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Launch, Lunch and Learn - Official Launch of Bitrate Academy
May 2, 2013
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Visual TruView - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting
25 April, 2013
Visual TruView - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting
Applications are proliferating at a fast pace and the increasing complexity of the delivery environment is hindering the ability to isolate problems quickly Understanding the interdependent nature of the application delivery infrastructure, which includes network and application is key to managing performance In this video we'll demonstrate why a fully integrated approach to monitoring and troubleshooting application performance including the underly...
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LiVE Webcast: Managing VoIP Performance
24th April, 2013
Webcast: 23 May at 10.00 CET The principles of managing VoIP performance in corporate networks
I can't hear you....
VoIP offers significant costs benefits, but it also adds a new set of challenges to managing network performance.
If you understand the principles behind implementing voice as a packet based service, problem solving becomes much more straightforward.
After listening to network engineers, we’ve developed a short webinar to explain the principles of VoIP performance management. It looks at the reasons qua...
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Enterprise Mobility Security Webinar
23 April, 2013
The landscape of enterprise network infrastructures is undergoing a radical metamorphosis with mobility changing everything. A vast array of intelligent communication tools from smart phones to tablets is fuelling a BYOD culture that challenges the security policies and integrity of networked assets. Network and Security professionals are now facing a dilemma wanting to both enable the workforce to be as productive as possible for as long as possible, while still keeping the infrastructure and networked assets secure.
Palo...
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Watch New Video From Fluke Networks
April 18, 2013
Get Unbeatable Visibility in the NOC
Watch this short 2-minute video to learn how the new Visual TruView and the OptiView XG provide network and application engineers with the critical information they need to identify and solve tough performance issues.
About Fluke Networks
Fluke Networks is the world-leading provider of network test and monitoring solutions to speed the deployment and improve the performance of networks and applications. Leading enterprises and service providers trust Fluk...
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Are BYODs Hogging Your Bandwith
March 28, 2013
Are BYODs hogging your bandwidth?
Do you need to optimize your WLAN network to accommodate smart devices? Watch this recorded webinar presented by our WiFi Analyzer Product Manager to discover how “BYOD Classification” can save you time and money.
The “BYOD Classification” capability is an over-the-air smart device detection and analysis capability which instantly gives you the intelligence needed to optimize the network for smart device usage or take action against possible BYOD threats.
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WEBCAST: How To Speed Up Network Problem-Solving
March 12, 2013
Webcast: 19 March at 10:00 CET
How to speed up network problem-solving
Solving network and application performance problems quickly means having the right information available when you need it.
You need to know exactly what’s going on in your network so you can identify and fix issues quickly – ideally before a user calls you with a problem! You also want to know if the problem is inside or outside your network, so you can hand it over to the appropriate team to resolve. After listening to lots of network engineers, we’ve develope...
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Learn More About Wireless Network Design
March 11, 2013
Learn More About Wireless Network Design
Thank you for your recent interest in our AirMagnet's Survey Pro solution. I thought you might also be interested to watch these short 3 minute videos (no registration needed) to better understand how you can drastically reduce both time and costs of your new wireless implementation projects. 1. Custom Reporting with Survey - Watch now! 2. IPerf Survey demo 5.25 min - Watch now! 3. Simultaneous survey: 3min - Watch now!
Bitrate Media Contact:
Mitasha Haripal+27 8...
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Ready For Yet More Wireless Network Users
January 28, 2013 - Ready For Yet More Wireless Network Users
Ready for yet more wireless network users?
BYOD isn’t the only reason your wireless network might be groaning under the strain of more users.
Just about every new piece of IT equipment in the enterprise comes with Wi-Fi built in. Using up free channels. Congesting access points. Causing slow-downs, delays and latency across the network. Frustrating other users.
So you need to act now and get your wireless networks ready for the coming device onslaught. And becaus...
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Speed up your Network Problem-Solving
February 27, 2013 - Speed up your Network Problem-Solving
Speed up your network problem-solving
Have you come across problems that hide between the NMS and packet analysis? Unmanaged equipment, new technology that isn’t monitored, or problems that have disappeared by the time you’re told about them? We’ve developed a new approach to solving network and application issues – and it also helps prove when it’s not the network’s fault. Our new whitepaper helps you identify poor performance, providing the information yo...
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FREE Webconference: How to Evaluate Test Fiber
February 26, 2013 - FREE Webconference: How to Evaluate Test Fiber
Don't Miss the FREE Webconference hosted by the TIA's Fiber Optics LAN Section!
How to Evaluate Fiber Test Results?
Presented by Adrian Young, Fluke Networks
TIA Fiber Optics Technology Consortium
Thursday, February 28th from 11:00 a.m.-12: 15 p.m. EST
Log-in information for the Webconference will be sent to you after you register.
Register Now
Testing is an integral part of system installation, especially with...
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Keep Your Wi-Fi Network
February 13, 2013 - Keep Your Wi-Fi Network "On The Air".
What's your Wi-Fi root cause analysis strategy?
Troubleshooting and Optimizing Wi-Fi performance and security is an ongoing challenge that's traditionally complex and can be notoriously time consuming even for the most seasoned pros. Problem sources can be RF interference, client-side glitches, improper setting in the WLAN infrastructure or dozens of other wireless issues.
What's needed is a strategy for performance analysis that minimizes time-to-solution as well as cost, and produces...
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Prove its not the network, Fast.
February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013 - Prove its not the network, Fast.
Put the blame where it belongs
When users complain “the network is SLOW!” how do you prove it’s not the network?
First, verify the health of connections between the user and the application server. Network Management Systems only show some of the factors affecting performance. You need a tool that clearly shows the path and isolates the root cause problem at the source. You can automatically, and almost instantly, track the path pack...
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A New Species in Network Troubleshooting Has Arrived!
January 31, 2013
January 31, 2013 - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting Has Arrived!
Visual TruView - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting
Visual TruView is a unified application and network performance monitoring and troubleshooting appliance that solves problems FAST. Correlated views will help you to quickly see how well your infrastructure is transporting applications and how well those applications are performing in context of your end users experience. Imagine what life would be like if there was just a one use...
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Wi-Fi Demystified
January 30, 2013
January 30, 2013 - Wi-Fi Demystified
Why isn't it working?
Your wireless network may have been working fine for a long time before it suddenly started giving you trouble. Why? Wi-Fi Analyzer, with its built-in AirMagnet Wireless System Expert (AirWISE) can : • Detect any issue • Explain how and why is the issue happenning • Advise how to resolve You still don't believe it? Why not check it yourself?
Register for a 100% full featured evaluation license now, and who knows: in a next future, you might very wel...
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Save 50% of your Wi-Fi Implementation Costs
January 29, 2013
January 29, 2013 - Save 50% of your Wi-Fi Implementation Costs
Tired of walking the floor? Survey in half the time!
Industry best practices consider site surveys as a mandatory and vital part of the wireless LAN deployment process for achieving the desired security, performance and compliance for the WLAN. Site surveys are also critical for optimizing the network as: • New users are introduced • New applications are introduced over the WLAN • New technologies are introduced such as 802.11n That being...
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BYOD_Get your WLAN Back Into Control
January 24, 2013
January 24, 2013 -BYOD - Get Your WLAN Back Into Control
Anatomy of a rogue event
BYOD isn't that just a buzz word? Well, not really. With the proliferation of smartphones, tablets and the like that allow easy formation of personal WiFi Hotspots, WLAN rogue AP detection has become even more of a priority for WLAN administrators of networks of all sizes. I thought you would be interested learning a "best practices" plan for rogue device interception and mitigation. If so, I invite you to watch the ...
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Are You Ready For A New Technology Invasion?
January 22, 2013
January 22, 2013 - Are You Ready For A New Technology Invasion?
Get Ready! It Will Change Everything!
In 8 days, a new species is about to arrive. Network and application performance monitoring and troubleshooting will never be the same.
It won’t act like anything else
It won't look like anything else
It won't work like anything else
WIN!!
Be among the first Earthlings to meet the new species on video 30.01.2013. Your entry to win this new species is automatic. Prize valued at $ 15,000.
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Seminar: What is Network Packet Brokering?
We invite you and your colleagues to attend our VSS Monitoring Seminar
What is Network Packet Brokering?
Join Mikko Kiukkanen, VSS Monitoring EMEA Regional Sales Manager, to understand the differences between Network TAPS and Network Packet Brokers; as well as how to optimise the effectiveness of your network security and performance tools while reducing costs.
What you will learn: • How to achieve effective monitoring of application and network performance, through optimal tool efficiency • How to optimise yo...
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Seminar: From Not Working to Networking!
Join us at our Fluke Networks Visual Seminar in Johannesburg and Cape Town!
From Not Working to Networking!
Information Technology today means grappling with new solutions, new projects and technologies at the same time as having to do a balancing act with reduced budgets and workforce. Having the right tools to manage the performance of your network has never been more important. These tools have to reduce MTTR but just as important is that they have to help determine where the next best spend is for business delivery and Continuous Service Improvement (C.S.I...
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Bitrate together with Palo Alto Networks hosted successful security seminars in both Johannesburg and Cape Town
November 01,2012
JOHANNESBURG – 01 November 2012 – Bitrate together with Palo Alto Networks hosted successful security seminars in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.
As seminar delegates learnt, modern malware is on the rise. Attackers are becoming more and more capable with less and less. James Sherlow, Palo Alto Networks EMEA Sales Manager, covered various topics on modern malware and how to combat the targeted nature of modern day attacks using the Next Generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks. Over and above the discussion surrounding mode...
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Fluke Networks OptiView XG Tablet’s New Visualization Capability Gives Network Engineers an Instant View, Speeding Troubleshooting
October 16, 2012
Network Navigator function means engineers no longer have to mentally visualize connections and can resolve issues in a fraction of the time
EVERETT, Wash. – October 16, 2012 – Fluke Networks today announced a new version of the OptiView® XG v9 network analysis tablet that provides network professionals with an intuitive, graphical view of network infrastructure to help speed root cause identification and resolve issues fast. With two thirds of network engineers troubleshooting unfamiliar infrastructure*, the new Network Navigator capa...
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Bitrate & Fluke Networks Cabling and Wireless Seminars
October 22, 2012
JOHANNESBURG – 22 October, 2012 – Bitrate together with Fluke Networks hosted two well-attended successful cabling and wireless seminars in Johannesburg and Cape Town to network professionals.
Fluke Networks EMEA Product Manager for the Infrastructure SuperVision product line, Christian Schilliab, presented a valuable and interesting presentation focusing on both copper and fiber cabling. He demonstrated how the standards have become more strict and relevant as technology demands more bandwidth and performance. The transition from 100MB and 1000MB towards 10GB ...
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Validate and Verify CoS Settings in 30 Seconds
As a Netflow Tracker owner, you can retrieve basic performance metrics for applications traversing your network. However, as networks become more complex with VLAN’s, MPLS clouds, Virtual Machines, Content Switches, Acceleration devices, it becomes more important than ever to increase visibility.Understanding and validating which applications are being assigned to the correct CoS setting is part of the everyday troubleshooting process. Why make CoS monitoring and management hard? Watch this short video to learn how to validate and verify and CoS settings in 30 Seconds, by adding Visual P...
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SecurActive and Bitrate Partner
October 1, 2012
JOHANNESBURG – 01 October, 2012 – SecurActive, a European N/APM vendor, and Bitrate, a South African VA distributor have signed a distribution agreement to deliver Network and Application Performance monitoring to mid-size and large companies and public services in the Sub-Saharan region.
SecurActive and Bitrate have closed an agreement to distribute Performance Vision (SecurActive’s N/APM solution) in South Africa and all sub-Saharan countries. This agreement offers SecurActive the opportunity to market its solution, Performance Vision, to a new region an...
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Exclusive iPad photo contest for OptiView XG and AirMagnet users
What do you do with your OptiView XG and AirMagnet solutions?
Do you use it as your personal alarm clock?A way to navigate through the forest?A barcode scanner at the supermarket?Or for some serious troubleshooting?
Share your picture with us along with a description on how you use our products and we will reward two submissions with and iPad 3 series.
What do you need to do?- Simply go to Fluke Networks Facebook page- Click on the "win an iPad" tab- Like us- Submit your picture and have a change at winning that iPad 3.
Submission PeriodThe submissi...
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IT Security Seminar: Stopping Modern Malware with a Next-Generation Firewall
We invite you and your colleagues to attend these free half day seminars to learn how Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls delivers new age perimeter defense, simplified!The enterprise is increasingly under attack from a rapidly evolving and sophisticated breed of information security threats that incorporate applications, exploits and malware. In particular it is becoming almost impossible to understand and defend against network intrusions without a firm understanding of modern malware and the key role it plays in the lifecycle of an attack. Modern malware has evolved to become persi...
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Fluke Networks introduces ‘Your Network Expert’. It is just like having an extra technician by your side.
September 7, 2012 Fluke Networks is excited to announce a new campaign, Your Network Expert, offering a broad range of network solutions at very attractive promotional prices optimally tailored to help you with Installing, Verifying, Certifying, Testing or Troubleshooting your network.Cable installers and contractors cannot afford downtime on an installation certification job and need a certification tool they can depend on, from a company they can rely on. With the new DTX bundles, including Gold Membership, cable installers and contractors can acquire the instrument with the lowest cost-of-o...
