Sniffer Technologies, a Network Associates company, has announced that its market-leading Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite won InfoWorld magazine`s prestigious "1999 Product of the Year" award, ranking it as a leader among the finest enterprise technologies and solutions of the year.
"If you are running a diverse topology and protocol environment, then consider this suite. (Sniffer) protocol decodes shine in terms of breadth and depth," said the InfoWorld reviewer. "Decodes aren`t its only standout feature. Sniffer Pro Expert is guaranteed to tell you something you didn`t know about your network, and in words that you will understand."
As e-businesses increasingly rely on network and application availability, the Sniffer product line is recognised as a critical management tool for maximising network uptime and minimising slow response.
The Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite earned high marks for its diverse network monitoring and troubleshooting options for proactively managing network availability. "The suite`s most significant new must-have feature is Switch Expert," according to InfoWorld. "Since switches came on the scene, seeing individual or aggregate traffic has been difficult. But Sniffer Pro understands virtual LAN (VLAN) information from Cisco`s switches and mirrors the VLAN to a monitoring port."
With the addition of Switch Expert, the Sniffer product line is the only suite of network analysers to integrate with switches and bring real-time analysis ability to high speed switched networks. The Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite excels in both its clean interface and its ability to decode multiple protocols including Voice and Video over IP.
The Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite stands out as an e-business solution due to its ease-of-use analysis and troubleshooting capabilities as well as the power to simultaneously monitor both LANs and WANs.
"Sniffer has quickly become one of the industry standards by providing companies with quick troubleshooting, real-time analysis and proactive network and application monitoring, all within a user-friendly, cost-effective solution aimed to meet the demands of e-business environments," said Network Associates territory manager Nazeem Cassiem. "InfoWorld`s `1999 Product of the Year` award reaffirms Sniffer`s position as the industry leader in network management and analysis."
Recently confirmed in a 1999 GartnerGroup/Dataquest report as the number one network management solution with a 51.8 percent share of the market, the Sniffer Total Network Visibility suite is comprised of industry-leading products for maintaining optimum network performance in today`s Internet-powered e-businesses. The Sniffer Total Network Visibility suite is a strategic integrated solution enabling IT organisations to proactively manage e-commerce Web sites, Voice and Video over IP, business-critical applications on the Internet, LANs, WANs, switched and high-speed networks.
The Sniffer product line consists of: the Sniffer Portable Analysis Suite for onsite LAN, WAN and application monitoring, analysis, planning and troubleshooting; the Sniffer Distributed Analysis Suite for centralised end-to-end network and application management; and the Sniffer Network Informant Suite for enterprise reporting and analysis.
The review can be viewed in its entirety at InfoWorld`s Web site at: http://www.infoworld.com/supplements/99poy_win/99poy_nm.html.
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