AdventNet Releases Free Edition of NetFlow Analyzer for Bandwidth Monitoring Using Cisco NetFlow.PLEASANTON Pleasanton, city (1990 pop. 50,553), Alameda co., W Calif., a suburb of the San Francisco–Oakland area, in a vineyard and dairy region; inc. 1894. Wine and cheese are produced, and there are publishing and stone-quarrying industries. , Calif. -- AdventNet today announced the release of a Free Edition of NetFlow See IPFIX. Analyzer analyzer /ana·ly·zer/ (an´ah-li?zer) 1. a Nicol prism attached to a polarizing apparatus which extinguishes the ray of light polarized by the polarizer. 2. , its popular bandwidth monitoring software that uses Cisco NetFlow. This new release is especially appealing to small and medium enterprises, which need to account for bandwidth usage across a comparatively smaller network. The Free Edition can analyze, and report on NetFlow data collected from a maximum of 2 interfaces. Apart from this, the Free Edition offers all the features of the Professional Edition and can be downloaded directly from: http://www.netflowanalyzer.com/. NetFlow Analyzer collects and analyzes NetFlow data exported from Cisco routers and switches. This data is then used to generate intuitive reports on top hosts, top applications, top protocols, top conversations, and more. Custom reports allow operators to see bandwidth usage details across interfaces and IP addresses. NetFlow Analyzer also includes options to view bandwidth usage per application, and per department, based on IP address ranges, and port -- protocol combinations. The latest release of NetFlow Analyzer -- 4.0.2 -- includes reports on autonomous systems A network that is administered by a single set of management rules that are controlled by one person, group or organization. Autonomous systems often use only one routing protocol, although multiple protocols can be used. The core of the Internet is made up of many autonomous systems. (AS), and support for NetFlow version 7. NetFlow Analyzer is also localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. in Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. and Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and with support for more languages expected shortly. "We use NetFlow on a daily basis to provide visibility on traffic patterns within our firewalled perimeter The boundary of a system or network, which defines the inside and outside. It is typically determined by firewalls and addresses. See DMZ. . It is used both as a fault-finding tool, and a management tool to provide forecasting and monitoring facilities of our existing and future traffic requirements. NetFlow Analyzer's standard interface reports and custom reports are very helpful for us to determine network problems," said Garry Crothers, Network Engineer at Queen's University Queen's University, at Kingston, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1841 as Queen's College. It achieved university status in 1912. It has faculties of arts and sciences, education, law, medicine, and applied science, as well as schools of of Belfast, Ireland. "Independent of size, the bandwidth monitoring needs of small enterprises are very similar to that of their larger counterparts. Most small businesses should find the new Free Edition suitable for their current bandwidth monitoring needs," said Raghunandhan Ramanujam, Product Manager of NetFlow Analyzer at AdventNet.Inc. "As their infrastructure expands over time, they have the option of upgrading to the Professional Edition without losing data", he added. The Free Edition of NetFlow Analyzer can be downloaded directly for Windows and Linux from http://www.netflowanalyzer.com/download.html. About AdventNet Enabling Management Your Way(TM) AdventNet provides affordable software in the areas of network applications and database tools. With a broad product portfolio and an active customer base ranging from enterprises, equipment vendors and service providers, AdventNet has emerged as a very affordable and high-quality alternative to expensive software that is common in the industry. AdventNet is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA with offices in NJ, NH, India, UK, China and Japan. It has a well-trained partner base around the globe and thousands of customers worldwide. Visit us at www.adventnet.com. |
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