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Messenger 6 Now Available for IBM i 6.1

Christopher Jones — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:38:55 +0000

Bytware’s popular automated monitoring and notification solution, Messenger, has been updated and is fully compatible with the new IBM i 6.1 operating system, the latest version of the operating systems previously known as i5/OS or OS/400. Messenger 6 provides security enhancements and gives users the best compatibility when used on IBM Power Systems and the IBM i 6.1 operating system.

For more information about Messenger 6, please contact us at 775.851.2900.

Bytware’s Messenger Gets GSM/SMS Enhancements

admin — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:39:52 +0000

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., developer of monitoring, notification, and security solutions for System i, AIX, and Linux, announced today new enhancements to its MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole solutions that make it easier than ever to automate monitoring and notification to cell phones worldwide.
These new enhancements to the company’s popular systems management solutions put the power of GSM and SMS protocols into the hands of System i administrators, allowing simple and quick wireless distribution of messages to any cell phone in the world without the need for a paging provider, phone lines, or modems. Messages are received anywhere across the globe in seconds.”This update to Messenger acknowledges the change in how our customers communicate,” says Bytware CEO Michael Grant. “Today everybody carries cell phones or Blackberries, not pagers. With this enhancement, MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole can be used as a real company-wide text messaging system. We’ve cut the strings for System i.”

In addition to enabling easier wireless messaging, the GSM/SMS enhancements also eliminate the compatibility issues that can affect international users. In many areas of the world, variations in phone service can make it difficult to successfully set up automated notification to mobile devices. By sending messages phone-to-phone using standardized text-messaging protocols, Messenger now eliminates these issues. All that is needed is a number and a phone capable of receiving a text message. The receiving device does not even need to have GSM or SMS capabilities.

MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole with enhanced GSM/SMS features are available now. Comprehensive information about Messenger and free trials are available on Bytware’s website at www.bytware.com or by calling 800.932.5557.

Messenger 5.6 Now Available with Newly Enhanced Monitoring and Notification Features

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:38:34 +0000

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com), a world authority on securing and monitoring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IBM iSeries systems, is pleased to announce the availability of Messenger 5.6. Since 1986, Messenger has been the leading monitoring and notification solution for the iSeries, and this enhanced version continues to extend the product’s power by incorporating various enhancements that have been made since June 2003 as well as a new disk monitor and automatic updating.

The new disk monitoring feature adds a new *DISK monitor type that will monitor the growth and available storage of your iSeries disk units. Runaway programs, large file installations, and extensive logging can all increase the amount of stored data and, if not monitored, could potentially lead to system slowdowns and even shutdowns. With this new disk monitor, you can create monitors to check the growth of disk units on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis. When thresholds are reached, Messenger will trigger alerts notifying administrators of the impending disk space problems.

Another new feature—automatic updating—has been a popular standard feature in our StandGuard Security products and is now available for our Messenger customers. The automatic updating feature ensures that you have the latest features and fixes directly from Bytware by automatically downloading fixes and enhancements to the product. Updates are implemented as PTFs that are easily applied and managed automatically. There are numerous updates in the works for MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole and this feature makes maintaining Messenger smooth and easy for our customers.

Messenger 5.6 is now available, and special release pricing is available to organizations interested in replacing competitive solutions. Details and price quotes available upon request. For more information please call 775-851-2900.

Bytware Announces MessengerPlus 5.6, Newly Enhanced Monitoring/Notification

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 05:41:10 +0000

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com), a world authority on securing and monitoring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IBM iSeries systems, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of MessengerPlus v5.6. Since 1986, MessengerPlus has been the leading monitoring and notification solution for the iSeries, and this enhanced version continues to extend the product’s power by incorporating various enhancements that have been made since June 2003 as well as a new disk monitor and automatic updating.

The new disk monitoring feature adds a new *DISK monitor type that will monitor the growth and available storage of your iSeries disk units. Runaway programs, large file installations, and extensive logging can all increase the amount of stored data and, if not monitored, could potentially lead to system slowdowns and even shutdowns. With this new disk monitor, you can create monitors to check the growth of disk units on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis. When thresholds are reached, MessengerPlus will trigger alerts notifying administrators of the impending disk space problems.

Another new feature–automatic updating–has been a popular standard feature in our StandGuard Security products and is now available for our Messenger customers. The automatic updating feature ensures that you have the latest features and fixes directly from Bytware by automatically downloading fixes and enhancements to the product. Updates are implemented as PTFs that are easily applied and managed automatically. There are numerous updates in the works for MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole and this feature makes maintaining Messenger smooth and easy for our customers.

MessengerPlus v5.6 will be available mid-October 2005. Special release pricing will be offered to organizations interested in replacing competitive solutions. Details and price quotes available upon request. For more information please call 775-851-2900.

