If you are planning a move to a new IT set-up (e.g. Cloud, Data Centre Consolidation, Virtualization, Mobile Computing etc.) our Network Profiling products enable you to profile existing IT infrastructures and associated network dependencies, while our INE Network Emulators can replicate the proposed new network infrastructure in order to compare/contrast application performance in the current and new environment prior to actual deployment.
Once in the live network, our new generation of AppQoS Application Performance Management (APM) technology provides full visibility of how applications are performing & utilising networks.
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Website: www.itrinegy.com
Press Releases
AppQoS – A Revolution for Application Performance Management in Distributed Networks for Enterprises, Service and Cloud Providers
PROVE THE CLOUD! iTrinegy’s INE Enterprise NOW offers a Visual Simulation of a Networked ‘Cloud’ environment.
INE Enterprise visually represents the Cloud.doc 68.00 kB
AppQoS offers enhanced Security Monitoring over Networks
AppQoS offers enhanced security functionality.pdf 55.01 kB
INE Companion Live! combines Powerful Network Analysis with Capture/Replay of Actual Real-Time Network Conditions
Case Studies
iTrinegy tools help Capita achieve successful Data Centre Consolidation
Capita Business Services' use of iTriengy's AppQoS and network emulator tools to conduct pre-deployment analysis & benching, and application performance testing helped to ensure their data centre consolidation and virtualisation implementation held no nasty surprises.
Capita Virtualization Case Study.pdf 150.12 kB
iTrinegy's LCD Network Emulator guarantees resilience for Home Office
iTrinegy’s LCD Network Emulator Guarantees Resilience for Application Performance for The Home Office ‘Standalone all-in-one portable network emulator meets criteria for resilience test’Hugh Brazier, Specialist Projects Manager with the Home Office, attended a BAPCO conference in London back in 2009. Part of his remit was to guarantee resilience for an application being developed. Hugh realised he needed to locate a solution that would help his team to fully test the needed resilience.
Hugh investigated different technologies designed to test application resilience and prove the performance of any application. Hugh chose iTrinegy’s LCD, a standalone, all-in-one portable network emulator meeting his criteria for the resilience test within the project.
An objective of the project was to ensure that no matter what form of network was utilised, data being carried would be successfully and securely delivered. The LCD Emulator was used to test the “Data transport mechanism”, replicating the network so that the test would give a true experience in real time demonstrating how the application and data would perform under different and often demanding network conditions.
Hugh quotation: “Home Office projects are thoroughly quality reviewed and tested prior to any granting of authority for release. We therefore utilise technology that is fully capable of meeting our defined requirements. For this particular project, iTrinegy’s LCD was able to aid us in this endeavour.”
By purchasing the INE LCD, Hugh’s team were able to recreate all the major conditions such as latency, delay, jitter, packet loss/error/reordering etc, that would potentially impact their bespoke application(s), including symmetrical and asymmetrical connectivities.
Hugh “The INE LCD testing was highly successful and we were able to fully understand all of the network conditions that would impact the applications under development”.
iTrinegy’s LCD is a standalone, all-in-one portable network emulator and takes a short time to set-up the network conditions for the specific test, such as restricted bandwidth, packet loss and delay (latency), It can also show data throughput (packets/sec, bits/sec). All set up is achieved by pressing a few buttons on the front console.
INE- LCD is part of a ‘suite’ of network emulation products that recreate a wide range of network environments, enabling organizations to conduct pre-deployment testing of application performance
Home Office Approved Story.doc 31.50 kB
Slimming World’s New ‘XpressWeigh’ IT System Tested to the Max
iTrinegy's LCD guarantees bespoke application works in the most difficult networksSlimming World is the largest and most advanced slimming organisation in the UK and was founded in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, FRSA.
Today there are more than 6,700 groups held weekly nationwide via a network of 3,000 Slimming World trained Consultants who run their own franchised clubs in local communities.
For many years Slimming World used a paper-based system for keeping track of their groups. Members would weigh in and a Consultant would fill out a paper-based sheet and manually send it in to the Slimming World head office.
Once the data reached head office a traditional system of manual data inputting took place, a painstaking task that was not only an inefficient use of staff time, but also the data analysis was slower to research.
Slimming World executives wanted to match their top notch service to their members and their significant achievements with an advanced IT system that would make it easier for their Consultants to administer their groups. So with a high level of quality and care for their members and Consultants Slimming World developed ‘XpressWeigh’ a bespoke application specifically designed to optimise the way Consultants can support members easily.
As well as offering weight loss to ordinary members, Slimming World offers a service to a number of GPs and Primary Care Trusts where patients who need to lose weight for their health are referred to groups. The company invests a great deal into ensuring that all its methods and systems are in line with the most up to date scientific research and methods.
Slimming World’s ‘XpressWeigh’ has enabled the company’s Consultants to update their members’ details within minutes rather than weeks. This means it’s faster for the Consultants and they are able to send in the most up-to-date information which can be logged and analysed, in record time. This information, such as new weight statistics are all essential in tracking the improvements being delivered by Slimming World to ensure the best service to members.
