WebNMS F r a m e w o r k Case Study
Captus
Networks
“Using AdventNet, allowed us to focus our
engineering resources on developing our
network integrity technology, while simultaneously delivering a fully-featured EMS
system to our demanding service provider
customers."
- Jack Quinnell,
VP of Product Management,
Captus Networks
“AdventNet outscored it’s competitors on
features, development criteria, and reliability.
However, the key deciding criteria were the
highly-collaborative approach, close working
relationship, top-notch technical support ,
and the professional services offered by
AdventNet.”
- John Ko,
Manager Product Marketing,
Captus Networks
Industry:
Intrusion Prevention/ Network
Integrity
Business Challenge:
Captus Networks needed a fullfeatured Element Management
System for its Captus TM IPS 4000
series intrusion prevention systems.
Captus wanted the EMS to offer full
range of FCAPS functionality,
enterprise-grade interoperability, and
carrier-grade scalability.
With a very short time-to-market
and a sharp focus on overall cost,
Captus Networks had to choose a
reliable, robust, and cost effective
network management platform to
quickly build their EMS.
Solution:
Using WebNMS Framework, the
WebNMS professional services
team built Captus TM IPS View
EMS.
Solution Highlights:
• FCAPS applications for configuring, managing, and monitoring
Captus IPS 4000 series elements
• Fully-featured SNMP management with trap forwarding for
integration with Network Management Systems, such as HP
OpenView™
• Graphical, color-coded representations of network topologies,
enabling administrators to
determine network status at a
glance
• Support for managing up to 300
Captus IPS 4000 series elements
Captus Networks chose WebNMS
Framework as the platform for their
EMS development project.
Benefits:
WebNMS Framework outscored
the competition by cost-effectively
offering more out-of-the-box
features, excellent development
support, and re-branding option.
• WebNMS Framework helped
Captus Networks gain an edge over
its competitors by having a fullyfeatured element management
system that exceeds customer
expectations.
Apart from the technical criteria, the
highly-collaborative approach, close
working relationship, top-notch
technical support, and the
professional services offered by
WebNMS were the key decision
drivers for this choice.
• Captus Networks leveraged the
fault management capabilities of
WebNMS Framework to make it
easier for their customers to quickly
identify and report significant
threats on their network.
W EBNMS F RAMEWORK C ASE STUDY
Business Challenge:
Captus Networks wanted to offer its customers an easy-to-use
application for managing the Captus IPS 4000 series elements.
Management of these elements becomes a critical component in
successful implementation of network-based intrusion prevention.
“Using AdventNet, allowed us to focus our engineering resources
on developing our network integrity technology, while simultaneously delivering a fully-featured EMS system to our demanding
service provider customers." - Jack Quinnell, VP of Product
Management, Captus Networks.
Captus Networks decided to build a fully-featured Element
Management System with enterprise grade interoperability and
service provider grade scalability as the Captus IPS 4000 series
elements are deployed in enterprise as well as service provider
networks. Captus Networks wanted the EMS to be comprehensive with full range of FCAPS functionality enabling operators to
configure, manage, and monitor Captus IPS 4000 series elements.
Given a short time-to-market, Captus Networks had to
outsource the EMS development project and evaluated four
vendors. While outsourced solutions offered better overall cost
benefits, Captus Networks also evaluated vendors for breadth of
solution, references, reliability, and financial stability.
Captus IPS View Alarm Browser: Displaying graphical
color-coded representation of network elements’ status.
Solution:
Captus Networks chose WebNMS Framework as the platform
for their EMS development project.
Using WebNMS Framework, the WebNMS professional
services team built the fully-featured Captus IPS View Element
Management System.
Featuring a full suite of FCAPS applications, Captus IPS View
software provides centralized element management for Captus
IPS 4000 series elements.
Captus IPS View EMS fully leverages the fault management
capability of WebNMS Framework, which is critical for ensuring
high availability that the Captus IPS 4000 series solution offers.
“AdventNet outscored the competition on features, development criteria, and reliability. However, the key deciding criteria
were the highly collaborative approach, close working relationship,
top-notch technical support, and the professional services offered
by AdventNet. - John Ko, Manager, Product Marketing,
Captus Networks.
WebNMS professional services team collaborated with the
engineers at Captus Networks in effectively building the Captus
IPS View EMS within the stipulated time frame.
Captus IPS View Topology Map: Enables configuration of
Captus IPS 4000 series elements from a single panel.
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Captus IPS View deployment architecture:
The Captus IPS View application automatically discovers, and
monitors the Captus IPS 4000 series elements. Administrators
can access the information through application as well as web
clients.
• Fully-featured SNMP management with trap forwarding
for integration with Network Management Systems, such
as HP OpenView™
• Point-and-click Java interface enables administrators to
manage device configurations, manage IPS TLIDS
policies, validate element configurations, install software
upgrades and enhancements, back-up and restore element
configurations.
• A remote notification option for sending email and pager
alerts
• Integrated with third party (Crystal Reports) graphical
report generation tool for comprehensive and customized
reports
•
Captus IPS View Deployment Architecture
Support for seamless integration with network operating
center environments
• Embedded Syslog viewer application with sort and search
capability for auditing
• ODBC access of Captus IPS View tables for external
databases.
Key Benefits:
Some of the key features of Captus IPS View Element
Management System are:
• FCAPS applications for configuring, managing, and
monitoring Captus IPS 4000 series elements centrally
• Tree-based menus for easy navigation; support for
creating custom views
• A Java interface, available through a Web browser or in a
Windows client, with access control
• Support for managing up to 300 Captus IPS 4000 series
The following are the key benefits that WebNMS Framework
brought forth with Captus IPS View Element Management
System:
• Fully-featured EMS: WebNMS Framework helped Captus
Networks gain an edge over its competitors by having a fully
-featured element management system that exceeds
customer expectations.
• Reduced development time of the Captus IPS View EMS:
WebNMS Framework substantially reduced the time taken
to develop Captus IPS View EMS.
elements
• Graphical, color-coded representations of network
topologies, enabling administrators to determine network
status at a glance
•
SSL encryption for all communication with the Captus
IPS 4000 series elements
• Cost-efficiency : Using WebNMS, Captus Networks was able
to control costs on the development and production of the
Captus IPS View EMS.
• Development focused on application features: WebNMS
Framework’s out-of-the-box FCAPS support enabled
Captus to remain focused on the key feature additions
rather than the basic network management functions.
About Captus Networks
Captus Networks Corp. provides comprehensive intrusion prevention security
solutions for enterprises, ISP's, government agencies and universities that need to
assure network integrity while minimizing operating costs. The company's unique
business-driven, policy-based approach automatically delivers Day Zero threat protection with traffic management capabilities to guarantee predictable network availability. Captus is privately held and headquartered in Woodland, Calif.
For more information visit www.captusnetworks.com
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