Although many companies have little control over many of the monkey wrenches that can be thrown into a network, some problems herald their development by sending out early-warning signs. For example, as applications are added, utilization often starts to creep up until it reaches a point where response time is impaired. Catching and correcting incidents like this before they become full-blown problems enables the network to run more smoothly, which, in turn, keeps users happier and frees network engineers to deal with other incipient problems as they arise.

Until recently, we thought enterprise management platforms (especially for the large company) could adequately handle the task of gathering information and reporting on the pertinent network statistics. XCS, Inc. decided the time had come to look closely at products and services that perform trend analysis and reporting with in a small to medium sized business.

The "Watchdog Network Administration and Monitoring System" (or W.N.A.M.S. for short) is an intelligent network performance monitoring and administration service that regularly monitors and administers network environments. Most companies and government agencies rely on a Network Administrator or Consultant to handle their day to day. In most cases, these organizations cannot afford to hire an additional computer professional because of the alarming rate salaries are climbing for talented computer professionals. This is the W.N.A.M. System can assist in the functions of most organizations.

The W.N.A.M. System has the following features:

Advanced Problem Detection and Notification 24 hours a day.

The W.N.A.M. System monitors an organizations complete network environment with a range of monitoring functions that provide advanced warning of critical failures and security breaches. XCS, Inc. can administrate any set policies or procedures the organization has set for the specific problem. In most cases of a critical failure, XCS, Inc. will be aware of the problem before the organization would know the problem existed.

Advanced Preventive Maintenance.

The W.N.A.M. System allows XCS, Inc. to perform routine preventive maintenance task automatically to cut the cost of expensive repair problems. Many tasks such as system backups, file updates, hardware and software inventory, and other automated jobs can be initiated outside of normal business working hours.

Assist in Day to Day Operations

XCS, Inc. can assist in the day to day operations of an organization business and employee needs by offering the following services:

Setup Accounting System for Manufacturing Companies, Retail and Government providing:

• Account Payables
• Account Receivables
  
• General Ledger
  
• Human Resource
  
• Bill of Materials
  
• Inventory
  

Providing E-commerce (Business to Consumer), E-Business (Business to Business) and Internet Solutions (VPN, On-line Sales Solutions, Security, Network Monitoring)

• Create User Account
• Create logon scripts
  
• Set Up E-mail
  

Set up Exchange mailbox, including address book information.
Add user to default distribution list and any other distribution lists.

Create User Shared Folder

• Create a shared folder in Users Shared Folders (shared as Users).
• Folder name is username.
  
• Owner is an administrator.
  
• Set Security Permissions on Shares
  
• Set directory permissions on shared folders, shared printers, and shared fax printers.
  

Internet Access

• Grant access to Winsock Proxy Protocol: Unlimited Access
• Web Proxy Protocols: FTP Read, Gopher, WWW, Secure
  

W W.N.A.M. provides important information for network planning. Any variable can be graphed since the beginning of data collection to map trends and plan for future growth. The graphical display format shows very clearly where performance problems originate (ie. Do I need another server, or more bandwidth?). In the event of a network outage, W.N.A.M. can be vital to your troubleshooting efforts.

W.N.A.M includes all status monitoring and alerting services of your company.

W.N.A.M can poll and store the following information from:

Routers

• Interface utilization
• CPU utilization
  
• Uptime
  
• Interface errors
  

Servers

• CPU utilization
• Uptime
  
• Number of users logged on
  
• Number of processes running
  

Security

• Intrusion Detection and mounting on E-commerce Sites, E-business Sites and company internal servers.
• Firewall protection.