| During 11 years of troubleshooting high profile network | | | | EngineeringTeams around the world - with our |
| & application performance issues across global | | | | Analysts as focal points & primary diagnosticians. |
| enterprises up to 120,000 nodes--Interpath | | | | Server Consolidation or Virtualization frequently |
| Technologies Corporation developed its specialized | | | | creates unexpected results - servers come together - |
| Network & Application performance Analysis | | | | but move away from users or other components. We |
| methodology. We have helped companies like IBM, | | | | diagnose global network application issues. We often |
| ING-Direct & Lucent Technologies find Resolution for | | | | work through bridgecalls, WebEx (R) or other remote |
| under-performing networks & applications. Application | | | | media - enabling us to work with distributed teams |
| & Network Performance Analysis requires Protocol | | | | simultaneously regardless of location. We provide |
| Analysis tools, - Sniffer (R), Ethereal (R) WireShark (R). | | | | on-site Network & Application Performance Analysts |
| However, it adds advanced methodical troubleshooting | | | | as needed. Many client's have distributed versions of |
| processes to--standard Protocol Analysis techniques. | | | | Sniffer (R), Ethereal (R), WireShark (R), or other |
| Application & Network performance Analysis | | | | Protocol Analysis tools in place. If not, we can provide |
| addresses gathering & interpreting information required | | | | them - or build them from Open-Source protocol |
| for diagnosing & troubleshooting network & application | | | | analysis software. Engineers go to training classes to |
| performance problems. An Application or Network | | | | learn troubleshooting or Application Performance |
| may under-perform for years - Application users & | | | | Tuning Techniques - receive 5 to 20 days of intense |
| components in different geographical locations - | | | | instruction - covering only a fraction of what is required |
| Application possibly multi-tiered. Different IT | | | | - go back to their companies to solve serious |
| departments convinced that the problem is not in their | | | | problems - and often fail. Tools like WireShark (R), |
| area. "Sniffing" skills alone--are inadequate. Application | | | | Ethereal (R) and Sniffer (R) were not to blame - you |
| & Network performance Analysis encompasses--all | | | | can't become a Network & Application Performance |
| aspects of enterprise networking. Application & | | | | Analyst in a few weeks. In addition to learning the |
| Network Performance Analyst needs skills in | | | | prerequisite protocol analysis skills or tools like Sniffer |
| interviewing, writing & diplomacy. Interpath means flow | | | | (R), Ethereal (R) WireShark(R) - many years of |
| of communication between all transaction components | | | | training, practice and experience are needed to learn |
| - Users, Servers, Switches, Routers, Operating | | | | how to map an Interpath--and create solid testing. |
| Systems, Security devices, Database Protocol - | | | | Learning how to handle power tools doesn't teach you |
| anything involved in executing a network or application | | | | how to build a house. WireShark (R), Ethereal (R) |
| transaction. Trouble can be anywhere along an | | | | Sniffer (R) are power tools. Training in these tools is |
| Interpath. Troubleshooting all OSI model layers - using | | | | important - yet inadequate for troubleshooting an |
| tools like Sniffer (R), Ethereal (R), WireShark (R) - | | | | enterprise network or application. Learning the OSI |
| technical interviews with client Subject Matter Experts | | | | model and network protocol tools doesn't teach you to |
| and more- Interpath Technologies maps -- how the | | | | be a Protocol Analyst or Network & Application |
| application moves - between all its components - | | | | Performance Analyst. Troubleshooting is a science--an |
| simultaneously. That is Interpath. Troubleshooting | | | | art and a field of expertise--not a tool. Copyright |
| network & application performance is a process, not a | | | | © 1999-2007 Interpath Technologies Corporation |
| tool. Clear, technical documentation is critical to | | | | Barry Koplowitz founded Interpath Technologies |
| success. Interpath Technologies presents results in | | | | Corporation in 1999. He has been consulting in the IT |
| technical & non-technical formats - including protocol | | | | field since 1984 and has specialized in the area of |
| analyzer screen shots, spreadsheets, drawings, | | | | Network & Application Analysis/Troubleshooting--with |
| narratives - explaining causes of application or network | | | | various Protocol Analysis Tools--for the last 11 years. |
| issues. We provide the platform for all IT teams to | | | | He spent 3 years with Network General and NAI |
| agree upon a process of resolution. Our deliverable is | | | | traveling around the United States teaching for Sniffer |
| factual and incontestable. Leadership - guidance - | | | | University (R). Since leaving Sniffer University, he has |
| project management - diplomacy - have been key | | | | worked consulting to large enterprise environments up |
| components of our success - as well as protocol | | | | to 120,000 nodes. |
| analysis skills. We coordinate our clients' | | | | |