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Don’t let your NOC get blinded by power outages; Ensure situational awareness with VPM
By Kirk O'Connor - Sr. Product Manager- Managed Services - Visual Network Systems
Last night in Washington, DC, I was driving home in a severe
thunderstorm that had blinding lightning flashes and thundering canon booms.
Two weeks ago we had lost power for 5 days in my home during the sweltering,
summer heat and it was not pleasant (understatement). I was worried about
losing power at the house and after checking in via the mobile phone, my mind
wandered back to the office and work. If I was losing power at home, how would
this storm impact my company’s network? Would I return to t...
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Come on in! Step into the Cloud, the Network is Clean…
By Kirk O'Connor - Sr. Product Manager- Managed Services - Visual Network Systems
Like everyone else in the IT industry, I’ve been thinking,
reading, and talking about the Cloud and all the hype that surrounds it. There
are some interesting articles, speakers and research that are available with
many different perspectives, like:
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The cloud is just a new way to purchase solutions.
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The cloud is the future for all applications.
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The...
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New Remote Analyzer Capability for AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO and AirMagnet Spectrum XT Eliminates Need for Costly Site Visits When Troubleshooting the Wireless LAN
August 16, 2012Fluke Networks’ portable WLAN tools first to offer both real-time remote Wi-Fi troubleshooting and spectrum analysisEVERETT, Wash. – August 16, 2012 – Fluke Networks today announced a new remote analysis capability for its portable wireless LAN (WLAN) tools, making them the first to enable both real-time troubleshooting and spectrum analysis of remote wireless networks. This allows organizations with remote sites that do not need WIDS/WIPS 24/7 monitoring to resolve connectivity and interference problems, identify rogue devices, and detect security violations without h...
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ScienceLogic First to Deliver Multi-Tenant NetApp Management with Automatic Alignment of Storage Resources and Immediate Service Impact Views
Granular visibility into sophisticated storage solution enhances root cause support, reduces downtime, supports FlexPod reference architecture.ScienceLogic™ Inc. announced the industry’s most comprehensive and automated management and monitoring support for NetApp Storage. ScienceLogic’s award-winning data center and cloud management platform now provides service providers and enterprises with granular, multi-tenant visibility into their NetApp Storage environments, helping them to pinpoint the source of bottlenecks, resolve service-impacting issues quickly and efficiently, and understand the ...
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Truths About Installing and Testing Pre-terminated Fiber. Part 1.
As the use of pre-terminated fiber becomes essential for high performance networks and new topologies in the datacenter, keeping the basic fiber fundamentals in mind will alleviate business, technology and performance issues. Introduction Related to field terminated fiber cabling, factory terminated and tested fiber has better optical performance and fewer installation costs. The precision and consistency of factory terminated fiber cabling greatly improves the loss and reflection attributes of the connectors. Once delivered to the end-user, though, the installation process exposes the cable t...
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Gold Support for your DTX CableAnalyzer
Gold Support for your DTX CableAnalyzer allows you to make the most of your DTX CableAnalyzer purchase while ensuring a higher return on your investment. You will minimize your downtime, receive faster trouble resolution and have total access to all support resources.What do you get with Gold Support for your DTX CableAnalyzer and DTX Fiber modules?Annual Calibration and Factory Refresh - ISO 9001 standards compliance requires annual unit calibration. Keeping your DTX CableAnalyzer and Fiber modules calibrated is critical to ensure accuracy when testing fiber networks. Our calibration processe...
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Announcing the vBroker 200 & 300 families, vMesh and vMC
July 26, 2012 As the network environment expands and matures, simple aggregators are no longer able to handle the complex requirements that network monitoring and security solutions demand. Network Packet Brokers (NPBs), a newly defined category, are designed to work with both the existing and future monitoring and security solutions to ensure that they can optimally analyze and protect customer networks. VSS Monitoring's vBroker™ series of NPBs are the newest additions to our portfolio of industry leading products with: 40G interfacesmodularityindustry-leading den...
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VSS Monitoring Recognized as Industry’s Leading Network Packet Broker Provider
July 23, 2012
Company Earns 2012 Global Competitive Strategy
Leadership Award in the Infrastructure Packet Broker Market from Frost &
Sullivan
VSS Monitoring, a leader in network
packet brokers (NPBs), today
announced that it has earned the 2012 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership
Award in the infrastructure packet broker market from Frost & Sullivan.
VSS Monitoring was recognized with this independent, third-party award
due to its leading technical innovation, differentiated product offerings, extensive
customer base, and unmatched ROI/...
