NTO Network Packet Brokers: Better Data for Better Decisions With networks and data centers becoming more complex and application-aware, maintaining performance and security requires 100% visibility into the network. Ixia's Net Tool Optimizer® (NTO) network packet brokers (NPBs) revolutionize traditional monitoring by adding intelligence and delivering complete visibility into physical and virtual networks. NTO intelligently connects data centers and service provider networks with monitoring tools and improves ROI by extending the value of lower-speed tools to high-speed environments Advanced features such as aggregation, filtering, and load balancing deliver precisely the right traffic to each monitoring and security device with industry-best ease of use and drag-and-drop operation. Patented filtering and de-duplication technology ensures each monitoring tool gets exactly the right data needed for analysis that improves delivery of applications to end-users, saving valuable IT time.
Ixia NTO Overview Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) is part of Ixia's extensive family of leading network test equipment and visibility solutions. The NTO aggregates, filters, replicates and de-duplicates traffic before reaching your monitoring tools.
www.youtube.com eBook: Network Visibility For Dummies Advanced cyber threats, cloud computing, and exploding traffic volume pose significant challenges if you are responsible for your organization’s network security and performance management. The concept of ‘network visibility’ is frequently introduced as the key to improvement. But what exactly is network visibility and how does it help an organization keep its defenses strong and optimize performance? This e-book, presented in the straight-forward style of the For Dummies series, describes the concept from the ground up. Download this guide to learn how to use a visibility foundation to access all the relevant traffic moving through your organization anddeliver the information you need to protect and maximize customer experience.
Network Visibility – Performance Matters Some visibility companies advertise features that cannot be used at the same time. But Ixia’s network packet broker features can operate simultaneously because they are processed by a dedicated hardware accelerator chip. Avoid the other company’s painful workarounds that are expensive and hard to manage. Watch and see why feature compatibility matters. Then visit http://www.ixiacom.com/networkvisibility.
www.youtube.com Network Visibility - Ease of Use Matters Network management systems that are difficult to program can create more problems than they fix. Complicated programming leads to mistakes and bad connections. An auto-configuring drag-and-drop interface is faster, easier, and best of all more efficient. Watch and see why ease-of-use matters. Then read Zeus Kerravala’s Network World article on how a GUI changes network performance. (http://bit.ly/GUI-Changes-NW-Perf)
www.youtube.com Case Study: Safeguarding Against Cyberattacks As a personal lines insurer, there is much to protect. How many times have we all shuddered, hearing about personal information being breached, including identity, financial accounts, and even health records? Cyberattacks are top-of-mind for companies who must maintain a level of trust and integrity with their customers, clients, and partners. Having a security event in 2014 created an even stronger sense of urgency to strengthen overall security through improved network visibility. Awareness of this effort was reported to the CIO, the CISO and even the CEO. Executives undoubtedly do not want to appear in articles on the biggest security breaches, like the one from Network World1 entailing, for example, how data was stolen on 22 million current and former federal employees from the federal Office of Personnel Management.
White Paper: 5 Ways to Maximize the Value of Security Monitoring Tools A properly constructed visibility architecture saves money in both the short and long run. Engage all the processing capacity of your tools and enable them to work for you longer. A good visibility architecture makes your applications and security stronger
Ixia Visibility for the Enterprise Brochure Are users complaining “the network is slow?” Or “Skype isn’t working?” Is your security team chasing too many false positives? Will your data center investment produce the return on investment (ROI) your executive e-staff expects? Stronger applications, tighter security, and higher returns on your IT investment all hinge on being able to see inside your network. Only with total visibility across your physical and virtual networks can your teams—and your tools—make exactly the right decisions at exactly the right time.
Case Study: vTaps and Vision ONE Deliver Innovative Virtual Access Most government agency data centers in the United States are policy driven with procedures in place for monitoring everything occurring within each center. Many are now highly virtualized, and while the information technology (IT) teams recognize that visibility gaps exist, many are not aware of a solution. The Ixia account team introduced this large federal agency to Ixia’s integrated virtualized visibility platform, which maximized monitoring effectiveness by ensuring proper access to the data the customer needed, when and where it need it.
Ixia Vision ONE Learn more at https://www.ixiacom.com/products/vision-oneThe all-in-one tool that provides high-performance, lossless visibility.
www.youtube.com Ixia’s Visibility Architecture Learn more about Ixia’s Visibility Architecture that enables end-to-end visibility across the entire network, including mixed physical and virtual network environments, passive monitoring and fail-safe inline security deployments.
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