Network Diagramming Channel Feature

Riverbed Receives Certification for Network Diagramming and Performance Management

By Rajani Baburajan
TMCnet Contributor

Network monitoring and network diagramming are two key elements of network performance management. As the demand for high-performance networks that support bandwidth intensive applications increases, enterprises are continuously in search of network application performance solutions that allow for the seamless delivery of applications.

Riverbed (News - Alert) Technology, a provider of network application performance solutions, offers the Riverbed Performance Management (RPM) product family that delivers the complete performance management needed by government agencies to map IT assets and applications as well as reduce risks incurred during infrastructure consolidation or cloud migration.

The company has just revealed that its Cascade Profiler 9.6, Cascade Shark 9.6, Cascade Gateway (News - Alert) 9.6, and Cascade Pilot 9.6, from its Riverbed Performance Management (RPM) product family, have achieved an EAL3+ certification under the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS).

With CCS certification, Riverbed addresses critical assessment and validation under the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and Cloud First mandates. As a result, it can deliver the highest level of independently verified information assurance to its customers and partners.

"Government enterprises face a unique set of challenges when it comes to security and managing network and application performance and delivering a quality user experience," said William Hartwell, vice president, Federal at Riverbed, in a statement.

"With this latest certification and others, including our FIPS 140-2 validation, we're assuring federal agencies of the highest levels of security and ensuring that they aren't forced to make tradeoffs for performance,” Hartwell added. “Riverbed Performance Management (RPM) continues to lead the industry in helping numerous federal and civilian agencies meet key federal mandates."

Riverbed Performance Management (RPM) provides automated analytics and predictive insight to help government agencies reduce the risk of network outages during infrastructure consolidation or migration to cloud environments.

The company finds that security concerns are driving the adoption of application-aware network performance technologies included in Riverbed Performance Management (RPM) such as network behavioral analytics for real-time anomaly detection, dependency mapping to reduce risk from change, and top-down troubleshooting for faster diagnosis of performance problems.

In fact, these network performance elements are critical for government entities to make more informed decisions, accelerate problem identification and resolution and mitigate risk during data center consolidation, disaster recovery or cloud migration projects.