2003-02-10.6

Posted on Monday, February 10, 2003 08:06 AM -0500

LINMOR Releases NEBULA® PM 6.3 and Offers Network Professionals a 30-Day Free Trial of NEBULA® Evaluation

NEBULA 6.3 Now Has Enhanced GUI and Performance Management Features

OTTAWA, Ont. - February 10, 2003 - LINMOR Inc. [TSX:LIR], today announced the general availability of NEBULA PM 6.3, the next generation of the NEBULA Performance Monitor suite that empowers network professionals to proactivelymanage and optimize network performance while reducing operating and capital expenditures. Significant enhancements include an upgraded web-based user interface, improved collection capabilities from non-SNMP based datasources, and the ability to deliver solutions on Linux-based appliances.

LINMOR is also announcing a new program for network professionals who would like to validate NEBULA's outstanding ROI and try it without risk. LINMOR is offering NEBULA Evaluation, a 30-day free trial of NEBULA. NEBULA Evaluation provides an easy way to automatically discover network devices, use basic performance monitoring functionality, isolate and analyze network hot-spots, and perform a quick analysis of network performance.

"EMA research has validated ROI with LINMOR's NEBULA ranging from more than400% to more than 1200% ROI over three years with a blended ROI of 880%," said Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, Enterprise Management Associates. "It's important to note that NEBULA's value is multidimensional - from saving and optimizing in WAN utilization, to improved time to train administrators, to improved communication and problem resolution forservicing customer/users. NEBULA's robust functionality for large, complex networked environments shows strong upside for initial investment."

NEBULA Evaluation - Free for 30 Days and Packed with Value
NEBULA Evaluation, a free 30-day download, allows both service providers and enterprises to experience how NEBULA PM - LINMOR's flagship performance management solution - can impact their business. NEBULA Evaluation provides basic performance management functionality including network topology discovery, web-based real-time and historical reporting, hot-spot polling to analyze problem areas, and common pre-configured reports to identify overand under utilized assets. It supports any SNMP MIB-II device and has a fully configurable, fault-tolerant data store. The valuable information delivered by NEBULA Evaluation can be customized and easily distributed.

Enhanced Web-Based User Interface
With NEBULA PM 6.3's enhanced web-based user interface, networkprofessionals can easily discover their entire network inventory, generate real-time and historical reports, and be alerted to potential network outages before they occur.

Improved Non-SNMP Data Collection
NEBULA PM's improved data collection infrastructure enables networkprofessionals to configure NEBULA to collect data from a wide variety of non-SNMP based data sources such as applications, servers, or devices with ASCII command line or TL1 interfaces.

Delivery on Linux-Based Appliance
LINMOR can now deliver NEBULA solutions on a Linux-based platform which simplifies NEBULA's initial installation and configuration while making the day-to-day operations easier and more cost effective - giving NEBULA customers a much larger potential ROI.

"For the NEBULA PM 6.3 release, we focused on driving the cost out of network management for network professionals. We significantly reduced the cost of implementation for the enterprise market, we increased the breadth of data collection for the service provider market, and we reduced the costs of day-to-day operations for all our customers," said James Cragg, CEO of LINMOR. "For companies that want to reduce their network performance risk and avoid a network crisis that often results in high customer churn, NEBULA is the proven, affordable solution with a validated ROI."

Availability and Technical Requirements for NEBULA PM 6.3 and NEBULA Evaluation
NEBULA PM 6.3 and NEBULA Evaluation is available for Solaris (version 7 and 8) or Linux (Red Hat 6.2, 7.2 and 7.3). It has a browser based user interface compatible with Netscape Navigator (v4.7+) or Microsoft's Internet Explorer (v5.0+) with an installed Java Run-Time Environment (JRE v1.3.1).

NEBULA PM 6.3 is available today. NEBULA Evaluation is available now for free download at www.linmor.com.

About LINMOR
LINMOR Technologies' NEBULA® suite is the premier Linux(tm)-powered performance management and service assurance solution that solves the IT infrastructure management problem by empowering enterprises and service providers to optimize their network performance, prevent outages, andcatalogue their entire network inventory. NEBULA delivers hard dollar results that include decreased operational costs and deferred capitalexpenditures. LINMOR can show customers a complete payback in as little as six months. LINMOR customers include AT&T, TELUS, and Cable and Wireless. Founded in 1994, LINMOR trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol LIR. For more information, visit www.linmor.com.

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