Start 2010 with Free, Robust IT Monitoring Software and Longitude User Community from Heroix

Braintree, MA - December 15, 2009 - Heroix, a leading provider of application performance and network monitoring software, invites IT professionals to gear up for the new year with free, robust Longitude agentless monitoring software packages along with the user forum, support, and resources available at the new Longitude Community Site.

“Now organizations of all sizes have access to the powerful yet easy performance monitoring software of Heroix Longitude,” said Heroix President Rick Lane. “We’ve made our name in the enterprise by offering low acquisition costs, simple deployment, and immediate value. With these free software packages, every IT manager and administrator can start benefiting from Longitude.”

Heroix is introducing the free versions of Longitude Standard Edition and Longitude Professional Edition along with the new Longitude Community Site, where IT professionals can interact and find answers to their questions, solve problems, and explore best practices. Anyone can browse the community forums, Knowledge Book, and more resources to get monitoring tips and learn about using Heroix Longitude.

Package Details
Longitude features an agentless architecture that enables comprehensive application performance and network monitoring and reporting, without the expense, complexity, system overhead, and management headaches that go with running agents on every server.

Longitude Standard Edition offers:

• Operating system and infrastructure monitoring capabilities for up to 25 managed devices in the free version
• Monitoring of Windows®, Linux®, and Unix® servers
• Cisco® device monitoring
• VMware® monitoring
• Real-time Event Monitor
• Statistics dashboard and interactive reporting
• Email alerts
• Corrective action capabilities

Longitude Professional Edition covers up to 5 devices in the free version. Professional Edition provides all the capabilities of Standard Edition, plus application monitoring of:

• Microsoft IIS
• Apache™ Web Server
• Microsoft® SQL Server
• Oracle®
• MySQL™
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• DHCP
• Active Directory®
• Dell OpenManage™
• HP Systems Insight Manager
• IBM® Director
• Also included are alert and action schedules, event escalation, and data export

More Resources
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About Heroix
Heroix delivers award-winning application performance and network monitoring software products that help organizations optimize the availability and performance of applications, databases, systems, and IT infrastructure running across multiple platforms. Today, with a presence in over 40 countries, Heroix has delivered performance management solutions to more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, including Fallon Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Honeywell, Tembec, Motorola, Inc., and Young Broadcasting.