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Ixia Launches ControlTower ArchitectureMay 08, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Ixia introduced its ControlTower architecture to help cloud hosting facilities and large enterprise campuses scale and rapidly deploy multiple segments for centralized, intelligent monitoring. According to a release, efficient and highly scalable, the ControlTower architecture provides a single user interface for comprehensive monitoring of network performance and security tools housed in dispersed racks or geographic locations. The ControlTower architecture builds on the capabilities of the Ixia Anue Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) network monitoring switches, which aggregate, filter, load balance and de-duplicate network traffic to intelligently connect data center and cloud provider networks with monitoring tools. This enables network operators to meet rapidly increasing bandwidth demands while retaining critical, packet-level visibility into application performance and security at line rate, all managed via a simple yet powerful central interface, the company said. "As businesses continue to expand both their use of and reliance on secure, high-performing IT infrastructures, they are moving toward modular approaches that can include both internal and external cloud resources," said Jim Frey, Vice President of Research for Network Management at Enterprise Management Associates. "Servers, storage and networking components are more often virtualized and can be activated as needed, and so monitoring strategies need to be flexible and scalable to keep pace. Distributed packet monitoring architectures such as Ixia's ControlTower are critical for maintaining visibility in the face of dynamic resource provisioning and agile, hybrid environments." "In highly distributed environments, visibility architecture is a critical component of the infrastructure - security and performance issues often occur deep inside a network, not on its perimeter," said Scott Register, Senior Director of Product Management for Ixia. "As cloud adoption continues to grow and enterprise campus networks increase in size and complexity, administrators still require actionable insights to prevent and address problems no matter where the network segment may be." More information and complete product details: www.ixiacom.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |