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Bio-Tech Company Accelerates Roll-Out of New Data Center Architecture NETSCOUT Solutions Provide Visibility to Ensure Seamless End-User Experience
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 混合云
适用行业
- 农业
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 物流运输
用例
- 预测性维护
- 资产跟踪
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
由于依赖第三方托管的应用程序,这家生物技术公司面临高成本和缺乏控制的问题。他们决定为数百个远程位置实施性能中心项目。他们使用了 Cisco® Secure Agile Exchange (SAE),通过虚拟化网络边缘 (DMZ) 并将其扩展到主机托管中心,企业能够快速安全地将用户与应用程序互连。所有第三方应用程序以及托管在内部数据中心的一些应用程序都被“内部”带到 10-15 个主机托管设施,并且公司所有远程位置都将指向这些主机托管。该项目的一个主要目标是确保在迁移到主机托管中心后,SaaS 和内部应用程序可供最终用户使用。IT 知道他们需要从用户的角度进行可视性,以确保新方法能够按设计运行,并具有高质量的应用程序可用性和性能。
关于客户
这家生物技术公司是全球领先的农业创新企业,致力于开发高产、可持续的产品和实践,并提高粮食种植者的质量和产量。他们的成功得益于遍布全球的强大供应链系统。该公司管理着多个核心业务部门,在 90 个国家/地区的 500 多个偏远地区雇用了超过 25,000 名员工。由于业务部门、地区、语言和专业范围如此广泛,IT 管理着一个极其复杂的网络,支持各种各样的应用程序和服务。
解决方案
该公司选择 NETSCOUT® nGeniusPULSE 对业务应用程序进行综合监控。硬件 nPoint 部署在远程站点,最初部署在 100 个关键位置。虚拟 nPoint 部署在主机托管中心和各种 AWS 和 Azure 区域,用于测试对面向公众的应用程序和 SaaS 应用程序的访问,以确保这些应用程序可供外部使用。nPoint 在 SaaS 应用程序上运行 Web 测试,进行逐跳路径分析,以显示是否存在延迟,并确定延迟是由应用程序还是网络引起的。测试可以全天运行,即使没有人在系统上,也可以在用户受到影响之前识别可用性和性能问题。通过使用业务事务测试 (BTT),即在应用程序中主动执行用户操作的自动化测试,公司的 IT 人员可以获得趋势信息,以制定特定操作的基准,并准确查明应用程序中延迟发生的位置。这家生物科技公司还选择了 nGenius 可视化即服务 (nVaaS) 作为确保此次关键部署成功的重要组成部分。NETSCOUT nVaaS 专家团队提供了高水平的支持,包括协助公司的 IT 团队进行解决方案配置和创建 BTT 测试脚本。
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