Packeteer Launches New Web-Based Host Analysis Reporting for Rapid Troubleshooting and Containment of Network Attacks

Business Wire, August 9, 2005

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- New Analysis Tool Leverages Packeteer's Extensible User Interface Architecture to Quickly Diagnose Network Vulnerabilities

Packeteer(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:PKTR), the global leader in WAN Application Optimization, today announced the release of its new Host Analysis Plug-in, an advanced troubleshooting and reporting tool that rapidly detects network anomalies by analyzing host and traffic flow activity. Because network and application performance is critical to business productivity, any attack on availability and responsiveness negatively impacts employee productivity, customer service and IT resources. To stay competitive, enterprises must be able to immediately address the question "What is happening on the network?" and then protect business-critical applications from unsanctioned traffic, viruses and worms.

"Packeteer's Host Analysis Plug-in provides new and critically important levels of control over our network that were previously unavailable," says Peter Barton, network manager with IESI Corporation, one of the leading non-hazardous solid waste management companies in the United States. "We're now equipped to quickly identify abusive users and malicious software, isolated down to the individual machine level. As a result, we can rapidly contain the spread of viruses and isolate users running bandwidth-killing file sharing software like Limewire, Kazaa and Morpheus. This new plug-in is now a vital part of our arsenal to optimize WAN performance and capacity."

Product Details

The new Host Analysis Plug-in, available as a simple software plug-in for PacketShaper(R) WAN appliances, is the first and only troubleshooting tool in the industry to provide application-level diagnostic information on a WAN optimization appliance. Leveraging a highly flexible and simple-to-navigate web interface for real-time visibility, the new tool provides aggregated host reporting that drills down to the flow level to provide application-layer visibility. As a result, enterprises can proactively control hosts exhibiting anomalous behavior such as an unusual number of connection attempts or irregular and excessive bandwidth consumption so business productivity is preserved and recurring costs are contained.

"As a long-time Packeteer VAR, we've helped numerous customers take advantage of the advanced visibility tools provided by PacketShapers," said Henry Draughon, Manager, Business Development with Florance & Associates Consulting. "With the introduction of the Host Analysis Plug-in, Packeteer is addressing pent-up demand for the ability to isolate and control rogue users, bandwidth-abusing applications and misbehaving host systems from eating up valuable network bandwidth."

The Host Analysis Plug-in is yet another enhancement to Packeteer's industry leading Layer 7 visibility capabilities that provide identification and classification of applications, real-time monitoring of bandwidth utilization, application response time performance, SLA monitoring and advanced troubleshooting diagnostics. Host Analysis Plug-in reports provide an additional level of detail that, together with Packeteer's robust reporting on network efficiency and utilization, response time monitoring, top talkers and top listeners, provides comprehensive metrics to ensure WAN optimization. Enterprises considering the purchase of dedicated monitoring devices will want to evaluate the additional value that can be derived from deploying the monitoring, bandwidth management and acceleration capabilities in a single PacketShaper WAN appliance.

"Once again, Packeteer raises the technical bar for gaining critical visibility into vital performance areas that directly impact WAN performance," said Packeteer's Puglia. "While other vendors pay lip-service to providing WAN visibility, we continue to equip our enterprise customers with the industry's most powerful network diagnostic and visibility tools, along with best-in-class control and acceleration capabilities that are essential for optimizing WAN performance."

Availability

Packeteer's extensible user interface is designed for investment protection through quick and easy feature additions with software plug-ins, allowing customers to expand the features and capabilities of their existing WAN appliances as Packeteer develops new technology and tools.

The Host Analysis Plug-in is free-of-charge to existing customers with active service contracts and is immediately downloadable from www.packeteer.com/support.> About Packeteer

Packeteer, Inc. (NASDAQ:PKTR), is the global market leader in WAN Optimization and Application Traffic Management for wide area networks. Deployed at more than 7,000 companies in 50 countries, Packeteer solutions empower IT organizations with patented network visibility, control and acceleration capabilities delivered through a family of intelligent, scalable appliances. For more information, contact Packeteer at 1 (408) 873-4400 or visit the company's web site at www.packeteer.com.

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