2008 Network Instruments News

NetworkWorld.com, October 27, 2008
Monitoring network microbursts crucial to financial trading firms
"A one-millisecond advantage in trading applications can be worth $100 million a year..."

eChannelLine, October 26, 2008
Next generation of Observer platform offering expanded RNA features
"Observer 13 improves IT administrator's ability to pinpoint problems on the network and within applications"

NetworkWorld.com, October 23, 2008
Observer 13, Product of the Week
NetLive, new in ORS, provides network engineers with views of network and application performance in real time

Enterprise Systems Journal, October 16, 2008
Observer 13 Expedites Problem Resolution
Observer 13 provides a complete network view and includes tools for identifying, understanding, and resolving problems

SearchNetworking.com, October 16, 2008
RNA might have found Google's lost billions
Rather than waiting for the problem to recur, NASDAQ's networking team can scan through the past few moments as if they had a network DVR.

TMCnet.com, October 15, 2008
Network Instruments releases new version of its monitoring platform
"Observer 13 key features include TopN enterprise-wide visibility through ORS NetLive; single-click root-cause analysis from application-level ORS reports; nanosecond visibility and support for key financial protocols."

NetworkWorld, September 19, 2008
Net managers struggle to diagnose application problems, survey finds
Network managers find it difficult to separate network issues from application issues

Processor.com, September 19, 2008
Dealing With Persistent Network Problems
Recurring Issues Can Be A Constant Thorn In IT’s Side

InformationWeek, September 18, 2008
Networkers Want Tools To Separate Network, App Issues
The biggest network concern about was quality of service, followed by lack of information about problems and their causes

TechTarget, September 2, 2008
What would you do with a 288 TB network time machine?
"Who needs a DeLorean and its one point twenty-one jiggawatts when you can have a GigaStor SAS…"

NetworkWorld, August 11, 2008
What is considered good application performance?
Like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, optimal application performance is in the experience of the end user.

NetworkWorld, June 23, 2008
NetFlow is not being used by 77 percent of IT professionals
"The number of NetFlow adoptees is definitely growing as Network Instruments has seen a strong increase in the number of people looking to leverage NetFlow to increase their enterprise-wide visibility."

The IT-Finance Connection, June 18, 2008
Unified Communications: No Overnight Sensation
Learn what it takes to successfully deploy unified communications

IT Week, June 12, 2008
Monitor brings large WANs under control
Link Analyst 5.1 is a solid network monitoring system that is easy to use

Sys-Con, May 27, 2008
Over 80% of Organizations Will Adopt Virtualization in Two Years
"In two years the number of organizations without virtualization is projected to shrink from 40% to around 5%"

Processor.com, May 23, 2008
Boosting Confidence In Your VoIP System
Although VoIP is taking the corporate world by storm, learn about some of the obstacles organizations are hitting along the way.

Internet News, May 1, 2008
Interop: What Users Want
At Interop there are always a lot of different technologies on display, but what are users/attendees actually interested in?

NetworkWorld, April 30, 2008
Virtualization is greatest network management challenge
Interop survey shows network managers expect to be most challenged managing virtualization, unified communications and MPLS.

InformationWeek, May 1, 2008
Interop: Virtualization Is Top Monitoring Challenge, Survey Shows
"The job of network professionals is becoming more complex, as engineers increasingly deal with WAN optimization and virtualization"

Advance for Health Information Executives, April 2008
Patients Suffer When the Network Suffers
Learn how Fallon Clinic uses Observer to quickly identify the source of each potential application problem and act on the information before problem spreads.

Windows IT Pro, April 14, 2008
What’s the State of Your Network?
Learn about the primary monitoring and troubleshooting concerns from Network Instruments "State of the Network 2008"

Redmondmag.com, April 2, 2008
'Finding Problem Source' Tops Troubleshooting Concerns

“With performance problems on the rise, learn about the steps organizations are taking to reduce troubleshooting time.”

SearchNetworking.com, April 2, 2008
Network pros spend months on troubleshooting

“Network Instruments and network professionals discuss the ramifications being unable to resolve network performance problems.”

NetworkWorld.com, March 31, 2008
Troubleshooting hogs network managers' bandwidth

“A majority of network managers spend at least 25 days per year troubleshooting network and application performance problems, eating up time that most would agree could be better spent on other projects.”

eWeek.com, March 20, 2008
How to Serve Your Users by Going Retro (with Analysis)

“We used Network Instruments’ GigaStor to view network problems that occurred days before the complaint reached us. GigaStor allowed us to quickly isolate and resolve routing and retransmission issues with the e-mail server. Without it, we would have spent hours trying to replicate the slowdown.”

Enterprise Networking Planet, March 7, 2008

Ready for VoIP: Network Management Architectures: Network Instruments

“One of the big advantages of Observer is its ability to display all applications running on the network alongside VoIP traffic, since other applications can affect VoIP quality.”

Processor.com, February 8, 2008
Big Pipes On The Way

What’s Driving 10GbE & MPLS Adoption?

Processor.com, January 25, 2008
Personal Email Accounts: OK Or Not?

Since the dawn of email, most enterprises have been faced with a relatively simple question: Should employees be allowed to have and use a personal email account in the workplace?

NetworkWorld, January 24, 2008
Management MVPs: IT managers' most useful products

Find out why Observer is on tool network pros can't live without

Advance for Health Information Executives, January 24, 2008
An Ounce of Prevention

"The adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" definitely applies to VoIP implementation. Learn how a planning before deployment and the right analysis tools can make all the difference in avoiding a VoIP crisis on your network.

Windows IT Pro, January 15, 2008

Top Networking Trends of 2008

Find out the top networking trends for 2008 in an interview with Network Instruments engineers.

NetworkWorld.com, January 9, 2008

2008 Network Management Trends Podcast

Listen to our discussion about the top trends for 2008 in network management. Learn about the mainstreaming of Retrospective Network Analysis, 10 GbE and MPLS adoption, and how business and personal applications continue to blur.

The 451 Group, January 2, 2008

Network Instruments challenges a new class of competitors with Link Analyst 5

While Network Instruments has undergone steady growth since its inception, it appears to be facing significant opportunities as its competitors get acquired or distracted.