Net Optics

Ixia
Public
Founded 1996
Headquarters Santa Clara, California
Key people
 Bethany Mayer
(President and CEO)
Products Network taps, Bypass Switches, Media Converters, Aggregation Taps, Regeneration Taps, data monitoring switches
Website www.ixiacom.com

Net Optics is a manufacturer of network monitoring and intelligent access solutions for physical and virtual networks.[1] The company was established in 1996 by Eldad Matityahu. Ixia announced the purchase of Net Optics[11] on October 29, 2013.

Net Optics’ line of passive network monitoring access devices includes taps, bypass switches, regeneration taps, aggregators, data monitoring switches, and media converters. Products are designed and manufactured in the United States.[2] Net Optics' Network Performance Monitoring and Application Flow Monitoring solutions extend visibility and control into the application layer.[3]

History

Net Optics was founded in 1996 by Eldad Matityahu. The company’s original focus was producing network taps - hardware devices that monitor network traffic. Net Optics now offers a range of network monitoring solutions for telecommunications, banking, finance, government and large enterprise.[4] In 2011, Net Optics introduced the Phantom Virtual Tap, granting users 100% visibility in monitoring virtual network environments.[5]

In January 2012, Net Optics announced its entry into the Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)/ Application Performance Monitoring (APM) arena with the acquisition of Triplelayer, a private Australia-based distributor, and its sister company, nMetrics, which specializes in network and application analysis software.[6] The first solution featuring the companies’ combined strengths, called the appTap, offers visibility and analytics for remote and branch offices.[7] The company’s Network Performance Monitoring family, called Spyke, extends Net Optics' Access Switching capabilities via an integrated solution that offers application intelligence (statistics, analysis) through deep packet inspection.[3]

Net Optics and Triplelayer have an eight-year history of joint deployments for global telecommunications providers, financial services firms and enterprises across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Triplelayer has been the primary distributor of Net Optics products in APAC since 2010.[6]

Net Optics works with various companies to produce compatible products for their respective industries. Net Optics is currently working with Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, TippingPoint, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Hewlett Packard, McAfee, and Imperva.[4][8][9][10][11]

Awards

Net Optics was awarded both the Red Herring Top 100 North America[12] and Red Herring Top 100 Global Awards[13] that recognize the world’s most innovative private technology companies. Net Optics was also named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 500/5000 fastest growing companies list,[14] as well as Silicon Valley’s Fastest Growing Private Company list.[15] The Phantom Virtual Tap won the 2011 Best of FOSE award as the most advanced networking monitoring tool of the virtual space in the current marketplace[16] and also received Frost and Sullivan’s New Product Innovation Award in Network Monitoring and Performance.

Products and services

Net Optics solutions deliver end-to-end monitoring and management in the virtual and physical arenas for total network visibility, insight and control.

Network performance monitoring (NPM) and Application performance monitoring (APM) enable identification of application problems or issues, as well as isolation to a specific application, location, or user in the network. This capability allows network management teams to measure the network’s performance, latency, and user or application activity to proactively monitor and measure end-to-end performance metrics and identify the location of bottlenecks along the application delivery path without installing software agents on network elements and servers. Net Optics appTap monitors and measures the performance of applications and user activity throughout the network. The Spyke family of Network and Performance Monitoring solutions provides visibility through the layers of the network delivered in real-time.

Virtual taps provide 100% visibility of traffic passing between virtual machines (VMs) in virtualized computing environments and clouds. Net Optics’ Phantom Virtual Taps include integrated management and monitoring tools for the virtualized monitoring layer. These software devices also send monitored traffic in encapsulated tunnels to physical monitoring tools, so customers can use their existing tools and infrastructure to monitor the virtual environment.

Load balancers relieve overloaded monitoring tools by distributing traffic, by flow, to multiple replicated tools working in parallel. Tool replication enables companies to increase throughput of security and performance monitoring by factors of 2, 3, 4, or more without incurring the CAPEX, integration, and learning-curve costs of acquiring new, unfamiliar tools. The complete line of Net Optics devices with load balancing functionality, including the xBalancer and Director xStream family, encompass solutions for all topologies of monitoring load balancing.

Network taps are passive devices that enable tools such as protocol analyzers and security systems to monitor the data on a network link. Taps pass data transparently through their two network ports, while making copies of the data available on one or more monitoring ports. Conventional network taps provide two monitoring ports, each receiving the half duplex traffic flowing in one direction on the network link.

Regeneration taps simultaneously monitor traffic on important links with multiple security and traffic management tools with passive, real-time regeneration Tap technology.

Aggregator taps, including the iTap and iLink, provide access to full-duplex links using a single NIC on the monitoring or analyzer tool. Aggregators are taps that copy multiple traffic streams to a single monitoring port. Port aggregators combine the traffic flowing in both directions on a network link into a single stream that is copied to the monitoring port. Link aggregators combine traffic from multiple network links or Span ports into a single stream that is copied to the monitoring port.[17] Intelligent Tap (iTap) technology, provides the ability to remotely manage devices through SNMP and Web-based interfaces. iTap-enabled devices generate RMON traffic statistics including port utilization, peak utilization, packet count, oversize packet count, CRC error count, and other metrics.[17] Programmable threshold-based utilization alarms are also supported.[17]

Bypass switches provide a trouble-free access port for in-line network security and monitoring devices. The Bypass Switch with Heartbeat sends a heartbeat packet to the device, protecting network traffic against link, application, and power failure on the attached in-line device.

References

  1. ↑ Business Week- Private Company Information
  2. ↑ "Made in America: Who is manufacturing in America?". Network World. May 22, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Cox, Mark (February 27, 2012). "Net Optics announces Spyke network performance monitoring solution for SMBs". eChannelLine.
  4. 1 2 Xavier, Jon (April 15, 2011). "Net Optics grows by finding new ways to tap data streams". Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
  5. ↑ Berndtson, Chad (February 16, 2011). "Net Optics Enables Holistic Monitoring For Physical, Virtual Networking". CRN.
  6. 1 2 Sibley, Lisa (January 23, 2012). "Net Optics acquires nMetrics and Triplelayer". Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
  7. ↑ Neagle, Colin (January 23, 2012). "Net Optics acquires nMetric, targets network intelligence". Network World.
  8. ↑ Janakiraman, Shamila (August 4, 2009). "Net Optics, F5 Networks to Enhance Application Availability and Network Reliability for Businesses". TMCnews.
  9. ↑ Increase Application Availability with External Bypass Switches, April 2009 white paper.
  10. ↑ Berndtson, Chad (August 23, 2011). "Palo Alto Networks Expands Managed Security Services Program". CRN.
  11. ↑ Panettieri, Joe (January 24, 2011). "Imperva Launches PartnerSphere Cloud Alliance (PCA)". Talkin' Cloud.
  12. ↑ "2011 Red Herring Top 100 North America". Red Herring. 2011.
  13. ↑ "2011 Red Herring Global Top 100". Red Herring. 2011.
  14. ↑ "Company Profile: 2011 RANKING: #3084 Net Optics". Inc.
  15. ↑ Schubarth, Cromwell (October 13, 2011). "Fastest-growing Silicon Valley private companies named". Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal.
  16. ↑ "Best of FOSE Awards". FOSE Conference & Exposition. July 21, 2011.
  17. 1 2 3 Miu, Denny K and Tim O'Neil - Aggregation Tap versus Tap Aggregation
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