Keross Philosophy

At Keross, we believe the key to business success is the ability to harness and

understand conclusions inspired by several un-correlated events – Synchronicity. For us, Synchronicity means success found through

business and technical harmony which is why we created IKON Managed Services

Keross Presence

“Our client and partners span over more than 45 countries across 4 continents”

Some References

Keross Portfolio of Services• Keross portfolio of services currently includes four lines

of business:

• Business Intelligence Services

• Managed Infrastructure Services – Vision 24/7

• Managed Security Services – Vigilant360

• Managed Voice Services

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Microsoft OS Monitoring and Management

UNIX OS Monitoring and Management

Networks Monitoring and Management

Databases Monitoring

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AdvantagesOperational Cost reduction

– Up to 40% reduction. ROIin less than 6 months. No investment, very low TCO.

Downtime Reduction– Anticipation of downtime, ProActive Monitoring and Active

Support

Technical Flexibility– Independant of Customer environment and architecture– Free of charge customization

Adaptative Pricing– Customer Oriented Pricing to match budget requirements

What We ProvideMonitoring and Availability Management

– 24x7 automated network support, with user-defined notification and escalation rules

– Proactively stop issues before they happen and reduce their impact

Performance Management – Reports for capacity planning and predictive analysis, so you can make informed decisions

Service Management – Measure the value you are getting from vendors and service providers

– Requests and outages processing using best practices based on ITIL

Remote Diagnostics, Remote Control and On-site support– Notifications containing important information about the machine and network

– Ability to take control of a device for immediate remediation

– Local support

Systems Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac, Z/OS, AIX

Networks Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, 3COM, CheckPoint, Fortigate, Netscreen

Security Firewall, IDS, IPS, log management

Databases Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL, MySQL

VoIP, IPT Cisco, Asterisk

Video Conf Cisco TelePresence

Applications ERP, SAP, CRM, Core banking

Performance WEB, applications

Hardware Dell, HP, IBM

Mails Microsoft Exchange, Blackberry

BI Dashboard reports with misssion critical information

ServiceDesk Full ITIL compliant

New application can be developed in 2 weeks time – free of charge

Areas Of Interests

KEROSS NOCCustomer

NotificationsReports

Monitoring

Management

Third-party Applications

How It Works

Probes and Agents Execute monitoring and management tasks Installed in customer’s network, behind firewallsAll communication is outbound from customer’s networkSecure data transfer using HTTPS and 128 bit encryption

Central ServerInternet facing self-contained appliance located on Keross, Partner or Customer servers

Introduction

Monitoring and NotificationsMicrosoft OS Monitoring and Management

UNIX OS Monitoring and Management

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Databases Monitoring

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Operating System APIs– Agents query local OS for baseline

health metrics

Log File Analysis– Agents scan application log files

(XML & TXT) for regular expressions or strings

– Windows Event Logs

TCP/IP– Port monitoring

WMI– Microsoft proprietary method of

collecting data from Windows systems and applications

SNMP Service Engine– Collect performance and availability data from

SNMP enabled devices (inc. CCTV cameras, UPS, environment control devices, etc..)

Syslog / SNMP Traps– Monitor log & trap data from monitored devices

(i.e. firewalls)

ODBC– Monitor results of any query sent to an ODBC

compliant database

EDF– API to allow for custom metric collection for

devices which agents are not available (i.e. Backups, etc..)

Industry Technologies

• Methods– By email and SMS

– One or many people

– Customizable automatic escalation procedure

• Usability– Based on configurable thresholds

– Globally available for customer (from Internet)

– Specific to customers and/or devices

• Scheduling and escalation– Customizable schedules

– Optional escalations, delays and repeats available

Notifications

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• Remote Desktop Support– Attended remote desktop initiated by a customer user requesting

technical support– Patching, GPO, configuration, NIC monitoring, hardware issues, etc...

