Network General Showcases New Sniffer Enterprise Solutions at Interop New York 2005; Market Leader Selected as Official Provider of Application and Network Performance Analysis for the InteropNet Event Network

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2005

NEW YORK -- Network General(TM), the global leader in enterprise application and network performance analysis, will showcase its industry leading solutions for analyzing and managing enterprise networks at the Interop 2005 conference, December 12 - 15, 2005, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York. The company was selected as the official provider of application and network performance analysis for the InteropNet Event Network (eNet). eNet provides high-speed connectivity to NetWorld Interop exhibitors, conference rooms and meeting rooms -- showcasing the capabilities of an integrated network, mirroring the real-world networks of leading corporate enterprises.

Each year, NetWorld Interop selects industry leaders to build a "best-of-breed" eNet network, which serves as a technology showcase of how to tackle wide-scale deployment of the latest technologies, and how to implement best practices in building, managing and analyzing large, complex networks. The InteropNet, will utilize Network General's Sniffer InfiniStream to perform Retrospective Analysis and capture data that will enable the Network Operation Center team to monitor, measure, manage, and resolve high-impact intermittent network problems and keep the event network performing optimally.

Network General will also showcase its industry-leading portfolio of application and network performance analysis solutions at its Interop Booth #629. The company will present live demonstrations of its market leading products including, Sniffer Enterprise Visualizer, Sniffer Enterprise MultiSegment Intelligence and Sniffer InfiniStream.

Sniffer(R) Enterprise Visualizer 4.0 delivers end-to-end monitoring, analysis, and reporting for Sniffer Distributed and Sniffer InfiniStream platforms. It enables customers to quickly isolate problems, and efficiently manage their application and network infrastructure, reducing IT expenditures. By providing this wide-ranging, end-to-end visibility into clients, applications, and subnets, Sniffer Enterprise Visualizer ensures IT Return-on-Investment (ROI) and efficiency by enabling internal cost allocation and tracking.

Sniffer(R) MultiSegment Intelligence 4.0 automates the tedious process of manually correlating network traces to determine a problem's root cause. It can simultaneously initiate data captures from up to eight network segments, allowing even the most complex applications to be thoroughly analyzed. Sniffer MultiSegment Intelligence exponentially reduces the amount of time required to solve application performance issues through a simple three-step process. Compatible with all Sniffer Enterprise Platforms, it uses sophisticated algorithms to associate data and present information on network traffic latency and response times, providing results useful to both network and application managers.

Sniffer(R) InfiniStream 2.5 is a network performance hardware and software solution that enables users of today's high-speed multi-topology networks to capture up to months of data in order to monitor, measure, manage, and resolve high-impact intermittent network problems. Designed for continuous line-rate stream-to-disk usage, Sniffer InfiniStream captures both LAN and WAN network data. The Sniffer InfiniStream platform makes it easy to perform back-in-time Retrospective Analysis to examine network performance, observe traffic trends, isolate anomalies, perform deep packet analysis, and generate summary reports. Sniffer InfiniStream integrates with Sniffer Enterprise Management Solutions providing instrumentation for resource management to lower cost of ownership, and baseline visualization for capacity planning and trend analysis.

About Network General Corporation

Network General(TM) Corporation is the global leader in enterprise application and network performance analysis. The Network General portfolio consists of innovative software solutions and intelligent appliances that allow IT professionals to identify, monitor, measure, manage and resolve application and network performance problems. Supporting the widest range of network topologies in the industry, Network General delivers breakthrough technology solutions that focus on the intersection of the application and the network for comprehensive real-time monitoring, analysis, and reporting across the business enterprise. Sniffer Enterprise Solutions empower IT organizations, simplify network management tasks, and protect the extended value and life of IT assets. For more information on Network General, a privately-held company based in San Jose, California, dial 408-571-5000 or go to www.networkgeneral.com.