GFI EventsManager

Event logs are a valuable tool to monitor network security and performance that are often underutilized due to their complexity and volume. As organizations grow in size, they require a more structured approach towards event log management and retention. A recent survey carried out by SANS Institute found that 44% of system administrators do not keep logs more than a month.

A recent survey carried out by SANS Institute found that 44% of system administrators do not keep logs more than a month.

GFI EventsManager collects data from all devices that use Windows event logs, W3C, and Syslog and applies the best rules and filtering in the industry to identify key data. This allows you to track when staff swipe their fob, pick up the phone to call home, turn on their PC, what they do on their PC and which files they access during their work day. GFI EventsManager also provides you with real-time alerting when critical events arise and suggests remedial action.

Visit the GFI website to download a free 30-day trial. Company: GFI Software Ltd.
Internet:   www.gfi.com/eventsmanager

Alchemy Eye

Alchemy Eye is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager BEFORE problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of costly network failures. If a server goes down, Alchemy Eye automatically notifies the network administrator and writes a detailed log file.
Company: Alchemy Lab
Internet:   http://www.alchemy-lab.com/products/eye/eye.zip

ELM Event Log Monitor

ELM Event Log Monitor 4.0 reliably collects millions of events from hundreds of Windows systems, presents the information in a granular format, and launches alerts so that System Administrators can replace forensic follow-up with proactive management. Using EVM’s automated monitoring, rich notifications, and preconfigured reports, Compliance Managers achieve reduced system management costs and a fortified security perimeter.
Company: TNT Software
Internet:   tntsoftware.com

EventReporter

With the growing demand of Windows based systems a problem arises that these systems log events to their native event log and lacks the ability to forward it to UNIX or other operating systems hosts.

Adiscon comes up with the solution in the form of EventReporter. EventReporter processes the NT Event Logs, parses them and forwards the results via Syslog protocol to a central Syslog server. It runs on all flavors of Windows NT and 2000 as well as ALPHA processors.

Its capabilities are ideal for network administrators/planners, desktop support professionals, system analysts, system administrators, internet managers and technical support personals to fully integrate Windows solutions into their existing Syslog monitoring and alerting environment.
Company: Adiscon GmbH
Internet:   www.eventreporter.com

HealthMonitor

HealthMonitor is one of the most comprehensive system management tools available. One single instrument allows you to manage all servers and workstations in your organization and to keep an eye on their running.

HealthMonitor features include:

• 50 different checks for system and network (connectivity, database, e-mail, performance, SQL Server, Exchange, and others).
• dynamic error levels and actions when some problem is detected (send e-mail, sms, open a ticket, launch a script).
• IT Asset management: hardware and software discovery, additional asset management, peripherals, processes and services from all machines.
• Microsoft patches availability check and quick installation.
• remote installation or upgrade of the HealthMonitor Agent or other software on all workstations.
• integrated trouble ticketing.

From the userfriendly AJAX-based web interface, you will be able to view and analyze information about your system, manage your clients, check performance, carry out realtime checks and fix errors and problems, terminate processes, restart services, install and upgrade software, run scripts, and generate reports on nearly every feature of your system.

HealthMonitor makes system administration easy and effective, and will allow you to enhance your system performance and security, prevent problems, and minimize downtime. Company: Diffusione informatica Srl
Internet:   www.health-monitor.com

Hyena

Using the built-in Windows administration tools to manage a medium-to-large Windows NT or Windows 2000 network can be a challenge. Hyena is designed to both simplify and centralize nearly all of the day-to-day management tasks, while providing new capabilities for system administration. This functionality is provided in a single, centralized, easy-to-use product. Hyena uses an Explorer-style interface for all operations, including right-mouse-click pop-up context menus for all objects. Management of users, groups (both local and global), shares, domains, computers, services, devices, events, files, printers and print jobs, sessions, open files, disk space, user rights, messaging, exporting, job scheduling, processes, and printing are all supported. Version 4.2 has added extensive support for Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD) and its components such as organizational units, universal groups, contacts, flexible AD queries, Exchange 2000 mailbox management, and much more. The new Windows 2000 object class uses LDAP queries to Active Directory to display domain sub-objects such as containers, OUs, All Users, All Groups, and Universal Groups objects. Hyena now meets the Designed for Microsoft Windows XP Logo requirements.
Company: SystemTools Software Inc.
Internet:   http://www.systemtools.com/

OpManager

OpManager’s Windows Event Log Monitoring provides several automatic rules to monitor critical security logs across all windows servers and workstations in your network. You can easily detect events such as failed logons, logon failures due to bad passwords, account lockouts, failed attempts to access secure files, security log tampering etc.

You can also create any number of custom rules to enforce the security policies adopted by your company.

In addition to security logs, OpManager’s Windows Event Log Monitor can monitor application, system and other event logs. Several rules are available out-of-the-box to monitor mission-critical applications like Exchange, IIS, MS-SQL and ISA servers. You can also add custom rules to monitor events generated by any application. Rules are also available to monitor directory services, DNS server and File replication servers. Company: AdventNet, Inc.
Internet:   www.adventnet.com