• Remote Control– Unattended remote desktop connection (important for i.e. MS XP, MS

VISTA)– Allows remote connections to devices managed by an agent or a

probe

• Methods– Remote Support Manager (JAVA based application)– VNC– Terminal Services

Remote Control

• MS supported versions: Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, Exchange

• Install software remotely– Unattended software installation– Schedule for one or many computers– Store software centrally on Jeraisy server or on Clients server

• Execute scripts remotely– Remediate problems– Run maintenance tasks– Schedule your executions– Store scripts centrally on Jeraisy server or on Clients server

Software Distribution

• Interoperability with WSUS

– Real-time monitoring of patch status

– Configuration / management of groups & computers• Automatically create group when new customers added• Move devices between groups

– Comprehensive integrated patch level reports

– 24/7

Patch Management

• Asset discovery

• Asset reports

• Asset tracking for hardware

• License compliance for installed software

• Keep track of warranty, lease and expected replacement dates for your customers equipment

Asset Management

• Real-time, powerful remote management, 24x7

• Management of every aspect of a Windows PC or Server– File transfers– Windows service control– Kill processes– Printer and drive access– Registry editing– Remote Control and Help Desk Chat– Scheduling – Security Settings

• Real-time Performance Monitoring

MS Remote Support

• Standardized Profile-based Configuration– Configure and enforce every aspect of the desktop

• Profile Computer Settings– Windows Firewall (XP SP2+)

– Desktop File Management

– Manage Outlook Profiles

– Microsoft Office Preferences

– Manage Shortcuts

– Connections to File Servers

– Add and Remove Printers

– Lockdown USB and other ports

– Registry and Permissions Management

MS Remote Management

• Real-time status of Windows Services• Blackberry:

– Alert, Attachment Service, Collaboration Service, Controller, Database Consistency Service, Dispatcher, Instant Messaging Connector, Messaging Agent, MDS Connection Service, MDS Services – Apache Tomcat Service, Police Service, Router, Synchronization Service, User Administration Service

• On-demand reports about messages– Failed,– Expired– Pending– Sent per minute– Received per minute

• Additionally– General server metrics– Connecitvity/ Service tests– Server Health Checks

BES Management

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• Distributions– Distribution independent, our customers use RHEL 3/4/5, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu,

Fedora, Slackware, Z/OS, MAC OS, Suse– Linux-based blackboxes such as Beeware

• Standard Monitoring– CPU, Memory, Disk, Processes, Interface health/ status, device status and more...

• Application level Monitoring– Apache,– Asterisk

• Custom application Monitoring

• Remote Management Method– SSH

Overview

• Real time Monitoring and Management

• Proactively alert customers about– Saturated VoIP service– Danger of going offline

• Monitoring and Reporting– Active calls and channels (inc. SIP, ZAP and IAX2)– Queues and running threads– Other Asterisk metrics

•

Asterisk VoIP

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• Supported devices:– Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, Sonic Wall, CheckPoint, Fortigate, Netscreen – Any SNMP based network device

• Monitoring– Bandwidth, Line quality, device status: temperature, fan, etc...– Cisco Call Manager,– Cisco Telepresence, – And many more...

• Remote Management method– SSH– telnet

Overview

• Monitored services:– CCM Analog Gateway FXS Port (in service, active, port utilization %)– CCM Annunciator (state of call recorded announcements)– CCM CTI Activity (state of lines and devices)– CCM CTI Registration (state of CTI devices: reg, unreg, lost contact)– CCM Call Activity (state of all calls: active, attempted, in progress, completed)– CCM Call Mgr Status (availability of applications used to deliver IP Telephony)– CCM Conference Activity (all of conference hardware resources)– CCM Conference Registration (conference media devices)– CCM Gateway Registration (gateway devices)– CCM ISDN-Basic Rate Interface (utilization of BRI trunks)– CCM ISDN-Primary Rate Interface (utilization of ISDN PRI trunks)– CCM ISDN-T1 Trunk (utilization of T1 trunks)– CCM MTP Transcoder (state of transcoder resources)– CCM Music On Hold (state of MoH)– CCM Performance (monitors key performance indicators: delays, throttling, etc..)– CCM Phone Registration (monitors presence of telephone instruments)– CCM Server (monitors CPU, Disk, Memory utilization)– CCM Analog Gateway FXO Port (state of FXO port pn gateway– CCM VoiceMail Registration (monitors presence of voice mail devices)

