Network Critical Joins Network Intelligence Alliance

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  Friday 23 September 2011

  Network Critical the leading provider of Intelligent Access and Monitoring solutions today announced that it has become a member of the Network Intelligence Alliance (NI Alliance), an industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers. Participation in the NI Alliance will help Network Critical to build and market innovative solutions for customers seeking to improve visibility of their network without introducing a point of failure.
  
  In today’s Network Economy—a world that now depends and runs on networks—accurate visibility and precise tracking of data crossing networks have become crucial to the availability, performance and security of applications and services. The growing complexity of IP transactions, the explosion of mobile applications, and the mainstream adoption of cloud computing surpass the capabilities of conventional tools to improve how networks operate, expand services and police illicit or criminal activity.  Just like Business Intelligence solutions emerged to unlock information hidden in the enterprise, Network Intelligence technology is an emerging category of technology to reveal the critical details of the data locked inside network traffic and transactions.
  
  The NI Alliance serves two purposes: first, as a forum for collaboration among technology providers whose solutions secure data in transit, ensure efficient data delivery, monetize data transactions or track real-time information.  Through the NI Alliance, members can better serve their customers.
  
  The NI Alliance also seeks to educate the market and the public on the role and value of Network Intelligence in protecting sensitive information; delivering value-added services, applications and information; and ensuring better performance of network-dependent solutions.
  
  Network Critical includes network intelligence within its Smart Network Access (SmartNA™) solutions that ensures 100% continuous network visibility and ZERO packet loss. Companies use the SmartNA™ systems to improve network security and availability, whilst at the same time capturing critical data to protect the network’s health and drive down the associated cost. Network Critical’s SmartNA™ system is also the industry’s only truly modular design allowing for high scalability and flexibility, future proofing your investment.
  
  “We look forward to working closely with the NI Alliance,” commented Alastair Hartrup, CEO of Network Critical. “By tailoring our market-leading systems with those from other NI members, we anticipate adding significant value to our customers by creating more effective, more efficient and more comprehensive solutions for them.”
  
  Network Critical’s SmartNA™ solutions are trusted by companies from major service providers through government agencies to financial institutions to support the integrity and security of their mission critical data. Conventional tapping is no longer a practical way to manage complex network systems. Network Critical offers a smarter way to access network infrastructures through dedicated chassis & module-based systems with features that support today’s many different monitoring needs. By integrating flexibility into their solutions Network Critical offer the best of both worlds; reliability with the ability to make changes simply and economically.
  
  Network Critical is a valuable addition to the NI Alliance and we welcome their participation,” said Erik Larsson, Chairman of the NI Alliance. “The NI Alliance is about collaborative innovation with companies like Network Critical who plays a leadership role in Intelligent Network Access. Working with other NI Alliance members, Network Critical’s customers will be able to more effectively leverage Network Intelligence to better manage, protect and profit from their data networks.”
  
  Establishment of the NI Alliance was initiated by Qosmos, whose Network Intelligence technology components provide the crucial first step in understanding what’s passing through networks. Qosmos’ hardware and software components extract and interpret real-time traffic—translating a data stream’s 1s and 0s into their respective communications protocols, metadata and content for use by third-party applications.
  
  Through the NI Alliance, Qosmos expands its collaborative approach to help vendors design and deliver advanced solutions with embedded Network Intelligence technology in less time and at lower cost.  The NI Alliance provides a channel for dialogue and partnerships that Alliance Members otherwise may not have considered or pursued when addressing the needs of joint customers. Visibility within the vendor community through the NI Alliance affords companies opportunities to market more comprehensive solutions with greater ROI and faster time to value for customers.
  
  About the NI Alliance
  
  The NI Alliance is an industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers and to educate the market on the role and value of Network Intelligence technology. Members are vendors involved in the capture, processing, decoding, analysis, and leveraging of network data; suppliers of Network Intelligence technology components; software vendors; and information providers of solutions, such as cyber security, financial transaction tracking, lawful interception, service assurance, traffic optimization and Web market research. Participation in the NI Alliance helps members to build and market innovative solutions to Communications Service Providers (CSPs) governments and enterprise customers seeking to improve performance, security and the monetization of network-dependent services and applications.
  
  For more information, please visit www.nialliance.org  
  
  About Network Critical
  
  Network Critical is the leading Intelligent Access and Monitoring Solutions provider delivering real-time IT visibility, monitoring and control.  Network Critical provides lab-certified, innovative, carrier-grade TAP solutions that enable complete access to network traffic across various network media. Network Critical’s SmartNA™ solutions are used in conjunction with Network Analysers, IDS/IPS appliances, Bandwidth Management, Forensics, Filtering, Data Leakage Prevention and Lawful Interception, all while providing 100% network visibility and zero packet loss. Network Critical is a global access technology solution provider with operations in Europe, The Americas and Asia.
  
  For more information, please visit www.networkcritical.com
  
  Network Critical Media Contact        
  Stuart Howe, Network Critical 
  Phone:  +44 (0) 118 854 3210 / Email: stuart.howe@networkcritical.com
  
  NI Alliance Media Contact 
  Debby Stefaniak, Full Circle Communications 
  Phone: +1 215 712 2409  / Email: dstefaniak@fullcirclecomm.com