WESTFORD, Mass., Dec 20, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide network and application
performance management products and solutions, today unveiled new forensic and
audit trail capabilities with the nGenius(R) Flow Recorder, a security-
hardened, Linux-based appliance that provides high-performance recording and
analysis of network traffic. Deployed as part of NetScout's nGenius(R) System
product family, the nGenius Flow Recorder complements NetScout's existing
enterprise-wide performance management with advanced analysis of extended,
continuous full-payload trace recordings.
One of NetScout's first customers using the new product is Hamburger
Sparkasse, the largest savings bank in Germany with over 200 branches across
Hamburg and the surrounding region. Hamburger Sparkasse is using the nGenius
Flow Recorder to record and analyze voice and data streams in their corporate
local and wide area networks.
NetScout's nGenius(R) Solution offers the broadest data collection and
analysis capabilities delivered under a unified network and application
performance management architecture. The nGenius Flow Recorder extends the
nGenius Solution's troubleshooting capabilities to help customers reconstruct
events where extended recording and analysis of full packet payloads is needed
to diagnose intermittent traffic problems. The payload recording capabilities
also support emerging requirements such as application profiling, policy
compliance auditing, and transaction reconstruction.
Highlights of the nGenius Flow Recorder include:
* Application reconstruction and playback for transaction-level
troubleshooting and compliance monitoring of IP voice and Web
application sessions;
* Proactive scanning of recorded traffic using signature analysis,
protocol semantic analysis and traffic pattern analysis to identify
problems in network and application activity;
* Analyses and audits of traffic filtered by logical network definitions
such as VLANs, DLCIs and PVCs;
* Open architecture that provides trace export for processing by external
applications such as intrusion detection systems or protocol analyzers;
* Cost-effective configuration options for covering multiple switch ports
and/or LAN/WAN network links with a single appliance;
* Up to 2.8 Terabytes of internal trace data storage, with a dual-port
SAN interface option for further capacity.
The nGenius Flow Recorder offers many unique features that are not
available in any current offerings in the market, including the broadest range
of topology support for recording and playback of traffic from WAN links (POS,
ATM, HSSI, T1/E1, T3/E3, etc.) and load shared 10/100/1000 LAN links,
filtering of noise from the recorded data, and quick graphical drilldowns and
reports of problem domains for needle-in-the-haystack analysis. It can also
be used for extended recording and analysis of flow conversation records, such
as NetFlow, when used in conjunction with nGenius(R) Probes or NetScout's
recently announced nGenius(R) Flow Collector.
"This introduction marks an important evolution in NetScout's offerings,
adding our first dedicated product for advanced, payload-based analysis," said
Michael Szabados, senior vice president of product operations for NetScout
Systems. "The nGenius Flow Recorder will help our customers deal with
increased accountability and auditing demands and the always-present need to
minimize restoration time for critical applications and network links. As
such, this new product represents a strong complement to our existing
enterprise-wide performance management offerings."
Pricing and Availability
The nGenius Flow Recorder is currently shipping and starts at $35,000
list. For additional product information or to order nGenius(R) Performance
Management System products, call NetScout Systems at 1-800-357-7666 or visit
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
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.
(C)2004 NetScout Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 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.
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
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