NetScout Systems Delivers AppScout for Web-Based, Real-Time Visibility of Networked Applications.WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- AppScout Delivers On the Benefits of Application Flow Management by Providing Business-Relevant Network Information to a Range of Audiences NetScout(R) Systems, Inc. today announced the delivery of AppScout(tm) application flow monitor in support of the company's Application Flow Management architecture. AppScout provides real-time, end-to-end views of application performance over an enterprise network for SAP/R3 and other business-oriented applications. These views are essential for network and application managers to understand the impact that an application has on the network, as well as the network's impact on the application. Application performance information is critical for predicting potential network problems, identifying network requirements, optimizing network performance, and delivering on service level agreements. Unlike alternative approaches which simulate an application's impact on the network with synthetic transactions, AppScout observes actual application flows. This gives a true and complete view of the network performance that is delivered to the business. As a result, network managers, application developers and help desk personnel can tell when there is a problem, why there is a problem and what is causing the problem. Customers Praise Business Perspective "AppScout gives me information that until now was only available from separate tools, or not at all," said Dennis Thomas, manager of enterprise network services for Tektronix, Inc. "It is our job to ensure that the network meets the needs of the business and AppScout provides my team with the key information necessary to do this. "Now we can quickly determine if there is an impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. problem, often before the user does. Being able to restore service levels quickly not only reduces user frustration, but also reduces calls to the help desk." "AppScout gives me a business-oriented network perspective by providing the data I need to monitor network performance as it pertains to end-user application usage," said Pat Meyers, manager of WAN services, Ceridian "It allows me to see the number of clients using a given application and the average application flow response times. In addition, AppScout lets me look at and manage service level issues, and helps me navigate through historical views of application usage, enabling me to anticipate, evaluate and control network performance." Tracking the performance of networked applications is one of the most important elements of managing an enterprise network. AppScout provides multi-dimensional views - including response times, network and application utilization, network health and link quality - that are essential to application service level management, 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. , and policy validation. This level of information is necessary for effective, business-relevant decision-making, and enhances collaboration between the network and application management teams. "In our study of U.S. enterprises `Business-Centric Network Management and Downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. Costs,' we found that total LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. management budgets average about $2 million, yet downtime costs $7.6 million, showing that the financial impact of network degradation and failure is far in excess of the network management budget itself," said Michael Howard
"By determining what applications load the network, network planners can intelligently determine whether to add capacity or adjust the priorities of networked applications," said Michael Szabados, vice president, marketing for NetScout Systems. "By tuning the network to the priorities of the business, companies can realize sizable savings in capital investmentBesides, adding capacity may often not be the best solution: the problem may actually reside in areas such as mis-configured or misused applications. AppScout can quickly uncover the problem and right the course of action before having to make additional investments in infrastructure." Cisco Management Connection Certified AppScout application flow monitor has received Cisco Management Connection certification for use with CiscoWorks2000, Cisco Systems' new Web-based enterprise network management product suite that leverages web-based standards to seamlessly integrate network management applications from multiple vendors. Leverages Network Instrumentation AppScout uses data from NetScout Probes that includes the Application Response Time (ART) 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. . ART MIB technology enables the actual measurement of the response times experienced by all users of a particular application on the monitored network and is available as a software agent option for all NetScout Probes. Complete network visibility is achieved by placing ART MIB-enabled probes on key server links, trunks and WAN links. As opposed to desktop agent implementations, instrumentation dramatically reduces administration complexity and overall impact on the system, while delivering an end-through-end view of all network activity. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. and Availability AppScout is a self-contained application that consists of an integrated polling engine and web server and operates on UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . The product is now available for US$12,500 and includes 10 bundled ART MIB licenses. Additional ART MIB licenses are available for $695.00 per probe. Support for Web-based application See Web application. (Intranets, e-commerce and Internet access See how to access the Internet. ) tracking is included with the AppScout software, and add-on Application Analysis Modules are now available for SAP/R3 and custom applications. Additional enterprise-class application support will follow for applications such as BAAN, Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , PeopleSoft, and Oracle. About Application Flow Management from NetScout Systems NetScout System's Application Flow Management solutions deliver the metrics needed to provide the level of performance that is consistent with the ever-changing needs of the global enterprise. Application Flow Management is a method of managing enterprise networks by tracking application flows and their impact on the network. Only NetScout Systems offers comprehensive, standards-based, Application Flow Management solutions that deliver true visibility of applications running on the enterprise network regardless of protocol or topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. -- supporting shared and switched LANs, VLANs, ATM, WANs, Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , T1/E1, T3/E3, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , and Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. . These solutions provide a view into network performance that enables network and application managers to identify network capacity requirements, optimize network performance, develop and measure network policies and deliver on service level agreements. About NetScout Systems NetScout Systems a leading provider of network management solutions that monitor business-critical application flows across the network. The company pioneered standards-based network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. technology for application-aware network planning, troubleshooting and service level management. Application Flow Management is a method of managing enterprise networks by tracking application flows and their impact on the network. NetScout Systems' Applications Flow Management-based solutions deliver the metrics needed to provide the level of network performance that is consistent with the ever-changing needs of the global enterprise. NetScout Systems' achievements as one of the industry's most successful network monitoring companies have led to numerous product awards and corporate honors, including 21st ranking among the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies, and Ernst & Young's national Entrepreneur of the Year in the technology division. NetScout Systems is headquartered in Westford, Mass. Further information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.netscout.com. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : product screen shots are available NetScout is a registered trademark and the NetScout logo, AppScout are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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