ARGENT SOFTWARE

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ARGENT

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Argent – Company Overview

• Argent Software is one of the world's leading systems management software companies.

• Argent's primary product lines include monitoring and alerting, data consolidation, batch job scheduling, and web site analysis solutions.

• Argent was founded in 1991, is privately held, and has no venture money.

• Argent has over 200 employees in 13 offices and facilities worldwide.

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World Wide Offices

USA

• California

• Illinois

• New York

• Texas

• New Hampshire

• Connecticut

• North Carolina

•Washington DC

India

• Trivandrum

EMEA

• London

Canada

• Toronto

China

• Hong Kong

Australia

• Melbourne

Mexico

• Mexico City

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Technical Services

Argent Engineers and Technicians • All are Argent Certified Professionals • Microsoft Certified Professionals• Consultants are Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers

Argent Support • Telephone Support is available 24/7/365 days a year.• A qualified Argent Engineer can assist you with implementation,

training and consulting services.• Field engineers are readily available for onsite visits simply

arranged for your convenience. • Attend training at Argent University in our Connecticut HQ.• Regional Users Conferences, Worldwide.• Argent Newsgroups - Online forum at www.Argent.com

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Argent Console

A Family of Integrated Products…• Specialized Monitors For All Servers, Applications and Devices

• All Sending Alerts To The Argent Console

ArgentSQL Monitor

ArgentExchange Monitor

ArgentGuardian

Argent Extended Technology

Customer Applications

ArgentWMI Monitor

ArgentSNMP Monitor

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Argent Console

Your Web Site

Your Windows Application

Your Legacy Application

Your Application Can Be Interfaced To The Argent Console

• COM Object Interface

• XML Interface

ASP-based Internet Applications Can Generate Alerts

VB & C++ Windows Applications Can Generate Alerts

Any Application That Can Write a Text File Can Generate Alerts

An Open System

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Agent Optional Architecture You choose which servers to have local agents

and which servers to monitor remotely.

Install Monitoring Agents On Every Server.

Install Agents On Just Some Of Your Servers.

Install Monitoring Software On Just One Server.Monitor Everything Else Remotely.

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Protected by U.S. Patent # 6,483,813

Unique Flexibility

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Monitor The Rest Remotely.

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Argent Extended Technology

Argent ConsoleArgent Console ®®

• Displays events from All Argent products.

• Open technology displays events from in-house and third-party solutions.

• 14 Alerts ranging from:• SMS• Network Message Alerts

And corrective action alerts such as: • Service Alerts• System Command Alerts

• Full support for third-party products such as Remedy.

• Graphical event and health display with Enterprise Application View and SuperMaps.

• Pager• Email

• Reboot Alerts• SQL Alerts

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• Complete monitoring of ALL platforms • Windows• All UNIX• All SNMP-Compliant Devices.

• The world’s most scalable monitoring and alerting solution for enterprises with 10 to 10,000 servers.

• Unique ability to monitor your servers with or without installing agents.

Argent GuardianArgent Guardian

Argent Extended Technology

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Argent Extended Technology

Argent Data ConsolidatorArgent Data Consolidator ®®

• Robust and scalable consolidation of all data.

• Management’s answer for Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA requirements.

• Consolidates 200x events:• Windows 200x Event Logs• Unix ASCII Logs• Novell Logs • E-Mail Systems• Third-Party and In-House Systems• Custom Applications

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Argent Extended Technology

Argent Predictor Argent Predictor ®®

• Extensive set of pre-defined and customizable reports.

• Reports viewed by either a Windows GUI or web browser.

• Reports can be automatically generated and distributed.

• Custom reports can be created using Crystal Reports or VB OCX controls.

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Argent DefenderArgent Defender

Additional Product Range

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• Sophisticated stress testing and analysis product.

• Allows users to test web sites and intranet applications completely.

• Performance reports automatically emailed when and where necessary.

• Stay updated with application content verification checks.

• Mimic human users using Unique Personality Profiles for realistic testing.

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Argent Job SchedulerArgent Job Scheduler

Additional Product Range

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• Sophisticated batch job scheduling system for Windows NT/2000, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, iSeries and Linux.

• Providing mainframe capabilities on today’s client-server architecture.

• Installation takes under 60 seconds, and no reboot is required. 

• Prevent unauthorized access; submit jobs securely within restrictions given to each individual user.

• Complete File and ODBC Dependency support.

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Our Strategy

Supports in-depth monitoring

Support all platforms

• Windows NT• Windows 200x• Solaris

• HP-UX• AIX• Linux

• Services • Event Log Rules• Processes• Daemons

• IIS, Exchange and SQL Server • Performance Objects• Oracle

• TRU64• Novell• iSeries

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Customer Specific RequirementsCustomer Specific Requirements• Rule Sets• Reporting

Future Proof TechnologyMicrosoftMicrosoft

• Windows 2000 evolution, .Net, 2003, etc• Back Office Applications, SQL, IIS, Exchange etc

Active DirectoryActive Directory• Full Support, No additional modules required

Help Desk IntegrationHelp Desk Integration• Full Support for standard interfaces• SNMP, E-Mail, Telnet, Flat Text Files

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Government

Over 1,300 customers worldwide

                                 

                                    

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Finance & Insurance

Over 1,300 customers worldwideOver 1,300 customers worldwide

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Manufacturing

Over 1,300 customers worldwide

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Medical, Technical, & Utilities

Over 1,300 customers worldwide

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www.Argent.com