Observer Infrastructure: Adding the Device Performance Perspective

Explore a performance management solution that compliments pack-oriented network and application performance monitoring products. From Jim Frey of Enterprise Management Associates.

By Enterprise Networking Planet Staff | May 26, 2010
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The focus of networking professionals has turned toward network performance and optimization. Learn to build complete performance visibility by adding the infrastructure perspective to a packet-based platform. From Enterprise Management Associates.

"In April 2010, Network Instruments® announced the availability of Observer Infrastructure (OI), an integral element of their Observer® performance management solution, which complements their primary packet-oriented network and application performance monitoring products with an infrastructure viewpoint. An evolutionary replacement for Network Instruments Link Analyst™, OI has been significantly expanded and includes network infrastructure device health monitoring, IP SLA active testing, NBAR and WAAS data collection, and server monitoring. These new performance data sources are tightly integrated into a common console and reporting engine, Observer Reporting Server, providing quick and efficient workflows for navigating between packet and polling realms."

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