Network Equipment Manufacturer: Solutions Overview
Quality Products from the Start
Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) developing networking devices must create products that conform to standardized protocols, function under heavy load scenarios, and perform reliably under a broad range of conditions. The increasing complexity of protocols and services are causing test development costs to rise due to a lack of testing expertise and increasing test cycle time.
Customers demand that products have the latest technologies and implement the latest trends. Network reliability must be maintained during new product adoption. New networking devices need to demonstrate market leadership, and can make or break a company. Big revenues are on the line, and one thing can be certain - customers won't compromise on product quality. If customers feel you've given them a poorly tested product, they'll delay purchases and negatively impact your bottom line. As a result, you must build quality into your products from the start.
Accelerating a Converging World
Ixia offers a complete range of test products to help NEMs accelerate the delivery of proven, reliable products. Our single-platform solution emulates real-world conditions with subscriber-profile-driven traffic at high scale to verify product quality. Ixia's automation tools enable repeatable and frequent regression testing that results in constant quality.Ixia tests layer 2-7 networking and application devices of all types:
- Wireline and wireless components and systems
- Routers and switches used in core networks, enterprises and offices
- Media-rich traffic servers, gateways, and load balancers
- Specialized security products such as VPN gateways and firewalls
- Data center products for fibre channel convergence, top-of-rack switches, and virtualization/cloud computing architectures