SILICON VALLEY, CA - Gigamon, the global leading provider of intelligent data access networking products, announced in a press release that it has been awarded US Patents No. 7,424,018; 7,436,832; and 7,440,467, for its innovative data access switching technology.
These new patents not only further extend Gigamon’s Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, but also ensure that the company’s core Data Access Network (DAN) technology is protected.
“Gigamon’s DAN approach, as made available through its GigaVUE family of data access switches, has reshaped the way companies monitor their networks for everything from troubleshooting to lawful intercept,” Gigamon’s Chief Technical Officer Patrick Leong said.
“We’re pleased that our innovative approach has been recognized with the issuance of US patents,” he added.
Currently in use at over 400 telecom, industrial, manufacturing, financial, research, medical, retail, utility and government networks in 36 countries around the world, GigaVUE switches allow IT departments to protect their investment in monitoring tools while also ensuring optimum performance.
The packet-aware devices provide exactly the data needed for a given tool to carry out its function, at a rate it handle; what’s more, due to their out-of-band orientation, GigaVUE switches do not impact network operations.
“With the proliferation of tools for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, intrusion detection, forensic recording, VoIP analysis and the like, TAP or SPAN ports can be overwhelmed,” Leong explained.
The ability of GigaVUE switches to intelligently breakdown large loads across different tools, means that both 10 GigE and legacy 1 GigE tools can be employed simultaneously.
