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Ipswitch, Inc. Announces Worldwide Availability of WhatsUp® Gold v12

Building on Over 15 Years of Network Management Excellence, New WhatsUp Gold Product Family Offers Unprecedented Functionality with Scalability from the SMB to the Enterprise

Lexington, MA – May 22, 2008 – Ipswitch, Inc.’s Network Management division, the leading developer of network management software, announced today the immediate availability of WhatsUp Gold Version 12 Standard, Premium, Distributed and MSP Editions. WhatsUp Gold product family enhancements includea number of new features that enable true real-time monitoring of network devices and add configurable reports to allow up-to-the-second intelligence about and visibility into monitored systems or devices. Additional updates give WhatsUp Gold far more scalability, functionality and capabilities than point products aimed at small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), with pricing that is often many times lower than competitors’ enterprise-class network management solutions.

Warner Music Italy, a division of Warner Music Group, which handles globally recognized record labels in the music industry including Atlantic, Warner Bros and Rhino, has been successfully trialing WhatsUp Gold Version 12 across its operations.

"As a leading music publisher, it is important for us to be on song when it comes to understanding our complex network," explains Warner Music Italy IT Manager, Claudio Rivabene. "We found Ipswitch's WhatsUp Gold version 12 to be the number one solution to help us manage and monitor our whole infrastructure spanning between Milan, Rome and Athens."

WhatsUp Gold v12 Key Feature Highlights:

  • Split Second Graphs in Workspace Reports – configurable, real-time data graphs, gauges or task manager formats can now be added into any workspace view.
  • Real-time Data in Full Reports – 13 new real-time reports can be added to full reports, including graphs updated continuously with current information. Real-time data can be paired with historical data to give users a 360o perspective of the combined information.
  • InstantInfo – device usage data is now available in real time throughout workspace views and dashboards by simply hovering the cursor over device links (e.g. hard drive names or network interfaces).
  • Web Task Manager and Web Performance Monitor – new Web-based network tools extend the functionality of familiar Windows tools to every device user’s monitor in real time - even for devices that do not run Windows.

For a complete list of all 20 new features in WhatsUp Gold v12, visit: www.whatsupgold.com/products/

“Never before have network administrators had the power to monitor their critical systems in real time,” said Ennio Carboni, Vice President of Sales for Ipswitch Network Management. “WhatsUp Gold v12 gives users the unprecedented capability to analyze network performance issues with detailed graphs and reports, updated second by second. This instant information is indispensable in diagnosing transient or intermittent conditions.”

About WhatsUp Gold - Know Your Network

Ipswitch™, Inc.’s network management division, the developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative network management solutions, manages thousands of networks worldwide. Built on a scalable architecture offering automated network discovery and network mapping, real-time network monitoring (including SNMP monitoring and WMI monitoring), and versatile alerting, notification, and reporting functionality, WhatsUp Gold provides intelligent and easy to use, extensive network management that goes beyond simple device availability and delivers comprehensive troubleshooting. Recently, Ipswitch, Inc. acquired Dorian Software Creations, Inc., the leader in providing complete, easy-to-use solutions for Windows Security Event Management (SEM) and Log Management for small businesses and enterprise-level organizations.

WhatsUp Gold scales from the small business to the large enterprise, and its functionality extends with additional plug-in modules: WhatsUp Gold WhatsConnected™ for Layer 2/Layer 3 discovery, mapping and visualization; WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor and WhatsUp Gold Flow Publisher for network bandwidth utilization monitoring; WhatsUp Gold WhatsConfigured for automated Network Configuration and Change Management; and WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor for precise measurement of a converged network’s ability to provide the quality of service (QoS) necessary for VoIP. To learn more about WhatsUp Gold, download a free trial or to make a purchase visit: http://www.whatsupgold.com/products/download/

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