‘hpchecksweb.com’ to check corporate Web site health

NEW DELHI: Hewlett-Packard India Ltd. has announced the introduction of its 'hpchecksweb.com'

program, which evaluates the performance and availability of corporate Web sites

for free.

The service, completely managed and secured by HP OpenView software

solutions, provides companies of all sizes with business-critical information on

the quality of their web services after evaluating their Internet presence for a

period of 24 hours.

The service consists of a fully automated system for customer registration,

measurement of web response times and reporting.

Given the strong demand in Asia Pacific for end-to-end solutions that manage

and maintain a reliable and available Internet presence, HP is now offering this

service across the region.

The program was originally launched in May 2001 in nine European countries.

Since then, more than 5,000 European businesses have participated and currently,

an average of 700 corporate web sites are being monitored every week.

The 'hpchecksweb.com' program helps customers quickly gain a better

understanding of their web site's performance. The solution helps customers

analyze the traffic on their web site, isolate sources of problems in their

Internet infrastructure and prevent problems from occurring before they have an

impact on the business. Customers, therefore, reduce the risk of site failure

and are made aware of the level of responsiveness of their service.

Since the program captures the actual customer web experience, companies are

able to identify the services most commonly used, the point at which customers

leave a transaction, and the problems, which occur on the site at that

particular time. Consequently, companies can increase the efficiency of their

Internet infrastructure by making precise changes to their web site based on

accurate information.

Companies in India wishing to participate in the HP corporate web site health

check can register their particular URL at . HP's OpenView Internet Services

measure and monitor the web page every five minutes for a period of 24 hours.

Once the evaluation has been completed, customers are forwarded a link to view a

complete summary report on their site's performance and availability.

An estimated 50 of HP's software business partners also plan to offer this

service to their customers in Asia Pacific.