Network management company Smarts will this week launch an ATM and Frame Relay management module, as part of its effort to manage the network at the level of business services with its InCharge products. Other recent additions include InCharge for security, as well as for application services.

"This is not a new message," said Darren Prince, technical director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, at Smarts, speaking of the promise that the application services module will provide business-level information. "This kind of thing has been promised for a long while, but unfortunately, this has created pessimism in the market."

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