NetScout Delivers Industry's Most Cost-Effective NetFlow Offering with Unlimited Enterprise License that Also Includes Support for IP SLA.Simple, cost-effective licensing and highly scalable, distributed solution demonstrate NetScout's price-performance leadership in the NetFlow market WESTFORD, Mass. -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NTCT NTCT Negative Temperature Coefficient Thermistor ), a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, today announced nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow, a NetFlow-centric solution that includes fully integrated support for Cisco's IP 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. . Priced at $125,000 per site license, the solution is aimed at Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies, and service providers who are looking to leverage NetFlow data sources to expand their performance management capabilities with the most cost-effective solution available. NetScout's solution combines nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow and a number of nGenius Collector appliances, depending on the scale of the installation. The former collects NetFlow and IP SLA performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. from nGenius Collectors and aggregates, analyzes, displays and reports them in real time and over history. The latter are high-performance appliances for receiving NetFlow datagrams from up to 5,000 interfaces, as well as results from up to 500 IP SLA tests from Cisco routers. The benefits of nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow include: * Cost-effectiveness. NetScout is delivering a unified solution for NetFlow and IP SLA analysis and reporting for a one-time, unlimited enterprise license. This makes the nGenius System for NetFlow the most cost-effective solution for Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies, and service providers wanting to leverage NetFlow as a source of data for capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. . * High Scalability and Performance. The nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow supports multiple servers in a distributed architecture as well as a standby server for protection against hardware failures and natural disasters. A single nGenius Collector supports up to 5,000 NetFlow interfaces, up to 500 IP SLA tests and up to two million flows per minute, far exceeding the capacity of any other collector product on the market. * Superior Analysis & Reporting. The nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow gives network managers a unified view of NetFlow, IP SLA and MIB (1) (Management Information Base) The hierarchical database used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to describe the particular device being monitored. MIB objects are identified using ASN.1 syntax. See SNMP, RMON, OID and ASN.1. II data in the same graphical screen views and reports. Easy to use out of the box, it also includes richer configurability and built-in troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. aids for quicker Netflow solution deployment than other common solutions on the market today. "NetScout is an established leader in flow-based performance management and has more than a decade of experience with NetFlow data. This offering allows our customers to expand their network management scope in a highly scalable manner," said Michael Szabados, senior vice president of product operations, NetScout Systems. "Further with our addition of support for the IP SLA that's readily available in these Cisco enterprise networks, users can view both capacity and end-user responsiveness side-by-side, in the same screens and reports. Whether you look at it from a feature, functionality, or cost perspective, the introduction of the nGenius Performance Manager for NetFlow makes NetScout the clear choice for large organizations." About NetScout Systems NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. and application performance management products and solutions that assure critical business services across the enterprise. More than 3200 organizations worldwide have deployed NetScout's nGenius[R] Performance Management System to increase their return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of networks and applications according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. business priorities. NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts Westford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,754 at the 2000 census. History Westford was first settled in 1635. Originally a part of neighboring Chelmsford, West Chelmsford soon grew large enough to sustain its own 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 1. CDM - Content Data Model 2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing 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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