MYTH:

Observer clogs your network with traffic.
 

FACT:

Network Instruments' Advanced Expert Probes process all Expert data remotely and provide full packet capture and decode capabilities on remote networks. Only screen updates are sent over the network with miniscule impacts to the network. Here is how Network Instruments’Advanced Expert Probes work:
 

MYTH:

Observer’s low cost means it offers less performance.
 

FACT:

Observer offers the same features and functionality plus additional advantages for a better price. Period.

For 11 years, Network Instruments has focused on developing the best network monitoring solution for the market.The company’s entire research, engineering, and development teams are focused on nothing else but making a superior product. Network General charges more because they have a higher cost of doing business– a situation you should not have to pay for.With Network Instruments, less price means more value.
 

MYTH:

Network General is a stable organization.
 

FACT:

Network General has history, but it is not the most stable,well-managed organization. A few facts can help illustrate:
    • 1984–Network General is established.
    • 1997–McAfee purchased Sniffer from Network General for $1.1 billion.
    • 2004–Sniffer division sold to outside investors for $275 million.This deal represents a decrease in
                Sniffer’s value by 75 percent in 6 years.

 "We're divesting Sniffer Technologies because it's the only remaining part of our business not related to security." Network Associates CEO George Samenuk – as printed in Network World Magazine on 4/26/04 “Network Associates Ditches Sniffer”

    • Since 2000, most Sniffer products have come by way of acquisition. As a result, Sniffer’s products
      are not fully integrated.

For example:
           - InfiniStream (from DragNet)
           - Portable LAN (from NetXRay)
           - Appera (10/100 DSS only)

“…Sniffer Distributed is an older product, it has been renewed but if you bolted 4 TB of storage onto it, it wouldn’t perform very well.” Network General’s Product Management and Marketing VP Nancy Blair – as reported in TechWorld Magazine on 2/21/05 “New super Sniffer expands network analysis to Linux”

Since its founding in 1994, Network Instruments has experienced year-on-year growth. Network Instruments serves customers around the globe through its11 locations and over 50 worldwide distributors.Over 35,000 Observer licenses have been sold.

MYTH:

Network Instruments has a limited product line.
 

FACT:

Network Instruments offers a thorough, integrated line of consoles and remote probes designed for visibility across the entire network.