Ixia Delivers End-to-End Visibility for Public Cloud
New CloudLens Public, World’s First Software-as-a-Service,
Network-Level, Cloud-Native Visibility Solution
Network-Level, Cloud-Native Visibility Solution
SINGAPORE – April 5, 2017 – Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of
network testing, visibility, and security solutions, today announced it has
further extended the reach delivered by the CloudLens™ Platform to the public cloud. CloudLens Public provides Visibility-as-a-Service (VaaS) and is the first to be implemented as a
pure Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. It is designed from the ground up
to retain the benefits of the cloud – elastic scale, flexibility, and agility.
CloudLens Public provides intelligent
and automated visibility as a service that scales with public
cloud infrastructures.
network testing, visibility, and security solutions, today announced it has
further extended the reach delivered by the CloudLens™ Platform to the public cloud. CloudLens Public provides Visibility-as-a-Service (VaaS) and is the first to be implemented as a
pure Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. It is designed from the ground up
to retain the benefits of the cloud – elastic scale, flexibility, and agility.
CloudLens Public provides intelligent
and automated visibility as a service that scales with public
cloud infrastructures.
Access to application and network data in cloud
environments is critical for security and monitoring tools to ensure the
reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical applications. Granular access to cloud traffic is important to
avoiding blind spots in a network that can compromise application monitoring,
as well as overall security.
environments is critical for security and monitoring tools to ensure the
reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical applications. Granular access to cloud traffic is important to
avoiding blind spots in a network that can compromise application monitoring,
as well as overall security.
Ixia has extended the
benefits of the company’s CloudLens Platform to enable customers to capture and
filter data in the public cloud. Designed as a SaaS platform, it does all the heavy lifting behind the scenes, freeing customers
from managing visibility.
benefits of the company’s CloudLens Platform to enable customers to capture and
filter data in the public cloud. Designed as a SaaS platform, it does all the heavy lifting behind the scenes, freeing customers
from managing visibility.
CloudLens Public
delivers the following customer benefits:
delivers the following customer benefits:
- Provides elastic scale: packet visibility scales on demand with source and
tool instances - Delivers true intelligence: uses metadata tags native to cloud platforms, to provide
enhanced filtering and manipulation capability - Simple set up and easy to use: leverages a SaaS web-interface to manage cloud
visibility allowing access anywhere, and features a drag and drop GUI. CloudLens manages all the visibility needs on the back end,
so customers do not have to modify their existing architectures. - Eliminates single point of failure: filters packet data at each source instance, so an inline virtual packet broker does not become a
single point of failure in the network - Reduces errors and the risk of compromise:
·
Visibility runs from
behind SSL offload services, eliminating the need for decryption
Visibility runs from
behind SSL offload services, eliminating the need for decryption
- Reduces bandwidth to tools: packet filtering operations are performed at the
source instances, eliminating unwanted traffic to tools and enabling them
to operate optimally
“Visibility is key to
security, but when workloads transit the public cloud, visibility can be lost.”
said Jim Duffy, Senior Analyst, 451 Research. “Ixia’s CloudLens Public offers
enterprises ‘visibility-as-a-service,’ where all of the packet brokering takes
place at the source. This could enhance scalability and network agility.”
security, but when workloads transit the public cloud, visibility can be lost.”
said Jim Duffy, Senior Analyst, 451 Research. “Ixia’s CloudLens Public offers
enterprises ‘visibility-as-a-service,’ where all of the packet brokering takes
place at the source. This could enhance scalability and network agility.”
CloudLens Public will
initially be available in support of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ixia
plans to add support for Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in the second half of
2017. CloudLens Public offers a cloud-native, serverless design that lays
the foundation for solving cloud scale problems and its intelligent,
Docker-based architecture is cloud service provider agnostic. The Docker-based
sensors run within a customer’s source and tool instances, inheriting the
security configurations of the instances. In addition, the sensors have access
to a wealth of information, and the platform can be programmed to continuously
monitor new instances that automatically align for proper monitoring.
initially be available in support of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ixia
plans to add support for Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in the second half of
2017. CloudLens Public offers a cloud-native, serverless design that lays
the foundation for solving cloud scale problems and its intelligent,
Docker-based architecture is cloud service provider agnostic. The Docker-based
sensors run within a customer’s source and tool instances, inheriting the
security configurations of the instances. In addition, the sensors have access
to a wealth of information, and the platform can be programmed to continuously
monitor new instances that automatically align for proper monitoring.
Leading security and
monitoring solution providers that participated in the Ixia Public CloudLens
beta program and performed joint validation include: FireEye,
Dynatrace, CA Technologies, LogRhythm, NTOP, AppNeta, ProtectWise,
NetFort Technologies and Savvius.
monitoring solution providers that participated in the Ixia Public CloudLens
beta program and performed joint validation include: FireEye,
Dynatrace, CA Technologies, LogRhythm, NTOP, AppNeta, ProtectWise,
NetFort Technologies and Savvius.
