Fluke and Ipswitch Partner on Network Analysis Tools

April 25, 2005

Fluke Networks and Ipswitch Inc. have�announced a new partnership to bundle key products designed for real-time�testing, monitoring and analysis of networks. You can read the full release on TMCnet at:

Fluke Networks Announces Partnership with Ipswitch, Inc. to Offer New Network Management Solutions

The two companies are combining Key Device Watch, based on Ipswitch's WhatsUp network monitoring tool, with Fluke's portable test products LinkRunner and NetTool. Ipswitch might be best known as developer of the WS_FTP file transfer protocol program (at least that's the case for me).

The joint announcement from today describes the capabilities of Key Device Watch in this way:

"The software enables users to map to their networks, monitor critical devices such as email or web sites, and receive alerts about any problems via email, sound, or visual pop-up, in order to speed problem resolution. A trend analysis feature, which tracks network diagnostics with graphical reports and charts, is also available in this bundle."

In describing the significance of this combined offering, Alex Neihaus, Vice President of Marketing at Ipswitch, is quoted as saying:

"As networks grow and become more complex, the administrator's ability to identify and address issues becomes even more important. Our partnership with Fluke Networks allows us to combine our strengths with theirs to deliver a unique, high-capability network monitoring solution for network administrators."

This picture gives you an idea of the combined user experience of the two Fluke devices with the Key Device Watch application: