TechValidate Research on LiveAction

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LiveAction Case Study

Mercalo Chooses LiveAction to Keep Their Network Up and Running

Introduction

This case study of a small business energy & utilities company is based on an August 2021 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“With Meralco’s commitment to its customer to provide the best and reliable electric service, a stable and dependable network is important. It is where LiveAction has played an important role in keeping our network up and running. "

Challenges

Mercalo faced the following challenges:

  • End-to-end network and application performance visibility
  • Detailed, root-cause analysis with drill-down from flow to packet analysis
  • Capacity planning

Use Case

The top purchasing drivers for Mercalo were:

  • Enhanced visibility
  • Data center modernization

Results

Mercalo achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster mean time to repair
  • Increased network visibility for better decisions
  • Reduced cost to operate the network
  • Ensured the network meets business objectives
  • Improved performance reporting and analysis
  • Saved 20 – 40% in time with LiveAction solutions.
  • Realized a return on investment in 19-24 months.

LiveAction Case Study

Small Business Telecommunications Services Company Chooses LiveAction for their Internet Customers

Introduction

This case study of a small business telecommunications services company is based on an August 2021 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

LiveSP is an add-value in our offers and also a good tool for our Account Managers.

Challenges

A telecommunications services company faced the following challenges:

  • End-to-end network and application performance visibility
  • Detailed, root-cause analysis with drill-down from flow to packet analysis
  • SD-WAN lifecycle monitoring
  • Real-time network topology mapping
  • Capacity planning

Use Case

Top purchasing drivers:

  • Tool consolidation
  • Enhanced visibility

Results

The telecommunications services company achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Improved productivity
  • Increased network visibility for better decisions
  • Required less time to manage the network
  • Improved performance reporting and analysis
  • Realized a return on investment in 7-12 months.

LiveAction Case Study

A Large Enterprise Insurance Company Selects LiveAction for Better Flow Analysis

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise insurance company is based on a November 2021 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

A Large Insurance Company Faced the following challenges:

  • End-to-end network and application performance visibility
  • Detailed, root-cause analysis with drill-down from flow to packet analysis
  • SD-WAN lifecycle monitoring
  • Voice and video monitoring
  • Real-time network topology mapping
  • Capacity planning

Use Case

Top purchasing drivers were:

  • Renewal of NPM tools
  • Tool consolidation
  • Enhanced visibility
  • Data center modernization

Results

The insurance company achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Increased network visibility for better decisions
  • Required less time to manage the network
  • Saved <20% with LiveAction solutions.

LiveAction Case Study

Fortune 500 Tech Company Picks LiveAction for Seamless Cisco Integration

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 computer services company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We chose LiveAction to help with QoS tagging and packet issues. The cost/benefit comparison & integration with Cisco devices made it an easy choice.”

Challenges

The tech company struggled with visibility in their WAN environment and was seeking a platform that would enhance their network observability.

Use Case

Using LiveAction, they found significant value in the hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and the performance metrics.

Results

LiveAction allowed them to achieve faster problem diagnosis, beating previous MTTR. With root-cause analysis they gained a better understanding of where patterns of failure occured.

This enterprise evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • NetScout
  • SevOne
  • opensource netflow

LiveAction Case Study

State & Local Government Agency Selects LiveAction for Rapid MTTR

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveActions gives us greater efficiency and quicker time to resolution with network events.”

Challenges

The government agency was looking to improve speed for their troubleshooting, problem diagnosis, and root-cause analysis. The operational efficiency of these processes was not satisfactory.

Use Case

The agency selected LiveAction specifically for these functionalities:

  • Enhanced observability for multiple parts of the network
  • United view of LAN, Campus, WAN, DC from a single graphical user interface

Results

With LiveAction the government agency achieved the following result:

  • Faster troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Ability to communicate NetOps achievements to the management team
  • Improved end-user satisfaction in using network-supported systems and processes

They evaluated SolarWinds against LiveAction before determining that LiveAction capabilities better fit their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Fortune 500 Transportation Services Company Uses LiveAction to Identify Bandwidth Usage

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 transportation services company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction makes it easy to identify the path of high bandwidth flows and displays NetFlow in a more accessible and actionable way than other interfaces”

Challenges

This transportation company struggled with bandwidth visibility, especially when it came to datacenter operations.

Use Case

LiveAction was selected for the following features and functionalities:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Rapid diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Flexible and granular Reports
  • Unified Dashboards
  • Threshold-based Alerting

Results

They achieved the following results after using LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity resulting from better network and application performance

They evaluated the features and capabilities of the following companies before ultimately selecting LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • ManageEngine

LiveAction Case Study

Fortune 500 Retail Company Selects LiveAction for User-Friendly Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 retail company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction provided dual visibility using both NetFlow and AVC.”