“FireEye is excited to
partner with Ixia on its new CloudLens platform to extend our industry-leading
visibility and response speed into AWS, Azure, and other public clouds,” said
Martin Holste, CTO of Cloud, FireEye. “With our focus on simplifying,
integrating, and automating security operations for customers with FireEye
Helix, having scalable, native visibility into all cloud services, networks,
endpoints, and third-party security products, enables us to stay ahead of our
customer needs.”
partner with Ixia on its new CloudLens platform to extend our industry-leading
visibility and response speed into AWS, Azure, and other public clouds,” said
Martin Holste, CTO of Cloud, FireEye. “With our focus on simplifying,
integrating, and automating security operations for customers with FireEye
Helix, having scalable, native visibility into all cloud services, networks,
endpoints, and third-party security products, enables us to stay ahead of our
customer needs.”
“Ixia CloudLens Public was designed and built
for the cloud and as a result, it is inherently elastic and scalable,” said
Sushil Kumar, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy, Agile
Operations, CA Technologies. “CloudLens provides CA’s network monitoring
solutions the visibility needed to monitor end-to-end response times to track
and optimize the end user experience, no matter where an application is
deployed.”
for the cloud and as a result, it is inherently elastic and scalable,” said
Sushil Kumar, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy, Agile
Operations, CA Technologies. “CloudLens provides CA’s network monitoring
solutions the visibility needed to monitor end-to-end response times to track
and optimize the end user experience, no matter where an application is
deployed.”
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statements regarding Ixia’s plans to add to the CloudLens Public product
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results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in such forward-looking statements include, among others: our success in
developing and introducing for the CloudLens Public product support for
Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in a timely manner or at all; our ability to
obtain, in a timely manner, any necessary support from third party cloud
service providers with respect to the development of the CloudLens Public
product; our success in leveraging our intellectual property portfolio and
expertise; our success in keeping pace with the rapid technological changes
that characterize our market; the intellectual property rights of other
parties; competition; changes in the global economy and market conditions; and
war, terrorism, political unrest, natural disasters, cybersecurity attacks, and
other circumstances that could, among other consequences, reduce the demand for
our products, disrupt our supply chain, and/or impact the delivery of our
products. The factors that may cause future results to differ materially from
our current expectations also include, without limitation, the risks identified
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and in
our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
deemed to be forward-looking statements including, without limitation,
statements regarding Ixia’s plans to add to the CloudLens Public product
support for Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in the second half of 2017. In
some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as
“may,” “will,” “should,” “could,”
“would,” “expect,” “plan,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“project,” “predict,” “potential,” or the like.
These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and
are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. These
risks and uncertainties, as well as other factors, may cause our future
results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in such forward-looking statements include, among others: our success in
developing and introducing for the CloudLens Public product support for
Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in a timely manner or at all; our ability to
obtain, in a timely manner, any necessary support from third party cloud
service providers with respect to the development of the CloudLens Public
product; our success in leveraging our intellectual property portfolio and
expertise; our success in keeping pace with the rapid technological changes
that characterize our market; the intellectual property rights of other
parties; competition; changes in the global economy and market conditions; and
war, terrorism, political unrest, natural disasters, cybersecurity attacks, and
other circumstances that could, among other consequences, reduce the demand for
our products, disrupt our supply chain, and/or impact the delivery of our
products. The factors that may cause future results to differ materially from
our current expectations also include, without limitation, the risks identified
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and in
our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
SUPPORTING PARTNER
QUOTES
QUOTES
“As organizations have been moving
applications to the cloud, it has become more and more difficult to efficiently
obtain the packets required for deep analytics on the usage and integrity of
those applications. Ixia’s new CloudLens Public offering provides a scalable
and flexible way to efficiently collect packets from cloud hosted
instances. This solution has been validated to work with ntopng traffic
analysis tool.”
applications to the cloud, it has become more and more difficult to efficiently
obtain the packets required for deep analytics on the usage and integrity of
those applications. Ixia’s new CloudLens Public offering provides a scalable
and flexible way to efficiently collect packets from cloud hosted
instances. This solution has been validated to work with ntopng traffic
analysis tool.”
- Luca Deri, Founder, NTOP
“Moving enterprise workloads to the cloud can
create stumbling blocks for security teams, as they no longer have the network
packet visibility needed to be effective. Ixia CloudLens Public solves
this problem by providing full, easy and highly scalable visibility in the
public cloud. The joint Ixia and ProtectWise solution provides automated
threat detection and unlimited forensic exploration.”
create stumbling blocks for security teams, as they no longer have the network
packet visibility needed to be effective. Ixia CloudLens Public solves
this problem by providing full, easy and highly scalable visibility in the
public cloud. The joint Ixia and ProtectWise solution provides automated
threat detection and unlimited forensic exploration.”
- Ramon Peypoch, Chief Product
Officer, ProtectWise
“As a provider of large scale SaaS-based
performance management solutions hosted in AWS, AppNeta is very familiar with
the challenges associated with obtaining actionable packet-level visibility in
the public cloud. We found CloudLens Public to scale to meet the elastic
demands of public cloud customers in a multi-tenant, self-serve model like ours
and unlike other solutions we’ve examined, perform well with minimal overhead.
