WildPackets announced on Wednesday the integration between the WildPackets (News - Alert) OmniAnalysis Platform and the Splunk Server. Splunk is a performance search engine for IT data which allows users to index, search, and manage logs and other IT data.

WildPackets’ OmniEngine extends the network analysis capabilities of the WildPackets OmniAnalysis Platform to remote locations, performing 24/7 data capture and network analysis across multiple network topologies, including wireless (802.11), Gigabit networks and WAN links. Through this product integration IT professionals using Splunk will be able to aggregate the results of WildPackets’ expert network analysis, including Apdex application analysis, VoIP analysis, and wireless analysis, from remote locations.

Using the combined WildPackets and Splunk system, network engineers can capture and analyze network traffic with OmniPeek analyzers and OmniEngines; generate notifications for all key network events, including security threats, VoIP errors, low Apdex scores and user-configurable alarms; accelerate troubleshooting by collecting and comparing notifications from multiple sources; monitor, manage and troubleshoot distributed networks of any size.

“This partnership lets us extend our real-time notifications, using Splunk’s powerful IT event indexer and search engine, creating tremendous value for IT personnel everywhere,” said WildPackets’ CEO Mahboud Zabetian in a statement. “Now IT organizations can augment real-time OmniAnalysis alerts in areas such as application performance satisfaction, bandwidth availability, network management, compliance and traffic analysis, with other highly relevant data managed by Splunk, in order to gain a broader and more complete view of the state of their digital assets.”

WildPackets made news back in April when it announced it integrated Telchemy’s VQmon/SA into its OmniAnalysis Platform to offer VoIP analysis and call quality monitoring.

VQmon/SA will offer in-depth media stream analysis and problem diagnosis of VoIP services for the OmniAnalysis Platform. This will enable WildPackets to better serve enterprise customers that are incorporating voice in their networks.

Splunk

WildPackets, Inc.

http://www.wildpackets.com

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