Network Communications News (NCN) August 2017 | Page 36

ESSENTIAL SELECTION Silver Peak’s EdgeConnect SD- WAN solution Passes Torture Test Silver Peak has announced that the company’s flagship SD-WAN solution, Unity EdgeConnect, successfully endured a series of rigorous network packet-loss resilience tests. Leading independent network test lab Miercom, subjected the EdgeConnect solution to hands-on stress tests to validate the resiliency of multi-link bonded tunnels combined with path conditioning and dynamic path control. Results, the company says, validated the solution’s ability to maintain peak network and application performance and availability through a series of real-world WAN transport congestion, brownout and blackout scenarios. The EdgeConnect test methodology included using Unity Orchestrator to configure a business intent overlay with defined QoS parameters suitable for real-time voice and video applications. In each test scenario, real-time video streams were monitored for interruptions and image artifacts. Multiple scenarios were tested by injecting increasing levels of packet loss to simulate realistic WAN transport conditions across bonded links. “While other SD-WAN vendors claim performance and resiliency, Silver Peak is effectively putting the industry on notice, challenging any vendor to submit their solution to a network torture test,” said Derek Granath, Vice President of Product Marketing at Silver Peak. “Distributed enterprises will quickly find that, while others route around WAN service congestion and disruptions, only Silver Peak addresses underlying link performance issues to deliver a superior application experience, even under the most extreme packet-loss conditions.” For further information visit: www.silver-peak.com. SolarWinds Enhances Systems Portfolio SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has announced significant updates to the SolarWinds Orion Platform and its systems management product portfolio. T h e e nh a n c e m e nt s sp a n mu l t i p l e p ro d u ct s, i n c l u d i n g S o l a r W i n d s S torage Re s o u rc e M o n i to r, S o l a r W i n d s V i r t u a l i sat i o n M a n a ge r, S o l a r W i n d s We b Pe r fo r m a nc e M o n i to r, a n d S o l a r W i n d s S e r ve r & A p p l i c at i o n M o n i to r, a n d wi ll e m p owe r IT p rofe ssi o n a l s to b et te r ma n a ge a p p l i c at i o n - c e nt r i c p e r fo r m an ce acros s h y b r id IT inf ra st r u ct u re s. The SolarWinds systems management portfolio, powered by the Orion Platform, provides the components an IT operations team needs for monitoring, improved troubleshooting, capacity and resource optimisation, and per formance management. New portfolio upgrades include, PerfStack dashboard improvements, Enhanced IoT device monitoring, optimised virtual resource performance and virtualisation management, new deep storage monitoring support, improved enterprise operations console and simplified Orion Platform installer and new platform-native capabilities. C h r i sto p h P f i ste r, E xe c u t i ve Vi ce P re si d e nt of P ro d u ct s at S o l a r W i n ds , sa i d : ‘ A p p l i c at i o n u pt i m e a n d e n d- u se r exp e r i e n c e a re n ow co re b us i n es s m et r i c s, so I T p rofe ssi o n a l s mu s t en s ure p e r fo r m a n c e a m i d st m o u nt i n g comp lex i ti es a n d h y b r i d I T c h a l l e n ge s. ‘With our Orion Platform and systems management portfolio upgrades, SolarWinds provides one of the industry’s most complete application performance management platforms, giving deep visibility into web, application, database, virtual resources, storage, and network performance – all in the context of applications.’ For further information contact: www.solarwinds.com Ellis Extends Trident Reach Ellis has extended its range of Trident all-plastic trefoil cable cleats for smaller electrical cables. Now available in six sizes, ranging from Ø24-54mm, Trident was initially developed to help Ellis’ on- going expansion in Europe, where similar products are in particularly high demand. Richard Shaw, managing director of Ellis, said: ‘All-plastic trefoil cleats for smaller cables have been popular in Germany and Holland for a long time, but with demand beginning to grow in a number of other markets, both at home and abroad, we felt the time was right to strengthen our hand and fill a gap in our portfolio. ‘The success we enjoyed on the back of last year’s initial release meant developing a full range was the sensible option, and with this now available we have placed ourselves on a better than even footing with the major European plastic cleat manufacturers, and on-course to make significant sales gains in an area of the market that we’ve not previously been able to compete fully in.’ The standard product is manufactured from a V0 0H glass filled nylon. It is also available in a London Underground Limited (LUL) approved polymer that meets London Underground standard 1-085. Both versions of the product have been short-circuit tested to IEC61914. For further information contact: www.ellispatents.co.uk 36 | August 2017