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
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