Cisco Call Manager

• Encountered problems– Video flickering– Voice delay– Link disturbance

• Monitored metrics– Packet Loss %, Availability (TTL), Round-Trip-Time (RTT),– Peripheral status, Peripheral port status (via RS232), Cable status (by

DVI), – Power status

• Advantages– Comprehensive monitoring mechanism,– Providing alerts agains downtime caused by improper network link or

hardware issues

Cisco Telepresence

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• Monitoring and Management of following– Oracle– MySQL– MS SQL– Informix– DB2

• Performance Management– Queue / Process Management– DB Administration

Databases

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• Log and Refer

• Incident Management

• Problem Management

• Change Management

• CMDB

• Additionally: CRM, Contracts Management, Projects Management, Timesheets, Inventory Management

ITIL Compliant Service Desk

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• Tactical– Operational and Tactical

• Application and license compliance• Assets• Availability• Incidents• Metrics• Patches

• Strategic– Strategic and Business Value

• Capacity planning• SLA• Usage• Trending

Customizable

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Light Services Real-time 24/7 monitoring of devices including alerting Asset Management for software and hardware on monitored devices Software distribution License Compliance Checks Logs, System Audit, Security Incident Summary Unlimited standard services per device Real-time unlimited email notifications Real-time dashboards accessible from anywhere at anytime

Express Services Vision 24/7 Light plus: Automatic scheduled MIS reporting 24/7 Online support for troubleshooting technologies and services on monitored devices Unlimited on-request custom development of new indicators, reports and services

Professional Services Vision 24/7 Express Real-time SMS (text messaging) notifications Full management of devices by the Keross Network Operations Centre (KNOC) outside of business hours SLA-based response time: 4hrs for mission-critical devices and 8hrs response time on less critical devices

Enterprise Services Vision 24/7 Professional plus: Full management of devices by the Keross Network Operations Centre (KNOC) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week On-demand reporting Audit trails with ITIL-compliant escalation procedures

Offerings

Keross Vision 24/7 Features Comparison

Light Express Professional Enterprise

Real-time 24/7 monitoring of devices including alerting

Asset Management for software and hardware

Software distribution

License Compliance Checks

Logs, System Audit, Security Incident Summary

Unlimited standard services per device

Real-time unlimited email notifications

Real-time dashboards accessible from anywhere at anytime

Automatic scheduled MIS reporting

24/7 Online support for troubleshooting technologies and services on monitored devices

Unlimited on-request custom development of new indicators, reports and services

Real-time SMS (text messaging) notifications

Full management of devices by the Keross Network Operations Centre (KNOC) outside of business hours

SLA-based response time: 4hrs for mission-critical devices and 8hrs response time on less critical devices

Full management of devices by the Keross Network Operations Centre (KNOC) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

On-demand reporting

Audit trails with ITIL-compliant escalation procedures

Pricing

• Starting at $49 per Server per month

• No Commitment

• First month free for evaluation

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• Allianz FR– WAN monitoring and management : 30 Cisco routers + 30 Checkpoint

& Juniper Firewalls, Servers monitoring and management: 15 MS and *NIX servers with services: DNS, Proxy, DHCP, etc.... across 30 countries (4 continents)

• Sodexo– 12 Cisco Telepresence (POLYCOMs) devices Monitoring... across 10

countries

• NewTel NYC– More than 350 concurrent calls based on VOIP (5 x Asteriks)

Monitoring, NYC

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Contact Details

Cyril Simonnetcyril@keross.com

+971 50 220 9963 / +33 6 08 36 45 97