Plixer and Cisco Improve NetFlow-Based Network Management

SANFORD, ME--(Marketwire - Mar 8, 2012) - Plixer International, Inc., a leading provider of NetFlow-based network management, today announced Scrutinizer support for Cisco Performance Monitoring metrics exported with Flexible NetFlow. The new support enables network managers to properly diagnose application performance issues by easily analyzing voice, video and data traffic while creating NetFlow-based reports on packet loss, latency and jitter. Additionally, Plixer and Cisco will conduct a series of joint webinars titled, Cisco Medianet Performance Monitoring with Flexible NetFlow Reporting, on Monday, March 19^th at 9am, 11am and 4pm ET, revealing tips and tricks to improve the health of packet flows traversing switches and routers.

"Many network packet capture solutions are cumbersome to use, lack real-time reporting or are simply too expensive to deploy everywhere," says Michael Patterson, CEO and co-founder, Plixer International. "Plixer is helping address these issues by becoming one of the first network management organizations to support Performance Monitoring for Cisco Medianets. Our Cisco relationship will provide network managers with improved ability to pinpoint and analyze network problems, ensuring applications and communications as well as -- cloud services -- are effectively delivered."

Router and switch performance monitoring has been combined with the Flexible NetFlow NBAR exports, enabling network managers to perform deep packet inspection on traffic flows, to identify applications that are sharing ports such as TCP 80. With the release of Cisco IOS 15.2(2) T routers now provide latency detail on NBAR discovered applications such as Skype and WebEx™, improving network traffic visibility and performance. The joint Plixer and Cisco webinar will cover these topics as well as:

• Prioritization of traffic into the best traffic class for preferential treatment as it passes through each switch and router.
• Configuration of Performance Routing (PfR) to ensure the highest priority traffic (e.g. VoIP and Video) uses the best path or route to its intended destination.
• How to free up bandwidth by rerouting lower priority traffic such as Google searches.

Scrutinizer is a one hundred percent web-based tool that provides detailed network utilization reports showing the applications and users generating network traffic. Leveraging the software's domain utilization report, even sites with secured connections that use encrypted traffic can't hide from the insight provided by NetFlow and IPFIX collection and reporting. Scrutinizer is designed to peer deep into bandwidth traffic and enable the network administrator to easily see who is consuming bandwidth, what they are using it for and -- immediately restore precious bandwidth for work-related needs.

Register to attend the webinars and learn more about Performance Monitoring and Cisco Medianets:

Mon, Mar 19, 2012 9:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/214116112
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 11:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/313985552
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 4:00 PM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/642520712

Download a free trial of Plixer's Scrutinizer for NetFlow traffic analysis or schedule a live demo by calling: (207) 324-8805 or via email at sales@plixer.com. For more NetFlow insight, follow Plixer International on their Blog, Twitter, Facebook or join NetFlow Developments Group on LinkedIn.

About Plixer International, Inc.
Plixer International, Inc. develops and markets network traffic monitoring and analysis tools to the global market. All of the tools are built from the ground up with valuable feature sets and ease of use in mind. Plixer tools have been used to analyze and troubleshoot irregular traffic patterns by IT professionals with some of the largest networks in the world, such as CNN, The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Regal Cinemas, Raytheon, and Eddie Bauer. For product and sales information, contact Plixer International, Inc. at 207.324.8805, or visit http://www.plixer.com.