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| Evident Software Announces Strategic Partnerships with Terracotta, EsperTech, Neo Technology, and Cirrus Technologies |
GIGAOM STRUCTURE CONFERENCE AND NEW YORK, NY, March 23, 2011 — Evident Software, the leading provider of Application Performance Management (APM) for NOSQL, Java, and more, today announced that it has formed strategic partnerships with four advanced technology companies: Terracotta, EsperTech, Neo Technology, and Cirrus Technologies. Terracotta has selected Evident Software as a development partner for projects that include the Quartz Job Scheduler. Evident’s new software release, ClearStone 5.0, features the Esper Complex Event Processor from EsperTech and the Neo4j graph database from Neo Technology. ClearStone 5.0 also features a PostgreSQL Management Pack developed by Cirrus Technologies for monitoring and managing PostgreSQL databases. Evident announced the new ClearStone release today at the GigaOm Structure Big Data Conference in New York City. Terracotta and Evident Software Terracotta is the leading provider of snap-in performance and scale for enterprise Java applications. The company selected Evident as a development partner. Initially, Terracotta and Evident are working together on Quartz Job Scheduler. Quartz is a full-featured, open source job scheduling service that can be integrated with, or used alongside virtually any Java EE or Java SE application—from the smallest stand-alone application to the largest e-commerce system. Quartz can be used to create simple or complex schedules for executing tens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands of jobs. “Evident Software has a proven track record of delivering visually rich monitoring and management solutions for enterprise applications, so they were an obvious choice for us when we were looking for a strategic development partner,” said Mike Allen, Head of Product Management for Terracotta. EsperTech and the Esper Complex Event Processing Engine Evident Software re-architected its ClearStone APM platform in the ClearStone 5.0 release, but kept one key component from earlier versions the software: the Esper Complex Event Processing (CEP) Engine. ClearStone 5.0 uses the Esper CEP Engine to aggregate data from a potentially ever-changing collection of resources, perform computations on metrics, build queries dynamically, and monitor resources for thresholds violations. “Esper has provided essential capabilities to our ClearStone platform for several years now,” said Scott Barnett, CEO of Evident Software. “We began using the free, open source version of Esper in 2007 and soon after licensed their supported commercial version. We’ve always been thrilled with the company’s technology and support. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Esper as we extend the ClearStone platform to cover additional enterprise application components.” “We are pleased that Evident Software is seeing Esper as a key enabler to its value offering. EsperTech will continue to advance the state-of-art in CEP applied to the domain of APM and to other domains,” said Thomas Bernhardt, CTO of EsperTech. Neo Technology and the Neo4j Graph Database Once data moves through the Esper Engine in ClearStone 5.0, ClearStone write it to a Neo4j graph database, which serves as an inventory database for all resources being monitored (e.g., processes, hosts, nodes, and clusters). ClearStone uses Neo4j to dynamically discover and map relationships among resources (e.g., a node running on a host), and to maintain a timeline of events related to each resource. “Because the relationships among resources may be in flux and cannot be known ahead of time, we needed a flexible data store such as a graph database for this function,” said Barnett. “Neo4j turned out to be ideal for storing metadata for the resources and mapping relationships and correlated events.” “ClearStone 5.0 demonstrates the type of high-performance, data-rich solutions that can be built on top of Neo4j,” said Emil Eifrem, CEO of Neo Technology. “We’re pleased that Evident chose Neo4j for their state-of-the-art APM platform.” Cirrus Technologies and the PostgreSQL Management Pack Jim Mlodgenski, CEO of Cirrus Technologies and former Chief Architect at EnterpriseDB, used ClearStone 5.0’s new Open Data Interface (ODI) to create a ClearStone Management Pack that enables ClearStone 5.0 to collect and correlate metrics and events from PostgreSQL databases. ClearStone correlates these metrics and events with those from other application components, such as MongoDB, a Cassandra data cache, or a jBoss application server, giving developers and data center operations staff a multi-tier view of a Postgres application. “I was impressed by the architecture and open interface of the ClearStone 5.0 Platform,” said Mlodgenski. “Working from Evident’s ODI documentation, I was able to quickly create a Management Pack that collects PostgreSQL metrics and events through ClearStone’s RESTful interface. Now developers, DBAs, and others can take advantage of the rich visual interface of ClearStone to monitor applications built on PostgreSQL. Instead of relying on home-grown tools, PostgreSQL users can leverage existing open source scripts and take advantage of a much richer monitoring solution that shows not just PostgreSQL metrics but also interactions between PostgreSQL and other tiers in the application stack.” The PostgreSQL Management Pack is available as an extension to the ClearStone APM Platform. About Evident Software, Inc. Evident Software delivers the first comprehensive application performance management solution for NOSQL, Java applications and more. The company’s ClearStone platform enables developers and operations personnel to monitor, manage, and optimize business-critical and Internet-scale applications. Evident’s solutions are installed in the financial, SaaS/cloud, e-commerce, government and IT services industries. The company is based in Newark, N.J. with research and development facilities in Asbury Park, N.J. ### Evident ClearStone is a registered trademark of Evident Software. 