ExtraHop in Search Networking
Shamus McGillicuddy, Sr. News Editor from Search Networking had a great article out today, on ExtraHop and the ongoing “Network Performance Management Evolution”. With great quotes from our favorite EMA analyst, Jim Frey, the article dives into the new trend of network teams working together with other IT disciplines to speed up troubleshooting. Jim says: “ExtraHop is doing a great job of jumping right in and giving details that both the network people want to see, as well as the application support people want to see. By providing that combined viewpoint, they really get buy-in from both those teams.”
One of our competitors, NetQos was also mentioned in the article, but their customer is quoted as saying “NetQoS as primarily a network team tool.” Contrast that to the quote above, that spells out the distinct difference between the innovative performance managment alternative offered by ExtraHop and your more traditional network management tools.
Tags: competitor, netqos, Network Management, search networking
June 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
[...] Shamus does it again! Great article on the changing requirments for those considering a career in network engineering. Best quote was from Chris Silva, a Forrester research analyst – “For the network engineer, it’s no longer, ‘I opened up port-whatever for your application. It’s having visibility into the network, whether through doing custom development of monitoring scripts or using a tool like deep-packet inspection [DPI].” [...]