Endace Brings 100 Percent Visibility to High Speed Networks

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 11:20 am
Press Release: Endace

Endace Brings 100 Percent Visibility to High Speed Networks

Latest Software Release from Endace Systems Brings Real Time Network-Wide Anomaly Detection and Integrated Packet Forensics to 1, 10, 40 & 100Gbps Networks

Auckland, New Zealand — March 7, 2012— Endace (LSE: EDA), world leaders in network monitoring and recording, today announced the launch of OSm 5.0, the latest software release for their range of 100 percent accurate high speed network monitoring and recording systems. OSm 5.0 introduces a range of important new features to OSm that assists organisations in unleashing the true power of a 100 percent accurate network monitoring and recording fabric. It offers:

• Real time indexing of monitored packet flows
• Application classification
• Real time network-wide anomaly detection
• Traffic visualisation capability
• One-click network-wide data mining
• Granular access controls for fine-grain user administration

At the heart of OSm 5.0 is EndaceVision™, a new browser-based application that gives authorised users the ability to see deep inside their global high speed networks with 100 percent accuracy. EndaceVision is accessed through a web browser, is optimised for use on tablets and presents users with a single consolidated view of all the information collected by the monitoring and recording fabric. Using EndaceVision network and security engineers can:

• Set up and monitor a range of alarms for network performance, network latency and security anomalies through a single consolidated dashboard
• Visualise traffic related to any kind of event or anomaly by bandwidth utilisation – down to 100 microsecond resolution and application type
• Drill down into traffic using an elegant workflow to access higher resolution information about a particular host, user or application
• Overlay detected anomalies on top of traffic visualisations to add colour and context to an investigation
• Share visualisations among users utilising integrated screen sharing capabilities and save standard visualisations for future reference
• Download packets of interest associated with an event from any point across the network for a full forensic investigation inside a protocol decoder.

With the inclusion of the new application classification capability, Endace Systems have the ability to recognise nearly 600 different applications. With visibility into the application layer, organisations can, for the first time, truly understand which applications are running on the network and how the presence of different applications impacts performance and behaviour. In a world where more and more applications are migrating to the web, the ability to distinguish them is critical for effective network management.

OSm 5.0 enables organisations to:

• Improve network uptime through continuous, proactive monitoring of key metrics such as bandwidth utilisation, network latency and network security
• Speed the time to visibility on service-affecting network events by connecting engineers to the actual packets of interest in the shortest possible time
• Reduce the operational costs associated with network management through a common visibility infrastructure shared by multiple operational teams
• Unlock latent network potential by optimising asset utilisation through deep application-level visibility into the network

“Effective management and optimisation of converged networks yields enormous business value for our customers,” said Spencer Greene, senior vice president of product management at Endace. “EndaceVision enhances our customers’ ability to see, investigate and remediate issues faster than ever before, which is having a direct impact on the productivity of their operational teams and the wider organisation.”

“Operations teams need to establish fine-grained, application-aware visibility from the network perspective,” said Jim Frey, managing research director at Enterprise Management Associates. “With EndaceVision, Endace is taking direct aim at proving that it is not only possible, but practical to deploy monitoring technologies and infrastructure that can be shared between NetOps and NetSec teams, in the service of reducing cost, streamlining collaboration and improving resilience.”

OSm 5.0 is available this quarter, and is delivered as standard with every Endace System purchased. Endace Systems start at $20,000.

About Endace

Endace provides 100 percent accurate network visibility solutions for high-speed and ultra-high-speed computer networks. Endace Network Monitoring and Recording Systems are guaranteed to index, analyse, and record every packet on the wire at speeds up to 100Gbps. They are designed to be deployed from the edge to the core of the network as a common, centrally managed, visibility ‘fabric’.

EndaceVision is Endace's proprietary visibility application and is designed to bring monitored and recorded network traffic to life. EndaceVision is browser-based, application aware, and provides organisations with continuous network-wide anomaly detection, traffic visualisation, and network forensic capabilities.

One hundred percent packet capture is now widely accepted as a non-negotiable input to applications that are being used to help organisations manage risk, reputation, and compliance. Based on proprietary DAG® I/O technology, Endace’s network monitoring systems and network packet sniffer tools have earned a global reputation for delivering 100% network visibility at any speed from 10Mbps to 100Gbps.

Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Endace also has of¬fices in the U.K. and the United States. Quoted on London's AIM, the stock code is LSE: EDA.L.

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