Challenges

The retail company gained enhanced visibility in:

  • SDWAN
  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • Campus
  • WAN

Use Case

LiveAction was selected for these key features and functionalities:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster MTTR and root cause analysis
  • Enhanced network observability, exposing total network infrastructure ( LAN, Campus, WAN, DC )
  • Visibility and management from a single easy-to-use dashboard
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reports
  • Accurate and predictive alerts

Results

They achieved the following results from using LiveAction:

  • Reduced MTTR
  • Accelerated root-cause analysis
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Ability to communicate NetOps achievements to the management team

They evaluated the features and value of the following companies before ultimately selecting LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • NetScout

LiveAction Case Study

Enterprise FinTech Company Selects LiveAction Over RiverBed and SolarWinds

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise financial services company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Riverbed seems to slow down the WAN & Solarwinds doesn’t show the reports as quick and detailed as needed.”

Challenges

The FinTech company struggled with limited visibility into their WAN environment and finding a platform that would deliver results without slowing down their network.

Use Case

With LiveAction, they took advantage of custom and out-of-the-box reporting to gain more visibility into their network health. They utilized the Dashboard for real-time analytics. They optimized their network with preemptive alerts for on-the-go network tweaking.

Results

After using LiveAction, they realized the following benefits:

  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Improved employee productivity due to better network and app performance

This FinTech enterprise evaluated RiverBed & SolarWinds before ultimately selecting LiveAction to meet their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Enterprise Engineering Company Resolves Latency Issues with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise infrastructure and engineering company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction helped identify latency issues that could be caused by many elements in the path. It can be tricky to pinpoint the exact point, but with LiveAction you have the precision to find it.”

Challenges

This engineering organization felt the impact of inadequate visibility across their WAN and SDWAN environments

Use Case

Using LiveAction they were able to attain these valuable network monitoring capabilities:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Rapid diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reporting and Alerting
  • User-friendly graphic dashboard

Results

The value of LiveAction delivered these results:

  • Targeted troubleshooting
  • Reduced MTTR
  • Rapid and accurate root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth

LiveAction Case Study

An Enterprise Professional Services Firm Chooses LiveAction For Fastest MTTR

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction is comprehensive. It provides application visibility through NBAR, bandwidth monitoring for capacity management, QoS monitoring to find out drops specific to any queue, and path analysis for troubleshooting.”

Challenges

An enterprise professional services firm was seeking a solution for limited visibility into Data Center, Branch, and WAN architecture.

Use Case

This enterprise highlighted the following LiveAction features as the most impactful to their organization:

  • Automatic device discovery that creates an exhaustive inventory of every device and interface
  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance metrics
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster troubleshooting and root cause diagnosis
  • Flexible and granular Reporting and Predictive Alerting
  • A unified, user-friendly Dashboard

Results

The Professional Services firm achieved the following improvements by using LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets

They considered and evaluated NetScout products before ultimately selecting LiveAction as the NPM to meet their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

A Federal Government Agency Awards Contract to LiveAction Over SolarWinds

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

A federal government agency was lacking visibility into critical infrastructure including:

  • Data Center
  • Campus
  • WAN

Use Case

Using LiveAction, the Agency found improved functionality and value in these areas:

  • Automatic device discovery that created an exhaustive inventory of every Device and Interface
  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reports and Alerting
  • Unified Dashboard for data monitoring and management

Results

The Government Agency achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets

They compared and evaluated the SolarWinds product line before ultimately determining that LiveAction was better suited for their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Enterprise SaaS Company Chooses LiveAction For Visibility Into Granular Flow Data

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise computer software company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction is the only application that I have found which is able to distill large amounts of granular network flow data down into actionable reporting & alerts.”

Challenges

This SaaS enterprise struggled with access and visibility into the level of detail they wanted out of their WAN environment.

Use Case

They selected LiveAction as their NPM for the following benefits the platform delivers:
*flow playback functionality to assist with troubleshooting

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster MTTR
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reports and predictive Alerts
  • Unified, user-friendly dashboard

Results

This Saas Enterprise noted improvements in the following areas after using LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency resulting in business growth
  • Met SLAs with confidence
  • Prevented network and app downtime through enhanced visibility

This enterprise evaluated SolarWinds against LiveAction before ultimately choosing LiveAction as the better fit.

LiveAction Case Study

Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company Selects LiveAction for Improved QoS and Ease of Use

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise industrial manufacturing company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction is simply easier to use. It’s a friendly platform.”

Challenges

This Industrial manufacturing company struggled with visibility into branches of their network and their overall WAN infrastructure.

Use Case

They found LiveAction to deliver value in the following areas:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster troubleshooting and diagnosis of network events
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause identification
  • Flexible and granular Reports, and targeted predictive Alerting
  • Unified and easy-to-use Global Dashboard

Results

This Industrial Manufacturing Enterprise achieved the following improvements after using LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency which in turn supported business growth

They evaluated the RiverBed products and solutions before deciding LiveAction better suited their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Professional Services Enterprise Selects LiveAction Over SolarWinds and Netscout for Better Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

This Professional Services Enterprise was struggling with the business impact of low visibility to their branch environment.

Use Case

This enterprise selected LiveAction for the value in these specific network monitoring capabilities:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster troubleshooting and fault diagnosis
  • Easy single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis

Results

They achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis

They evaluated SolarWinds and NetScout NPM tools before determining that LiveAction best addressed their visibility needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Fortune 500 Automotive & Transport Company Selects LiveAction for SDWAN Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 automotive & transport company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“The capacity management and integration capabilities with Cisco led us to choose LiveAction as our NPM”

Challenges

This Automotive and Transport company experienced significant blind spots in its SDWAN and Data Center infrastructures. These limitations were having a negative impact on operations and business success.

Use Case

The automotive and transport company found the most value in LiveAction’s following network monitoring capabilities:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Flexible and granular reports, predictive alerting
  • A unified and user-friendly graphic dashboard

Results

LiveAction allowed them to achieve the following results:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency which in turn supported business growth

This automotive and transport company evaluated the capabilities of LiveAction, NetScout, and ManageEngine before selecting LiveAction as the best fit for their needs.

LiveAction Case Study

Manila Electric Company Chooses LiveAction for Fastest Root-Cause Analysis

Introduction

This case study of Manila Electric Company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“LiveAction excels at finding and determining the root cause of an issue/incident”

Challenges

Manilla Electric Company needed greater visibility into its network infrastructure in several areas, including:

  • SDWAN
  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • Campus
  • WAN

Use Case

Manilla Electric found the most value in these LiveAction NPM capabilities:

  • Automatic device discovery that creates an exhaustive inventory of every Device and Interface
  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster troubleshooting and diagnosis
  • Enhanced visibility to different parts of the network (LAN, Campus, WAN, DC )
  • Unified, easy-to-use GUI Dashboard
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reports, and predictive Alerting
  • Packet-level analysis

Results

With LiveAction Manilla Electric reported achieving:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency that supported business growth
  • A unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Positive feedback from the management team on trackable NetOps improvements

Manilla Electric considered and evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • NetScout
  • ExtraHop

LiveAction Case Study

Infor Global Solutions, Inc. Selects LiveAction Over SolarWinds, ManageEngine and ExtraHop

Introduction

This case study of Infor Global Solutions, Inc. is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Saturation analysis and performance degradation due to heavy replication are easy to spot with LiveAction. "

Challenges

Infor gained the greatest visibility in:

  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • WAN
  • Public Cloud

Use Case

Info gained the most value from the following network monitoring capabilities:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass
  • Flexible and granular Reports, Dashboards, and Alert

Results

Infor achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Communicate NetOps achievements to the management team

Infor Evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:

  • SolarWinds
  • ManageEngine
  • ExtraHop

LiveAction Case Study

HDR, Inc. Chooses LiveAction for Better Network Visibility

Introduction

This case study of HDR, Inc. is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Visibility into the network is what I was after and LiveAction was better.”

Challenges

HDR gained the greatest visibility in the following areas:

  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • Campus
  • WAN

Use Case

HDR found the most value in the following network monitoring capabilities:

  • Automatic device discovery and create an exhaustive inventory of every Device and Interface
  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
  • Flexible and granular Reports, Dashboards, and Alert

Results

HDR achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Met SLAs and prevent network and app downtime
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets

HDR evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds

LiveAction Case Study

Metals & Mining Company Chooses LiveAction for SD-WAN Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise metals & mining company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The profiled company experienced visibility gaps in their WAN and SD-WAN architecture.

