Spirent Communications TeraMetrics and NetIQ's Chariot Work Together to Create First Complete Network Performance Analysis Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld Interop Atlanta 2000 Booth No. 7337 Enterprise Network Performance Analysis System "ENPAS" combines two award-winning products to measure performance from data link layer to application layer in a single solution ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Spirent Communications, the world leader in network performance and analysis systems, and NetIQ Corporation (Nasdaq:NTIQ), the leading provider of e-business infrastructure management, today announced the successful collaboration of SmartBits(R) TeraMetrics open test platform and Chariot application-level testing software to create "ENPAS" (Enterprise Network Performance Analysis System). ENPAS meets customer needs for highly scalable, well-integrated, data link to application layer performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. . This new collaborative solution simulates the end-user application experience, together with IP QoS, TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. , Voice over IP and other network testing at up to wire speed performance on a single platform. The new application is made possible by the availability of the new TeraMetrics 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. 6301 first-to-market system for 10Mbps/100Mbps/1000Mbps Ethernet testing. The combined solution runs a Chariot endpoint on the cut-through channel of TeraMetrics modules to perform response time and throughput measurements at the application layer, complementing state-of-the-art SmartBits measurements. Chariot enables different traffic to be generated and analyzed to simulate business applications such as BAAN, SAP, and 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. , database updates, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to , Telnet, Web, e-Commerce, and NetMeeting. The user can run the TeraMetrics and Chariot functions either together or separately. "Network Equipment Manufacturers, Service Providers and Enterprise users have been using Chariot for years to understand how applications will perform as the network infrastructure changes," said Steve Joyce, director of network technology for NetIQ. "Now, they can also benefit from the scalability of the TeraMetrics platform when doing application-level testing. We are very excited to bring our award-winning Chariot product to this new solution." "This exciting new combined solution has been a key goal of our award-winning TeraMetrics platform," said Mark Fishburn, Spirent Communications, vice president of marketing for SmartBits Systems. "Our customers have recognized the individual benefits of both products, and now we can deliver the integrated solution to finally give them the complete picture of network performance that they have been asking for." A live demonstration of ENPAS (the combined TeraMetrics/Chariot solution) will be shown in the Spirent Communications booth No. 7337 during NetWorld +Interop Atlanta, September 26-28, 2000. For pricing and availability on the ENPAS solution call Spirent Communications at 800/927-2660 or NetIQ at 888/426-9633. About NetIQ Software Corporation NetIQ Corporation is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management software that enables organizations to optimize the performance and availability of their Windows NT- and Windows 2000-based systems and applications. The company provides e-businesses, enterprise customers and application service providers (ASPs) with comprehensive infrastructure management solutions encompassing application, directory, server and network performance management. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. with development and operational personnel in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. and Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. . NetIQ has over 2,000 customers including Charles Schwab, Microsoft, Nasdaq, and Shell Services International. For more information please visit NetIQ's Web site at http://www.netiq.com/ or call 408/330-7000. About Spirent Communications Spirent Communications is the world leader in performance analysis solutions. The company designs and manufactures Abacus, Adtech, DLS DLS abbr. Doctor of Library Science , EdgeCumbe, GSS (storage) GSS - Group-Sweeping Scheduling. , Metrohm, SmartBits, and TAS TAS abbr. 1. telephone answering system 2. true airspeed products to provide customers with a full-breadth of comprehensive and integrated performance analysis test solutions. Spirent Communications' solutions accelerate development and minimize the risk of deployment of new communications technologies. SmartBits products have become the industry standard for network performance analysis systems, generating and analyzing traffic, at full wire rate, over hundreds of ports for: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, Packet over SONET A metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) transport technology that carries IP packets directly over SONET transmission without any data link facility such as ATM in between. , ATM, Frame Relay, WAN, xDSL and Cable Modem networks. SmartBits award winning hardware and software applications are used by more than 1,300 of the world's leading network equipment manufacturers, network service providers, corporate enterprises and test laboratories to measure the performance of networks and network devices. For more information on Spirent Communications or SmartBits products, visit the web site at www.spirentcom.com or call 800/927-2660. SmartBits is a registered trademark of Spirent Communications. TeraMetrics is a trademark of Spirent Communications. NetIQ and Chariot are registered trademarks of NetIQ Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. |
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