New nGenius Performance Manager Appliance Tailored to Support Large NetFlow
Implementations; Support for NetFlow Version Nine Added
WESTFORD, Mass., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of network and application performance
management solutions, today announced the expansion of its solutions for
monitoring and analysis of Cisco NetFlow data. NetScout introduced a new,
highly scalable nGenius Performance Manager Appliance tailored for cost-
effective and high-density monitoring and analysis of large NetFlow-enabled
network environments.
Responding to the growing number of enterprises adopting NetFlow as an
economical, application-aware source of traffic data, NetScout has engineered
a security-hardened, high-performance nGenius Performance Manager appliance
dedicated to aggregating and analyzing data from large deployments of NetFlow-
capable switches and routers, such as those made by Cisco. The nGenius
Performance Manager Appliance for NetFlow, delivered on either Windows 2003 or
Red Hat Linux platforms, scales to support data collected from thousands of
NetFlow interfaces.
"Companies are increasingly adopting NetFlow as a cost-effective way to
establish and extend network performance management with application-level
visibility," said Jasmine Noel, partner at IT analyst firm Ptak, Noel &
Associates. "NetFlow delivers granular data on how specific applications are
used and how usage impacts network performance as a whole. Thus, by seamlessly
integrating NetFlow into its comprehensive analysis solution, NetScout
improves customers' ability to monitor and control network performance and
capacity from a business perspective."
With multiple enterprise licenses of nGenius Performance Manager pre-
installed and pre-licensed on the new appliance, IT organizations will benefit
from quick time-to-value based on rapid deployment of the most cost-effective
solution available in the market today. Additionally, statistics from other
intelligent data sources on the network, such as SNMP MIBs or NetScout's
nGenius Probes, can be collected and analyzed alongside the NetFlow
information for unified viewing of application performance across an entire
enterprise network.
NetScout has also upgraded its nGenius Solution to support NetFlow version
9, an extensible template-based data interchange format, which is the basis
for the IETF's IP Flow Information Export (ipfix) standard. NetFlow version
9's flexible format supports the addition of new fields and record types to
accommodate data from emerging networking technologies such as IPv6, MPLS and
Multicast. This will allow NetScout's customers to more easily stay current
with the latest, cutting-edge evolutions of NetFlow technology.
Numerous NetScout customers, such as Shanghai Unicom, rely on the nGenius
Solution for NetFlow collection and analysis. See today's related press
release: "Shanghai Unicom Deploys NetScout's nGenius Solution To Leverage
Netflow For Network Performance Management." NetScout solutions for NetFlow
collection include its NetFlow-optimized nGenius Flow Collector device, and
its full suite of nGenius Probes for specialized network instrumentation.
"NetScout has made a strategic commitment to deliver the best NetFlow-
based performance management products in the industry," said Michael Szabados,
senior vice president of product operations at NetScout. "Our new bundled
appliance and version 9 support demonstrate our resolve to provide flexible,
cost-effective, technologically superior, enterprise-class solutions which
allow our customers to successfully leverage NetFlow as a valuable source of
application-aware performance data."
Availability, Pricing and Platform Support
The nGenius Performance Manager Appliance for NetFlow is currently
available at a list price of $140K on either Windows or Linux-based
appliances. Support for NetFlow version 9 is available in firmware release CDM
3.1, which will be available this month.
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 3,000 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, Progressive
Analytics 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.
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