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| Evident Software Introduces ClearStone 5.0, Application Performance Management Solution for NOSQL, Java, and More | New Solution Offers Developers and Data Center Teams Real-time and Historical Insight into Application PerformanceGIGAOM STRUCTURE CONFERENCE AND NEW YORK, NY, March 23, 2011 — Evident Software, the leading provider of Application Performance Management (APM) for NOSQL, Java, and more, today introduced ClearStone 5.0, a major update of Evident’s Application Performance Management (APM) solution for Web, cloud, and enterprise-scale applications. The new ClearStone platform enables developers and data center operations teams to monitor and manage complex applications, including Java applications and applications using NOSQL technologies such as Apache Cassandra, Memcached/Membase, and MongoDB. ClearStone monitors all application tiers—from the Web tier down to system-level metrics—and correlates metrics events among tiers. The platform analyzes multi-tier interactions that other monitoring products overlook. ClearStone’s comprehensive insight into applications—available both real time and in historical archives—helps developers and operations teams find and fix bugs, perform root-cause analysis of obscure performance problems, optimize performance and scalability, and conduct more accurate capacity planning. ClearStone 5.0 features an Open Data Interface (ODI), a RESTful API that enables ClearStone to import metrics and event data from an IT asset (in BI terms, a business application such as the one offered by QuartetFS would use an MDX API to display its anlysis data in real time). Combining custom ODI connectors with ClearStone’s ready-to-use Management Pack connectors for JMX, Cassandra, Neo4j, and other technologies, an enterprise IT team can create a single, comprehensive monitoring and management solution for all aspects of their application infrastructure. For all assets being monitored, ClearStone tracks KPIs, monitors thresholds, and notifies users of threshold violations. “ClearStone 5.0 gives DevOps teams a real-time view of as much of their application infrastructure as they would like to monitor, all in a single pane of glass,” said Scott Barnett, President and CEO of Evident Software. “We’ve kept the data collection and data visualization features our customers count on, while re-designing the ClearStone internals to make the platform more flexible, extensible, and scalable. We’ve expanded our family of Management Pack connectors, as well, so we now support important data-caching technologies like Cassandra and MongoDB, as well as more traditional technologies like PostgreSQL and Linux SAR. Our ODI interface makes it easy for customers to extend ClearStone to monitor metrics and KPIs for literally any IT asset on the network. Customers can also use the ODI to import metrics from open source scripts and monitoring tools they’re already using. Because of its ease of use and comprehensiveness, we believe ClearStone 5.0 marks a significant milestone in the development of APM solutions for the enterprise.” A free 30-day trial version of ClearStone is available on the Evident Software Web site: http://www.evidentsoftware.com ### |
| Evident ClearStone 4.6 Gives DevOps and Support Teams New Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools for JBoss, WebLogic, and NoSQL DBs | New Software Release Adds Operational Health Dashboard and Fine-Grained AlertingASBURY PARK, NJ, December 14, 2010 — Evident Software, the leading provider of Application Performance Management (APM) for NoSQL, data caching, and Java applications, today announced the availability of Evident ClearStone® 4.6, the company’s production-class solution for monitoring and managing all tiers of enterprise applications. ClearStone 4.6 introduces new features to help development, operations, and support teams monitor and troubleshoot business-critical applications. Using ClearStone 4.6, engineers can correlate the status of JBoss or WebLogic application servers with other data tiers, such as a Cassandra NoSQL DB tier or system-level metrics. This multi-tier correlation helps engineers rapidly identify the root cause of performance problems. New Features Improve Visibility and Accelerate Troubleshooting ClearStone 4.6 introduces an Operational Health Dashboard that enables engineers to discover at a glance the health of application resources. ClearStone determines each resource’s health based on system metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and the status of events. The Operational Health Dashboard presents green, yellow, and red indicators of a resource’s health over time. Support engineers can click on a health indicator to discover the underlying details and to read troubleshooting tips written by the applications developers. By putting this information at a support engineer’s fingertips, ClearStone 4.6 accelerates troubleshooting and helps bridge the divide between Development and Operations. ClearStone 4.6 also introduces fine-grained alerting that enables specific users or groups of users to be notified when specific conditions occur. This fine-grained alerting helps developers and operations teams ensure that the proper people are notified when specific error conditions or outages occur. “With the release of ClearStone 4.6, we’re giving developers and operations engineers unprecedented visibility into enterprise and Web applications, including ‘Internet-scale’ applications that work with vast amounts of data,” said Scott Barnett, CEO of Evident Software. “ClearStone lets developers and operations engineers see all tiers of an application, now including the JBoss or WebLogic application server tier, in a ‘single pane of glass.’ This comprehensive view of real-time and historical data gives IT departments the information they need in order to optimize application performance.” Web Seminar with Sneak Preview of ClearStone 5.0 Evident Software will present a Web seminar on “The Present and Future of Application Performance Management for NoSQL and Data Caching Architectures” at 2 pm EST on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. To register, please visit: http://www.evidentsoftware.com/category/news-events/events/. About Evident Software, Inc. Evident Software delivers the first comprehensive application performance management solution for NoSQL, data caching and Java applications. The company’s ClearStone platform enables developers and operations personnel to monitor, manage, and optimize business-critical and Internet-scale applications. Evident’s solutions are installed in the financial, SaaS/cloud, e-commerce, government and IT services industries. The company is based in Newark, N.J. with research and development facilities in Asbury Park, N.J. ### Evident ClearStone is a registered trademark of Evident Software. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners. For media inquiries, please contact: John Bennett (for Evident Software) |
