Press Release
Itheon Networks - INE Compact adds greater realism to WAN 
emulation
Desktop Network Emulator offers dynamic changes to network conditions over time for more accurate Application Testing in the WAN
Welwyn Garden City, UK & Reno USA, November 29th, 2007, — Itheon Networks, the Networked Application Performance Lifecycle™ specialists, announced today that it is releasing a major enhancement to its small, silent desktop emulator, INE Compact. The new upgrade offers dynamic network environment scenarios enabling key network characteristics such as latency & jitter, bandwidth restrictions and packet loss/drop and reordering to change over time without user intervention. As a result, developers and testers using this network simulation tool will gain an even more realistic understanding of how applications really perform in wide area, remote or wireless network conditions.
“Developing dynamic scenarios isn’t a new concept’ said Frank Puranik Product Director ‘But in the past only users of our INE Enterprise network emulator had access to this feature. Today we are offering this functionality within our entry level emulation appliance. There are many products on the market that offer static scenarios’ said Frank ‘but what’s the point? Networks aren’t static, they are dynamic and the scenarios programmed into emulation products must show a true picture and that’s what INE Compact offers. This makes it a particularly powerful entry level emulator.’
The ability to deploy dynamically altering scenarios, until now has been the preserve of high-spec emulators and therefore only really affordable for larger enterprises. Now smaller companies and departments of larger organizations can gain a better understanding of the impact networks have on their applications. INE Compact enables the recreation of all the major conditions that can affect applications in the network such as Link Speed, e.g. T1, E1, Modem, (A)DSL, GPRS, 3G, WiMAX, Satellite, latency (delay), jitter, available bandwidth, packet loss/error/reordering etc, and can be controlled asymmetrically or symmetrically.
INE Compact is a small, silent network simulator that sits between the host machine and end-user client, either directly or via switches and routers, where it applies realistic network environments to show the ‘real’ performance of the application in WAN, wireless or satellite network conditions.
Phil Bull, VP - Marketing ‘Itheon Networks offers the most comprehensive range of network emulation products in the market. Our technology assists developers, testers/QA specialists and network managers as the application progresses from initial design through to ongoing monitoring. We are the true providers of end-to-end networked application performance testing and monitoring tools.