New Research Recommends Network Behavior Analysis
Mazu Networks, provider of Network Behavior Analysis
(NBA) systems, recently announced that the Yankee Group published a
research report titled, "Adjust Your Behavior: Network Management
Incorporates Behavioral Analysis to Optimize Performance," that details
how NBA systems provide the needed visibility into end-user behavior to
dramatically improve network operations in addition to security. The
research further explains how existing network management tools fail to
provide this level of visibility given their focus on infrastructure
availability rather than end-user experience and behavior.
"Network operations groups have already begun incorporating
behavioral analysis so they can add behavioral context to their
existing management systems," said George Hamilton, director of Yankee
Group's Enabling Technologies Enterprise Group and research author.
"NBA tools can display network activity rolled back in time just prior
to a performance event to accelerate root cause analysis and problem
resolution. Network administrators still rely on existing network and
systems management tools to isolate and apply fixes, but this
capability ensures NBA's place in network operations and is sure to
intensify competition with other network performance management tools."
According to the research, "the dynamic nature of today's enterprise
networks demands greater visibility into behavior so that
administrators can optimize the way the business actually works." The
research also says that NBA provides this needed visibility of the
entire enterprise network, providing the following benefits to both
network operations and security:
• An optimized end-user experience
• The ability to manage and monitor meaningful change
• Faster problem resolution
• Effective management of infrastructure change
• Balance between performance and security
The report also explains the value NBA systems can bring to WAN
optimization initiatives. With many enterprises struggling to gain an
accurate end-to-end picture of WAN performance through the use of
existing network management tools, NBA systems can easily provide that
needed visibility. While network management tools can only report on
traffic from the server to the WAN optimization appliance in the data
center, NBA systems provide data on what is actually traversing the
WAN. Having this intelligence about all clients and applications on the
WAN enables administrators to improve troubleshooting and capacity
planning ensuring superior quality of service to end users.
"Our customers have long understood the limitations of existing
network operations and security solutions and have counted on Mazu to
gain the visibility needed to improve network and application
performance in addition to better securing their infrastructures," said
Paul Brady, CEO, Mazu Networks. "This research from Yankee speaks to
the success our customers have already experienced with Mazu and will
help educate other enterprises on the network operations and security
benefits they can gain from using NBA."