Network analysis technology provider WildPackets (News - Alert) has reportedly forged an alliance with Gigamon, a leading provider of data access solutions for out-of-band network monitoring, to bring expert analysis to 10-Gigabit networks.

As a result of this new partnership, IT departments now have at their disposal a range of solutions for troubleshooting and monitoring 10 Gigabit networks, including an Intel (News - Alert) PRO/10GbE adapter card, which can be installed in a standard Windows system running WildPackets OmniEngine software - or an integrated solution with the Gigamon’s GigaVUE-MP Data Access Switch, which enables IT managers to capture full-duplex 10 Gigabit traffic for analysis across multiple OmniEngines.

Subsequently, WildPackets has also announced a sales and marketing partnership with Gigamon which will enable the two companies to more effectively market their combined solutions.

“Customers who are deploying 10 Gigabit networks tell us they want to take full advantage of all the expert analysis, application monitoring, and VoIP troubleshooting capabilities of our OmniAnalysis Platform,” said Mahboud Zabetian, president and CEO of WildPackets, in a press release. “The options we’re announcing today give customers a broad range of choices for integrating OmniEngines-a key component of the OmniAnalysis Platform-easily and affordably with their 10 Gigabit networks.”

Zabetian said the Intel PRO/10Gbe cards “are an excellent, cost-effective solution for those who want to connect to SPAN or mirror ports.”

“For networks with higher bandwidth requirements, the Gigamon GigaVUE-MP enables customers to capture from high-throughput 10 Gigabit networks and intelligently distribute flows for analysis across multiple one Gigabit analyzers,” he said. “Currently, other solutions prevent full line rate capture for anything but short bursts.”

Tom Gallatin, VP of sales for Gigamon, said the combined solutions will enable operators to “troubleshoot everything running on their 10 Gigabit networks, from Layer 2 through Layer 7.”

Gigamon Systems’ GigaVUE-MP is a popular out-of-band data-access switch. By filtering, aggregating, and multicasting critical data to support multiple network monitoring tools, GigaVUE-MP significantly reduces capital and operating expenditures, and improves network uptime by enabling more flexible network security, monitoring, and troubleshooting while using fewer and less intrusive tools.

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Patrick Barnard is Associate Editor for TMCnet and a columnist covering the telecom industry. To see more of his articles, please visit Patrick Barnard’s columnist page.