How did Network Emulation assist in developing ‘XpressWeigh’:
Once the decision had been made to develop ‘XpressWeigh’ it was passed to their IT team to make sure that every member in the UK, Northern Ireland, Eire and the USA would not only have full access to the new online system but also a positive experience. Sean Chapman, from Slimming World’s IT department, decided to research how best to go about achieving a quality performance experience and whilst at a software event heard a talk given by Frank Puranik of iTrinegy on ‘Will it work in the WAN’. The talk seemed to ask the questions Sean had been asking but it also offered the answers.
“It was imperative that our new bespoke application would work in the WAN with many different types of network connections, from clients in large cities to small communities where the network wasn’t very sophisticated,” said Sean, “We needed to understand the areas that had poor internet connections, areas where latency would impact our application, and some of our Consultants were using old dial-up modems and or had low bandwidth. After listening to Frank’s presentation I knew that iTrinegy would be able to help us understand how we could make it work in all network environments.”
iTrinegy specialises in emulating different types of networks (WAN, Wireless, Satellite etc) and introduced their INE Compact, a small inline network emulator (book size) appliance which was perfect for replicating all the network conditions that Slimming World’s Consultants would encounter.
The INE Compact emulator gave Sean’s team the ability to simulate various inter-site WAN technologies such as ISDN and ADSL etc whilst offering the opportunity to simulate the running of the system under high loads on unpredictable networks.
There are many simulation parameters offered by the emulator, including link speed, packet loss, error rates and delay which allowed Sean to fully test ‘XpressWeigh’ prior to its release. Sean comments “iTrinegy’s INE Compact has helped ensure that ‘XpressWeigh’ works for every Consultant throughout Slimming World and that we have been able to adapt the areas where the network was difficult, this has enabled us to guarantee a positive experience for all our Consultants.”
iTrinegy network emulators can also be used to continually test the changing conditions an application may encounter. Sean says: “We continue to test with the iTrinegy emulator any new updates and also regression testing. This has been really useful when testing new code as the INE Compact catches any possible problems prior to rolling out any new updates.”
Sean continues. “One of the big surprises was how easy the emulator was to set-up and use, we started to receive meaningful data within an hour, and we were able to test, tweak and work on the application so that when we went live there were no surprises”.
To date Sean has found INE Compact easy to use, “We have never had any issues with the emulator, we found it so straight forward and the documentation is simple and easy to use. ”
In conclusion: “INE Compact has been a very useful addition and has helped us achieve, on time and within budget, exactly what we needed it to do. Our ‘XpressWeigh’ system has been successful due, in part, to iTrinegy’s network emulation technology which helped us understand the issues that the network throws our way.”
About iTrinegy
iTrinegy develops products that enable organizations to address the whole Networked Application Performance Lifecycle ™ from initial design & development, through testing, QA, to production rollout and ongoing performance monitoring. Many leading organizations deploy iTrinegy technology including Alcatel, Aviva, BlackRock, Boeing, General Dynamics, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Reuters, Schlumberger, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems and Unisys. iTrinegy has offices in the USA and UK together with a select network of specialist resellers. For more information, please contact: Debra Wilkins on 07769 677073 or visit our website at: www.itrinegy.com.
About Slimming World
Slimming World was started by Margaret Miles-Bramwell (OBE, FRSA) in September 1969 in Derbyshire where its headquarters remain to this day. The company has been an outstanding success. It’s estimated that over the 40 years since Slimming World was founded, 3 million people have shed the astonishing collective total of 30 million kilograms and there has been a significant positive impact on their well-being.
The first slimming club to understand that the psychology of slimming was as important as diet, Slimming World recognised that slimmers should have the opportunity to exercise choice so that they can take responsibility, satisfaction and personal pride in the improvements which they achieve. So applying this empathetic approach, slimmers select their target weight rather than this being imposed. The nutritional approach is also very positive, allowing choice over what foods, when and how, and ensuring that no-one need ever suffer hunger while losing weight. This is linked with effective group support and shared experience with other slimmers. An increase in physical activity is also encouraged.
Over the years Slimming World has led the way and set the highest standards for the science of successful slimming. Slimming World has Consultants in UK, Northern Ireland, Eire and USA.
For further information please contact the Slimming World press office on 01773 546039, 01773 546101 or 01773 546037 or email: public.relations@slimming-world.com
Slimming World story FINAL.doc 48.00 kB
Whitepapers
Application Testing over Networks
As more and more applications are required to run over WANs, Wireless, GPRS/Mobile and Satellite Networks, it is important to ensure applications are subject to realistic pre-deployment network testing prior to their actual rollout into the production network. This short white paper explains why application performance can be affected by different types of networks and how you can undertake effective pre-deployement testing.
