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PacketEYES: A Revolutionary Policy Management Solution for Remote Offices

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PacketEYES, a revolutionary policy management solution from SBE, Inc., allows enterprises and service providers to establish absolute policy enforcement for networked resources and applications in remote and branch offices. This integrated solution offers a scalable, two-tiered approach to policy management, enabling centralized control of policies while distributing enforcement to remote sites. PacketEYES is the first single-box solution to deliver effective end-to-end policy control, combining the roles of a policy server, policy decision point, and policy enforcement point in one integrated offering.

Key Takeaways:

  • PacketEYES offers an open architecture that enables a scalable, two-tiered approach to policy management, allowing for centralized control of policies while distributing enforcement to remote sites.
  • The solution features a COPS proxy agent that accepts policies over the wide area network (WAN) link from enterprise-class management systems and enforces them at the remote site.
  • PacketEYES is the first single-box solution to deliver effective end-to-end policy control, combining the roles of a policy server, policy decision point, and policy enforcement point in one integrated offering.
  • The solution allows for application management, network management, bandwidth management, access management, and firewall security, enabling enterprises and service providers to optimize network resources and gain a greater level of manageability and accountability.
  • PacketEYES integrates with enterprise management systems via SNMP, LDAP, or COPS, and provides a flexible system that analyzes traffic by application, user, destination, and time-of-day.
  • The solution offers a standalone policy management appliance and a PCI-bus NIC, providing both WAN and LAN connectivity for Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers.
  • Optional client management software is available for both the appliance and the NIC, enabling network managers to monitor user activity at the application level.
  • Pricing for the PacketEYES appliance and PCI-Bus NIC will start at $2,495 US and $2,995 US, respectively, with OEM pricing also available.

Statistics:

  • PacketEYES allows for the management of up to 2,000 users and 1,000 sessions.
  • The solution supports up to 20,000 application accesses and 10,000 user accesses.
  • PacketEYES can manage up to 100,000 transactions per second.
  • The solution offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
  • SBE, Inc. has a global presence, with a customer base spanning 50 countries and a network of over 1,000 distributors and resellers.

Sources:

  • SBE, Inc. - "PacketEYES Policy Management Solution"
  • "PacketEYES: A Revolutionary Policy Management Solution for Remote Offices"
  • SBEmedia alert - "SBE, INC Demonstrates Interoperability with HP OpenView PolicyXpert"
  • Deterministic Networks, Inc. (DNI) - "PacketEYES COPS Proxy Agent"
  • The HTRC Group - "PacketEYES Provides Predictable QoS for Mission Critical Applications and Data"
  • OASYS Networks - "PacketEYES Delivers Scalable, Centralized Policy Management for Remote and Branch Offices"

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