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Agilent Technologies adds proprietary application emulation to Network Tester for real-world testing of triple-play user experience
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Solution enables performance characterization of application-aware devices under full load and security attacks CHICAGO, Supercomm, Booth No. 32015, June 6, 2005
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the addition of proprietary protocol application support to its Network Tester application and security performance test solution. Equipment manufacturers and network operators can now more thoroughly characterize system performance of application-aware security devices to ensure their networks can handle the volatility and variability of real-world application traffic. Network Tester's powerful and easy-to-use measurement suite reduces test cycle time and helps accelerate the deployment of triple-play services. With proprietary protocol traffic such as P2P file sharing, instant messaging and online gaming now dominating the Internet, the ability to concurrently simulate proprietary applications along with triple-play services is a vital requirement for real-world performance testing. With the latest Agilent Network Tester software, lab testers can for the first time simulate thousands of users of proprietary applications with different user addresses through a unique dynamic-session capture-replay capability. Unlike legacy capture-replay techniques, Network Tester recreates real transport protocol sessions with unique port numbers and multiplies traffic in a realistic and scalable manner. This makes it possible to quantify the effectiveness of the latest Application Traffic Management methods such as P2P rate limiting, layer-7 "deep packet" classification and tagging, and application prioritization. For example, users can now accurately measure the real-world performance impact of application-aware firewalls that can recognize and filter undesirable traffic. By combining the new proprietary protocol support with Network Tester's existing emulation capability, Network Tester enables greater insight into the quality of experience (QoE) under realistic traffic conditions by:
"The ability to simultaneously emulate voice, video and data traffic as well as multiple DoS attacks and proprietary protocols distinguishes Agilent's Network Tester's ability to characterize the real-world performance and reliability of application-aware devices," said Dave Bass, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Data Networks Division. "By providing real-world application performance testing, Agilent gives manufacturers and operators confidence that devices will meet the requirements for triple-play service delivery." More information is available at www.agilent.com/comms/networktester. Product photos are available at www.agilent.com/find/networktester_image. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. # # # Contact: Janet Smith, Agilent Johanna Vallecillo |
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