Expands Comprehensive Product Line-Up for Managing Cisco Infrastructures
WESTFORD, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide network and application
performance management solutions, today announced the availability of
dedicated NetFlow collection and analysis capabilities with the addition of a
new appliance product -- nGenius(R) Flow Collector. The new product extends
the nGenius(R) Performance Management Solution for NetFlow data sources and
further reduces the tool clutter in the IT management environment as part of
NetScout's broader CDM initiative launched over two years ago. With the new
nGenius Flow Collector, deployed in conjunction with nGenius(R) Performance
Manager, customers can instrument and analyze large-scale NetFlow-enabled
networks with fewer collector appliances and at a lower cost than with other
NetFlow-based alternatives.
The new nGenius Flow Collector combines the highest flow collection
performance in the industry, at over 100,000 flows/second and over 1 million
NetFlow conversations simultaneously, and support for up to 1000 NetFlow-
enabled interfaces in a single collector. NetFlow records sent to the nGenius
Flow Collectors are aggregated and then analyzed by NetScout's comprehensive
network and application performance management application, nGenius
Performance Manager. NetScout's patent-pending CDM(TM) Technology provides
the underlying architecture to map the details of the NetFlow information to
the common, enterprise-wide views and reports of nGenius Performance Manager.
In addition to supporting all the standard capabilities available in other
NetFlow-based solutions, the nGenius Solution(R) offers the following unique
capabilities:
* A single application (nGenius Performance Manager) to support multiple
data sources (MIB-II, Cisco NAM, NetFlow, nGenius(R) Probe). This
allows IT managers to deploy the most appropriate instrumentation in
specific parts of the network, depending on their performance
management needs and budgets, yet allowing them to use the same
console, reporting and user interface and giving them the flexibility
to upgrade the instrumentation while still preserving existing
investments.
* Built-in packet analyzer for troubleshooting and planning NetFlow
deployment and infrastructure; all other solutions require a dedicated
third-party protocol analyzer.
* Selective, long-term recording of NetFlow conversation records for
forensic analysis via the nGenius(R) Flow Director option.
* A NetFlow bypass feature that allows legacy applications (e.g. billing)
to share the NetFlow data sources, avoiding router performance impacts
that would otherwise be incurred to support multiple NetFlow consumers.
* Unprecedented scalability and performance, through an embedded real-
time operating system and unmatched configuration flexibility via the
CDM Architecture.
* The lowest cost of ownership, zero learning curve and small/incremental
investment in the nGenius Flow Collector appliance for customers who
already own the nGenius Performance Manager.
"This new offering demonstrates NetScout's commitment to leveraging all
aspects of Cisco's intelligent infrastructure for optimizing network and
application performance," said Michael Szabados, senior vice president of
product operations for NetScout Systems. "NetFlow is a valuable data source
for many applications from monitoring to capacity planning to accounting and
billing, and more and more of our customers turn it on in their routers and
switches. Its growing adoption justifies our increased support for it as a
core component of our nGenius Performance Management Solution. With the new
nGenius Flow Collector, we can better serve both those customers using NetFlow
as their only instrumentation approach and those taking advantage of the full
range of data sources supported through CDM(TM) Technology from MIB-II to
NetFlow to NAMs to nGenius Probes."
Pricing and Availability
The nGenius Flow Collector, Model 3100, will be available within 60 days
at $14,995 list. For additional product information or to order nGenius
Performance Management System products, 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. NetScouts 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.
(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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