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<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>I am not sure if anyone can
help - I have been reading through the documentation on the web site - but I
don't want to unfairly critic the application just because I have not run across
the information yet. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>I have a list of
requirements that need to be met and I was hoped someone with more expert
knowledge of <SPAN class=842083818-20092007>Hobbit</SPAN> can tell me
whether it meets these requirements or not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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width=363 height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Auto-discovery of
inventory</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Comprehensive Monitoring
data</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Live View of monitored
instances</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Major Enterprise Application
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Alert generation and
notification</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>support MS platforms, UNIX
(Linux, Solaris),MAC</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>VMware
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web-based server
configuration</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Enterprise edition
(license+support cost)</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Online
Documentation</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web-based GUI
presentation</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Secured data
communication</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Graphical representation of data
collected</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web login authentication
required</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Alarm threshold
configuration</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Networking device
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>High availability (Cluster
capability)</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Logical
grouping</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Robustness and
Scalability</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Root cause
analysis</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Event/log
tracking</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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height=24><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Plug-ins</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank in Advance for
any information you can provide! We will be using the monitor for UNIX
(Sun, HP, Linux, True64), Windows, VMS systems and
emulators.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sese (Adelaide)
Elmer</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>UNIX and VMS Systems
Administrator<BR></FONT><A title=mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com
href="BLOCKED::mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com"><FONT
title=mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com face=Arial
size=2>Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com</FONT></A></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sese (Adelaide)
Elmer</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>UNIX and VMS Systems
Administrator<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com</FONT></A></DIV></DIV>
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