SMS/GSM Notification Becomes a Standard for Messenger Suite

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:36:26 +0000

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., announces that with the increasing popularity of SMS/GSM notification devices, specifically in North America, and with the recent announcement that AT&T is moving from TAP to SMS/GSM standards, Bytware’s Messenger products support of this emerging protocol has been enhanced.Bytware’s Messenger products now support SMS (Short Message Service) paging, using the GSM (Global System Mobile Communication) protocol. This service will not require a paging company and will allow the user to connect a cell phone (or other GSM device) directly to the AS/400 to use as a modem. You will then be able to send text messages directly to other cell phones and pagers, as well as reply to messages sent using the GSM protocol. The receiving device does not need to be GSM.

This enhancement to MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole 5.56 provides support for using a GSM mobile phone as a modem. Using a GSM modem provides the following advantages:

SMS messages can be sent directly without the use of a TAP or e-mail gateway.
System messages can be answered by replying to the SMS messages.
SMS messages can be sent to any other phone, or pager in the world without the need for multiple gateways. Even if the receiving device is not GSM, we have been able to send messages to multiple carriers and devices without knowing anything more than the device’s mobile number/phone number.
A cellular phone provides improved tolerance to power failures and phone line problems. Since GSM cellular modems send their information wirelessly, modem-to-modem incompatibility issues are eliminated.

Bytware offers a suite of monitoring and notification products tailored to managing events across single, multiple, and partitioned iSeries systems. The Messenger product suite includes MessengerConsole and MessengerPlus. Learn more about our monitoring, paging, and consoling solutions.

Get the Message with the Newly Improved Messenger 5.56

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:35:18 +0000

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com) announces MessengerPlus 5.56 and MessengerConsole 5.56, the latest versions of Bytware’s systems management monitoring, paging, consoling and reporting solutions. Significant enhancements have been made to both these products in an effort to further expand on their notification functionality.

New and improved features include:

Support for the IBM Internal Modem
Need an extra V.24 port? MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole 5.56 can utilize the IBM Internal Modem to send text messages to your pager or cell phone. Simply specify the internal modem resource name (typically CMN01) and the rest is handled for you automatically. Besides freeing up a v.24 resource, an additional benefit to using the Internal Modem is increased reliability through the elimination of the external cables, power supply and additional phone line. Of course you’ll also get a new 2400 baud paperweight …

E-mail Pager Enhancement
Now you can create a generic e-mail pager using the format &U@your-domain.com and Messenger will automatically substitute the &U with the user name of the job that generated the message. For example, assume you have 10 users that each wanted to be notified by e-mail when their jobs completed. You can now create a single *EMAIL pager with an address of &U@your-domain.com. When USERA’s job completes, Messenger will send the message to USERA@your-domain.com. Previously you would have created 10 *EMAIL pagers, now you only have to create 1.

Group and Pager Schedules
Various improvements have been made to the user interface addressing issues with editing Group and Pager schedules.

Improved Pager List Escalation
If a message could not be delivered to any pager on the list, the entire message would go to ERR status and the remaining pagers would not be tried. Improved code to continue with the remaining pagers.

To learn more about MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole 5.56, please contact Bytware, Inc., 775.851.2900, or visit the MessengerPlus or MessengerConsole product pages.

Bytware Expands Messaging Power with GUI

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2001 05:33:19 +0000

GRASS VALLEY, California—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com) adds a graphical client interface to (MessengerPlus) to give end users a single communications tool for sending messages to pagers, e-mail and other workstations from WIN95/98/NT.Bytware’s MessengerPlus, is a fully integrated iSeries 400 and AS/400 messages monitoring, management and notification solution designed to automatically detect software/hardware events requiring immediate attention. The product has always offered a user paging/dispatching feature, but the addition of this graphical interface brings “easy-to-use messaging to the fingertips of all users, especially those not use 5250 emulation,” says Christine Grant, Marketing Director for Bytware, Inc. During the client installation, administrators can specify security settings so users do not have to sign on to the AS/400 to send messages.

With MessengerPlus, users can send messages to all pager types, including 2-way pagers which enable the recipient to reply back from the pager, as well as e-mail, PCS Digital cellular phones, and workstations. The graphical client interface is very easy to use. Users can select pagers or e-mail addresses by clicking on the pager or e-mail names, typing their message and clicking Send. Messages are then submitted to MessengerPlus and sent via the iSeries 400 or AS/400, “centralizing communications and utilizing a stable platform for ensuring the messages are delivered,” she said. Audit and security features allow users to only check the status of their own messages.

MessengerPlus also introduces what Bytware calls “Event Management Central ” or the centralized configuration and monitoring of system events, messages and actions. Such centralization provides systems managers with greater control over message management and actions taken.

The graphical client interface is included with MessengerPlus at no extra charge and requires TCP/IP or Client Access connectivity. “This is the beginning of many clients to come. Future development plans include an Event Management Central graphical interface, ” she says.

Bytware, Inc.’s MessengerPlus is widely used in industries such as finance/banking, EMS/911, hospitality/gaming, medical/healthcare, transportation/trucking, manufacturing/retail, and telecommunications. The company’s focus on experience, excellence and quality assurance are its hallmarks and are echoed throughout its products and customer loyalty.

For more information, please contact Bytware, Inc., 9440 Double R Blvd, Reno, Nevada 89521-5990 Sales: 800.932.5557 or 775.851.2900, Fax: 775.851.2995, or use our online contact form.