In an effort to help e-tailers avoid the lump of coal some earned for their performance during last year's holiday season, Envive Corp. is offering its clients a worldwide view of their sites from an end user's perspective. Sensory is a hosted Web-performance monitoring service in which virtual users simulate transactions from multiple points around the world. Sensory can monitor clients' Web sites, intranet applications and corporate portals at 10-minute intervals, providing in real time such statistics as load and purchase times. Envive, which bills itself as a management service provider, is targeting Sensory at ASPs, saying the service can help such providers meet customer demands for service-level monitoring. Sensory is integrated with Envive's Prophecy performance-testing tool, which can simulate a heavy load of customers using a site's features and capabilities.
Pricing depends on service contract and number of sensors.
For IT managers drowning in the media stream, Lariat Software's MediaReports 2.1 monitors delivery media so companies can realize a return on their investment in streaming media by, for example, billing content providers for usage. MediaReports 2.1 boasts an improved user interface, providing easier access to reports via a browser-based administrative tool. Also new is an updated Normalized Log Report, which lets multiple streaming server log files be compiled into individualized reports. RealNetworks' server and Microsoft's Windows Media server. Hewlett-Packard Co. aims to save administrators this legwork with its 8150 line of network LaserJet printers and multifunction machines.