Walnut Creek, California, May
12, 2007
– WildPackets® Inc.,
innovators in advanced network analysis,
today announced the upcoming release of
OmniAnalysis 5, WildPackets’ platform for
network and application assurance. The
release, currently in customer beta test and
available in late June, includes a broad
spectrum of specialized solutions designed
to meet the requirements of CIOs, data
centers, network engineers, field service
staff and help desk personnel. Next
generation forensic analysis, packet flow
reconstruction, and enhanced support for 10
Gigabit, 802.11n, VoIP, data and
applications analysis are featured.
“We’re committed to
solutions that provide critical information
tailored to the needs of different users.
CIOs and other decision-makers need an
objective, detailed understanding of how
their networks are performing and where to
invest next. Engineers need solutions for
new challenges such as server
virtualization, VoIP, and policy compliance.
Field service managers and help desk staff
need an analysis solution for quickly
resolving end-user problems. OmniAnalysis 5
includes solutions for all these groups,”
said Mahboud Zabetian, President and CEO of
WildPackets. “We’re excited about all the
new capabilities in OmniAnalysis 5, and we
look forward to showing off our new
solutions at Interop this week.”
New Offerings for Data
Centers and Network Operations Centers
OmniAnalysis
5 introduces new products and features to
help data center engineers and network
engineers troubleshoot, optimize, and secure
networks and applications.
A new Apdex dashboard
provides a high-level view of the quality of
service that applications are delivering to
end users. Apdex, an industry standard
developed by the Apdex Alliance (www.apdex.org),
provides a single metric that represents
that level of satisfaction users are
experiencing with applications. When the
dashboard reports a low score, engineers can
use the OmniAnalysis Platform to drill down
for Expert analysis, graphical reports, and
the packets themselves to uncover the root
cause of the problem.
New VoIP analysis
reporting includes experts for Cisco, Avaya,
Megaco, SIP, and others, and makes it easier
than ever for engineers to troubleshoot VoIP
problems.
Next-generation forensics
enables engineers to capture, store, and
analyze historical network traffic, in order
to conduct investigations for
troubleshooting, security attack analysis,
HR and policy compliance, application
performance analysis, and business
transaction analysis. OmniAnalysis 5
forensics now features an optimized
data-discovery algorithm, along with
utilities for reconstructing email, IM, and
Web traffic.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has
selected OmniPeek Workgroup Pro for the
official interoperability test bed for the
new 802.11n draft 2.0 specifications.
OmniAnalysis 5 enables network engineers to
analyze and troubleshoot 802.11n networks,
using the same features previously available
in OmniPeek and AiroPeek for 802.11a/b/g
networks.
With OmniAnalysis 5,
WildPackets also introduces new 10 Gigabit
hardware. Leveraging this specialized
hardware, engineers can effectively use
OmniAnalysis to capture and analyze traffic
from 10 Gigabit segments.
A new Omni Virtual Network
Service enables data center engineers to see
the “invisible traffic” inherent in virtual
architectures and blade-server deployments.
The lightweight service runs on
Windows-based virtual servers and enables
network traffic to be analyzed with
WildPackets’ OmniPeek Analyzer.
New Service Offerings
WildPackets
is also introducing three new service
offerings.
The Strategic Network
Audit for CIOs and IT directors who need a
thorough, objective assessment of their
network provided by experts at network
analysis—rather than by an infrastructure
vendor or other interested party.
Application Focus
Consulting for Field Service provides
training and configuration fine-tuning so
that field service engineers can
troubleshoot and optimize their applications
most effectively in the field, using
OmniPeek analyzers.
OmniVision for Help Desk
provides training and consulting for help
desk teams interested in using OmniEngine
Desktop to be able to analyze and
troubleshoot network problems on end users’
systems.
WildPackets OmniAnalysis™
Platform
WildPackets’
OmniAnalysis Platform is a distributed
network analysis platform for
troubleshooting and optimizing enterprise
networks and applications. The OmniAnalysis
Platform comprises OmniPeek network
analyzers and consoles, as well as
distributed OmniEngines, which analyze data
at remote locations on the network. With its
open APIs and a growing family of plug-ins,
the OmniAnalysis Platform is uniquely
designed to meet the ever-changing needs of
network engineers responsible for wired and
wireless networks and applications such as
VoIP and VoWiFi.
