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Maxum Development Ships PageSentry and PageSentry Pro 2.1,
now Monitoring all your Internet Servers
Maxum Announces PageSentry for Windows to Ship Early Second Quarter
Internet World, Los Angeles, CA, March 12, 1997 — Maxum Development
Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server add-on tools,
today announced the shipment of PageSentry-tm 2.1 and PageSentry Pro-tm
2.1.
In addition, Maxum announced they will be shipping a Windows version of
PageSentry in early second quarter. PageSentry for Windows will provide
users the same features as the Macintosh version. A beta of the Windows
version is available today on Maxum’s Web site at:
http://www.maxum.com/PageSentry
Maxum’s set of Internet server monitors allow customers to maintain
reliable Internet services seven days a week, 24 hours a day. In addition
to Web site monitoring, PageSentry 2.1 and PageSentry Pro 2.1, provide
monitoring for FTP, SMTP (e-mail), DNS, and Telnet services as well.
PageSentry and PageSentry Pro use these high-level client services to test
the whole server operation, not just the low-level networking functions.
PageSentry Pro allows a total of 100 Sentries to monitor multiple server
sites such as: large enterprise and Internet service providers. PageSentry
is designed to meet the needs of departmental or small enterprise server
monitoring.
“We have tried to anticipate all possible concerns of the system
administrator,” says Michael Clark, Director of Engineering for Maxum
Development. “including a more intuitive interface and tremendous
flexibility in configuration.”
It is an Internet imperative to provide visitors with reliable access
seven days a week, 24 hours a day to a Web site. Keeping their servers up
and running is the Webmaster’s top priority. When a server fails,
PageSentry will notify anyone specified by e-mail or by using any
AppleEvent-aware application, including AppleScript-tm applets. For
example, PageSentry includes applications for sending alpha-numeric pages
(using MarkSpace’s PageNow! software, available direct from Maxum) or
automatically restarting servers (using Sophisticated Circuit’s PowerKey
Pro-tm hardware, also available direct from Maxum). Schedules and back up
notifications can also be set to define what actions should be taken at
different times of the day or days of the week. For example, PageSentry
might send an e-mail or page during business hours, but automatically
restart the server in the evening or on the week end. PageSentry also
monitors itself via a “pulse”, which can also be sent to the site
administrator. This ensures around-the-clock access of Internet services
to users.
“This new version greatly extends PageSentry’s effectiveness”, according
to Joe Duffy, Manager -Technology and Tools, Baxter Healthcare. “Now I have
a complete solution to monitoring all aspects of our global Internet
infrastructure”.
Current license holders of both, PageSentry and PageSentry Pro, can
download the upgrade by coming to Maxum’s We site http://www.maxum.com/
PageSentry Pro retails for $349 and PageSentry retails for $149.00 new
customers can order by either visiting http://www.maxum.com/ or by calling
Maxum Development at (630) 830-1113.
Maxum Development is a leading developer of commercial World Wide Web
server tools for Macintosh. Maxum’s Eddy award winning NetCloak was the
first commercial tools for Macintosh-based WWW servers, and Maxum has
continued to innovate with the addition of Net Forms, PageSentry, Phantom,
WebLock, RushHour and the Personal Web server to be integrated in the Mac
OS. All Maxum products are designed to enhance the function and
performance of Web sites by making them dynamic, interactive, reliable,
secure, fast and accessible.
Maxum, the Maxum logo, NetCloak, NetForms, PageSentry, WebLock, Phantom,
RushHour and the MaxumPack are trademarks of Maxum Development Corp. Other
product and corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
other companies, and are used only for explanation and to the owners’
benefit, without intent to infringe.
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