With CloudLens, deploying monitoring solutions in the public cloud occurs in a
matter of minutes, not hours or days.”
performance management solutions hosted in AWS, AppNeta is very familiar with
the challenges associated with obtaining actionable packet-level visibility in
the public cloud. We found CloudLens Public to scale to meet the elastic
demands of public cloud customers in a multi-tenant, self-serve model like ours
and unlike other solutions we’ve examined, perform well with minimal overhead.
With CloudLens, deploying monitoring solutions in the public cloud occurs in a
matter of minutes, not hours or days.”
– Sean
Armstrong, Vice President of Products, AppNeta
Armstrong, Vice President of Products, AppNeta
“Ixia’s CloudLens Public full-packet
visibility in AWS enables Dynatrace DC RUM customers to monitor and improve the
experience of business-critical applications such as SAP, Citrix and Oracle.”
visibility in AWS enables Dynatrace DC RUM customers to monitor and improve the
experience of business-critical applications such as SAP, Citrix and Oracle.”
– Steve Tack,
Senior Vice President, Product Management, Dynatrace
Senior Vice President, Product Management, Dynatrace
“The NetFort LANGuardian software download
ensures users can get granular real time visibility of network and user
activity on any remote site or data centre in minutes. Now, using Ixia
CloudLens Public, this has been expanded to ensure the Cloud is no longer a
blind spot. The combination of Ixia and NetFort ensures organizations always
have a unified view of their environment from a single console that provides
real visibility, metadata and context for faster detection and response across
their virtual, physical and cloud networks.”
ensures users can get granular real time visibility of network and user
activity on any remote site or data centre in minutes. Now, using Ixia
CloudLens Public, this has been expanded to ensure the Cloud is no longer a
blind spot. The combination of Ixia and NetFort ensures organizations always
have a unified view of their environment from a single console that provides
real visibility, metadata and context for faster detection and response across
their virtual, physical and cloud networks.”
– Morgan Doyle,
CTO, NetFort
CTO, NetFort
“Extending actionable network forensics into
the cloud is both difficult and important. With Ixia CloudLens Public, Savvius
is able to bring cloud capabilities to Omnipeek and Omnipliance in a manner
that is scalable, elastic, and reliable.”
the cloud is both difficult and important. With Ixia CloudLens Public, Savvius
is able to bring cloud capabilities to Omnipeek and Omnipliance in a manner
that is scalable, elastic, and reliable.”
– Nadeem Zahid,
Senior Director of Business Development at Savvius
Senior Director of Business Development at Savvius
“The adoption of public cloud solutions is
continuing to grow at a rapid pace. With this comes unique and significant
challenges around how organizations ensure the security and integrity of their
data and applications. Ixia’s CloudLens Public solution solves the critically
important problem of providing access to network traffic within and across
cloud environments to enable solutions like LogRhythm’s Network Monitor to
perform deep packet inspection, rich metadata extraction, analytics and full
packet capture around cloud-based workloads. Together, LogRhythm and Ixia
CloudLens give our customers the necessary visibility and threat detection
capabilities to instill confidence as they migrate to the cloud.”
continuing to grow at a rapid pace. With this comes unique and significant
challenges around how organizations ensure the security and integrity of their
data and applications. Ixia’s CloudLens Public solution solves the critically
important problem of providing access to network traffic within and across
cloud environments to enable solutions like LogRhythm’s Network Monitor to
perform deep packet inspection, rich metadata extraction, analytics and full
packet capture around cloud-based workloads. Together, LogRhythm and Ixia
CloudLens give our customers the necessary visibility and threat detection
capabilities to instill confidence as they migrate to the cloud.”
– Matt Winter,
Vice President of Business Development, LogRhythm
Vice President of Business Development, LogRhythm
About the CloudLens
Platform
Platform
Ixia’s CloudLens
delivers end-to-end visibility and provides context-aware data processing
across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments, making applications
stronger by providing a high level of network intelligence so cloud
implementations are more secure. CloudLens Public addresses cloud security
needs through an intelligent visibility platform that leverages metadata tags
and is built as a cloud-native SaaS with a serverless architecture. The
solution elastically scales with cloud instances on demand to improve cloud
resilience.
delivers end-to-end visibility and provides context-aware data processing
across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments, making applications
stronger by providing a high level of network intelligence so cloud
implementations are more secure. CloudLens Public addresses cloud security
needs through an intelligent visibility platform that leverages metadata tags
and is built as a cloud-native SaaS with a serverless architecture. The
solution elastically scales with cloud instances on demand to improve cloud
resilience.
About Ixia
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) provides testing, visibility, and security solutions,
strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for
enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia
offers companies trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate.
Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their
performance, and ensure protection of their networks to make their applications
stronger. Learn more at www.ixiacom.com.
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) provides testing, visibility, and security solutions,
strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for
enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia
offers companies trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate.
Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their
performance, and ensure protection of their networks to make their applications
stronger. Learn more at www.ixiacom.com.
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