Progress Corp. WhatsUp Gold Flow Publisher

WhatsUp Gold Flow Publisher acts as a network traffic flow information source for flow monitor and forwards processed NetFlow records to it. Flow monitor acts as a standard collector, as it does for other flow-enabled devices, and provides a comprehensive picture of application flows across the entire network in one screen. All of Flow Monitor's powerful reporting, configurable thresholds, analysis and alerting capabilities are also available to Flow Publisher records - ensuring centralized management of application, host and user traffic.

Since Flow Publisher captures and processes raw network traffic from any mirrored switch port, or network TAP (Test Access Point) or even a Windows host server - there is no requirement for changes or upgrades to existing device capabilities. While flow monitor can be used to directly receive flow records from NetFlow, sFlow or J-Flow enabled devices, Flow Publisher seamlessly extends coverage to any non-flow enabled device. With Flow Publisher in place, the entire network can be managed with the same level of visibility.

Flow Publisher outputs NetFlow v1, v5 and v9 compliant records enabling operations staff to use existing knowledge, skills and best practices that your business may already have in place. With advanced analysis, real time alerting and historical trending available through flow monitor - network managers can identify top conversation pairs, top senders and receivers, failed connections per host and analyze breakdown of traffic from every monitored network interface on any device.

Flow Publisher is a small footprint application that can be installed on most Windows systems, enabling cost-effective deployment. It can capture flows from remote network ports and from four different traffic sources simultaneously. For servers, Flow Publisher is installed directly on the target system. Further, Flow Publisher supports configurable ACL's (access control list) for administration and management.