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| ArcSight Releases IPV6-ready Network Configuration Manager ArcSight announces that the latest release of ArcSight Network Configuration Manager now supports IPV6. ArcSight NCM is one of the first network change and configuration management products to support IPV6, the next generation Internet architecture designed to provide substantially more individual network addresses and enhanced security. ArcSight's family of network management products uniquely combine low total cost of ownership, ease of use and security delivered as a pre-packaged appliance. The United States government has issued a requirement that federal network backbones must process both IPV4 (the current standard) and IPV6 by June 30, 2008. With ArcSight NCM's support of both IPV4 and IPV6, government and enterprise customers will have the ability to manage the configuration of mixed networks successfully by automating the common network operations processes that are currently being performed manually by their highly skilled engineers. ArcSight NCM is an enterprise class network configuration change and configuration management appliance that effectively helps network operation teams rapidly respond to the frequently changing needs of the business, improve network reliability and security, and lower operational costs by automating the processes by which they manage their networks in compliance with the enterprise's pre-determined change management policies. ArcSight NCM provides the following features and benefits: • Visibility, by discovering all network devices and constructing a complete network topology; • Network topology visibility displayed in 2D and 3D formats; • Network configuration history for every managed network device, with rollback capabilities; • Control the structure (who, what, when, where, how) and process of network configuration and change; • Control distribution of tasks through form-based interfaces and locked templates; • Centrally store, compare, and search across historical device configurations; • Detect configuration changes in real-time, track changes dynamically, and compare against policy; • Facilitate compliance initiatives for external (e.g., SOX, PCI, FISMA) or internal (Standard Operating Procedures) regulations; • Efficiency, by leveraging under-utilised staff and automating process tasks; • Allow lower-level staff to make changes in a protected and controlled manner; • Automate simple or repetitive tasks to reduce work, eliminate error, get more work done; • Automate off-hour configuration changes through scheduled changes; • Manage workflow and approvals using authorisation queues; • Eliminate manual documentation efforts with self-documenting capabilities to capture, track, and report on configuration changes; • Single appliance-based product for managing network configuration and change control in a vendor independent manner, across all network devices. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |