End-Through-End Monitoring, Alarming and Response Time Reporting for
Individual Citrix Traffic Flows Alleviate 'Flying Blind' After Deployment
WASHINGTON at COMNET, Booth #525, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide
network and application performance management solutions, today announced a
comprehensive solution for managing the performance of Citrix application
deployments in converged networks. Available as new features within
NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System, the solution addresses
the need for more complete management controls over the performance of Citrix
traffic in complex network and application environments -- where diagnosis and
validation of performance issues are obscured by lack of visibility.
Included in the solution are newly-added application response time
measurement capabilities that allow IT managers to track, alarm and report on
the responsiveness of individual Citrix traffic flows in the network. Unified
with additional nGenius capabilities for monitoring and reporting Citrix
bandwidth utilization and performing active agent tests, the solution
alleviates IT's predicament of "flying blind" when it comes to post-deployment
performance management.
Using NetScout's solution, IT managers can:
* Automatically monitor Citrix traffic flows in context with all of the
other applications that are active network-wide to see how performance
is impacted by network changes and load variations.
* Monitor and report usage and responsiveness of Citrix applications by
individual end users.
* Distinguish between network, server and application performance faults.
Isolate degradations to the network or application server to resolve
response time problems in minutes, instead of hours.
* Perform in-depth analysis of Citrix traffic with Web-based packet
analysis.
* Proactively alarm and pinpoint Citrix responsiveness issues anywhere in
the network using a combination of passive and active response time
measurements.
"As enterprises deploy business applications over Citrix, network managers
need the ability to monitor Citrix traffic and measure end-user experience
both before and after migrating to Citrix," said Debra Curtis, research
director for Gartner. "After migration, proactive monitoring of end-user
response time can help network managers detect potential service degradation,
isolate the probable cause and mitigate performance issues for applications
running over Citrix before they impact business operations."
Over 120,000 organizations worldwide use Citrix technology, including 92%
of the Fortune Global 500. Its benefits in reducing the maintenance
requirements of installing business applications on individual desktops make
Citrix an attractive option for enterprises that must provide consistent IT
services across multiple locations or geographies. However stable, Citrix-
served applications in a shared network can be subject to network performance
anomalies such as application bandwidth contention. Poorly-designed or
bandwidth-hungry applications such as video conferencing can hamper the
performance of Citrix flows, impacting critical business functions.
"Citrix can be deployed with greater long-term success by using the
nGenius Solution to monitor and understand the influence of other types of
applications on Citrix traffic in the converged network," said Michael
Szabados, senior vice president of product operations for NetScout Systems.
"As an application infrastructure becomes more complex and unpredictable, IT
managers can assert better control over both Citrix and non-Citrix application
responsiveness, using our solution."
The nGenius(R) Solution unifies network and application performance
management for the converging enterprise. NetScout's flagship application,
nGenius(R) Performance Manager, leverages the unified data made available
through strategically-placed nGenius(R) Probes and NetScout's patent-pending
CDM(TM) Technology to deliver consistent utilization, response time and
availability metrics for application monitoring, network monitoring, capacity
planning, troubleshooting, fault prevention and service level management --
all from a single, fully-integrated solution.
Pricing and Availability
The new Citrix application response time measurement capabilities are
available in nGenius Performance Manager 2.0.1 and nGenius Probe Firmware
6.0.1 at no additional charge. Existing NetScout MasterCare customers can
receive the new features for free by upgrading to these latest product
versions. For additional product or ordering information about nGenius
solutions, call NetScout Systems at 1-800-357-7666 or visit our Website
http://www.netscout.com.
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of
integrated network performance management products 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. CDM and 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.
For Further Information:
Peggy Flynn Dawn Sullivan
NetScout Systems Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(978) 614-4162 (781) 684-0770
flynnp@netscout.com netscout@schwartz-pr.com
SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.