nGenius Solution Extends Management Visibility to Applications Where VPNs Are Used; Single Solution Now Addresses IPSec and MPLS VPNs in All WAN TopologiesWESTFORD, Mass., Oct 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide network and application
performance management solutions, today announced performance management for
applications in wide area networks where Virtual Private Network (VPN)
services are utilized to optimize security and performance. The nGenius(R) VPN
Site Monitoring and Reporting capability, delivered as an enhancement to
NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management Solution, allows IT managers to
view and manage the resource and performance requirements of business
applications in VPN environments. Without this visibility, IT managers are
blinded in their ability to identify business and non-business application
traffic, troubleshoot slowdowns, or generate application-level activity
reports for remote locations.
According to Infonetics Research, end-user demand for VPN services is
skyrocketing and the market is expected to reach $30.1 billion worldwide, by
2008. Companies of all sizes are investing in VPNs, which facilitate the
creation of "virtual tunnels" within a corporate network or in carrier
backbones. The technology allows companies to take advantage of lower cost
access routes such as the Internet while adding a layer of protection against
unauthorized sight or usage of business traffic. After being tunneled,
individual application streams are hidden. In addition, both IPSec and MPLS-
based VPNs may employ QoS services to maximize application responsiveness.
"IPSec VPN and hybrid MPLS/VPN solutions are becoming prevalent in the
WAN," said Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for Infonetics Research. "The
challenge is their interference with the equally important goal of managing
capacity according to business requirements. NetScout is addressing this
market head-on for its customers by restoring application visibility, which in
turn enables quicker adoption of security and efficiency technologies."
To lower WAN costs and improve bandwidth for business applications, a
leading U.S. retailer implemented VPNs between its North American headquarters
and its operations in Asia. Although cost and performance improvements were
achieved, the IT staff found that they had lost their ability to track
individual applications, understand bandwidth consumption and perform in-depth
troubleshooting. As a result, day-to-day service assurance and traffic
engineering became much more challenging. Using the nGenius Solution, the
retailer was able to restore valuable visibility into applications for both
planning and troubleshooting, as well as perform packet capture and decode for
rapid resolution of troubles reported by users at the remote side of the VPNs.
The company is now meeting its goal of reduced expenses for WAN services using
lower cost VPN connections, while simultaneously managing IT resources
according to business priorities.
The nGenius VPN Site Monitoring and Reporting provides:
* Complete, unified insight into the types of applications being
delivered across the IPSec and MPLS-based VPNs.
* Validation of appropriate prioritization schemes, individual
application flows and their respective QoS levels in context with
remote site details.
* Unified real-time network and application monitoring, flexible
newspaper-style reporting and in-depth packet analysis -- all
delivered seamlessly within a single solution for more effective IT
planning and reduced mean-time-to-repair (MTTR) of service slowdowns.
* Physical and logical monitoring of the network and its applications
for individual, grouped and total application volumes and
responsiveness on the network.
"With the nGenius Solution, enterprises will improve the deployment of
VPNs as a result of more comprehensive management information," said Michael
Szabados, senior vice president of product operations for NetScout Systems.
"Our CDM(TM) technology allows performance metrics from across the enterprise,
regardless of infrastructure technologies present, to be integrated within a
single view. This unified view of performance helps our customers manage by
business priority while maximizing IT investments."
Pricing and Availability
NetScout's new VPN Site Monitoring and Reporting capabilities are
available in nGenius(R) Performance Manager 2.0.1 and nGenius(R) Probe
Firmware CDM 2.1 at no additional charge. For additional product or ordering
information about nGenius solutions, call NetScout Systems at 1-800-357-7666
or visit our Website at http://www.netscout.com .
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
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(R)
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, and nGenius are registered trademarks of
NetScout Systems, Inc. The CDM logo, and MasterCare and the MasterCare logo,
are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. Other brands, 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.
SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.
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+1-781-684-0770, netscout@schwartz-pr.com, for NetScout Systems, Inc.
http://www.netscout.com