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applications already in use across the distributed operation; and provides a customizable Web dash-
board that serves as a Web page proxy for applications and other Web sites.
3.7.4.4.1.4 Tivoli Netcool/Reporter Tivoli Netcool/Reporter captures, analyzes, and presents event data
generated over various timeframes. It provides IT managers with long-term, retrospective information
about the behavior of devices, links, and services within their networks and presents data generated over
time in meaningful reports.
3.7.4.4.1.5 Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition (formerly Netcool/Precision IP) The Tivoli Network
Manager IP Edition provides the network visibility needed to visualize and manage complex networks.
It can be used to collect and distribute Layer 2 and Layer 3 network data and to build and maintain
knowledge about physical and logical network connectivity. In addition, it provides physical, port-to-
port connectivity between devices and captures logical connectivity information, including virtual pri-
vate network (VPN), virtual local area network, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), frame relay, and
multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) services.
3.7.4.4.1.6 Tivoli Network Manager Transmission Edition (formerly Netcool/Precision TN) The Tivoli
Network Manager Transmission Edition can be used to collect and distribute layered network data and
build and maintain knowledge about physical and logical network connectivity. It assists in visualizing
and managing complex networks—and, more importantly, the services they deliver—efficiently and
effectively. Also, it provides valuable advanced fault correlation and diagnosis capabilities, includes real-
time root-cause analysis to help operations personnel quickly identify the source of network faults and
resolve problems, and delivers highly accurate, real-time information on network connectivity, avail-
ability, performance, usage, and inventory.

3.7.4.4.1.7 Netcool/Proviso Netcool/Proviso (formerly a product of Quallaby, which was acquired by
Micromuse) provides a complete view of service quality and usage for both operations and custom-
ers, enabling them to proactively avoid problems or detect and rapidly resolve them. Informative, on-
demand reports help operations and engineering improve service quality and reduce operating costs.
Netcool/Proviso’s flexibility and scalability have been proven in service provider deployments, particu-
larly in next-generation IP network and OSS consolidation projects, allowing service providers to offer
value-added reports to their customers.
Netcool/Proviso’s consolidated, service-centric reports of network resource, server, and application
performance illustrate the business and service effects of problems while making it easy to drill down to
individual resources and service paths for troubleshooting. On-demand detailed trend reports, second-
by-second real-time monitoring, and proactive forecast reports provide the context needed to make
informed decisions quickly.
Designed for change and growth, Netcool/Proviso rapidly supports new services such as VoIP and
MPLS VPNs, and it even automates the process of keeping up with daily network and customer changes
to ensure data collection and report accuracy.
3.7.4.4.1.8 Tivoli Netcool/Impact IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact provides a common platform for data
access that circumvents organizational boundaries. Armed with data from virtually any source, one can
correlate, calculate, enrich, deliver, notify, escalate, visualize, and perform a wide range of automated
actions:
• Automatically correlating and prioritizing event responses according to business impact
• Maximizing productivity with a common platform for universal access to real-time data, events,
and changes
• Improving time-to-resolution through real-time monitoring and analysis of business events
• Protecting existing data stores by virtualizing access to distributed information
• Delivering actionable information in user-specific, Web-based views