New Line-up of nGenius Flow Recorders Provides Expanded Expert Features and
Flexible Deployment Options at Lower Cost
WESTFORD, Mass., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of network and application performance
management solutions, today expanded its line of nGenius Flow Recorder
products with new Workgroup and Enterprise models. The new configurations
deliver the latest set of powerful performance troubleshooting features,
including improved expert analysis and ease-of-use functionality, at a lower
cost, to drive broader enterprise adoption of advanced trace analysis
capabilities. The new, broader nGenius Flow Recorder line reinforces
NetScout's commitment to providing the most comprehensive solution for
accelerated troubleshooting of mission-critical application performance
issues.
Extended packet trace recording has become a well-established method for
network specialists to perform deep, forensic troubleshooting and analysis of
subtle or intermittent problems, such as off-hours application slowdowns
affecting international operations or traffic spikes from unrecognized rogue
applications. Until now, troubleshooters either had to use traditional,
portable packet analyzers and hope that they could catch the problem in
action, or they had to resort to expensive packet recording devices.
With the addition of the new configurations and price points, the nGenius
Flow Recorder family addresses these challenges by delivering the benefits of
advanced packet trace recording and post-event analysis to a broader network
operations audience through a flexible, easy-to-use, and cost-effective range
of solutions. Starting at less than $5000/port, the Workgroup nGenius Flow
Recorders rival price points of traditional packet analyzers that lack
extended recording capabilities.
"Packet trace recording and forensic analysis are important aspects of an
enterprise's cohesive strategy to address network and application performance
issues," said Jeffrey Nudler, senior analyst at industry research firm
Enterprise Management Associates. "NetScout's sustained effort to make
advanced flow analysis and recording more cost-effective as well as easier to
use serves troubleshooting across the IT infrastructure well both financially
and operationally. With such extended trace recording and analysis at their
fingertips, technical personnel now have an alternative to traditional short-
term packet analyzers."
The nGenius Flow Recorders' proven scalability and rich feature set have
been validated by the dozens of customers that have deployed the products
since their introduction in late 2004. Building on the intuitive, graphical
analysis interface, voice and data application reconstruction and playback,
and forensic analysis capabilities of the initial releases, NetScout is
expanding the nGenius Flow Recorder family's features with a new set of expert
views and functionality, including:
- Expert Zoom to provide immediate access to the most relevant data for a
specified time period;
- Expert Data Mining to more quickly and expertly search for network or
application patterns and events during a selected time period;
- Open Data Export to provide network troubleshooting specialists with the
flexibility to tackle their most troublesome application performance
issues in their preferred manner -- even with 3rd-party analysis tools;
and
- More Advanced Packet Decodes, now including HTTPS.
For deployment flexibility, nGenius Flow Recorders are available in 4- and
8-port configurations and can be used in a variety of LAN and WAN network
topologies, either via direct attachment or via nGenius Probes. nGenius Flow
Recorders are based on a multi-CPU, security-hardened Linux appliance that
ensures high performance for both capture rate and simultaneous on-board
analysis and Web-enabled presentation.
"With the newly broadened expert features, improved usability and cost-
effective deployment options, NetScout is leading the charge to bring the
benefits of extended trace recording and analysis to more network operations
groups," said Michael Szabados, senior vice president of product operations
for NetScout Systems. "As part of our High Definition Performance Management
strategy, the nGenius Flow Recorder represents a key element in our
comprehensive solution for rapidly resolving network and application
performance problems."
Pricing and Availability
New Workgroup and Enterprise nGenius Flow Recorder models are currently
available. Workgroup configuration list pricing is $34,995 for the eight-port
model and $29,995 for the four-port model. Enterprise nGenius Flow Recorder
models start at $59,995. For more information, please visit
http://www.netscout.com.
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of
integrated network and application performance management products and
solutions that unify performance across the enterprise. NetScout's nGenius
Performance Management System is helping more than 3000 leading companies
increase their return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the
performance of networks and applications according to business priorities.
NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has offices
worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.netscout.com.
NetScout and the NetScout logo, nGenius, and Quantiva are registered
trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. The CDM logo, MasterCare and the
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product names and trademarks are property of their respective owners. NetScout
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make changes at any time in its
technical information and specifications, and service and support programs.
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