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EventTracker version 6 launches; offers unprecedented log analysis flexibility and scalability for large geographically dispersed enterprises

(Oct 08, 2007)-- Prism Microsystems announced the availability of EventTracker 6.0 – the latest version of its pioneering enterprise event management solution that enables ‘logging in depth’ for complete compliance, security and network visibility. This new release delivers major architectural and performance enhancements, more powerful analysis features, and an enhanced reports console that provides audit-friendly workflows for a pain-free compliance audit.

EventTracker 6.0 is a major evolution of Prism’s log management solution and has been developed after extensive research on customer behavior and requirements. A key feature of the new version is the ‘Collection Point’ architecture that offers optimal scalability for geographically dispersed enterprises to efficiently collect and report on logs generated at all locations - it allows for local monitoring and analysis of critical systems as well as a global enterprise-wide view of trends for compliance purposes.

“EventTracker 6.0 sets a new benchmark for flexibility and scalability in a log management solution and greatly extends the software’s enterprise-class capabilities” says Steve Lafferty, VP of Marketing, Prism Microsystems Inc. “Not only does it collect and analyze log data in real-time from all sources within an organization, it also provides insight into all corners of a global enterprise – critical in today’s highly regulated environment.”

Additional Version 6.0 enhancements include:
Extended device support: EventTracker version 6.0 is Vista logo certification ready and supports both XML and 2003.evt event formats. It is also OPSEC certified and integrated with Checkpoint products.

Enhanced analysis engine: EventTracker version 6.0 offers powerful refine options making it easier to filter through mountains of log data to quickly drill down on critical events for security forensic analysis. Filters can be applied using over 500 pre-defined rules, regular expressions or simple queries.

Integrated compliance workflows: The reporting console has been completely redesigned with features that help establish appropriate audit-trails for demonstrating compliance. The solution allows IT staff to review automatically generated reports and sign-off on them in a tamper resistant manner. With read-only electronic access to reports, auditors are able to easily review the sign-off and associated comments to establish adherence to review processes.

Rapid Reporting: The new version delivers up to 30% faster report generation and significant performance improvements. When a report is requested, a new feature gives a time estimate to generate the report and the result size of the requested report prior to generation. This enables users to tailor their queries if the result set is too general prior to generating an enormous and potential useless report or a report that contains no data.

There are a number of preconfigured reports that have been added to the over 1000 pre-existing templates, including an enterprise-wide view of disk storage usage, with trending.Intuitive user interface/console: In version 6, the entire user interface has been redesigned and delivers an intuitive experience based on the MMC (Microsoft Management Console) V3.

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