Application-Testing-over-Networks-WP.pdf 359.49 kB
Products
INE-Enterprise - Multi-User/Multi-Site Network Simulator
iTrinegy Network Emulator – Enterprise (INE Enterprise) is a high specification yet affordable network emulator designed to:
· Enable simultaneous multi-user/multi-site testing of applications in complex network environments
· Simulate Routed Networks and QoS-based Networks (e.g. MPLS) in addition to standard Wireless LAN's, GPRS, 3G , RoIP or Satellite Networks
· Simulate Packet Shaping or Traffic Shaping devices such as may be used for Application or WAN acceleration
INE Enterprise Datasheet.pdf 408.42 kB
INE Compact - Small Desktop Network Emulator
iTrinegy Network Emulator – Compact (INE Compact) is a small, affordable, silent and simple to use inline network simulator designed to:
- Enable network specialists, application developers and testers to check, at the desktop, how applications perform in wide area, remote or wireless network conditions.
- Be used in conjunction with Linux or Unix operating systems as well as Windows, switches, routers or VoIP devices – in fact any Ethernet based technology - to create realistic network conditions over the LAN.
INE-Compact-Datasheet.pdf 334.89 kB
INE for Windows - Network Simulator Software
This software is ideal for showing you at your desktop, how any application you are planning to deploy across your organisation's network or the internet is going to perform. It runs on your PC or laptop, and when activated, intercepts network communications between the chosen application on your system and the network.
This allows your LAN network to behave like a WAN, Wireless, GPRS/3G, Satellite, or other non-LAN network. So now when you run your chosen application it’s just like running it in the target network environment.
INE for Windows is available as either in 1Port or 2 Port versions
INE-Windows-Datasheet.pdf 373.73 kB
INE LCD - Portable, Self Contained WAN Emulator
iTrinegy Network Emulator – LCD (INE-LCD) is perfect for network application testing on the go.
All settings are simply made and saved via a front LCD screen with “car radio style” push buttons to choose pre-defined or programmable conditions needed to test any application in a realistic replication of WAN, Wireless, Satellite networks etc.
Its small size (200mm x 240mm x 50mm) makes it easy to transport and use in the field.
It is ideal for Network Specialists, Developers, IT Purchasers, as well as WAN Optimisation Sales and Pre-Sales specialists wishing to prove the benefits of their solutions.
INE LCD Datasheet.pdf 326.21 kB
INE Companion - Network Analysis, Packet Capture, Generation & Replay
iTrinegy Network Emulator Companion (INE Companion) is a powerful product for monitoring and reporting on applications data flowing across live network segments.
Use to:
- Profile Current Network Usage and Traffic
- Capture, Decode, Generate and Replay Packets
- Generate INE Network Scenarios from the captured profile to upload to an INE Network Scenario Server for subsequent use with the main iTrinegy Network Emulator products in order to enhance application testing.
INE Companion is also available in rack-mount format
INE-Companion-Datasheet.pdf 262.45 kB
AppQoS -Networked Application Performance Monitoring Across the Enterprise
iTrinegy AppQoS inspects all traffic traveling over a network segment, measuring and recording actual application response times for every transaction made to your key applications.
It summarizes network traffic types (e.g. Http,Windows Networking, VoIP etc.) network users, applications and associated utilisation and presents this data in easy-to-understand tables & graphs to help you rapidly identify the causes of poor application response time.
It also issues real-time warnings when application performance, bandwidth availability or usage, and/or traffic flows fall outside user-defined parameters. AppQoS is ideal for identifying the causes of intermittent problems and for conducting long-term network usage trend analysis.
AppQoS-Product-Sheet.pdf 340.73 kB
INE Ultra - For High Volume, High Speed Network Simulation
iTrinegy Network Emulator-Ultra (INE Ultra ) is a Next Generation network emulator that replicates high speed, high volume networks for large scale testing.
Features include:
- Sophisticated, but easy-to-use drag-and-drop GUI for quick network set-up
- Every user /device and/or application can have an individual network experience
- Sophisticated Internal Routing provides support for many different forms of QoS/MPLS networks
- Control of link, speed, bandwidth, delay (latency), jitter, error and loss by class
- Real-time adjustment of network parameters during a running emulation to give a more realistic test enviroment.
INE-Ultra-Datasheet.pdf 354.00 kB
AppQoS Live! - Turns Your Own PC into a Networked Applications Monitoring Appliance
Simply boot the AppQoS Live! CD
and you will have converted your standard laptop, desktop or server into a powerful application monitoring tool.
- Offers monitoring performance normally only provided by dedicated appliances — but at a much lower cost
- Provides a high-level view of all network activities
- Drill down & analyze full details—applications, traffic, users, protocols, etc.
- Quicker than a “sniffer”, making it ideal for troubleshooting and finding bottlenecks
- Works with any operating system installed on your chosen computer (Linux, UNIX or Windows-based.
- Free Trial Available
AppQoS-Live!-Datasheet.pdf 268.21 kB
