Ipanema Management Software Suite (IMSS)

IMSS is the central management point for the Ipanema System. IMSS brings the power of Ipanema's Autonomic Networking architecture to the user through automation, distributed processing and web-based interfaces. IMSS consists of two primary software modules:

• ip|boss is used to configure the Ipanema System and to supervise all ip|engines. It also collects application visibility data and provides real-time helpdesk, application performance monitoring and alarming functions. 
• ip|reporter includes an information base and an advanced reporting engine. It is capable of delivering numerous reports on application usage and performance according to multiple criteria, such as by application type, network site or region and/or time. Reports are automatically deployed through wizards.

An optional ip|export module can be used to supply the results of performance and usage measurements made by the Ipanema System to OSS/BSS infrastructure, as well as to simple databases and/or familiar analysis software suites, such as Microsoft Excel.

Smart|billing, another optional IMSS module, uses the visibility data that the Ipanema System collects on application demand and actual performance. Smart|billing provides business-relevant billing information that maps to the cost drivers in enterprise networking, such as volume, business criticality and performance.