Boston Celtics Make Cittio WatchTower Most Valuable Player In Network & System Monitoring

Released 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
front-office management, ensuring its connection to ticketing servers, providing game strategy and draft information to coaching staff and driving communication with employees, business partners and fans.

"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
also a big plus. For us, going with WatchTower was a slam dunk."

"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
environments from a central Web-based console. With CITTIO WatchTower, Wessel and his staff will be able to proactively manage potential network issues and also intelligently plan network capacity.

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
potential draft profiles as well as review coaching strategies¯and the WAN connections that support e-mail service.

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
network data center. The unique monitoring capabilities of WatchTower, coupled with powerful automation technology, provide IT managers and network technicians alike with a simple and complete solution for datacenter management. CITTIO's customers include industry-leading companies such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Hawaii, Capitol Advantage, National Parks Conservation Association, The Gymboree Corporation, Truckee Meadows Water Authority, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. For more information, please visit the CITTIO Web site www.cittio.com.

Web Site = http://www.cittio.com

Contact Details = 80 Tehama St.
San Francisco, CA 94110