xBalancer momentum continues!
Last week, we have released xBalancer software version 3.1.0. The usage of advanced software infrastructure allows us to continue with agile development and introduce many enhancements to this strong platform. Check the software update page (here) to learn more.
We continue to work on the next releases and see a lot of opportunities to take this strong platform to provide solutions even beyond...
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China’s burgeoning telecom carrier market drove high attendance at the SmartPipe Forum and media group event May 15. Hundreds of attendees representing carriers and system integrators came together, sparking a high-energy day for Shelton, who also hosted a networking lunch with key executives from China Telecom and China Mobile.
In the afternoon session, Shelton took the podium for a well-attended talk, introducing Net Optics and its growing family of solutions. The Vice President of China Telecom research Institute commented, “we learnt from Shelton’s speech that...

This is the first time in many years of attendance that I am leaving InterOp after the second day. This is also one of the most exciting InterOp shows I can recall. Well, maybe the 9/11 InterOp in Atlanta was more exciting but not in a good way.
Earlier in the week, at the opening of InterOp West 2012 we announced our expansion of the Phantom Virtualization Tap Solutions. Last year, @ RSA in February 2011, we announced the groundbreaking Phantom Virtual Tap. For those of you who are new to this, Phantom is a software product from Net Optics that enables total visibility into virtual environments including the invisible inter-VM traffic. When we announced it, it was a breakthrough in the Monitoring and Access products. No one has done it before us. What we announced (and released...

Congratulations to McAfee for winning best of Interop with the new McAfee Network Security Platform XC Cluster. For us, it is a great pleasure as it proves several arguments and product claims that we have made during the past months.
Data centers have increasingly high-density server environments that require high switching and routing capacity. Organizations face difficult choices when it comes to performance and security, sometimes even limiting security in order to meet performance demands. In today’s threat environment, organizations can no longer...
What a competition! The Net Optics team wishes to congratulate NEC ProgrammableFlow Controller, PF6800 for winning Best of Interop in the Management, Monitoring and Testing category this year. After reviewing 130 applications, the Interop judges chose Net Optics' Spyke family of solutions as one of three finalists in this competitive category -- along with NEC Corporation and Riverbed Technology. In addition to being named a finalist, Spyke was selected...

Last month Net Optics released xBalancer Software Version 3.0.0. Unlike other releases, we have launched this version to a selected number of customers and our partners before we made it available for all. This week, we will make xBalancer Software Version 3.1.0 easily available via the customer portal. xBalancer Software Version 3.0.0 is a major release and we wanted to verify a new upgrade and conversion process. Thus far, the feedback is very positive and encouraging. The main features of xBalancer Software Version 3.0.0 are:

- A new browser-based user interface (WebUI) that enables...

For 26 years, Interop has been the leading business technology event, showcasing the latest innovations in IT and business technology while helping attendees gain a comprehensive understanding of those advances.This year’s focus will be on today’s hottest topics in the industry: cloud computing, virtualization, security, mobility and data center advances.
The attractions include in-depth technology tracks and...

Earlier this month, we released Director and Director Pro software version 6.1.0. This release adds additional enhancements such as support for FTP passive connection mode, ability to clear port peak statistics, support for udf_v4 filter configuration via the WebUI, configurable SyncE, several fixes in addition to SNMP MIB Enhancements.
With this release, we are supporting backward compatibility option for SNMP: The SNMP configuration commands have been updated to allow for selecting the backward compatibility option. SNMP set command now...

Last week, Gartner’s Jonah Kowall and Debra Curtis published the vendor landscape for application aware Network Performance Monitoring and Network Packet Brokers. While Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) is a well-established market which exist for a long time, application aware NPM are new solutions that were born due in order to fulfill the need for application-centric performance analytics and troubleshooting. Application-aware NPM products are more sophisticated than traditional NPM products and have deeper views and insights into the applications and how the applications are being used.
Net Optics is listed as a...

Last week we released Indigo Pro virtual appliance. It is an important addition to our portfolio and part of our vision to provide management solutions for all the Net Optics' product portfolio for physical, virtual, on premise and in the cloud solution. As a virtual appliance, or a physical server installed in your NOC or data center, Indigo Pro provides visibility into your network. Expect many more releases and enhancements in the following weeks!
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