SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sniffer Technologies, a
Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) company, today announced that its
market-leading Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite won InfoWorld magazine's
prestigious "1999 Product of the Year" award, ranking it as a leader among the
finest enterprise technologies and solutions of the year. The review can be
viewed in its entirety at InfoWorld's Web site at:
infoworld.com.
"If you are running a diverse topology and protocol environment, then
consider this suite. (Sniffer) protocol decodes shine in terms of breadth and
depth," said the InfoWorld reviewer. "Decodes aren't its only standout
feature. Sniffer Pro Expert is guaranteed to tell you something you didn't
know about your network, and in words that you will understand."
As e-businesses increasingly rely on network and application availability,
the Sniffer product line is recognized as a critical management tool for
maximizing network uptime and minimizing slow response. The Sniffer Pro
Portable Analysis Suite earned high marks for its diverse network monitoring
and troubleshooting options for proactively managing network availability.
"The suite's most significant new must-have feature is Switch Expert,"
according to InfoWorld. "Since switches came on the scene, seeing individual
or aggregate traffic has been difficult. But Sniffer Pro understands virtual
LAN (VLAN) information from Cisco's switches and mirrors the VLAN to a
monitoring port." With the addition of Switch Expert, the Sniffer product
line is the only suite of network analyzers to integrate with switches and
bring real-time analysis ability to high speed switched networks.
The Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite excels in both its clean interface
and its ability to decode multiple protocols including Voice and Video over
IP. The Sniffer Pro Portable Analysis Suite stands out as an e-business
solution due to its ease-of-use analysis and troubleshooting capabilities as
well as the power to simultaneously monitor both LANs and WANs.
"Sniffer has quickly become one of the industry standards by providing
companies with quick troubleshooting, real-time analysis and proactive network
and application monitoring, all within a user-friendly, cost-effective
solution aimed to meet the demands of e-business environments," said
Paul Farr, president of Sniffer Technologies. "InfoWorld's '1999 Product of
the Year' award reaffirms Sniffer's position as the industry leader in network
management and analysis."
Recently confirmed in a 1999 GartnerGroup/Dataquest report as the number
one network management solution with a 51.8 percent share of the market, the
Sniffer Total Network Visibility suite is comprised of industry-leading
products for maintaining optimum network performance in today's
Internet-powered e-businesses. The Sniffer Total Network Visibility suite is a
strategic integrated solution enabling IT organizations to proactively manage
e-commerce Web sites, Voice and Video over IP, business-critical applications
on the Internet, LANs, WANs, switched and high-speed networks. The Sniffer
product line consists of: the Sniffer Portable Analysis Suite for onsite LAN,
WAN and application monitoring, analysis, planning and troubleshooting; the
Sniffer Distributed Analysis Suite for centralized end-to-end network and
application management; and the Sniffer Network Informant Suite for enterprise
reporting and analysis.
Sniffer Technologies, a Network Associates company, is the leading
provider of network and application management solutions designed to insure
e-business uptime. Supporting a vast range of network topologies in the
industry, the Sniffer Total Network Visibility (TNV) suite is an integrated
solution enabling enterprises and service providers to cost-effectively keep
their networks and applications up and running at peak performance. As the
most trusted solution for monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and
proactively managing network availability and performance, the Sniffer TNV
suite meets the demanding 24x7 availability requirements of e-business Web
sites, Internet applications, converged voice, video, and data networks, and
high speed switched networks. For more information, Sniffer Technologies can
be reached on the Internet at sniffer.com .
With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a
leading supplier of security and availability solutions for e-business.
Network Associates' four business units, PGP, providing firewall, intrusion
detection and encryption products, Sniffer Technologies, with its protocol
analyzer products, Magic Solutions, providing Web-based service desk
solutions, and McAfee, delivering world class anti-virus products, all produce
best-of-breed solutions leveraging core technologies to provide the security
and availability needed for e-business. Network Associates is also a majority
owner of McAfee.com, the world's largest business to consumer application
service provider. For more information, Network Associates can
be reached at 972-308-9960 or on the Internet at nai.com .
NOTE: Network Associates Sniffer, Total Network Visibility, Distributed
Sniffer System and Net Tools are registered trademarks of Network Associates,
Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All
other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole
property of their respective owners.
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