
Ixia, a leading provider of network testing, visibility, and security
solutions, today announced that the company has extended the
capabilities of its recently announced integrated cloud visibility
platform, CloudLens,
to include support for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vNetwork Standard
Switch (vSS).
Combining the power of Ixia’s virtual tap, packet and application flow
filtering, SSL decryption, and rich Netflow metadata generation, Ixia’s
CloudLens platform provides service providers and enterprises with
unprecedented insight into physical, virtualized, and hybrid
environments. CloudLens enables security monitoring, performance
analytics, and troubleshooting in a seamless, integrated solution.
In addition to OpenStack KVM, VMware ESXi and NSX, the CloudLens
platform now supports Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vNetwork Standard
Switch (vSS). As a result, customers can easily manage a virtualized
computing environment, while reducing IT costs.
“Ixia works hand in hand with our customers to understand their unique
challenges when initiating or managing their cloud deployments,” said
Christophe Olivier, Senior Product Manager at Ixia. “It’s this close
collaboration that enables us to develop visibility and virtualization
solutions that eliminate these challenges, and enable customers to fully
benefit from the advantages offered by the cloud.”
A platform consisting of existing Ixia solutions and planned products
that will integrate network visibility, CloudLens enables customers to
easily and quickly deploy a highly scalable traffic monitoring system
spanning private, public, and hybrid cloud deployments. CloudLens
currently includes Ixia’s Virtualization
Tap solution to access private cloud East/West traffic, as well as
the company’s Vision
series of Network Packet Brokers with the Application
and Threat Intelligence Processor (ATIP) for actionable insight
into network activities and the ability to visualize and analyze user,
device, and application behaviors.