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Java-Free Web GUI

Many of Orb Data’s customers have been interested in the latest Web GUI Fix Pack, v8.1.0.6, to enable them to move to a fully java-free experience for the operators. This panacea will remove the headache of juggling multiple java versions for the various operator applications. The Web GUI Event Viewer has been available as a fully functional replacement […]

Netcool Operations Insight: Questions and Answers

What is Netcool Operations Insight? Netcool Operations Insight is a combination of existing IBM products (Netcool/OMNIbus, Netcool/OMNIbus Message Bus Gateway and SmartCloud Analytics – Log Analysis) plus pre-written configurations and customisations for the different components to facilitate the integration and aid usability. What do the Netcool Operations Insight Integrations do? All alerts received by the […]

OMNIbus Self-Monitoring: At last!

Introduction Those familiar with the Netcool product suite will be aware that Impact has included the feature for “self-monitoring” for some time. This enables Key Performance Indicators for runtime performance to be collected and analysed, for example memory usage and event queue size. Alerts are generated based on pre-defined thresholds. Similar features have now been […]