) platforms, user-definable data correlation, alerting and notification controls, and business rule-based monitoring. Enterprise Edition is fully integrated with Nastel's powerful AutoPilot Suite.

About the AutoPilot Enterprise solution

Nastel's AutoPilot Enterprise is an Application Performance Monitoring Suite that currently helps companies around the world save millions by ensuring the high availability and reliability of business-critical processes. Nastel's production-proven solution combines high level transaction monitoring and tracking with deeply granular sub-system management capabilities and on- demand deep-dive diagnostics into the underlying middleware infrastructure at the first sign of a potential performance anomaly or bottleneck. AutoPilot's flexible service oriented architecture (SOA) and library of plug-and-play modules for monitoring a wide array of technology systems, including TIBCO EMS, Oracle Database, SQL Database, IBM WebSphere MQ and Business Integrator, JMX, SNMP, SAP, DataStage and BizTalk, and its tight integration with Hewlett Packard's OpenView, allow companies to customize a complete monitoring solution that addresses the explicit needs of their unique IT environment.

With the addition of jKool, Nastel's AutoPilot Enterprise solution provides a single view of the truth for cross-functional IT organizations including application development and support, IT operations, enterprise architects and middleware teams. AutoPilot with jKool measures performance, tracks transactions, monitors operational resources and manages middleware platforms from the front end J2EE applications through the back end to the mainframes.

About Nastel

Nastel is a pioneer in application performance monitoring and management solutions that enable businesses to ensure the high availability and reliability of business-critical applications. Nastel's AutoPilot Enterprise Suite provides a real-time graphical dashboard displaying transaction flows end-to-end, with point-and-click drill down and automated self-healing capabilities. Global 2000-sized companies, including some of the world's largest banks, financial institutions, retail chains, and insurance companies rely on AutoPilot to ensure smooth, uninterrupted business operations. Nastel is a privately held company headquartered in New York, with offices in the U.S., Italy and the UK and a network of integration partners throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. For more information, visit Nastel's website at http://www.nastel.com/ .

Nastel, Nastel AutoPilot and jKool are wholly owned trademarks of Nastel Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other company and product names may be the property of their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only.

Nastel

CONTACT: Kathleen Rohrecker of Nastel, +1-631-761-9157, orkrohrecker@nastel.com

Web site: http://www.nastel.com/http://www.nastel.com/index.php?mod=page&ctg=109

Source: PRNewswire

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