Global Bank Improves Packet Capture TCO and Lays Foundation for Analytics

Challenge

Siloed Capture Products Complicated Network and Security Management

• Complexity of multi-vendor packet capture products increasing ongoing maintenance costs
• Limited ability of existing capture products to measure the performance impact of the dramatic increase in 40G firewalls, load balancers, and other in-line devices being deployed as part of the new security-focused datacenter architecture
• Limited ability to adapt to changing capture and analytics needs at individual branches

Solution

Consolidation to a Single Network Capture Architecture Supporting Modular Analytics Upgrades

• Standardized capture devices across new network architecture, simplifying deployment, regulatory certification, and ongoing maintenance
• Intuitive access to packet captures, capture analytics, visual drill-downs, filtering, indexed search and single-click access that minimized manual analysis time and effort
• Improved data quality assurance by detecting upstream packet drops and overloaded SPAN sessions
• Streaming packet compression that maximized disk storage capacity up to 3 times over competitive products
• IT Operations analytics at the edge for selected branch locations to improve application and service assurance
• Ability to measure the precise directional latency through load balancers, firewalls, and other applications and devices, providing an understanding of the actual performance impact of each device on user experience
• Streamlined, modular analytics upgrade path for deployed capture appliances