| Evident Software Introduces ClearStone Development Packs for Monitoring and Managing NoSQL and Data Caching Applications | New Low-cost Subscription Gives Application Developers Access to a Powerful Monitoring and Management PlatformASBURY PARK, NJ, December 7, 2010 — Evident Software, the leading provider of Application Performance Management (APM) for NoSQL, data caching, and Java applications, today announced the availability of the Evident ClearStone® Development Pack. Intended for software developers, the Development Pack is a low-cost edition of ClearStone, a production-class solution for monitoring and managing all data tiers of enterprise applications. ClearStone provides real-time collection, correlation, management and visualization of performance metrics for enterprise and Web-based applications. Leading e-retailers/e-commerce sites and financial services firms use ClearStone to optimize the performance of business-critical applications. Development Packs give software developers access to all features of the ClearStone platform. An annual license subscription for a single user is available for $995. As a special introductory offer, Evident is offering licenses for only $495 until December 31, 2010. Developers can purchase the Development Pack licenses here: http://www.evidentsoftware.com/products/clearstone-development-pack/ Powerful Features for Developers and Operations Engineers “Customers tell us they want to use ClearStone across all phases of the software development lifecycle—from development to testing to production,” said Scott Barnett, CEO of Evident Software. “The ClearStone Development Pack gives development teams affordable access to the ClearStone platform, enabling them to test and optimize their applications before they go into production.” “We have already sold Development Packs to several large banks and a leading American telecommunications company,” Barnett added. “Our customers tell us that ClearStone offers the best visualizations they’ve seen. Giving developers easy access to ClearStone’s rich analytics is a big plus for our customers.” The ClearStone platform supports Java and JMX-instrumented applications, as well as applications using Cassandra, Memcached, Oracle Coherence, and DataSynapse GridServer. Support for JBoss and WebLogic will be added later this month. Evident Software will present a Web seminar on “The Present and Future of Application Performance Management for NoSQL and Data Caching Architectures” at 2 pm EST on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. To register, please visit: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/513589958. About Evident Software, Inc. ### Evident ClearStone is a registered trademark of Evident Software. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners. For media inquiries, please contact: John Bennett (for Evident Software) |
| Evident Software Announces Evident ClearStone 4.5, a Comprehensive Application Performance Management Solution for NoSQL and Java Applications | New Release Extends the ClearStone Platform to Support Cassandra and MemcachedASBURY PARK, NJ, October 7, 2010 — Evident Software, the leading provider of Application Performance Management (APM) for NoSQL, data caching and Java applications, today announced the availability of Evident ClearStone® 4.5, the company’s production-class solution for monitoring and managing all data tiers of enterprise applications. ClearStone provides real time collection, correlation, management and visualization of enterprise and Web-based applications, enabling developers and operations personnel to monitor, manage, and optimize the performance of business-critical and Internet-scale applications from a ‚Äòsingle pane of glass.’ ClearStone 4.5 extends the ClearStone platform to cover Apache Cassandra, an open source distributed database, and Memcached, an open source data management architecture. Cassandra and Memcached have become trusted technologies for developers of “Internet-scale” applications who need a fast, efficient solution for managing vast amounts of data. Cassandra, for example, was originally developed by Facebook as a way of managing data for millions of users. Because these data management solutions do not rely on traditional SQL databases, they are known as “NoSQL” technologies. “NoSQL architectures such as Memcached and Cassandra enable developers and operations engineers to deploy and manage Internet-scale data volumes, but they create challenges for monitoring and troubleshooting applications,” said Scott Barnett, CEO of Evident Software. “Traditional application monitoring tools focus on databases or JMX data collection. They’re blind to what’s happening in the data tiers managed by NoSQL and can’t correlate events and metrics from that tier to the rest of their application stack. ClearStone 4.5 addresses this problem by extending its proven, real-time data collection and analysis capabilities to NoSQL data caches. For the first time, developers and operations staff can see the entire application.” In addition to introducing Management Packs for Memcached and Cassandra, ClearStone 4.5 also adds new visualization capabilities to ClearStone’s Real-time Dashboard and a new collection configuration tool for the ClearStone Admin Console. The collection config tool makes it easier than ever for users to configure data collection from Oracle Coherence clusters, Cassandra clusters, Memcached instances, and other custom Java applications. About Evident SoftwareEvident Software delivers the first comprehensive application performance management solution for NoSQL, data caching and Java applications. The company’s ClearStone platform enables developers and operations personnel to monitor, manage, and optimize business-critical and Internet-scale applications. Evident’s solutions are installed in the financial, SaaS/cloud, e-commerce, government and IT services industries. The company is based in Newark, N.J. with research and development facilities in Asbury Park, N.J. # # # For media inquiries, please contact: |
