Allot's NetEnforcer Delivers Application Recognition for Multimedia, Database, P2P Protocols and New Reporting Tools.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. 2002 MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 Virtual Bandwidth Monitoring Enables Service Providers to Offer Their Customers SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. Auditing Allot al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. Communications, the premier provider of policy-based networking solutions, announced today new additions to its NetEnforcer product families. New capabilities for application recognition include content inspection for monitoring, classification and traffic shaping Using methods to keep traffic flowing smoothly in a network. Although the term is often used synonymously with "traffic engineering," traffic shaping deals with managing the network moment to moment, whereas traffic engineering refers to the overall strategies employed in a network. of multimedia (Voice and Video over IP -using H.323 and RTSP (RealTime Streaming Protocol) An application layer protocol used to transmit streaming audio, video and 3D animation over the Internet. It enables the user's client software to provide remote control of the server with functions such as pause, rewind and fast ), Oracle, Citrix and Peer-to-Peer protocols as well as classification of VLAN-based traffic (802.1Q). In addition, Allot announced a new software release of its NetPolicy product, a pioneering QoS management suite. The new release includes a Virtual Bandwidth Monitoring utility that enables subscribers to securely monitor their own bandwidth utilization without installing any networking equipment. A new reporting tool allows administrators to create high-level reports on employee usage of the Internet, web sites employees are visiting, link utilization, busiest users and servers, applications running and the bandwidth consumption by each application. It also offers reports on overall application performance and network usage, based on Allot NetEnforcer's IP session detail collection. "We have recently tested Allot's Virtual Bandwidth Monitoring and found it to have a great service potential," said Gerhard Bothma, Network Administrator of M-Web Business Solutions, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . Eran Ziv, President of Allot Communications added, "Our ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. customers have requested new management tools that help them attract and retain business accounts. Our enterprise customers asked us to support more protocols, including H.323 for video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . With the new releases, Allot is pleased to again be responsive to the needs of its customers and to preserve its reputation as a developer of innovative, high-quality policy-based management See policy management. solutions." Application Recognition is a Key to Successful Bandwidth Management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. Today's networks are populated with a multitude of applications, both for business and non-business uses. A growing number of users employ video conferencing and voice applications over IP networks. Corporate networks are becoming overloaded with non-business activities such as viewing adult entertainment sites and using Peer-to-Peer applications for downloading of large music and video files. Not only does this lower employee productivity, but it also degrades network performance by utilizing critical resources such as WAN (wide area network) bandwidth and degrading the performance of other business critical applications such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems. Therefore, a major challenge to network professionals is to distinguish "true" business-related browsing from all browsing traffic that may include browsing and downloading of "fun" files, such as music and video. NetEnforcer software version 4.2 offers the ability to classify HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. by content type (i.e., MIME field), to conduct deep content inspection of multimedia protocols such as H.323 and RTSP and to fully classify Peer-to-Peer protocols, such as AudioGalaxy, iMesh, KaZaA and Morpheus. With the NetEnforcer, network administrators are now able to differentiate between "fun" traffic disguised as legitimate business traffic and "real" mission-critical traffic. "Once we installed the NetEnforcer, we discovered that a major portion of our WAN bandwidth was taken by Peer-to-Peer and entertainment file downloads," said Amit Shilo, Communications and Internet Manager, Kibutz Yagur, Israel. "It took us a minute to define rules that limited bandwidth for entertainment sessions to levels that won't excessively slow other traffic. Within seconds all our Internet users could browse much faster and enjoy the improved access to the Internet." NetPolicy Enables Administrators to Create Net-Smart Reports; NetPolicy's Virtual Bandwidth Monitoring Allows Service Providers to Offer New Services Allot's NetPolicy enables network professionals to produce high-level graphical and tabular reports. NetPolicy enables administrators to account for each IP traffic session so that there is no need to predefine rules -- as with other solutions. Installed on a Windows 2000 server, the new NetPolicy database collects data from multiple NetEnforcers configured with the optional NetAccountant software. It then enables network managers to generate smart reports on application performance and traffic session records. In addition to pre-defined reports, administrators can produce customized reports, utilizing third-party tools such as Crystal Reports. NetPolicy's new Virtual Bandwidth Monitoring module allows ISPs to offer their subscribers the ability to view their own hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly bandwidth consumption. Without any equipment installed on-site, subscribers can use the Web to monitor usage of their most critical resource -- the WAN link. This allows ISPs to increase their value proposition and provides an additional source of revenue. About Allot Communications Allot Communications was founded in 1997 to empower networks for business. The company's Policy-Powered Networking initiative offers solutions for enterprises and IP service providers that improve network performance and enable the deployment of business-critical, time-sensitive applications. Allot's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the NetEnforcer, includes best-of-class bandwidth management/traffic shaping technology for QoS/SLA enforcement, real-time IP monitoring, IP accounting and load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them . In enterprise networks, Allot's solutions allow network managers to enable Quality of Service (QoS) by linking business policies to specific network actions that improve and control users' productivity and satisfaction. In IP service provider networks, Allot's QoS/SLA enforcement solutions enable service providers to effectively use over-subscription to maximize ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). and to deliver tiered services or classes of service. Allot Communications has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Burlingame, California; Houston, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Sophia Antipolis, France; Munich, Germany; London, United Kingdom and Randers, Denmark. The company sells and markets its products worldwide through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and distributor channels. Visit Allot on the Web at www.allot.com. Reader Contact Information: Allot Communications, Inc., 250 Prairie Center Drive, No. 335 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Tel: 952/944-3100, Fax: 952/944-3555, info@allot.com, www.allot.com Note to Editors: Allot Communications, the Allot Communications logo, and NetEnforcer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Allot Communications Ltd. Other company, brand, product, and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Members of the media interested in testing and evaluating any of Allot's products should contact Michael Matthey, 210/820-3070 ext. 106 or michaelm@weinkrantz.com |
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