Riverbed Technology, an IT infrastructure performance company, has added new enhancements to its network and application performance analysis and visibility offering Cascade.
According to Riverbed, the new version Cascade 8.4 provides enhanced reporting and integration with the company’s WAN optimisation and allows enterprises to monitor the end-user application experience in real-time.
In addition, the new version integrates with Steelhead appliances to measure performance within optimised environments; and provides enterprise-wide application performance analysis, data on server and application dependencies, and the tools for IT managers to determine bottlenecks for the delivery of applications across their infrastructure.
According to Riverbed Technology, the new features in Cascade 8.4 allow organisations to measure network performance and availability, and determine the business impact any drops in performance have on end-users. It introduces Cascade Sensor-VE for the virtualised Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), which enables performance measurement in both optimised and non-optimised environments.
The new version of Cascade continuously tracks end-user performance metrics, learning the normal network and application behaviour, and alerting the network and application teams whenever end users are experiencing slow performance. The Cascade behavioral analytics enable the network team to solve problems even before end-users are impacted, and provide a measurement of the efficiency of the IT infrastructure, the company said.
Apurva Dav, vice president of product marketing at Riverbed, said: We are focused on providing our customers with a complete WAN optimisation solution that allows them to optimise, monitor and adapt their network infrastructure to best meet the needs of their end users. With the enhancements we’re providing in Cascade 8.4, organisations can continuously assess their network with a proactive approach to resolving application issues.
