[October 08, 2008] Dartware Enhances InterMapper with NetFlow Traffic Analysis Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dartware announced that its latest version of the InterMapper network monitoring and traffic analysis software includes fully integrated NetFlow data collection and reporting. "We've always concentrated on making it fast and easy for network managers to see exactly what's happening on their networks at any moment," said Rich Brown, CEO of Dartware. "Now, specific information about traffic flow and sources has been added to the live network map that includes all devices and connections and their performance status. Put more simply, network managers using InterMapper will identify and locate bandwidth hogs with the click of a button." Dartware partners and beta testers have already benefitted from the new InterMapper Flows feature. "In the first 2-3 hours of using InterMapper Flows we found a machine that was generating huge amounts of DNS traffic in comparison to the usual traffic we see," said Lyndon Labuschangne, Network Manager for Ecko Technologies, Dartware's VAR partner in Johannesburg, South Africa. "DNS traffic is usually pretty low compared to e-mail and web traffic so unless someone had been constantly reading firewall logs, this would have gone unnoticed for days. Instead, we immediately took the machine off the network and got it cleaned up." InterMapper Flows conducts full-fidelity NetFlow analysis. The amount of precision and detail delivered allows network managers to pinpoint bandwidth hogs and their behavior. "If there's a lot of traffic on the last day of each month and you know it's attributed to sales figures from remote offices being sent to headquarters, you want to be sure that bandwidth is available," said Brown. "If you see that heavy traffic at 5 on Fridays is your summer intern's MP3 uploads for the weekend, you want to have a talk with the intern and his manager." InterMapper with InterMapper Flows is now available from Dartware and its international network of resellers. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]