Products
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The Spirent Avalanche Virtual all-in-one cloud testing solution from Matrium Technologies tests and measures the performance, availability, security and scalability (PASS) of virtualised network infrastructures and applications, real or replayed, in the cloud.
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The VSS vStack Over IP network intelligence optimisation system allows network engineers to instantly direct traffic from any SPAN or TAP to any performance or security tool without moving a single cord. Only VSS is said to enable all of this to be done safely and securely over LAN, WAN, and even the cloud.
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The 3.80 release for Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche includes software packages as well as enhancements for data centres, mobile backhaul and virtualisation testing.
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Products
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The Spirent Avalanche Virtual all-in-one cloud testing solution from Matrium Technologies tests and measures the performance, availability, security and scalability (PASS) of virtualised network infrastructures and applications, real or replayed, in the cloud.
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The VSS vStack Over IP network intelligence optimisation system allows network engineers to instantly direct traffic from any SPAN or TAP to any performance or security tool without moving a single cord. Only VSS is said to enable all of this to be done safely and securely over LAN, WAN, and even the cloud.
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The 3.80 release for Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche includes software packages as well as enhancements for data centres, mobile backhaul and virtualisation testing.
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The Opnet APM Xpert application performance management suite is said to accelerate problem resolution, enable problem prevention and improve the efficiency of both IT infrastructure and IT staff resources.
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The Anue 3500 mobile backhaul test-case driven platform can be used to validate the performance of synchronisation services and Carrier Ethernet functions required by next-generation, carrier-grade EtherNet/IP-based networks.
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The Spirent HyperMetrics mX modules address 4G network challenges of mobility, application performance, interoperability and mobile backhaul.
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Upgrading a network from 1G to 10G often means buying all new tools to have adequate monitoring and to avoid oversubscription. That is not the case with VSS Monitoring, which allows 10G networks to be monitored by 1G tools - avoiding costly and disruptive upgrades.
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The traditional layered approach to security requires multiple inline solutions that address specific security needs. These multiple tools in line one after the other create additional potential points of failure, introduce latency and increase management complexity.
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Spirent iTest is an integrated test authoring and execution platform built for testers, developers and automation teams. It provides QA organisations with a unified approach for rapidly developing, automating and maintaining test cases.
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The Spirent TestCenter Virtual software module provides visibility into the virtualisation infrastructure and is suitable for users who are unsure about the performance of a new virtual system and/or would like assurance before deploying critical applications.
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The Codenomicon Universal Fuzzer is claimed to be the first fuzz testing solution to combine heuristics and multiple fuzzers with a graphical user interface, automated test executions and reporting features. With the Fuzzer, software and equipment vendors and companies using their products can ensure that their software is hacker-proof.
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Codenomicon has announced the release of its Unknown Vulnerability Management (UVM) Lifecycle model. The UVM Lifecycle is claimed to be the first security assurance process which focuses on unreported vulnerabilities. The UVM model helps companies and organisations find and fix unknown vulnerabilities, before anyone has a chance to exploit them, making their software hacker-proof. The Codenomicon UVM solutions can not only be used to secure networks, devices and applications, but also the software used to protect them, namely firewalls, VPNs etc.
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Enterprise-class automation capabilities have been added to version 3.0 of Anue Systems’ 5200 Series Net Tool Optimizer (NTO). In order to achieve ‘always-on’ network connectivity, data centre managers oversee a large number of appliances that monitor security, performance and availability for both networks and applications. With a fully configurable automation engine, the NTO ensures that priority traffic is always delivered to essential monitoring tools.
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The Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics NeXt testing module enables carriers and network vendors to test networks, data and applications on mobile internet.
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The Spirent Avalanche 3100 appliance solution provides multi-10 Gbps capacity, security and performance testing for network infrastructures, web application infrastructures and triple-play services ensuring quality of service and quality of experience.
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Spirent Abacus version 6.20 enables NEMS address DoD AS-SIP requirements with Mutual TLS Authentication for SIP. AS-SIP is mandatory VoIP standard requirement for DoD communication network. Mutual TLS Authentication for SIP (AS-SIP Security) allows Abacus SIP UEs to be authenticated by the server.
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Spirent TestCenter 3.50 enables users to deliver performance, availability, scalability and security to customers and provides increased performance, productivity and test coverage in various areas.
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The Avalanche family includes appliance and chassis-based solutions for testing the performance and capacities of advanced content-aware networks and applications. The 3.50 release can be used to achieve better performance and hardened security in devices and networks users design and deploy.
