Software helps resolve network security problems.

Network Physics Mar 10, 2005

Press Release Summary:

Leveraging IBM-based Autonomic, Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library technologies, NetSensory Enterprise Architecture monitors and interprets over 50 vital network and application stats, which reflect internal and external system conditions. It utilizes IBM's open standard Common Base Event format in NetSensory OS to create consistent method of identifying and communicating source of problem information across managed system of heterogeneous resources.

Original Press Release:

Network Physics Introduces Security, Performance Problem Resolution Capabilities for IBM Initiatives

Network Physics Announces Availability of IBM-based Autonomic, Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library (OPAL) Technologies

Mountain View, Calif., February 22, 2005 - Network Physics, the leader in managing application infrastructure integrity, today announced the availability of problem resolution capabilities for network security and application performance based on two major IBM technology programs, the Autonomic Computing initiative and the Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library (OPAL) initiative. Network Physics is the first to deliver an integrated network security and application performance solution that not only pinpoints security and performance issues, but then plugs into industry-standard methods designed to automate the resolution of these problems.

As businesses increasingly depend on critical applications and their supporting network infrastructure to conduct their day-to-day business, the demand for greater visibility into and control of application performance and security across a 'network of networks' comprising the Internet, intranets, extranets, and other private networks, is also increasing. The IBM initiatives are aimed at developing fully autonomic solutions that can easily and quickly identify and troubleshoot performance issues across this extended enterprise, ensuring high network reliability and security while optimizing performance.

Network Physics' NetSensory Enterprise Architecture integrates with the autonomic computing initiative, utilizing IBM's open standard Common Base Event (CBE) format in the NetSensory OS. The CBE format is a critical, unifying standard used to create a consistent method to identify and communicate the source of problem information across a managed system of heterogeneous resources.

For example, as the NetSensory NP-2000 appliance automatically monitors, baselines and correlates conditions across all enterprise network traffic flows, it identifies and alerts via the CBE standard on any anomalous traffic condition, including core network security and application performance problems, that it detects. Since network security issues such as worm, virus, and network security incidents have a direct effect on such key applications as ERP, CRM, and manufacturing SCM, the ability to quickly discriminate the source of the problem and connect into the IT processes and workflow to resolve the problem is essential.

In addition, Network Physics' appliances integrate with IBM Tivoli. management tools. Network administrators now have a single user interface for multiple tasks, which helps to improve the efficiency of performing these tasks.

Network Physics is at the industry's forefront in seeing the need for a network nervous system that acts like the human autonomic nervous system by constantly monitoring internal and external conditions. The NetSensory Enterprise Architecture is the first and only solution that constantly monitors and interprets over 50 vital network and application stats. These stats reflect internal system "health" conditions (servers, network devices, hops and applications) as well as external system conditions as experienced by the user (such as application response times, delays, etc.)

By participating in the OPAL program, Network Physics created an automation package for the NetSensory Enterprise Architecture to help users automate network applications infrastructure monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting. OPAL provides pre-built workflows that users can easily incorporate into their own best practices, thus automating manual processes and addressing substandard resource utilization. With its automated sense-and-respond capabilities, a workflow is a reusable, logical sequence of steps to install, configure and deploy a given response to changing business conditions. The results are substantially reduced costs as well as improved resource utilization and response times. By utilizing automation, tasks that previously might have taken days are reduced to hours.

In addition to the technology initiatives, Network Physics is also participating in IBM's PartnerWorld, an umbrella program that offers sales and marketing tools, skill-building resources and technical support to all IBM Business Partners.

"The integration of state-of-the-art autonomic computing and provisioning technologies through our NetSensory and Tivoli integrated solutions begins to deliver on the promise of self healing, on-demand networks now," said David Jones, president and CEO at Network Physics. "These initiatives with IBM provide tangible, active steps that customers can take today, on the road to on-demand enterprises, thus elevating autonomic computing from vision to reality. IBM has demonstrated its commitment to making these on-demand enterprises become realities by providing substantial assistance to its Business Partners. With an equal commitment to open standards, IBM is a driving force in the industry to unify network intelligence and eliminate IT complexity."

To learn more about IBM's autonomic computing initiative, visit ibm.com/autonomic. To learn more about IBM's OPAL initiative, visit developer.ibm.com/tivoli/workflow.html.

About Network Physics
The Network Physics award-winning network application management solution helps enterprises ensure the integrity and security of the applications infrastructure by eliminating response-time problems across converging networks. The company's patented technology applies proven techniques from high-energy physics to assure the delivery of business-critical networked applications and services, and gives the IT staff unprecedented visibility into applications and services to better align IT operations with business priorities. This enables users to dramatically reduce the time and cost of new application and service delivery, improve service quality and uptime, align IT operations with business priorities, and reduce operating costs by finding and fixing problems faster. Network Physics was founded in March 1999, and its products are currently deployed at a wide range of Global 2000 corporations. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.networkphysics.com.

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