[May 10, 2004] eTelemetry Unveils 'Agentless' User / Workstation Tracking Solution; eTelemetry to Launch Product at NetWorld+Interop ANNAPOLIS, Md. --(Business Wire)-- May 10, 2004 -- eTelemetry today unveiled Locate, a revolutionary network appliance that automatically links a network address to an individual, their name, location, phone number and email address. Based on a patent-pending mapping engine that continuously analyzes network traffic, Locate is fundamentally different from other network tracking solutions since no agent or client software is added to the user workstation. In addition, the foundation of competing products is associating a network address to a user-id - an approach limited by the inability to identify a user-id that has been compromised. The ability to map an individual, rather than a user-id, to a workstation and determine the location of that workstation is critical to efficiently and effectively managing diverse networks. Locate provides the ability to quickly and easily answer WHO is on the network and WHERE they are located. Existing tracking products add to the management burden by requiring the installation of client or agent software on all networked devices. Locate is a rack-mounted network appliance, implements in under 4 hours, and does not require the installation of an agent on user workstations. Configuration and reporting is handled via a web client. Locate integrates with many common IT management tools, including Asset Management, Service Desk, Network Management. and Security Solutions. Locate is well positioned as an audit and compliance tool for the privacy and security components of three recent Federal regulations: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The genesis of Locate came after several days combating a widespread PC virus. Says Scott Honse, eTelemetry's CIO, "Locate was born out of sheer necessity. We supported over 10,000 PCs, across several campus LANs, with users who moved offices, and switched machines frequently. It was a nightmare trying to identify the infected users." Alan Schunemann, eTelemetry's CTO said, "Nothing like located existed, so we built it." eTelemetry will officially launch this revolutionary technology at NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas at booth 141. "Locate is the perfect complement to many of today's security, network management, and IT service management solutions," said Ermis Sfakiyanudis, eTelemetry's CEO. About eTelemetry eTelemetry offers products based on a patent-pending mapping engine that answer the who, and where for local area networks. eTelemetry's Locate automatically links a network address with an individual, their phone number, location and email address. Locate is a network appliance that does not require desktop agents, installs within two hours and integrates with service, asset and management applications. IT support and security personnel can quickly find specific users, "misplaced" PCs, virus-infected machines, and "misbehaving" systems. Locate greatly improves the ability to track assets, identify problems and resolve issues. The company is headquartered in Annapolis, MD and its website is located at http://www.etelemetry.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]