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VSS Monitoring’s vCapacity is a high-performance real-time microburst measurement capability for its Distributed Traffic Capture Systems that provides sub-millisecond visibility into network performance. VSS is claimed to be the only traffic capture vendor providing both real-time packet-level visibility as well as bit-level metadata for monitoring and security tools.
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Codenomicon Defensics has released the 3.10.0 version of Defensics 3. The Defensics engine, also called Suite Monitor, is the Defensics GUI component shared by all products, which provides an easy-to-use interface for controlling fuzzing test tools and test suites.
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Landslide 8.5 focuses on LTE enhancements and Home NodeB Gateway (HNB-GW) test application.
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Because of 4G’s multitechnology nature, correct monitoring strategies pre- and post-deployment are essential to prevent issues of service availability, network downtime and resultant customer churn. The VSS Monitoring Network Monitoring 2.0 solution for 4G/LTE includes the Optimizer 2016, a scalable and flexible intelligent traffic capture device for networks from 10 Mbps to 10 GigE.
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VSS Monitoring has incorporated GPS timing in its range of distributed traffic capture systems, giving a measure of time that is more precise than the network time protocol method. With the same absolute time throughout the network, operations in geographically diverse locations remain in synchronisation.
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Articles
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The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) recently published an update to its Evolution to LTE report. The findings: more than 200 operators are investing in LTE, with 154 LTE network deployments in progress or planned in 60 countries, including 20 networks which have commercially launched. A further 54 operators in 20 additional countries, according to the GSA, are engaged in LTE technology pilot trials or tests ahead of formal commitments to deploy commercial networks.
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The following article discusses some fundamental issues relating to testing of 3G/4G mobile networks.
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The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) recently published an update to its Evolution to LTE report. The findings: more than 200 operators are investing in LTE, with 154 LTE network deployments in progress or planned in 60 countries, including 20 networks which have commercially launched. A further 54 operators in 20 additional countries, according to the GSA, are engaged in LTE technology pilot trials or tests ahead of formal commitments to deploy commercial networks.
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The following article discusses some fundamental issues relating to testing of 3G/4G mobile networks.
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Securing a virtual environment means more than just policing its entry points, says Marc Meulensteen, Cloud Security Expert, Spirent Communications.
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While service providers fret about the end of IPv4 addresses, how should the enterprise IT team prepare for IPv6? Alan Way International Business Development Manager at Spirent Communications explains
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With the promise of a robust and broad range of next-generation networking offerings, the awareness of cloud computing’s advantages is widely acknowledged.
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Is your ‘cloud’ delivering the expected performance? How do you know until you test it? What are the complexities of measuring virtual systems?
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This article addresses ten important issues in data centre testing.
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Case Studies
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Alcatel-Lucent has used Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics mX 40/100G to validate the scale and performance of its FP3 Processor in initial public demonstrations.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) specialises in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. According to Brian Gregory, the HP Networking Account Manager for Qld and NT Universities, the ANZ University community, led by CAUDIT, wished to carry out a proof of concept that would confirm the suitability of HP networking equipment to be used within a university campus LAN environment. The tests to be carried out were determined by a collective of IT engineers across a number of universities with multiple protocols, as well as performance, due to capacity expansion upwards of 10 GB.
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Blade Network Technologies, a data centre ethernet switching company, has implemented Fanfare’s test automation product, iTest, to meet its increasing product development and time-to-market goals. Blade has saved approximately $500,000 in resource and equipment costs, sanity build times and time to market since implementing iTest.
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Media Monitors, an Asia-Pacific media intelligence company, provides more than 4000 clients with the media intelligence to enable effective communications. Its suite of products provides the tools and insight for PR and communications professionals to monitor their interests across all media, analyse the brand or message and more effectively connect with relevant journalists and editors.
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Spirent Communications has been named by Frost & Sullivan as the market leader in the 1/10/40/100G ethernet and cloud infrastructure test equipment markets, with 28.9 and 45.6% market shares respectively.
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Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHTTL), the research and development arm of Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, has chosen solutions from Spirent Communications to help validate the security of its cloud computing centres.
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Spirent Communications has won Test & Measurement World magazine’s 2011 Best in Test award for the Network and fibre-optic testers category. The award, based on votes from the magazine’s readers and editors, recognises the Spirent TestCenter solution for helping companies save costs and bring products/services
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Spirent has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held The Fanfare Group for a cash consideration of $15 million.
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VSS Monitoring has announced that the Optimizer 2016 LTE has won a 2010 Internet Telephony Excellence Award.
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Anue Systems is helping drive research through the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).
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Spirent Communications has announced that Spirent Avalanche Virtual, the industry’s first solution for cloud computing testing, was named the 2010 Best of Interop winner in the performance optimisation category.
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