WildPackets Announces Omnipliance Linux
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| The WildPackets Omnipliance is a turn-key hardware and software solution
| that gives network engineers unprecedented, real-time visibility into
| remote network segments. Each Omnipliance is a 3U rack-mountable
| appliance that runs a WildPackets' OmniEngine and sends real-time
| analytics and monitoring results to a central OmniPeek console. The
| company has been shipping a Microsoft® Windows® 2003 version of the
| appliance since November 2004. The Omnipliance Linux version will
| be available at the end of this month.
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| "With the Omnipliance Linux, we're bringing the convenience and
| rapid deployment capabilities of our existing Omnipliance solution
| into the world of Linux," said Dovid Coplon
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This seems to be a trend. _A lot_ of companies realise the troubles Windows
is suffering (as well as make users suffer) and, also owing to demand, the
appliances (sometimes PC's) are ported to include a Linux option. I can
think of a dozen case studies from the past month.
It is only a matter of time before the customer makes an informed choice and
picks the more reliable (and usually cheaper) option. In most cases, prices
are the same, so the vendor makes more money on Linux sales (no 'Microsoft
tax'), which translates into financial incentives.
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