WildPackets offers a range of distributed network performance analysis products that integrate with NetFlow, sFlow, and SNMP from devices already on your network. From our OmniPeek Portable Network Analyzer, to our OmniEngine Software Probe, to WatchPoint, our solutions provide you with a clear and affordable path to follow as your needs grow, that leverages incremental investments in our products along the way.

In this tough economy, IT departments are downsizing and at the same time becoming responsible for larger and more distributed networks, with fewer resources than ever before. It's a tough job to continuously analyze the performance of all these networks, and as this trend continues, teams are looking for better ways to perform network performance analysis remotely, without having to travel and be onsite. Also if there is a problem, teams ideally would like to perform network troubleshooting remotely as well.

Does this sound like what is happening at your company? If so, you have also probably been given a shoestring budget with which to work. The good news is you most likely already have the infrastructure in place for remote network performance analysis and remote network troubleshooting. The network performance analysis piece is made possible by devices, such as routers and switches, that support NetFlow, sFlow, and SNMP. The network troubleshooting piece is made possible by all of the Linux boxes already on your network. The glue that turns all of these devices and standards into a network performance analysis solution are WildPackets products.

If you already have OmniPeek Enterprise with maintenance, then you also already have access to the NetFlow Analyzer and sFlow Analyzer Plug-ins on MyPeek. What are the NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer Plug-ins? They are a viable option for a stepping stone or entry point for those customers who would like to monitor NetFlow or sFlow, but are not yet ready to make the bigger investment in a dedicated WatchPoint Appliance and NetFlow Collector Appliance. This solution is an amazing value, because it leverages your existing investment in WildPacket’s flagship product, and uses the same UI to monitor network performance analysis through NetFlow and SFlow as you are used to for packet capture and analysis.

If you have taken the next step, and have purchased an OmniEngine software probe, or are planning to, then you have the same benefits of leveraging your investment, and of being able to use the OmniEngine NetFlow Analysis Plug-in. The primary benefit of this solution is a centralized and permanent collection point for your NetFlow data. Like the OmniPeek Console, you also have the benefit of using the same UI for NetFlow analysis that you already use for packet capture and analysis. Unlike other dedicated NetFlow products, the OmniEngine software probe has many network capture and monitoring uses, making it an amazing value. Furthermore, the purchase of OmniEngines leverages your existing investment in the OmniPeek Enterprise Console, which is the primary UI for the OmniEngine.

And finally, when you are ready for a dedicated Network Performance Analysis appliance, WildPackets offers WatchPoint.

Below is a summary of each of each solution in the path as your needs grow:

NetFlow OmniPeek Enterprise Console Plug-in:

Runs in the OmniPeek Enterprise console. Useful for short-term monitoring of NetFlow. Benefits include higher ROI as it leverages your existing investment in OmniPeek and lower TCO because it uses the same UI with which OmniPeek customers are already familiar.

NetFlow OmniEngine Plug-in:

Provides a centralized collection point for NetFlow data. Like any OmniEngine data, the NetFlow statistics are accessible remotely from the OmniPeek Console. Benefits are the same as for the console plug-in, with the additional benefit of a stationary service to which NetFlow-enabled switches and routers can be configured to send NetFlow.

NetFlow Collector for WatchPoint:

Delivers everything you’d expect withNetFlow monitoring, and then some. WatchPoint aggregates statistics from multiple collectors into a database for long term monitoring, and makes that data accessible from a Web 2.0 style web-based user interface.