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Bitrate partners with VIAVI for network performance management solutions in Africa

The VIAVI Observer Platform will help customers lower costs, maximise technology investments and scale their networks to match demand.

Johannesburg, 09 Oct 2017

Bitrate, a leading supplier of network analysis and maintenance equipment across Africa, today announced it has teamed up with VIAVI Solutions, a global provider of network test, measurement and assurance solutions. Bitrate has become a VIAVI Velocity Authorized Partner and has added the VIAVI Observer Platform to its portfolio for resellers in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Kenya.

Oberver is a full-service IT solution for deploying, managing and optimising application and network performance. As global network traffic growth continues to defy expectations, enterprises are compelled to embrace advanced technologies to keep up, while security threats multiply in intensity and complexity. To help ensure accurate network performance troubleshooting and the utmost data security, Observer GigaStor delivers the ability to capture and analyse every packet in real-time, while storing more than a petabyte of data for post-event forensic investigations and regulatory compliance. As the industry's first 40Gbps wire-rate analytics, traffic and storage solution, the Observer Platform offers total peace-of-mind protection.

"This region continues to look for technologically innovative solutions to reduce cost and improve business operations. We are pleased to be able to support enterprises with best-of-breed network performance management solutions," said Jeroen Dubbelman, MD, Bitrate. "The VIAVI Observer Platform has further outpaced the competition as the highest performing and most scalable packet capture solution in the industry, and has earned its fourth consecutive placement as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for network performance monitoring and diagnostics. End-users can benefit from increased agility, productivity and effectiveness from the platform, backed by support from our knowledgeable partners."

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Bitrate focuses on adding value to resale partners, which in turn helps them optimise their solutions to their clients. Bitrate focuses on delivering solutions to the market that help clients reduce total cost of ownership, improve their security posture and experience the richness of technology of today. Bitrate, in operation since 1999, has substantial experience in IT security, network monitoring, application performance monitoring, network troubleshooting and cable infrastructure certification. For more information, visit www.bitrate.co.za.

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