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