Features Overview

Streamcore’s centralized WAN application and communications delivery management offers a comprehensive set of features that is unrivalled in the industry.

These features are centrally managed through the StreamGroomer Manager and are based on traffic monitoring and management performed by StreamGroomer appliances, deployed on strategic locations of the network (e.g., international data centers, regional branch offices and Internet access sites).

Streamcore’s features can be categorized into four main sets, all aimed at providing more automation and adaptability when it comes to managing WAN infrastructure, applications and VoIP performance:

MANAGEMENT
Smart Service Tree	Build business-oriented services by managing sites and categories matching your IT organization
StreamGroomer Management	Administer all StreamGroomers from a central point
REAL-TIME MONITORING
Network monitoring	Follow WAN infrastructure availability, usage and performance per site or business unit
Application/VoIP Monitoring	Follow application or VoIP performance and usage per site or business unit
Troubleshooting and Alarms	Use unique tools such as live connections or packet capture to troubleshoot any problem. Be alerted whenever a service level degradation occurs
Dynamic Performance Map	Display in an automated geographic map the performance and usage of the network, applications and VoIP traffic
REPORTING
Business Service Management	Benefit from Intelligent Data Mining capabilities to generate easy-to-understand information for business units
Automated PDF Reports	Generate automated PDF reports on WAN infrastructure or applications, or VoIP performance
Turnkey Web Portals	Share information through customized Web portals
Smart Netflow Export	Preserve a detailed per session history by activating Netflow Export per site or per application
PERFORMANCE CONTROL
ABBA engine	Automatically prioritize traffic based on its behavior
Advanced QoS	Dynamically prioritize business applications and VoIP competing with other types of traffic
End-to-End Traffic Management	Boost WAN capacity with compression Secure site-to-site communications with encryption Optimize the bandwidth usage of dual access links with WAN load balancing