HP to Integrate Packet Design's Route-Analysis into HP OpenView

HP has licensed Packet Design's IP route-analysis technology for integration into the HP OpenView management software suite by early next year. The integration will provide visibility into the routing paths traversed by network traffic, enabling network operators to perform more accurate root-cause analysis of network problems by combining routing-path knowledge with device-status knowledge. HP plans to create extensions that allow Network Node Manager to directly access data gathered by Route Explorer. Beginning in second quarter 2004, HP's worldwide direct sales force and reseller partners will sell the Packet Design software packaged in an HP-branded appliance.
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