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Net Optics officials recently profiled their Phantom Virtual Tap product, calling it a "landmark innovation in network traffic monitoring for virtualized and cloud computing environments." … Read More »Secure Data Flow Using Network Taps
A good recent white paper from NetOptics discusses -- as the title might indicate -- "Secure, Unidirectional Data Flow with Network Taps." … Read More »Net Optics to Sponsor Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas
Officials of Net Optics have announced that the company will be sponsoring Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas this week. … Read More »Net Optics Recognized by Government Computer News as FOSE Winner
Officials of Net Optics, which sells real-time network visibility products, say the company was recognized by The Government Computer News (GCN) as a Best of FOSE winner. … Read More »Virtual Taps Can Help Address PCI Compliance Concerns for Companies with Virtual Machines
Any merchant that processes or stores credit card data is required to conform to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which was developed to ensure that consumers' private financial information is never compromised. … Read More »Virtual Taps Offer Compliance Support for Businesses
Compliance is a major area of concern for businesses and since standards apply to nearly every industry, the need for complete visibility is essential for operation. Whether it's HIPAA, FIPS or PCI network access solutions give companies overarching visibility that helps them meet compliance standards as needed. According to Chris Burt of NetOptics, "Many of these compliance standards include provisions for how secure your network needs to be - and this security needs to be documented and verified." … Read More »Lancope Secures Customers on World IPv6 Day; Urges IPv6 Transition
Lancope, a provider of flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, announced it supported customers on World IPv6 Day by offering the high-quality network and security monitoring through its flagship product StealthWatch. … Read More »What is a Virtual Tap?
With many companies looking for cheap and effective ways to expand their services, virtualized machines and hosted solutions are becoming common practice in the enterprises space. With that in mind new methods have been developed to monitor the traffic coming off of physical servers and into VMs. Virtual taps act as a network monitoring device for a virtualized environment and offer enterprises the ability to conduct security and load testing in much the same manner. … Read More »Net Optics' Shaw Talks Virtualization at Industry Summit
Bob Shaw, chief executive of Net Optics, a leading provider of virtual tap systems and other intelligent access and monitoring solutions, recently spoke at ThinkEquity's ThinkTomorrow ~ Today Summit, where he discussed a number of today's hot industry trends. … Read More »Net Optics and WildPackets Strike Partnership for Complete Network Monitoring.
This week at Interop, network access and infrastructure monitoring company Netoptics announced a partnership with IT visibility provider WildPackets, that will integrate the two of the company's popular IT solutions adding new way for companies to view network traffic. The deal will integrate Wildpacket's OmniPeek network analyzer with the Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap allowing the complete capture and analysis of both physical and virtual traffic. … Read More »Net Optics Tests Network with Spirent Cloud
Net Optics is testing its latest virtualized network monitoring tool with Spirent's cloud computing and data center solution. … Read More »Virtual Tap Systems Provide Optimal Visibility for Migrating to 4G/LTE Networks
There is a growing demand for bigger and better services delivered through a wireless, or at least a mobile, device. To accommodate this growing demand, a number of carriers are making the switch to 4G / Long Term Evolution (LTE), as this is considered the next big step and a great enabler for all things wireless. … Read More »AppTap Helps Monitor Remote Sites Without On-Site Engineers
Officials for the appTap offering, which they describe as a tool to combine network tapping capabilities with network and application monitoring, say this new approach "fulfills a need that until now had gone unmet -- the challenge of affordably monitoring remote sites with Internet broadband connections up to 100Mb." … Read More »McAfee Improves Network Security Platform to Support Virtual Data Centers and More
McAfee, security solutions provider and now the wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, announced enhancements to its Network Security Platform to include enhanced botnet control through reputation intelligence, virtual network inspection and a traffic analysis port for network monitoring, forensics and other advanced analysis engines. … Read More »NetOptics Celebrates 15th Anniversary and 60 Straight Quarters of Growth
