The Advantage Group announces release of Device Manager Business Edition UPS Management Software

In order to keep pace with the growing complexity of power management, The Advantage Group has launched Device Manager Business Edition, UPS management software designed to address the needs of business users. The software can be customized under an OEM agreement.

In order to keep pace with the growing complexity of power management, The Advantage Group has launched a suite of hardware and software products designed to address the needs of both business and home users. All products can be customized under an OEM agreement.

After ten years of designing UPS software management products, we feel we have the expertise to tie a family of products together into a comprehensive management tool," said Dave Cole, president of The Advantage Group. These products incorporate the best features available in the UPS industry today, providing the functionality and ease-of-use required to manage a single UPS or thousands of UPSs. We recognize that many UPS manufacturers find it more cost-effective to outsource their software development and we are pleased to provide these companies with fully-featured hardware and software products at a fraction of the cost to develop the products internally."

The new product family includes:

-- Device Manager Personal Edition --

Device Manager Personal Edition was specifically designed with the home user in mind. It combines ease of use and a graphically rich user interface with sophisticated power management functionality. In the event of an extended power outage, the software works with built-in Microsoft Windows functionality to perform a graceful, unattended shutdown to help prevent data loss. Full hibernation support is provided for Windows XP.

Device Manager Personal Edition is available for PCs running Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.

-- Device Manager Business Edition --

Device Manager Business Edition adds features designed for business use, including:

• Email, broadcast, and SNMP event notification
• Remote shutdown of multiple computers
• Secure web-based and Mobile management
• Discovery of UPS model for easy configuration
• Professionally-designed user interface
• Communicates with Device Manager Enterprise Edition for management, control, and configuration of multiple UPSs

Device Manager Business Edition is available for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux, Apple OS X, AIX, HP-UX, and Sun Solaris SPARC.

-- Device Manager SNMP/Web Card --

The Device Manager SNMP/Web Card was designed by Sinetica (www.sinetica.co.uk), a world leader in the design of UPS and environmental monitoring hardware. The Advantage Group has designed firmware and software to provide a user interface and functionality consistent with Device Manager Business Edition.

Enhanced features and benefits include:

• Email and SNMP event notification
• Remote shutdown of multiple computers
• Web and Mobile based management
• Discovery of UPS model for easy configuration
• Professionally-designed user interface
• Communicates with Device Manager Enterprise Edition for management, control, and configuration of multiple UPSs
• Optional temperature, humidity, and contact closure support

-- Device Manager Enterprise Edition --

Device Manager Enterprise Edition is an enterprise-level management application capable of monitoring thousands of UPSs and other devices. Managers of smaller enterprises can use the built-in Microsoft Access support while managers of larger enterprises can take full advantage of the SQL Server interface. Both provide fully-featured reporting capabilities to produce detailed reports on critical power management parameters such as battery age and load. The softwares predictive failure analysis features allow enterprise managers to perform proactive crisis management. A user-defined hierarchical view with alarm propagation allows managers to quickly spot potential trouble areas.

Additional features and benefits include:

• Determines which alarms are currently active (have not been cleared through another alarm) so managers have an immediate view of all active alarms
• Communicates with Device Manager Business Edition and Device Manager SNMP/Web Card for management, control, and configuration of multiple UPSs
• Web based browser view of alarms allows user access from anywhere, including mobile access
• Uses XML communication to allow interface with devices other than UPSs
• Acts as an SNMP trap receiver to process alarm conditions from any SNMP device

Device Manager Enterprise Edition is available for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

-- About The Advantage Group --

Founded in March of 2000, The Advantage Group has emerged as one of the world leaders in the design and development of hardware and software solutions for Uninterruptible Power Supplies. They are based in St. Louis, Missouri. Additional information can be found by calling 314-984-0028 or by accessing their web site at www.upssoftware.com.