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Contents 
Introduction
Exinda Optimizer 4700
eTrust Network Forensics
Observer 10.1
Fluke OptiView Series II
PacketShaper 6500
Specifications
How we tested
Editor's choice
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This company's network is bridged through a range of routers and switches between sites. Its capacity is stretched and volumes are peaking across links between many sites. There are packets being dropped due to the restrictive bandwidth of certain components in the network.
The company wants to examine this traffic in detail and use this to pinpoint areas for upgrade, and to detect any suspicious/malicious traffic that the company doesn't know about.
Approximate budget: Open
Concerns: Easy management, useful logging and reporting.
The Exinda narrowly takes out the Editor's Choice for this month as it meets the concerns raised by this company.
The 4700 offers easy management, excellent logging, and reporting. The 4700 would also be able to pinpoint which applications and which conversations are consuming the most bandwidth so the company can upgrade a link or just better manage their traffic by means of data prioritisation. You also get compression for around the same price.
