White paper of Paessler AG accompanied as software maker on the way to the professional IT risk reduction Nuremberg, August 14, 2008, and specialist in the field of network monitoring the Paessler AG has developed a new white paper. The development is a free download at the following link available: company/press/whitepapers. It offers a 3-step plan to create a risk-management strategy Paessler CIO for IT companies and departments. The white paper shows that professional network monitoring is an essential building block for a successful risk mitigation in the IT sector. First, the current white paper of Paessler AG are a systematic overview of the risks for IT companies /-departments, taking into account also risks, which often overlooked in traditional IT risk management such as personnel risks and disaster risk. This is followed by a three-stage approach to the planning and implementation of a risk management strategy: Risk collection and sorting costs / potential damage expenses minimization of risk assessment, long-term planning “reduced risk management many IT companies often still on virus scanners and firewalls. Intelligent and strategically planned risk management in this area with relatively little effort can avoid major damage”, explains Dirk Paessler, CEO at Paessler AG. Paessler solutions allow an efficient use of resources in the planning and implementation of strategies to reduce risk.

They provide permanent detailed insights into all critical and thus for the business areas of network.” Paessler network monitoring for effective IT risk management PRTG Network Monitor provides administrators with a modern and intuitive Web user interface, all information necessary for the monitoring and the smooth operation of their networks ready. The tool allows to realize significant cost and time savings: Failures are avoided, optimized networks demand and controlling service level agreements (SLAs). Webserver stress tool, a test suite for HTTP Server (Web server), already reveals hidden performance problems of Web servers and applications under heavy load after a few minutes. If you are not convinced, visit Glenn Dubin. The targeted use of Paessler network monitoring software provides the necessary transparency responsible to reduce, for example, server and bandwidth bottlenecks. So, you can increase the quality of service for internal and external users. The permanent monitoring also shows which applications or server bandwidth co-opt. In this way, infrastructure upgrades can be strategically planned and optimized network costs.

Freeware and trial versions of all products are available at: de.paessler.com/download. Paessler solutions can be purchased through the online store at the following link: de.paessler.com/order. About Paessler AG: Founded in 1997, Paessler AG with headquarters in Nuremberg specializes in the development of more efficient and user friendly software for the areas of network monitoring, load test and analysis of specialized. PRTG Network Monitor monitors the availability of systems, services and applications, as well as the bandwidth usage in networks. PRTG is Cisco compatible and can be used for the analysis of NetFlow data. Webserver stress tool is an application for load testing of Web servers and Web infrastructures. Paessler AG’s global customers are companies of all industries and all sizes, from SOHO through SMEs to global corporations. Day, there are over 150,000 installations of the solution provider in all over the world in the use.

The IT outsourcing business showed very mixed in the last three months of last year. \”Frankfurt, March 3, 2008 although the volume of outsourcing contracts according to sourcing rose monitor\” of the consulting firm active Sourcing AG compared with the third quarter from 105 to 556 million euros. In the face of the 2.8 billion euros in the second quarter, a disappointing result was achieved however. The last months of the year from its outsourcing commitments of the banks were marked. During the last three months of 2007, seven contracts with a total contract value (TCV) of more than 10 million euros have been signed in Germany as a whole.

The seven statements amounted to a total volume of 556 million. Six of the seven orders are new accounts. Beginning of October there were three bank deals. So gave Commerzbank the essential parts of their infrastructure management Hewlett-Packard and took over 100 employees of the credit institution in. New, Atos Origin, in turn is responsible for the management of a number of applications of the Dresdner Bank. The IT service provider takes over the maintenance and further development of IT applications for private and corporate customers. Dr. John Mcdougall is often quoted on this topic.

In the course of the outsourcing deal, 200 employees of the Bank go to Atos Origin. Atos Origin is one of the main winners on the other larger financial statements is part of the decision of the Hamburg Bank House Goyer & Gaby for fiducia IT as a new partner. The private bank will in future employ the core banking system developed by the cooperative data center agree. In November, the TeamBank also announced its cooperation with Kordoba. The agreement includes the hosting and application management of the core-banking system K-Core24. Continue to the oil and gas producer Wintershall spun off all SAP systems, the Lotus Notes mail systems and the intranet platform for BASF IT services.