Ipswitch, Inc. Announces NetFlow Monitor Plug-In for WhatsUp® Gold v12.3
New Plug-in Provides NetFlow Monitoring Capabilities – Extends Functionality of WhatsUp Gold Network Management Product Family
Lexington, MA – October 6, 2008 – Ipswitch, Inc.'s Network Management division, the leading developer of network management software, announced today the immediate availability of WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor – A plug-in module for WhatsUp Gold Version 12.3 Standard, Premium, Distributed and MSP Editions. WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor provides traffic flow identification and reporting based on Cisco's NetFlow technology. It delivers instant insight into how efficiently any network is performing and how bandwidth is being utilized.
NetFlow is a Cisco-developed technology embedded in many routers and switches to provide information on the packets moving through a device, from source to destination and back. This movement is defined as a "flow". For example, a flow could represent a user accessing an application or Website and the application's response. NetFlow identifies these traffic flows and provides classification of them using source and destination addressing.
WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor gathers information from NetFlow-enabled switches and routers allowing network administrators to analyze and report on network traffic patterns. Applications and users that are inappropriately consuming bandwidth can be rapidly identified. WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor presents detailed information to assess network quality of service and quickly resolve traffic bottlenecks.
The WhatsUp Gold product family enables true real-time monitoring of network devices and adds configurable reports to allow up-to-the-second intelligence about and visibility into monitored systems or devices. WhatsUp Gold boasts far more scalability, functionality and capabilities than point products traditionally delivered to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Additionally, pricing is often many times lower than competitors’ enterprise-class network management solutions.
For more information on WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor, visit http://whatsupgold.com/products/whatsup-gold-plugins/flow-monitor/index.aspx
For a free trial of WhatsUp Gold v12.3 and the new NetFlow Monitor plug-in, visit http://whatsupgold.com/products/download/index.aspx
To join a live presentation and demonstration of WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor, attend the Webinar on Thursday October 9, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EDT.
"We always listen to our customers as we enhance WhatsUp Gold, and NetFlow monitoring functionality has recently been among our top requests," said Ennio Carboni, Vice President of Sales for Ipswitch Network Management. "Based on customer input, we designed NetFlow Monitor as a scalable solution, offering network managers the flexibility to install it either fully integrated with WhatsUp Gold or as a separate, dedicated NetFlow Monitor implementation for networks with large amounts of measureable traffic."
About WhatsUp Gold - Know Your Network
Ipswitch™, Inc.’s network management division, the developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative network management solutions, manages thousands of networks worldwide. Built on a scalable architecture offering automated network discovery and network mapping, real-time network monitoring (including SNMP monitoring and WMI monitoring), and versatile alerting, notification, and reporting functionality, WhatsUp Gold provides intelligent and easy to use, extensive network management that goes beyond simple device availability and delivers comprehensive troubleshooting. Recently, Ipswitch, Inc. acquired Dorian Software Creations, Inc., the leader in providing complete, easy-to-use solutions for Windows Security Event Management (SEM) and Log Management for small businesses and enterprise-level organizations.
WhatsUp Gold scales from the small business to the large enterprise, and its functionality extends with additional plug-in modules: WhatsUp Gold WhatsConnected™ for Layer 2/Layer 3 discovery, mapping and visualization; WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor and WhatsUp Gold Flow Publisher for network bandwidth utilization monitoring; WhatsUp Gold WhatsConfigured for automated Network Configuration and Change Management; and WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor for precise measurement of a converged network’s ability to provide the quality of service (QoS) necessary for VoIP. To learn more about WhatsUp Gold, download a free trial or to make a purchase visit: http://www.whatsupgold.com/products/download/
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