Reports provided by SiteAngel 2000 are based on the flow of monitoring data. This provides an administrator with information about the status of each of the components comprising the Web site. Any performance degradation can be identified immediately. BMC is offering SiteAngel 2000 for a free trial period. It is available from the BMC Web site.
Pricing is aggressive enough for even the smallest of businesses utilizing the Web.
Conclusion As noted earlier, the small- to midsize business market has been sorely neglected in the management tools arena. The need for security, heterogeneous device management and Web- oriented tools is the same no matter what the size of the organization. Some management tool vendors have attempted to retrofit their high-end products to meet this market's requirements, only to fail. Products developed specifically for this market will do well, provided they support most of the feature sets required by these smaller companies. Aprisma Management Technologies and BMC Software are establishing the bar for what SMBs should expect in management offerings.