Bradmark Partners with QBVentures to Provide Monitoring For The VitalQIP Enterprise Server Environment

Business Wire, Oct 10, 2002

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2002

Bradmark Technologies Inc., an established provider of data management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Pennsylvania-based QBVentures Inc. QBVentures provides add-on products and consulting services for Lucent Technologies' VitalQIP product. VitalQIP is the premier IP management system for managing the IP address infrastructure, DNS and DHCP for large corporate intranets and service provider networks.

"We are convinced that this partnership is a good match for both organizations," said Brad Tashenberg, Bradmark chairman and CEO. "QBVentures puts customer satisfaction above all else. By carefully selecting the products in their portfolio to be sure that each offering is best of breed, QBVentures helps customers to maximize efficiency, lower costs and gain the most from their investment. QBVentures has built an organization of the highest caliber personnel and we are excited about the opportunity to partner with them."

Now, QBVentures will be adding Bradmark's NORAD Surveillance IP to their portfolio. NORAD Surveillance IP is the most accomplished product monitoring VitalQIP Enterprise Server as well as DNS and DHCP servers. Service disruptions are minimized because NORAD restarts all QIP related processes and services as well as posting alerts. The existing customer investment in homegrown scripts can easily be incorporated into the NORAD management framework. Interfaces to HP OpenView and Tivoli ensure Network Management personnel are kept informed.

"This is a real win-win product," says Malcolm Hayward, CEO of QBVentures. "Since VitalQIP is such a mission critical product it is imperative that effective monitoring tools be available. In their absence many customers had to write their own. Bradmark's database and systems software expertise have combined in NORAD Surveillance IP to ensure VitalQIP operates at an optimum service level."

About QBVentures

QBVentures resells and implements software technology and provides a full range of VitalQIP consulting services. Based in Exton, Pa., their technical sales professionals lead the team through the presales requirements definition and manage the implementation to a successful conclusion. For additional information, go to http://www.qbventures.com.

About Bradmark Technologies Inc.

Bradmark Technologies Inc. provides database management tools for Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server and Hewlett-Packard IMAGE databases. Bradmark was founded in 1981 and is a Software Magazine Top 500 company. Through innovative architectures, such as NORAD 2.0, customers receive easy-to-install, highly reliable and flexible products, which increase enterprise performance and information availability. Bradmark customers include more than 200 of the Global 500, and hold more than 10,000 licenses worldwide. Headquartered in Houston, Bradmark has offices in San Jose, Calif., Seattle, London, United Kingdom and Munich, Germany. For additional information see http://www.bradmark.com.