[July 14, 2011] Gigamon Broadens Technology Leadership with Expanded Portfolio Tweet Jul 14, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Gigamon, a global provider of data access solutions, said it responds to customer demand by expanding its product offerings with the addition of the GigaSecure line, and the expansion of its GigaSmart line. The Company noted that these additions further extend Gigamon's market leadership by delivering Intelligent Visibility and Control to the most sensitive and demanding communication environments. The GigaBPS intelligent bypass switch represents the first product in the GigaSecure family. Gigamon said that this module provides intelligent visibility to for both Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).In doing so the module enables a broader reach of information security, extends monitoring and allows organizations to further centralize their network management, saving time and expense. "With the GigaBPS intelligent bypass switch, Gigamon is the first to introduce a completely centralized monitoring access layer," said Doug Hurd, Director, Technical Alliances for Sourcefire, a world leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions. "A single appliance can now be populated to handle inline security devices and receive port only devices, eliminating the need to have multiple TAPs and bypass units from different vendors. This simplifies network management and reduces the time to get network protection implemented." The Company said that the GigaBPS intelligent bypass enables Managed Hosting Providers to implementing scalable security practices when delivering 'Cloud' services, where IPS connections feed virtual environments in both traditional and high-density data centers. The GigaBPS also enables cybersecurity protection for Telco, Enterprise, Financial and Government environments where IPS is used to combat a broad range of information 'attacks' that are common including malware, denial of service (DDoS), and advanced persistent threats (APT), all of which can cost organizations millions of dollars in fraud, lost business and tarnished brand reputation. In addition to the launch of the new GigaSecure line, Gigamon reported that it has expanded its award winning GigaSmart product, providing organizations with new tools to control, manage and secure their data. The GigaSmart Advanced Packet Modification Technology helps organizations improve data visibility, while both reducing network costs and improving productivity a CIO's top priorities. The expanded functionality in the GigaSmart product includes IP tunneling, which the Company noted, allows centralized secure monitoring of remote locations, de-duplication, which eliminates duplicate data traffic in complex asymmetrical network environments, and Header Stripping, which provides network monitoring of VLAN and MPLS traffic. When combined with the existing GigaSmart features of Time Stamping, Data Masking, Port Labeling and Packet Slicing, the new GigaSmart module is versatile packet modification tool in the Data Access industry. "OPNET and our customers are very familiar with where Gigamon sits in the rack, as OPNET's AppResponse Xpert uniquely delivers multiple capabilities in a single appliance, including end-user experience monitoring, network performance monitoring, web transaction analysis, VoIP troubleshooting and more," said Todd Kaloudis, Senior VP at OPNET Technologies, Inc., a leader in application and network performance management. "Solutions like this from Gigamon are effective in complex environments with high capacities or many traffic feeds because they perform intelligent traffic conditioning, including grooming, splitting and filtering of traffic sources," according to Kaloudis. "The capabilities that Gigamon offers can play an important role in deployment strategies for performance monitoring appliances in the data center." More Information: www.gigamon.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]