Verax NMS is a cross-platform

Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...

 network and application monitoring software developed by Verax Systems Corp. Verax NMS has been implemented as a three-tier Java Enterprise application using Adobe Rich Internet

Rich Internet application

A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...

 technology as the front end.

Technology and architecture

Due to its architecture Verax NMS can be installed in any operating environment supporting Java 1.6 or higher, including Microsoft Windows systems, Linux, FreeBSD

FreeBSD

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, IBM AIX and Solaris.
Client side of the Verax NMS works on web browsers supporting Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash

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 technology version 9 or higher and mobile client operates on Android, iOS

IOS

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 and Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile

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 platforms.

Verax NMS architecture is plugin based and each managed entity (node or an application) is designed as a plugin. Plugins within the system are divided into five categories: general network devices, applications & databases, virtualization infrastructure, data center devices (e.g. Poseidon sensors) and power devices. Verax NMS is distributed with Software Development Kit (SDK) for custom plug-in development. System supports Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA

Service-oriented architecture

In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...

) and is open for integration with other systems via Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP

SOAP

SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks...

) or Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI

Java remote method invocation

The Java Remote Method Invocation Application Programming Interface , or Java RMI, is a Java application programming interface that performs the object-oriented equivalent of remote procedure calls ....

).

Versions

Verax NMS is distributed in five different versions. The Express version of Verax NMS is free to use and is limited by the number of monitored elements.

See also

• Network monitoring
  Network monitoring
  The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages...
  
  
• Comparison of network monitoring systems
  Comparison of network monitoring systems
  This is a comparison of some notable network monitoring systems.- Legend :Product Name : The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article...
  
  
• Rich Internet Application
  Rich Internet application
  A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...