Plixer and Cisco Improve NetFlow-Based Network Management

Plixer International, Inc., a leading provider of NetFlow-based network management, today announced Scrutinizer support for Cisco Performance Monitoring metrics exported with Flexible NetFlow. The new support enables network managers to properly diagnose application performance issues by easily analyzing voice, video and data traffic during creating NetFlow-based reports on packet loss, latency and jitter. Additionally, Plixer and Cisco will conduct a series of joint webinars titled, Cisco Medianet Performance Monitoring with Flexible NetFlow Reporting, on Monday, March 19th at 9am, 11am and 4pm ET, revealing tips and tricks to improve the health of packet flows traversing switches and routers.

"Many network packet capture solutions are cumbersome to use, lack real-time reporting or are simply too expensive to deploy everywhere," says Michael Patterson, CEO and co-founder, Plixer International. "Plixer is helping address these issues by becoming one of the first network management organizations to support Performance Monitoring for Cisco Medianets. Our Cisco relationship will provide network managers with improved ability to pinpoint and analyze network problems, ensuring applications and communications as so then as -- cloud services -- are effectively delivered."

Scrutinizer is a one hundred percent web-based tool that provides detailed network utilization reports showing the applications and users generating network traffic. Leveraging the software's domain utilization report, even sites with secured connections that use encrypted traffic can't hide from the insight provided by NetFlow and IPFIX collection and reporting. Scrutinizer is designed to peer deep into bandwidth traffic and enable the network administrator to easily see who is consuming bandwidth, what they are using it for and -- suddenly restore precious bandwidth for work-related needs.

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Download a free trial of Plixer's Scrutinizer for NetFlow traffic analysis or schedule a live demo by calling: 324-8805 or via email at sales@plixer.com. For more NetFlow insight, follow Plixer International on their Blog, Twitter, Facebook or join NetFlow Developments Group on LinkedIn.