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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 7, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 27
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Federal Agencies Expand Their
NetScout Solutions
NetScout Systems, Inc., a leading provider of network performance
management
solutions, announced several Federal agencies that are expanding their
nGenius Performance Management System by purchasing upgrades to nGenius
Performance Manager and/or additional nGenius Probes. By expanding their
NetScout solutions, these agencies are increasing their visibility into
network and applications performance to further optimize networked services
for end-users.
The Defense Intelligence Agency expanded its NetScout solution to gain
further
visibility into Fast Ethernet traffic being delivered across its global
network. The DIA has more than 100 NetScout probes deployed worldwide to
monitor the bandwidth requirements of critical, multimedia applications being
delivered across its Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
(JWICS). JWICS is a high-speed network that enables secure intelligence
communications, worldwide. In addition, the DIA is using the NetScout solution
to collect and feed accurate data into modeling scenarios performed by OPNET
Technologies, an nGenius Alliance Partner of NetScout's.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's lead center for robotic
exploration of the solar system, expanded its NetScout solution to increase
visibility into the data and applications being delivered across its multi-
gigabit internal network. This network supports the delivery of information
gathered by JPL cameras, sensors and telescopes to NASA scientists as well as
supporting communications with spacecraft engaged in deep space exploration.
JPL is using the nGenius solution to proactively assure the performance of
networked services by performing base-lining and trending of bandwidth and
performance requirements for mission critical applications. In addition, JPL
is performing real-time monitoring and troubleshooting to address performance
problems in the network before they impact end users.
The U.S. Coast Guard, a military, multi-mission, maritime service within
the
Department of Homeland Security and one of the nation's five armed services,
expanded its nGenius solution to increase visibility into Gigabit and Fast
Ethernet traffic in the core network supporting its Washington, D.C.
headquarters. The Coast Guard is using nGenius to proactively monitor and
assure application performance and network efficiency through measuring
application response time on the network, preventing bottlenecks and providing
faster troubleshooting. Its network supports its core operations of protecting
the public, the environment and U.S. economic and security interests in any
maritime region.
"Government agencies are using our nGenius solution to gain visibility into
how much their networks are being utilized, by which applications and by which
users," said Jim Frey, vice president of marketing, NetScout Systems. "Using
this information, they can proactively exert more control over how resources
get used, plan more efficiently, address problems before they impact vital
operations and accelerate service restoration when problems do occur. As our
federal agencies become increasingly reliant on real-time networks for their
operations, more and more are turning to NetScout for effective performance
management solutions."
The nGenius Performance Management System unifies performance management
for
the converging enterprise. NetScout's flagship management application, nGenius
Performance Manager, leverages the unified data made available through
NetScout's patent-pending CDMTM technology to deliver consistent utilization,
response time and availability metrics for real-time monitoring and
troubleshooting, protocol analysis, capacity planning and historical reporting
from a single solution.
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