[July 15, 2011] Anue Introduces Packet Processing Features for NTO 5200 Series Tweet Jul 15, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Anue Systems, a company focused on network visibility systems, announced the availability of packet processing features for its Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) 5200 series. The features help network engineers with monitoring tool performance. The Company said IT organizations face the challenges of maintaining the security of their network. To meet these challenges, they deploy an ever increasing number of network monitoring tools, including IDS/IPS systems and network recorders. Each monitoring tool requires access to the data traversing the network, which is typically achieved by connecting the tools via a TAP or SPAN port. However, many monitoring tools only need specific portions of the data for analysis. Indiscriminately sending the complete data stream to each monitoring tool effectively lowers the performance. According to a release, the Anue NTO provides four packet processing features to help IT organizations with network monitoring tool performance. -Packet De-Duplication helps tool bandwidth by eliminating duplicate data packets generated from redundant SPAN ports before those packets reach monitoring tools -Extended Burst Protection ensures complete packet delivery to tools by preventing dropped packets when aggregating multiple network streams into a single 1G stream -MPLS Stripping enables non-MPLS capable monitoring tools to monitor data by removing MPLS labels directly from the packet stream and restoring packets to standard IPv4/6 packets -Packet Trimming helps monitoring tool bandwidth by trimming packets before they are delivered to the monitoring tool "We listened to our customers' problems and created a solution to help them better maintain the health of their networks," said Keith Cheney, senior vice president at Anue Systems. "We are excited to offer robust packet de-duplication and extended burst protection, which helps network engineers get the most that they can from their monitoring tools." The Company noted that the Anue 5200 NTO series reside between network SPANs or TAPs and the monitoring tools to aggregate, filter and replicate traffic to its respective destinations. The system allows network engineers to simultaneously connect monitoring tools to multiple points on the network to increase the productivity of expensive monitoring tools. The 5200 network visibility systems ensure the delivery of the right traffic to the right tools to provide complete network visibility. More information: www.anuesystems.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]