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When it comes to network based systems and applications, more likely than not, your organization has run into performance or functional issues that are difficult to resolve. Precious operational cycles are lost as the problem is passed from one team to the next, each team doing their best to isolate components. With today's multi-tier or distributed systems, a silo approach to problem resolution may not get to the root cause of all issues in a timely manner. This is where a skilled, end-to-end network analysis approach can pinpoint problem areas, providing quantitative, detailed data on performance and functional issues.

Here is just a sampling of the types of services PBM IT provides in this area of expertise:

• Application Network Troubleshooting – We specialize in troubleshooting performance or functional issues with distributed or client-server applications. Through packet analysis, fault isolation, data gathering and validation; we can assist in identifying the root cause of complex issues that plague enterprise applications.
• Application Network Analysis – We provide analysis focused on understanding and describing the properties of an application, as it pertains to the network. Data can be used to address an issue or to assist in understanding the impact of a change or anomaly within a system. For example:
  • You need to understand why this application is performing poorly or why an application is failing.
  • You need to make changes to your environment and want to understand the network aspects of the current systems in order to make the right choices for the effort as well as to identify potential risks or constraints to the effort.

Utilizing the PBM Reference Architecture, PBM implements and designs redundant, scalable networks with discrete enforcement points. At these points, appropriate security can be implemented and threats stopped. PBM has a range of security solutions including intrusion prevention systems, Cisco Security Agent (Host IPS), and MARS to ensure that our customers can stop outbreaks, log the outbreak, and improve HIPAA, SOX, and PCI compliant.

Some of our other security solutions:

• Implement security at the switch layer to make sure intrusions/breaches do not occur past the switchport
• Leverage Dot1x, Network Admission Control (NAC), DHCP, MAC and spanning tree controls
• Implement a wide variety of VPNs(SSL VPN, IPSEC, Lan to Lan, GETVPN, DMVPN) in order to secure transmission across insecure networks
• Implement stateful firewalls and routers to protect networks
  • Control and inspect application layer traffic on these devices to ensure the 'good' traffic is passed through
• Support for Web content filtering to control Internet sites
  • Protect business from legal ramifications of malicious, recreational, or inappropriate online content

We have experienced professionals on staff including Security CCIE's.