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Complete Lifecycle
Management Solution Enables Enterprises to Assess, Monitor, Manage and
Optimize VoIP Deployments
Rockville, MD (February 21, 2006) Press Release — Fluke Networks today
announced significant enhancements to its Visual UpTime® Select™
solution that will enable enterprises to optimize VoIP performance through
unparalleled network-wide visibility into VoIP on both a real-time and
historical basis. The cornerstone of the release is the monitoring of MOS
(mean opinion scores), which represents end-user quality of experience for
every actual call placed at every site throughout the network. Visual UpTime
Select provides in-depth,
real-time and historical information that enables organizations to
intelligently manage application and network performance and availability
across the entire enterprise.
Visual UpTime Select
calculates and presents MOS for each VoIP call on a continual basis,
enabling network managers to troubleshoot both real-time and intermittent
VoIP performance issues. With the ability to drill down into key VoIP
metrics such as delay, CODEC loss, packet loss, latency and jitter, which
are automatically collected on a per-call basis for poor quality calls, the
underlying cause of poor performance can be rapidly and accurately isolated,
even for problems that occurred days or weeks ago. Consequently, users can
quickly pinpoint and troubleshoot intermittent issues, thereby minimizing
the impact of poor quality calls on the organization.
“Visual UpTime Select helped
us identify and isolate key issues that were adversely impacting the
performance of VoIP on a small business network,” said David Cuddy, Chief
Technology Officer at Natural Convergence, a Visual UpTime
Select beta site. “We used the product to detect LAN
configuration issues, identify a misbehaving router and isolate jitter
problems on the network. Service Providers who are looking for a solution
that provides in-depth visibility into VoIP performance and robust
troubleshooting capabilities should consider Visual UpTime
Select.”
In addition to per-call troubleshooting and network-wide visibility, this
release incorporates a number of in-depth performance reports. From a
centralized console, users can access on-demand reports of trends and
patterns across the VoIP network including MOS distribution by hour per
site, MOS over time per site, sites with most VoIP calls, worst performing
VoIP sites, and overall VoIP performance.
“As a hosted VoIP infrastructure provider focused on quality and superior
service levels, we have a complex environment that requires routing of VoIP
traffic between various customers facilities and termination points,” said
Talal Ali Ahmad, President and CEO of vCentrix. “This new release of Visual
UpTime Select provides us
with deep visibility into all of the key metrics across our VoIP network –
including our partner's network environment and beyond to that of their
customers. We utilize Visual UpTime
Select’s intelligence and problem segmentation to identify
problems, usually before they have a noticeable effect on call quality."
“Fluke Networks’ Visual UpTime Select
is a solution for enterprises that want to manage the performance of
applications on both a per-site and network-wide basis,” said Dennis
Drogseth, Vice President at Enterprise Management Associates. “The solution
provides network managers the requisite insight into how individual
applications — such as Citrix or VoIP — interact and how they are impacted
by network performance.”
“The substantial enhancements to Visual UpTime
Select meet the growing needs of today’s network managers for
an all-in-one distributed management solution that provides a centralized,
holistic view of both the network and enterprise applications,” said Jeff
Lime, President of Fluke Networks’ Visual Networks division and Sr. Vice
President for Fluke Networks — Enterprise & Datacom Marketing. “With this
latest release, Visual UpTime Select
delivers the granular visibility required for complete VoIP lifecycle
management.” Visual UpTime Select
will be showcased at Network World’s Network Management Technology Tour,
beginning this Thursday in New York City with stops in Denver (February 28),
Houston (March 2) and Washington, D.C. (March 8). For event and registration
information, visit
http://www.networkworld.com/events/networkmgmt06/index.html.
Price and
delivery
The new VoIP release is available this week at no additional charge to
existing VoIP module customers as part of the Visual UpTime
Select maintenance policy. For new customers, the pricing for
the VoIP module begins at $795 per site. For more information on Visual
UpTime Select, visit
http://www.flukenetworks.com/visual or call 301.296.2333.
About Fluke
Networks
Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for the testing, monitoring and
analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks and the installation
and certification of the fiber and copper forming the foundation for those
networks. The company's comprehensive line of Network SuperVision™ Solutions
provide network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision,
combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance.
Headquartered in Everett, Washington,
the company distributes its products in more than 50 countries. In 2006,
Fluke Networks acquired application and network performance management
provider Visual Networks, Inc. and its flagship Visual UpTime Select product
line. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, the company distributes its
products in more than 50 countries. More information can be found by
visiting Fluke Networks’ Web site at www.flukenetworks.com or by calling
(800) 283-5853. |
