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When it comes to networking, be it service provider, enterprise, public or private cloud or hybrid, what matters most is performance. If you are a network administrator, knowing the operational health of your network in real time is a function of the quality of tools you use to measure performance, report and analyze anomalies, remediate issues and gain intelligence that enables you to take proactive measures to mitigate risks.

As networks get complex and data traffic explodes, monitoring the traffic across the network is becoming challenging. According to VSS Monitoring, a supplier of distributed traffic capture systems and network TAPs, end-to-end network visibility can be achieved for large networks by understanding how the copy of traffic captured gets to your monitoring tools.

It is very critical for IT managers to improve their network’s efficiency. In order to address this need, CommScope has introduced the SYSTIMAX imVision Infrastructure Management solution. The newly launched solution offers IT managers with exceptional control over their infrastructure with state-of-the-art intelligent management of the physical layer using SYSTIMAX iPatch intelligent panels.

ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has recently begun to work on a national 2G/3G wireless network project in Peru with mobile operator Viettel which will improve visibility into networks similar to a network TAP.

Strangeloop Networks, a company that provides next-generation Web acceleration solutions, has recently introduced the Strangeloop Network Accelerator, complete with network TAP functionality.

Networking visibility is a critical factor when it comes to warding off application performance issues, data breaches, outages and attacks against large-scale distributed networks. Yet until recently, there was no way to gain complete and unrestricted network visibility to see any part of a large-scale distributed network, in real-time, at the packet level.

Spectrami, a Dubai-based value added distribution house, recently revealed plans to work alongside Tenable Networks Security in which the companies will hold a technical workshop all about enterprise vulnerability management that will be presented to channel partners spread across the Middle East region. A network TAP is an important element of any organization's infrastructure as it helps improve the use of analytics, security and WAN acceleration tools.

Network Instruments recently announced the launch of Observer Infrastructure (OI), its advanced resource and infrastructure monitoring solution. The latest offering from Network Instruments has been developed to ensure increased visibility and monitoring of applications, as well as virtual and cloud environments.