Arbor Networks, a provider of secure service control solutions for global business networks, has announced the general availability of Peakflow X 4.1 (‘Peakflow X’). With this release, the network visibility of Peakflow X is now augmented with enhanced IP Quality of Service (QoS) reporting, increased mitigation capabilities, as well as a new controller offering for improved solution scalability. Additionally, this release offers many usability and configuration enhancements, including a customisable summary page and support for IPV6 deployment.
Features
Expanded IP QoS reporting capabilities of Peakflow X will enable customers to search and report on traffic running at different QoS levels in order to identify possible mis-configurations or traffic level issues. Enhanced Layer 2 mitigation and visibility will allow customers to quickly view where a host is connected to the network and stop them at the source; this includes auto-discovery of enterprise switches and elimination of troubled hosts from the network without affecting other hosts. Its new enterprise-wide controller will provide the scalability to keep pace with today’s large, distributed enterprise networks. A customisable summary page will provide consolidated views to allow network or security operators to quickly assess their networks’ status enabling a rapid response and reduced time-to-resolution for any discovered event.
“When it comes to network security, enterprises are facing challenges on many fronts. In addition to constantly evolving internal and external threats, network administrators are being asked to do more with less,” said Paul Morville, Arbor Networks’ vice president of product management. “We have put a lot of focus on improving mitigation, scalability, and usability in order to speed time-to-resolution for our enterprise customers.”