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New Fluke Networks MultiFiber Pro Cuts Testing Time of Fiber Trunks by 95 Percent
July 19, 2012
July 19, 2012 – Fluke Networks today announced the MultiFiber™ Pro Optical Power Meter and Light Source, the industry’s first MPO (Multi-Fiber Push On) fiber trunk tester that validates the performance of all 12 trunk fibers in a single test and reduces testing time by nearly 95 percent. MPO fiber trunks are the backbone for 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps high-speed data centers – the fastest growing segment in the industry.In today’s market, few MPO fiber trunks are tested in the field, given it takes an average of 6.5 minutes to set up and test each of the 12 fibe...
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Palo Alto Networks: Where is my Bandwidth?
June 29, 2012
Application Usage and Risk Report June 2012The latest Application and Usage Risk Report from Palo Alto Networks is now available. This report uses data from more than 2,000 network traffic assessments to show you where your bandwidth is going and it provides insight into whether or not the usage is for business or personal purposes. Click here to read the report.See the interactive key findings here!...
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Ground-breaking New Fluke Networks Tester Troubleshoots the Most Common End-User Network Issues in About a Minute
June 6,
2012
OneTouch
AT Network Assistant optimized for network technicians to help close trouble
tickets faster; tests wired and wireless networks from the client to the cloud
EVERETT, Wash. – June 6, 2012 - Fluke Networks today
announced the OneTouchTM
AT Network Assistant, a new tool for network technicians that automates
troubleshooting of the most common end-user issues in less than a minute,1
greatly reducing the time it takes to close network trouble tickets and ensure
end-user satisfaction.
Traditionally,
network technicians spend more than an hour ...
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Fluke Networks Gives Telecom Technician Tool Belts an Extreme Makeover
May 17, 2012
New test sets are 62 percent lighter, 20 percent more cost effective EVERETT, Wash. – May 17, 2012 – Fluke Networks'
today announced the TS®54 TDR telephone test set, which is 62 percent
lighter and 20 percent more cost effective than other similar solutions
on the market,1 and changes the game for data and telecom
technicians and companies everywhere in terms of ergonomics, cost and
functionality. The highly durable TS54 tester also passes a 20-foot
concrete drop test and includes an industry leading three-year warranty.With more than 150 million f...
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Fluke Networks OptiView® XG v8 Optimized to Speed Troubleshooting in Virtualized Data Centers
May 23, 2012
New upgrade provides faster issue isolation and resolution in both traditional and virtualized environments EVERETT, Wash. – May 23, 2012 Fluke
Networks today announced a new version of its OptiView XG portable
network analysis tablet, available now, focused on providing increased
visibility into both traditional and virtualized data centers in order
to rapidly identify issues and their root cause.Virtualization
has revolutionized data center efficiency, but it has simultaneously
made it more difficult for network engineers to physically trace
inf...
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Palo Alto Networks Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Santa Clara, CA , April 06, 2012
Santa Clara, Calif. – April 6, 2012 — Palo Alto
Networks today announced that it has filed a registration statement on
Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the
proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of
shares to be sold and the price range for the proposed offering have not
yet been determined. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman,
Sachs & Co., and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. will act as lead
joint book-running managers for the offering, and Credit Suisse,
Barclays, UBS Securi...
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Increasing Productivity by Adopting Testing Best Practices
See how standardized
testing pays for itself in under a month
As network support organizations look to improve efficiency, they can take a
page from leading service providers by standardizing on a thorough, repeatable
set of tests that every technician uses to solve connectivity problems.
Fluke Networks developed an approach that even small organizations can scale to
their network. As a result, novice technicians can solve problems as fast as
experts, experts can solve them even faster, and the organization can realize a
payback in about one month.
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Fluke Networks' LinkRunner AT users, download the newest patch release for your tester
The new patch release includes upgraded LinkRunner AT software, PoE
measurements on pre-802.3af switches, improved HP ProCurve and Juniper
switch information, fixed wiremap results in reports and more. Click for
more information and to download. http://ow.ly/aZcXj...
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News & Events
Launch, Lunch and Learn - Official Launch of Bitrate Academy
May 2, 2013
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Read more... Visual TruView - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting
25 April, 2013
Visual TruView - A New Species in Network Troubleshooting
Applications are proliferating at a fast pace and the increasi...
Read more... LiVE Webcast: Managing VoIP Performance
24th April, 2013
Webcast: 23 May at 10.00 CET The principles of managing VoIP performance in corporate networks
I can't hear you....
VoIP offers si...
Read more... Enterprise Mobility Security Webinar
23 April, 2013
The landscape of enterprise network infrastructures is undergoing a radical metamorphosis with mobility changing everything. A va...
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