Riverbed's Azure Network Monitoring NPM is a comprehensive solution designed to provide visibility and performance monitoring for applications and networks in Azure cloud environments. It leverages Azure NSG Flow logs and native packet visibility to detect performance incidents and security threats, offering detailed network and application insights comparable to on-premises environments.

Key Features

Azure NSG Flow Log Monitoring Utilizes Azure NSG Flow logs to produce interactive reports and analytics.

• Breaks down traffic by various factors, including IP conversations with TCP and UDP ports
• Identifies top consumers of cloud bandwidth

Native Packet Visibility Employs native traffic mirroring to capture and analyze raw network packets.

• Sends packets from virtual interfaces to Riverbed AppResponse Cloud
• Provides detailed network and application insights across Azure cloud

Performance and Security Monitoring Detects and analyzes performance incidents and security threats in Azure environments.

• Offers visibility into cloud-based applications and networks
• Helps maintain security posture in Azure deployments

Interactive Reporting and Diagrams Generates on-demand interactive reports and diagrams for network analysis.

• Showcases how virtual networks communicate with each other
• Presents data from every single flow at unsampled, highest fidelity

Benefits

Enhanced Cloud Visibility Eliminates blind spots in Azure environments, providing comprehensive monitoring.

• Maintains visibility when moving applications to Azure
• Ensures consistent monitoring across cloud and on-premises environments

Improved Troubleshooting Offers powerful analytics tools for faster problem resolution.

• Utilizes TCP analytics to break down root causes of application performance delays
• Reduces mean time to recovery for application issues

Proactive Performance Management Implements dynamic alerts and auto-baseline traffic patterns for efficient monitoring.

• Reduces alert fatigue at the source
• Enables proactive identification of performance issues and security threats

Seamless Integration Integrates with existing Azure infrastructure and Riverbed's observability solutions.

• Compatible with Azure's native features like NSG Flow logs and traffic mirroring
• Works in conjunction with Riverbed's Alluvio observability platform