INS to Provide Technology for Compaq Performance

Analysis Service / CPAS Monitors Network With INS Technology forAdded Visibility Into Network Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif. (PROTEXT) - INS (Nasdaq: INSS), a globalprovider of network consulting and software solutions, todayannounced that it is providing Compaq Computer Corporation withits best-of-breed network monitoring software, EnterprisePRO(SM),as the basis for the Compaq Performance Analysis Service (CPAS).CPAS is a turnkey service that underscores Compaq's commitment tobuild long-term customer relationships founded on consultativeselling of the full capabilities of its IT management portfolio. "The CPAS service is very promising in its ability to improvea server customer's visibility into true network performance,"said Tom Iannotti, Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing,Compaq Customer Services. "EnterprisePRO strongly advances ourcommitment to continuously provide our customers high qualityenterprise solutions to improve network and server performance." CPAS is tailored to provide Compaq customers with deepervisibility into the performance of Compaq servers as they operatewithin the networked environment. CPAS is based upon a modifiedversion of the award-winning EnterprisePRO software technologythat can process information captured from Compaq-specificmanagement information bases (MIBs). The EnterprisePRO technologyprovides Compaq server customers with complete, interactiveinformation and reports about the quality and behavior of theirnetwork infrastructure and its devices, including local and widearea network links, routers, switches, and servers. In addition,EnterprisePRO provides detailed visibility into the operation andoptimization of Compaq servers. Information provided by the CPAS service gives networkadministrators insight into various performance metrics such asaverage and peak utilization, errors/discards, memory, and diskspace availability including disk/server trending. With thisinformation, IT management can proactively locate and drill downinto trouble areas to resolve specific performance problems. CPAScan also produce customized historical and real-time reportstailored specifically for the executive, depicting high-levelinformation such as overall network availability, response time,network traffic and average utilization. "Through our joint development of the CPAS service, Compaqenterprise customers now have the ability to lower the total costof ownership of their network infrastructure rapidly and realizereturn on their investment," said Montgomery Kersten, GeneralManager of INSoft, the software division of INS. About INS INS is a global provider of network consulting and softwaresolutions. INS provides professional services for the full lifecycle of a network, including planning, design, implementation,operations and optimization, and maintains expertise in the mostcomplex network technologies and multi-vendor environments.Through its INSoft Division, INS offers industry leading softwaresolutions for managing and optimizing application-ready networks.As of March 31, 1999, INS had 2,002 employees and providedservice from 42 locations. INS' headquarters are located at 1213Innsbruck Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The INS Web site is locatedat http://www.ins.com. INS is a public company, trading under theNASDAQ symbol INSS. NOTE: EnterprisePRO is a servicemark and VitalSuite is atrademark of INS. All other brand and product names aretrademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.ots Original Text Service: International Network ServicesInternet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Tim Wong of theJONA Group, 415-552-1515, or tim@jonagroup.com, for InternationalNetwork Services; or Lenny Bonsall of INSoft, 650-318-1580, orlenny_bonsall@ins.com; or Ann Candelario of INS - InvestorRelations, 650-318-1151, or ann_candelario@ins.com Web site:http://www.ins.com

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