Network Monitoring Solution for the Cloud

Grazed from ITBusiness Edge. Author: Julie Knudson.

Now that cloud technology is seeping into every corner of the business world, IT departments are focusing on how efficiently and effectively their cloud providers and platforms are performing. Founded in 1999, Plixer International is a network performance management provider that helps organizations get a holistic view of the entire enterprise regardless of equipment vendor.

Sanford, Maine is not Silicon Valley but …

The Sanford, Maine-based (yes, Maine) company specializes in analyzing network traffic using NetFlow and the newer IPFIX exporters.

"Enterprise adoption of cloud computing is expected to be the most important factor driving the demand for the market of cloud-based application monitoring," said Srihari Padmanabhan, senior industry analyst for Frost & Sullivan’s Measurement and Instrumentation practice. "This factor will boost the demand for cloud-based monitoring services in future" adding that metrics offered as part of a cloud service providers package "don’t provide enough visibility into the network or application."…

This is where Plixer’s Scrutinizer product comes in. It’s a comprehensive flow capture tool that allows users to closely analyze their network data and drill down deeper into the parts that indicate where potential problems are hiding. Plixer works with customers and their hardware vendors to ensure the right data is being captured, and then Plixer builds reports that are custom tailored to each customer’s needs.

Fluke, NetScout, Riverbed, et al make for a crowded field

Operations teams are increasingly relying on this type of information to quickly identify and resolve network problems, and several vendors in addition to Plixer provide targeted solutions, among them Fluke Networks, NetScout, Riverbed, CA, and Manage Engine. Many of the offerings, such as those from Lancope and Arbor Networks, provide greater scalability and a more robust feature set…

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