1. Observer 13 New Version Release

2. Network Instruments Monitoring Model

8. Observer 13 Overview

9. Observer 13 Product Design Goals  Application Performance Analysis  Provide real-time TopN visibility enterprise-wide  Strengthen problem identification capabilities  Enhanced RNA  Greater reporting flexibility and emphasis on reducing MTTR  Financial Sector Focus  Monitor financial transactions in-depth  Enhanced Visibility  Improve customers’ ability to leverage NetFlow  Expand support for critical network topologies

10. Application Performance

11. Application Performance Analysis  Introduces tier-level visibility  Application-level reporting with drill down to host server

12. Performance Monitoring  ORS Auto-Baselining  ORS 10-minute granularity  Expanded application visibility  Increased depth for existing technologies  Stateful Packet Inspection

13. Introducing NetLive  Provides TopN enterprise- wide visibility in real time  Ideal for global monitoring of application performance  Supports NOC-level views

14. RNA Enhancements

15. GigaStor Time Navigation  Macro and micro timeline views  Improves ability to pinpoint problems Micro Macro

16. GigaStor Active Reporting  Immediate and highly-customizable views  Extensive drill-down capabilities  Improves problem solving workflow

17. GigaStor Data Stream Reconstruction  Completely revised workflow  Faster identification of relevant materials  Simpler selection of reconstructed items

18. Performance and Memory Enhancements  Optimized file structure to handle high demands of RNA  Eliminates fragmentation concerns  Increased performance and reliability  Process-to-Processor Affinity  Assign tasks to specific processors  Hardware Enhancements  GigaStor units now have additional processors  Increased buffer memory by up to 8 times

19.  AES256 encryption as data is written to disk  Required by U.S. government agencies  Important for HIPAA and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) GigaStor Data-at-Rest Security

20. Addressing Financial Services

21. Financial Services  Expanded Financial Protocol Support  In-depth FIX analysis  Application-specific tracking  Obtain trade-level errors and statistics  Track trade executions and performance

22. Financial Services  Full decode and support  29West (LBT-TCP, LBT-RM, LBT-RU, LBMR)  MOLD and UDQF (NASDAQ trading protocols)  Microburst Analysis  Meets financial sectors demand of sub-second detail

23. Enhanced Visibility

24. Extended NetFlow Support  New NetFlow Trending Instance provides unparalleled scalability  Configure up to 512 NetFlow devices per instance

25. Extended Topology Support  OC – WAN Connectivity  Protocols  Packet Over SONET (POS)  ATM over SONET  OC Speeds  OC-3c (155Mb/s)  OC-12c (622Mb/s)  802.11n Wireless Support  Emerging wireless technology  Speeds up to 248Mb/s  Support for WPA / WPA2

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