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VMware NSX-T Visibility Assures Customer-Facing Services
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 连接平台
适用行业
- 金融与保险
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 网络安全
- 远程资产管理
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 网络安全服务
挑战
该金融机构面临的挑战是其当前的网络管理工具在用于监控 VMware NSX-T 环境时,无论是从技术上还是从财务上看,都无法很好地扩展。该公司已实施 VMware NSX-T 软件定义网络 (SDN) 设计,以满足其不断增长的成功银行业务的需求。但是,其旧数据中心使用的网络管理工具在技术上或从财务上看无法很好地扩展以监控 VMware NSX-T 环境,这导致 IT 团队开始研究其他解决方案。同时,安全可见性也是一个问题,并被添加到整个 IT 团队希望解决的用例列表中。网络和安全运营团队之间的协作产生了一组技术功能,可用于评估金融公司的潜在监控解决方案。
关于客户
该客户是一家历史悠久、备受尊敬的金融服务公司,也是其所在地区第二大金融服务公司。他们通过一系列服务品牌和业务提供机构、商业和消费者银行业务以及财富管理服务。该公司拥有数万名员工,分布在数百个当地分支机构,为整个南亚太 (APAC) 业务地区的数百万客户提供支持。该金融机构的数字环境支持消费者、企业和机构客户在分支机构、联系中心、在线和移动应用程序上执行银行业务。这要求应用程序服务具有最高的性能,以确保交易按预期立即完成。
解决方案
该金融公司的 IT 团队对当前供应商 NETSCOUT® 以及其他第三方工具提供的替代方案进行了全面审查。评估结束时,他们选择了 NETSCOUT nGeniusONE 服务保证解决方案,该解决方案使用 InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) 软件设备来监控高速网络段上的网络和应用程序南北流量,并使用 vSTREAM 虚拟设备来监控 VMware NSX-T 环境中的东西向应用程序流量。该银行正在监控其最关键的应用程序,包括银行面向客户的网站。能够尽可能靠近应用程序服务进行监控至关重要,这使得 vSTREAM 监控此流量的能力更具吸引力。更广泛的 ISNG 和 nGeniusONE 分析不仅超出了 VMware 环境的可见性要求,也超出了更广泛的数据中心基础架构的可见性要求。
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