Johannesburg, 10 Jun 2003
The cost of bandwidth in SA has often been cited as a major inhibiting factor for greater business connectivity in this country.
Indeed, the scarcity of bandwidth is such that managing available capacity can become a critical success factor for the efficient functioning of remote applications across the enterprise, says Dirk Loosen, product manager at Compuware Corporation SA. "The prohibitive cost of bandwidth compels organisations to make the most of their existing resources by identifying and removing bottlenecks and unnecessary traffic to optimise network performance," he says.
Addressing the requirement for effective bandwidth management across wide area network (WAN) links, Compuware has added performance analysis capabilities for multimode OC-3/STM-1 ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) WAN environments to its Vantage application management suite.
Vantage`s ability to manage ATM WAN usage enables IT professionals to better budget WAN costs and determine if the network is being used to the organisation`s maximum benefit.
"Vantage enables administrators to ascertain if the WAN bandwidth is being consumed by low-priority or non-business applications and identify who or what is generating traffic. Network engineers can use this insight to make informed decisions regarding WAN operating expenses and traffic balancing," explains Loosen.
With the availability and cost of bandwidth in SA at a premium, Loosen says Compuware is giving companies a viable alternative to simply throwing more bandwidth at WAN application performance issues.
Specific ATM WAN support includes reporting of traffic volumes by access circuit, and traffic volume, throughput and utilisation by virtual circuit. Users can configure virtual circuit reports to represent all applications, or a selected application. Reports include traffic breakdown by protocol or by application conversation, server, workstation and response time statistics.
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