Conference azur::mcc

1846.0. "DECmcc Success Stories" by ENUF::GASSMAN () Fri Nov 22 1991 11:03

	Apologies for cross posting this in the DNT, NETMGT, and MCC notes
	files, but there are both urgent and long term needs for success
	stories about the use of the DECmcc Director.

	The marketing group has been getting at least one call a day from 
	the field, asking for a range from success stories, to reference 
	accounts about DECmcc.  The story that showed up about DECmcc managing 
	the Europe Easynet is useful for some situations, but it's internal 
	to Digital, giving it a bias in most customer's eyes.  As V1.2 
	gets closer to reality, and looking good, it's time to start gathering 
	momentum for the product.

	Please, write up a few paragraphs of how your customers are making
	use of the DECmcc Director.  Tell the good, the bad, and the ugly, 
	but try to concentrate on the good.  What kinds of things are they 
	managing, what alarms have they written,  what kinds of 'command 
	procedures' have they written to run when an alarm fires, what kind 
	of data are they extracting, and what kind of tools are they using on 
	the extracted data.  Basically, what kind of problems are they
	solving.  Also, mention how the customer became successful with the
	product.  Did they have help from Digital?  In what form?

	Actual customer names are not required, but are appreciated.  Try
	to at least give an indication of what industry they are in, and
	the nature and size of network being managed.  You will help
	those in urgent need of stories to close business, and you will
	give raw material for the marketing group to whoop up in 
	appropriate forums.  If you don't want to post your story in the
	notes file, send it to me via vaxmail.

	thanks...

	bill