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NarusInsight Discover Suite
The NarusInsight Discover Suite provides carriers and service providers with the real-time ability to detect, classify and correlate network and customer data to generate actionable intelligence enhancing the profitability of Services over IP.
The NarusInsight Discover Suite (NDS) of application modules provides a comprehensive holistic view into the multitude of elements, protocols, applications and services that characterize today's networks.
Powered by NarusInsight's total network view technology, NDS employs off-the-wire data collectors and patented parsing algorithms to detect and monitor protocols and applications in real time. Detailed layer 2 to layer 7 data are collected and correlated across every link and element on the network. This traffic is then classified and action taken based on specific policy rules such as VoIP classification for billing purposes. NDS delivers the outputs, features and functions in a single system that empowers customers to effectively and efficiently manage IP traffic and applications including VoIP, Skype, P2P, Messaging (IM, MMS), Streaming Media, e-Mail, Web Browsing and Push to Talk (PTT).
The NarusInsight Discover Suite leverages the customer's existing investments by integrating with existing systems for billing, provisioning, policy enforcement, analytics, reporting, etc.
Traffic Analysis Application Module
The Traffic Analysis application module of NDS provides network-wide visibility and knowledge by collecting, classifying and correlating network traffic data from various sources, in multiple formats, over many protocols and through different periods of time.
Key Features
- Captures and classifies traffic and customer data on monitored links in real time at true carrier speeds (up to 10G/OC-192)
- Integrates and correlates data from other sources (routers, switches, IPD/IDS, NetFlow, etc.) for a total network view
- Leverages customer's existing investments by integrating with, and seamlessly delivering actionable information to, existing upstream/downstream systems (e.g., legacy billing and provisioning systems, IBM DB2 Alphablox, Visual Sciences)
- Analyzes all data (i.e., does not rely on sampling) and generates key dimensions and metrics including customers, protocols, applications, usage, source and destination routing, payload, and QoS.
Key Benefits
- Real-time assessment of network status and traffic health
- Network-wide traffic profile and status
- Peak and usage trends
- Loading and network optimization
- Traffic anomalies and abuse
- Performance metrics and SLA compliance
- Real-time analysis of customer activity and usage
- Who uses what?
- What products are hot or not?
- What is being downloaded and by whom?
- Measure customer groupings for correct segmentation
- Establish pricing models and measure assumptions
- Bundling studies and new billing plans
- Detection of potential abuse and revenue leakage
- P2P and other unmanaged protocols
- Bandwidth dominators and illegal gateways
- SPAM/SPIT
VoIP Detection Application Module
The VoIP detection application module of NDS provides carriers and service providers the ability to detect VoIP traffic and understand the impact on their networks and businesses. It enables them to address unauthorized or bypass VoIP traffic (i.e., revenue leakage) by billing for, or blocking, re-directing and re-prioritizing, them.
Key Features
- Carrier-grade solution that has been successfully deployed by customers and field-proven to prevent/recover millions of dollars of revenue loss from illegal and non-sanctioned international VoIP traffic
- Quickly and effectively detects VoIP callers, respondents and bypass gateways in real time, providing CDR-type details for each and every call
- Detects VoIP protocols (i.e., SIP, H.323, MGCP) independently of the server port number, using patented state-of-the-art signatures and algorithms that check for protocol-identifying content and behavior
- Easy to install with immediate real-time results
- Flexible and configurable - customers can choose what data they want to collect and work with, and decide what is done with the data
- Modular and highly scalable to support multiple high-capacity links and networks
Key Benefits
- High ROI, quick payback on investment
- Investment payback in as short as 90 days
- New revenue from previously-unbilled traffic and services
- Lower CAPEX and operating costs
- More bandwidth available for legitimate users and customers
- NarusInsight investment can be leveraged to monitor and manage other IP traffic (e.g., P2P and other unmanaged traffic) or upgraded to provide security for VoIP networks and services or lawful interception of VoIP calls
Skype Detection Application Module
The Skype detection application module of NDS provides carriers and service providers the ability to detect Skype and understand the impact on their networks and businesses. It enables the monitoring, blocking, re-direction or re-prioritization of Skype traffic.
Skype is a popular proprietary protocol that is very difficult to detect and manage. Narus' Skype detection capability is based on sophisticated proprietary algorithms that look for Skype's signature and other identifying characteristics. It is based on a deep understanding of Skype's behavior and tracks Skype's dynamic session environments and constant port-swapping.
Key Features
- Employs patented signature and state-of-the-art algorithms to detect and collect data on voice sessions using Skype client version 2.0.0.76 or earlier
- Detects Skype-to-Skype, Skype-Out and Skype-In sessions
- Provides comprehensive output records including source and destination IP addresses, source and destination ports, connection start and end times, payload volume and session control data
- Easy to install with immediate real-time results
Key Benefits
- Protects network capacity and quality of service from undesirable third party traffic
- Minimizes "non-revenue" use of network and frees up more bandwidth for legitimate users and customers
- High ROI, quick payback on investment
P2P Detection Application Module
The P2P detection application module of NDS provides carriers and service providers the ability to detect Peer-to-Peer traffic and understand the impact on their networks and businesses. It enables them to bill for, or block, re-direct and re-prioritize, P2P traffic.
Unmanaged P2P is a big concern among carriers and service providers because it is bandwidth-intensive and currently accounts for a huge proportion of network traffic.
Key Features
- Detects P2P protocols (e.g., BitTorrent, e-Donkey/e-Mule, FastTrack/Kazaa, Gnutella, etc.) independently of the server port number, using patented state-of-the-art signatures and algorithms that check for protocol-identifying content and behavior
- Easy to install with immediate real-time results
- Flexible and configurable - customers can choose what data they want to collect and work with, and decide what is done with the data
- Modular and highly scalable to support multiple high-capacity links and networks
Key Benefits
- Lower CAPEX and operating costs
- More bandwidth available to legitimate users and customers
- Potential new revenue
Other Applications and Protocols
The NarusInsight Discover Suite provides carriers and service providers the ability to detect and monitor other popular applications and protocols, and enables them to understand and manage the impact on their networks and businesses.
NDS supports the following applications and protocols:
- Messaging (IM, MMS)
- AOL IM/ICQ
- Yahoo IM
- MSN IM
- Jabber
- IRC
- MMS
- Streaming Media
- RTP
- RTCP
- RTSP
- SMTP
- POP3
- IMAP
- Web Browsing
- Push to Talk (PTT)
