With the web 2.0 trend follows a large number of new web based services. This leads to increased traffic and pressure on companies' and organizations' web sites and web functions. It is therefore required that operations can monitor both the internal IT systems and the external web sites and functions that these systems are connected to. To meet this growing need the Swedish companies op5 and SiteScanner start a cooperation that enables for customers to monitor both internal IT systems and services via the web.

"Companies no longer talk about technical applications but rather about business related services. These services are depending on a number of modules in the IT architecture. op5 has products for monitoring of the parts of an architecture that are needed for specific services to function. The cooperation with Sitescanner means that we can now also monitor the parts of a service that lie on the Internet", said Johan Berg, CEO, op5.

When old systems are connected to the web there is a need to monitor both parts. If a change is made in the underlying systems, that may have unwanted consequences for the users of the service. For instance, web pages can take long to download, or the service cannot collect information from underlying databases.

"The collaboration is interesting since Sweden's leading companies within the supplementary fields of external and internal monitoring now offer a powerful total solution. We monitor from the outside and op5 monitors from the inside. The technical integration means that all monitoring and alarm handling can be controlled from a single control panel", said Olle Bodelius, CEO, Sitescanner.

This is how SiteScanner monitors web sites and web functions:

• All monitoring is done from a distance via SiteScanner's monitoring servers that are located in 10 different places in northern Europe. The infrastructure covers all the major Nordic Internet operators.
• Through a so-called transaction robot it is possible to control that a multistep process on a web site functions from a user's perspective. Just like a ‘real' user, the robot can enter the web site and perform e.g. an etrade purchase or do a booking.
• When operations are disturbed, an alarm is immediately sent by SMS and/or email to the customers
• The cooperation with op5 enables for the customer to identify where the problem is located in the underlying IT systems.
• Since SiteScanner's monitoring services are web based there is no need for installation of hardware or software on the customer's side.

For additional information please contact:
Johan Berg
CEO, op5
Mobile: +46 733 70 30 25
Email: johan.berg@op5.com

Olle Bodelius
CEO, SiteScanner Europe
Mobile: +46 709 453118
Email: olle@sitescanner.se


About op5
op5 is a Swedish company that is a market leader in Open Source Management (OSM), which is software based on open source for control of IT systems and networks. The main products are op5 Monitor, op5 Statistics and op5 LogServer. The products are based on open source that op5 adds to and develops further, sells as complete systems, and supports. op5 today has customers like Aftonbladet, Volvo, Intrum Justitia, Bonnier, Max Matthiessen, SMHI, Clas Ohlsson, Tullverket and other parastatals, and several county councils, municipalities and municipal companies. op5 was founded in 2003. The company has offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. op5 is owned by the founders and the employees, and investors KTH Chalmers Capital and Pod Venture Partners.
Please visit www.op5.com

About SiteScanner
SiteScanner is leading in the Nordic region in the field of external monitoring and load tests for the Internet. With an infrastructure consisting of monitoring servers on 10 locations in the Nordic countries, SiteScanner today covers all the major Internet operators. SiteScanner has customers in many different industries. What its clients have in common is business critical services that are exposed on the Internet. Some examples of customers are SCA, Scania, Folksam, Aftonbladet, SJ, Fritidsresor, Vägverket. SiteScanner is managed by its owners and was founded in 2004. The company is growing organically and is not financed by venture capital.
See www.sitescanner.se.