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LogLogic 4 Redefines Log Management & Intelligence

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FOR RELEASE: LogLogic 4 Redefines Log Management & Intelligence

• New Platform Sets Standard For Openness, Performance & Flexibility
• Pairs Universal Log Processing with Multi-Dimensional Analytics For Rapid Compliance and Security
• First Integrated Log Data Warehouse Opens Log Silos For Business Insight through SOA

SAN JOSE, CA – April 16, 2007 – LogLogic, the clear leader in log management, today unveiled LogLogic 4 – the latest version of its flagship Log Management and Intelligence Platform, the de facto open standard for managing log data with the best performance, security and total cost of ownership. Logs, a fingerprint of systems and user activity, are central to an IT professional’s daily security and operations routines and, provide the data and intelligence Enterprises need to prove compliance with IT controls and regulations such as PCI and SOX. With LogLogic 4, IT tasks can be reduced from days to minutes, compliance activities automated, and information assets protected. Available today, LogLogic 4 includes over 30 new major features, performance improvements and innovations such as Multi-dimensional Analytics™ that integrate “Google-like” search with reporting on indexed data and rapid drill-downs through “drag-and-drop” menus.

LogLogic 4 is the first open Log Management Platform™. Through a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) and open Application Programming Interface (API), users can develop their own log analysis applications – or easily integrate log data with existing SIEM deployments, operations consoles and management dashboards, strategically extending LogLogic’s platform across the Enterprise. Only LogLogic combines the benefits of openness, with the robust scalability, security and reliability required in “carrier-grade” infrastructure and non-stop applications, making it a more strategic alternative to one dimensional log tools or proprietary event management applications.

“LogLogic 4 eliminates the cost and complexity of log silos and breaks data free from proprietary log and search applications”, said Chris Brennan, president and CEO, LogLogic. “Leveraging LogLogic 4’s open platform and APIs, IT and Security managers will be able to quickly create and extend reporting and dashboards to end-users in HR and Compliance roles, sharing information with critical compliance, security and management applications used across global enterprises. Armed with Multi-dimensional Analytics, IT can now go beyond pure log searching technologies to streamline forensics tasks or accelerate the troubleshooting process for devices from days to just minutes. Faster time to resolution means more system availability, yielding greater IT productivity and more business resilience.”

“Faced with risks from many external threats, IT is waking up to the importance of collecting log and network flow data,” said Jon Oltsik. “By providing data insight from log data to network operations, compliance management, system administrators, lines of businesses and security silos across the enterprise, the business data mart is turning into an enterprise IT data warehouse. Offering an open log management platform that reports on all devices and application data, LogLogic finally gives enterprises a way to break down log silos and allow the intelligent warehousing of log data for business advantage.”

Fully Integrated Log Data Warehousing Solution – Build Once, Comply Many Times

With LogLogic 4, IT can easily adapt effective logging policies to support compliance through prepackaged solutions for PCI SOX, HIPAA, FISMA, GLBA as well IT control frameworks COBIT, ITSM/ITIL, and ISO.

LogLogic 4 adds certification for leading long term storage solutions, including EMC Centera, NetApp Snaplock, and NexSAN Assureon providing extended log archival options to address customer’s needs for immutable, secure logs for compliance.

It’s What Happens After Search That Matters

LogLogic is taking log management well beyond search by introducing Multi-dimensional Analytics to accelerate IT forensics from hours or days to minutes. Using a combination of search, indexing, data categorization and automated reporting, users now have more rapid response times to figure out the greatest risks and threats, resulting in faster remediation activities. LogLogic’s approach means IT now has the ability to gather insight from 100% of all log sources versus only 5% with competitive, index-only solutions – and gain greater insight into complete business operations, simplifying utilization of system resources.

“Log search is only one dimension of effective IT operations and security”, added Levin. “The days of writing or downloading scripts or rules don’t meet the new needs of the fast-moving enterprise.”

LogLogic 4 also introduces prepackaged, Taxonomy-based reports and alerts. Users can quickly review and drill-down on collected log data through the lens of common activities including identity and access management, user activity monitoring, change and configuration management, continuity and availability management, etc.

“When dealing with incidents and compliance requirements, time to action is the critical determinant of success or failure. Organizations need to be able to cut and analyze their log data in multiple ways in multiple dimensions. Similar to how business intelligence solutions revolutionized the analysis of operational business data, providing a multi-dimensional analysis engine for log data will similarly redefine how organizations use and leverage security operations,” observes Mike Rothman, President of Security Incite and author of the Pragmatic CSO.

Simply Share Log Data, Reports & Alerts

Open Log Services™ provide businesses with true interoperability by delivering a fully-featured SOA and web services API with a SOAP/XML interface that automates and simplify log data sharing, enabling highly-customized portals to be developed on the fly. IT can now easily route raw data, reports and alerts to existing applications including traditional SIEM deployments, network management, trouble-ticket, or IT management solutions. Aside from eliminating log silos and insecure log data, IT can now have log data their way.

“Tivo-like” Log Replay – Time-shift Log Data

For a new view on historical data and its impact on business, LogLogic 4 introduces Log Replay™ capabilities that businesses can use to quickly respond to and reanalyze data after new rules and/or reports are added. Using this new feature, customers can now “time-shift” their log data to re-analyze historical data according to new analysis, rules and reporting requirements. Enabling the auto-replay of log data flow extends data analysis to examine new and old data together for even greater business insight, predictive analysis and universal audit of any systems or activity.

Faster, Greener Log Management

LogLogic 4 continues to set the benchmark for scalability and log processing performance – exceeding 75,000 messages per second. By combining indexing, parsing, data classification and establishing a baseline at the time of Log collection, or LogLogic’s Quad-Processing™, queries and reports can be run in seconds rather than the hours taken by competitive solutions that need to continually reprocess data.

“Time to intelligence is as important as speed of processing.” added Levin. “Through our patent-pending Log Queing™ technology we are also able to ensure that no log is left behind and near real-time insight is available to IT.”

LogLogic 4 ST systems offer over double the storage over competing solutions at a lower price point with a smaller form factor and the added benefit of 35% less power required.

Industry-Leading Device & Log Support

Available in LogLogic 4, expanded Universal Log Processing now enables logs from any source, including homegrown applications, to not just be instantly searched, but also reported, and alerted on.

LogLogic 4 Agile Reporting™ includes dozens of support updates for existing devices and new support for databases and audit logs from mid-range systems, including Oracle 9I and 10g, MS SQL, IBM i5/OS as well as updates for BlueCoat and Check Point.

For a complete list of new features in LogLogic 4, go here: http://www.loglogic.com/products/?section=see

About LogLogic

LogLogic™ provides the world’s leading enterprise-class platform for collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on 100 percent of IT log data from virtually any device, operating system or application. LogLogic 4 LX and ST systems address the compliance, operations and risk mitigation needs of the most demanding Fortune and Times 1000 companies globally. LogLogic’s innovations include creating the world’s first search engine for fast moving IT log data and Compliance Suites that automate using that data to enforce critical controls and regulations. LogLogic has established a position as the market visionary and leader, as evidenced by awards and accolades including 2006 AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Company, Best of Interop 2005, SC Magazine’s “Best Computer Forensics,” Info Security’s “Hot Company 2006,” and the Red Herring 100. For more information, visit www.loglogic.com and http://blog.loglogic.com.

Posted April 16, 2007 09:31 AM