News
12/19/2006 Enterprise IT Planet: by Dan Ragle
Network Instruments nTAPs
Network Instruments nTAPs are TAPs that can be inserted into the network flow and provide network monitoring capabilities. New to the Network Instruments nTAP line are their Aggregator nTAPs, which combine the traffic from both sides of the network link and send that combined flow to the analysis device(s).
12/18/2006 Lockergnome
Accessing Network Traffic: SPAN Ports Vs. TAPs
Ensuring complete visibility of network data is the first critical component of analysis. There are two common ways for a monitoring device to access network traffic: using a switch’s SPAN session (also known as port mirroring) or a network TAP (Test Access Port).
12/18/2006
Network Instruments Launches Aggregator nTAP to Manage Higher Utilization Spikes on Full-Duplex Link
New nTAPs’ industry-leading 512 MB buffer compatible with all leading security and management tools
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3/15/2006 ThomasNet: Industrial News Room
Optical Device transfers network data to monitoring device.
Providing network professionals visibility into full-duplex networks, units are compatible with network analyzers, forensic appliances, and intrusion detection systems.
12/12/2005
Network Instruments® Unveils New Optical nTAP™ Line
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08/2005 ComNews.com
Optical test port
07/08/2005 Techworld: By Bryan Betts
Monitoring networks, managing IDs
High speed monitoring, remote monitoring and identity management, in our round-up of the latest in networking.
06/29/2005
Network Instruments® Releases 10 Gigabit Optical Network TAP
New nTAP™ Provides Full-Duplex Data Delivery from 10 Gb Optical Links
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03/17/2005 Network Computing: By Bruce Boardman
New Service Provides Network Taps Direct, Overnight
"It used to take days to get a tap from a local distributor, but now you can buy taps online directly from Network Instruments, rather than going through a reseller. If you're short a cable, they've got cables. Need a media converter, SFP or just the right rackmount? Check out www.networktaps.com. And the taps can be shipped overnight for free."
03/14/2005 NetworkWorld: By Denise Dubie
Network Instruments taps nets
"Network Instruments last week unveiled a product designed to help network managers collect more data for analysis of network performance on gigabit networks."
03/14/2005 InfoWorld: By InfoWorld Staff
Product Previews: Network Instruments releases Test Access Ports
"The new TAPs integrate with Network Instruments’ line of full-duplex analyzers, as well as all third-party network analyzers and IDS, forensic, and probe appliances."
03/10/2005 eWeek: By Paula Musich
LAN Protocol Analysis Gets Better View
"Because those ports consolidate send and receive onto a single channel, they cannot sustain the full data rates of Gigabit Ethernet, and they don't allow the analyzers to gain the full insight into what's happening on the network. While other protocol analysis vendors have turned to third-party suppliers of Test Access Port hardware to get around that issue, Network Instruments LLC took matters into its own hands to create its own line of nTAPs (network Test Access Ports), which can copy full-duplex data streams into an analysis device without affecting network traffic."
03/07/2005 SearchNetworking.com: By Amy Storer, News Writer
TAP-dancing into GigE monitoring
"George Hamilton, a senior analyst with Boston-based research firm Yankee Group, said this alternative to deploying network probes on a mirrored switch port is valuable when real-time troubleshooting is a high priority."
03/07/2005
Network Instruments Launches Network Taps For Full-Duplex Networks
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