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Boston Celtics Make Cittio WatchTower Most Valuable Player In Network & System MonitoringReleased on = August 22, 2005, 4:41 pm Press Release Author = Robyn Fernsworth Industry = Computers Press Release Summary = Boston Celtics Choose the Most effective Network and System Monitoring Solution Available: Cittio located in San Francisco. Press Release Body = MANAGEMENT TAKES CENTER COURT IN MONITORING THREE KEY NETWORKS SAN FRANCISCO,
August 22, 2005 - CITTIO Inc., the innovation leader in network
monitoring and operations software, announced today that it has
signed an agreement with the 16-time world champion Boston Celtics
to deploy WatchTower 2.4TM to power the team's network monitoring
activities. The Celtics' IT organization is vital to "Technology
plays a huge role in our success on all levels," said Jay Wessel,
senior director of technology at the Boston Celtics. "We need
to keep fans up-to-date and maintain the integrity of the databases
coaches access daily. The Boston Celtics needs court vision, so
to speak, without the high price tag or complexity of many solutions
on the market. WatchTower's ability to run on UNIX and Linux servers
is "The CITTIO team and I are thrilled to be part of the core infrastructure that drives such a great team. The Celtics have been around since 1946 and have achieved success by not standing still, either on the court or in the front office," said Jamie Lerner, CEO of CITTIO. "The organization has enthusiastically embraced technology throughout its history, and though it is not as large as many major U.S. corporations, it still has the same compelling needs for up-time operation, accountability and ease-of-use." CITTIO WatchTower at the Boston Celtics Prior to selecting
CITTIO WatchTower, Celtics IT used a product that did not allow
staff to effectively monitor network performance or extract performance-specific
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) metrics. Like many multi-tasking
IT executives, Jay Wessel was interested in acquiring enterprise-class
capabilities, including the ability to closely follow the operation
of three key, distributed On a day-to-day
basis, WatchTower will enable Celtics IT to track the performance
of 75 network nodes. These nodes encompass ticketing servers, an
important component of revenue realization, video servers--which
allow coaching staff to develop player and About CITTIO, Inc. CITTIO, Inc.
(formerly JJ Labs) is the innovation leader in network monitoring
and operations software. Based on a 100 percent Java architecture,
only WatchTower delivers a fully bundled software solution, including
a Web server, an embedded database, and a management portal, providing
complete functionality for operating a Web Site = http://www.cittio.com Contact Details
= 80 Tehama St.
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