Who is watching your network? If it's NetOptics, you have access to a wide range of customer-focused support technicians and professionals focused on enabling you to keep track of your core business initiatives, while they make sure you have a healthy network. … Read More »Phantom Virtual Tap from Net Optics Addresses Virtualized, Cloud Management
As virtualization evolves, so do the challenges of maintaining security, cost-effectiveness, investment value, manageability and compliance. To address all that, Net Optics offers the Phantom Virtual Tap, part of a suite of solutions that integrate physical and virtual networks. … Read More »Net Optics Launches Virtual Tap Channel on InfoTech
(Norwalk, CT - [March 22, 2011]) Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global, integrated media company, announced today that the Virtual Tapchannel, sponsored by Net Optics, has been launched as the newest addition to the InfoTech Online Community program. … Read More »Net Optics Solutions Can Help Telecos Future-Proof Their Next-Generation Networks
To attract customers in today's market, telecommunication companies need to boast next-generation networks that deliver more services at minimal costs - all at the fastest speeds available. In order to accomplish this goal, the majority of telecos have begun making the switch to 4G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. … Read More »Phantom Virtual Tap Offers Visibility to Emerging Networking Environments
Network monitoring and support are essential to any business that needs to maintain a secure and effective infrastructure. This has meant the proliferation of network monitoring platforms and intrusion detection devices designed for premise based infrastructures, but as of yet has produced few designed to monitor virtual and cloud based solutions. It was with this in mind that network monitoring veteran NetOptic's designed its new virtual network monitoring device; the Phantom Virtual Tap. … Read More »Advanced Systems Concepts' ActiveBatch Software Delivers New Support for Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager
ActiveBatch, a workload automation and job scheduling software developed by Advanced Systems Concepts, now provides more expanded integration with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SC-VMM), the company announced on Monday. … Read More »
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Addressing Monitoring, Access and Control Challenges in a Virtualized Environment
This paper provides an overview of the monitoring, access and control challenges in a virtualized environment. The paper also discusses how the Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap provides complete visibility flowing between VMs on hypervisor stacks.
Increasing Real Security using Net Optics' Phantom Virtual Tap
Joel Snyder, Senior Partner at Opus One, identifies the need for network visibility and security in a virtualized environment. Mr. Snyder identifies Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap as an enterprise-class solution for providing the visibility needed to tap into inter-vm traffic, and reports on his experience in using this virtual Tap solution.
Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap Delivers Best-Practice Network Monitoring For Virtualized Server Environs
The Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap represents an innovative new option for restoring lost visibility into virtualized server infrastructure in a way that closely mirrors best practices for traditional monitoring. In EMA's opinion, this solution holds the best promise yet available for flexible and complete approaches to establishing rigorous and appropriate network management visibility and control over sprawling virtual server infrastructures. In short, the Phantom Virtual Tap provides big steps forward towards mainstreaming server virtualization.
This paper provides an overview of the monitoring, access and control challenges in a virtualized environment. The paper also discusses how the Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap provides complete visibility flowing between VMs on hypervisor stacks.
Increasing Real Security using Net Optics' Phantom Virtual Tap
Joel Snyder, Senior Partner at Opus One, identifies the need for network visibility and security in a virtualized environment. Mr. Snyder identifies Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap as an enterprise-class solution for providing the visibility needed to tap into inter-vm traffic, and reports on his experience in using this virtual Tap solution.
Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap Delivers Best-Practice Network Monitoring For Virtualized Server Environs
The Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap represents an innovative new option for restoring lost visibility into virtualized server infrastructure in a way that closely mirrors best practices for traditional monitoring. In EMA's opinion, this solution holds the best promise yet available for flexible and complete approaches to establishing rigorous and appropriate network management visibility and control over sprawling virtual server infrastructures. In short, the Phantom Virtual Tap provides big steps forward towards mainstreaming server virtualization.
