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ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent – Company Overview Argent Software is one of the world's leading systems management software companies. Argent's primary product lines include monitoring and alerting, data consolidation, batch job scheduling, and web site analysis solutions. Argent was founded in 1991, is privately held, and has no venture money. Argent has over 200 employees in 13 offices and facilities worldwide.

ARGENT SOFTWARE World Wide Offices USA California Illinois New York Texas New Hampshire Connecticut North Carolina Washington DC India Trivandrum EMEA London Canada Toronto China Hong Kong Australia Melbourne Mexico Mexico City

ARGENT SOFTWARE Technical Services Argent Engineers and Technicians All are Argent Certified Professionals Microsoft Certified Professionals Consultants are Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers Argent Support Telephone Support is available 24/7/365 days a year. A qualified Argent Engineer can assist you with implementation, training and consulting services. Field engineers are readily available for onsite visits simply arranged for your convenience. Attend training at Argent University in our Connecticut HQ. Regional Users Conferences, Worldwide. Argent Newsgroups - Online forum at

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Console A Family of Integrated Products… Specialized Monitors For All Servers, Applications and Devices All Sending Alerts To The Argent Console Argent SQL Monitor Argent Exchange Monitor Argent Guardian Argent Extended Technology Customer Applications Argent WMI Monitor Argent SNMP Monitor

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Console Your Web Site Your Windows Application Your Legacy Application Your Application Can Be Interfaced To The Argent Console COM Object Interface XML Interface ASP-based Internet Applications Can Generate Alerts VB & C++ Windows Applications Can Generate Alerts Any Application That Can Write a Text File Can Generate Alerts An Open System

ARGENT SOFTWARE Agent Optional Architecture You choose which servers to have local agents and which servers to monitor remotely. Install Monitoring Agents On Every Server. Install Agents On Just Some Of Your Servers. Install Monitoring Software On Just One Server. Monitor Everything Else Remotely. - or - Protected by U.S. Patent # 6,483,813 Unique Flexibility - or - Monitor The Rest Remotely.

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Extended Technology Argent Console ® Displays events from All Argent products. Open technology displays events from in-house and third-party solutions. 14 Alerts ranging from: SMS Network Message Alerts And corrective action alerts such as: Service Alerts System Command Alerts Full support for third-party products such as Remedy. Graphical event and health display with Enterprise Application View and SuperMaps. Pager Reboot Alerts SQL Alerts

ARGENT SOFTWARE Complete monitoring of ALL platforms Windows All UNIX All SNMP-Compliant Devices. The world’s most scalable monitoring and alerting solution for enterprises with 10 to 10,000 servers. Unique ability to monitor your servers with or without installing agents. Argent Guardian Argent Extended Technology ®

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Extended Technology Argent Data Consolidator ® Robust and scalable consolidation of all data. Management’s answer for Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA requirements. Consolidates 200x events: Windows 200x Event Logs Unix ASCII Logs Novell Logs Systems Third-Party and In-House Systems Custom Applications

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Extended Technology Argent Predictor ® Extensive set of pre-defined and customizable reports. Reports viewed by either a Windows GUI or web browser. Reports can be automatically generated and distributed. Custom reports can be created using Crystal Reports or VB OCX controls.

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Defender Additional Product Range ® Sophisticated stress testing and analysis product. Allows users to test web sites and intranet applications completely. Performance reports automatically ed when and where necessary. Stay updated with application content verification checks. Mimic human users using Unique Personality Profiles for realistic testing.

ARGENT SOFTWARE Argent Job Scheduler Additional Product Range ® Sophisticated batch job scheduling system for Windows NT/2000, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, iSeries and Linux. Providing mainframe capabilities on today’s client-server architecture. Installation takes under 60 seconds, and no reboot is required. Prevent unauthorized access; submit jobs securely within restrictions given to each individual user. Complete File and ODBC Dependency support.

ARGENT SOFTWARE Our Strategy Supports in-depth monitoring Support all platforms Windows NT Windows 200x Solaris HP-UX AIX Linux Services Event Log Rules Processes Daemons IIS, Exchange and SQL Server Performance Objects Oracle TRU64 Novell iSeries

ARGENT SOFTWARE Customer Specific Requirements Rule Sets Reporting Future Proof Technology Microsoft Windows 2000 evolution,.Net, 2003, etc Back Office Applications, SQL, IIS, Exchange etc Active Directory Full Support, No additional modules required Help Desk Integration Full Support for standard interfaces SNMP, , Telnet, Flat Text Files

ARGENT SOFTWARE Government Over 1,300 customers worldwide

ARGENT SOFTWARE Finance & Insurance Over 1,300 customers worldwide

ARGENT SOFTWARE Manufacturing Over 1,300 customers worldwide

ARGENT SOFTWARE Medical, Technical, & Utilities Over 1,300 customers worldwide

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