Use Case

The metals and mining company selected LiveAction as an NPM for these specific capabilities:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
  • Faster troubleshooting and diagnosis
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC
  • Flexible and granular reports, predictive and targeted alerts
  • Unified cloud-based dashboard

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following benchmarks after using LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity resulting from better network and application performance
  • Met SLAs and prevented network and app downtime
  • Improved network planning based on a comprehensive view of the network, device to flow to packets

They evaluated the following companies before selecting LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • NetScout
  • ExtraHop

LiveAction Case Study

S&P 500 Banking Institution Chooses LiveAction for Greater DataCenter Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a S&P 500 banking company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“This helps us with greater data center visibility which is a major issue. Data center switches don’t provide good NetFlow. LiveAction also provides ease of integration”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select LiveAction:

  • Gained the greatest visibility in:
    • Branch
    • WAN

Use Case

The banking institution found the most value in the following network monitoring capabilities:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Met SLAs and prevent network and app downtime
  • Evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • SolarWinds
    • NetScout

LiveAction Case Study

Large Enterprise Healthcare Company Achieves Faster Problem Diagnosis with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise healthcare company is based on a March 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“How easy it is to visually see traffic patterns. Cost was a major contributor, as well.”

Challenges

A healthcare company was experiencing lack of visibility in the following environments:

  • Branch
  • WAN

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of LiveAction that the healthcare company uses:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass
  • Flexible and granular Reports, Dashboards, and Alert

Results

They achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • Riverbed
    • SolarWinds
    • NetScout

LiveAction Case Study

A Large Retail Company Achieved Faster Root-Cause Analysis with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of a S&P 500 retail company is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We use it all the time to see where our WAN is congested due to application updates/software updates/etc.”

Challenges

The retail company struggled with a lack of visibility in the following:

  • Data Center
  • Branch

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring capabilities they received from the LiveAction NPM solution was flexible and granular Reports, Dashboards, and Alerts

Results

They gained the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • Riverbed
    • SolarWinds

LiveAction Case Study

A State & Local Government Agency Achieved Faster Root Cause Analysis with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“LiveAction has assisted in determining WAN provider issues with dropped packets and the rewriting of DSCP tags.”

Challenges

A government agency struggled with lack of visibility in the following:

  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • Campus
  • WAN

Use Case

They realized the most value from the following network monitoring capabilities:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass
  • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis

Results

They achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • SolarWinds

LiveAction Case Study

Ohio Cat Co Achieves Improved Employee Productivity With LiveAction NPM Solution

Introduction

This case study of Ohio Cat Co is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Faster, and right to the point.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select LiveAction:

  • Gained the greatest visibility in:
    • Data Center
    • Branch
    • WAN

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring capabilities that Ohio Cat experienced were:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass
    • Single-click drill-down from flow visualization to packet analysis for detailed root-cause analysis
    • Flexible and granular Reports, Dashboards, and Alert

Results

Ohio Cat achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • They evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • Cisco

LiveAction Case Study

Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. Achieves Faster Diagnosis and Troubleshooting with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Linsco Private Ledger struggled with lack of visibility in the following:

  • Data Center
  • Campus
  • SD-WAN

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring capabilities achieved were:

  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass

Results

Linsco Private Ledger achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • They evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:
    • SolarWinds
    • NetScout

LiveAction Case Study

An Aerospace & Defense Company Achieves Faster Troubleshooting with LiveAction

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise aerospace & defense company is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to select LiveAction was the need for greater visibility in:

  • Data Center
  • Branch
  • Campus

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring capabilities realized were: searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting.

Results

The aerospace and defense company achieved faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis with LiveAction network performance monitoring solutions.

LiveAction Case Study

Florida Cancer Specialists

Introduction

This case study of Florida Cancer Specialists is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Helped with QoS and understanding bandwidth flows.”

Challenges

Florida Cancer Specialists was challenged with the lack of visibility in their branch and WAN environments.

Use Case

The key network monitoring capabilities they gained with LiveAction was a deep analysis of Netflow data.

Results

Florida Cancer Specialists achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • They evaluated ExtraHop before ultimately choosing LiveAction.

LiveAction Case Study

Large Enterprise Hospitality Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise hospitality company is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We have seen a lot of QoS issues in our environment. Being able to drill down quickly into packets to see the tags and also see utilization by bucket has helped tremendously. "

Challenges

The business challenge that led a hospitality company to select LiveAction was their lack of visibility in their WAN environment.

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring capabilities this company uses are:

  • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
  • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry for faster diagnosis and troubleshooting
  • Visibility to different parts of the network – LAN, Campus, WAN, DC in a single-pane-of-glass

Results

Achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance
  • Met SLAs and prevent network and app downtime
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets

LiveAction Case Study

Industrial Manufacturing Company Selects LiveAction for Superior WAN and SD-WAN Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise industrial manufacturing company is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Truly excellent Cisco integration, including IWAN and Trustsec”

Challenges

An industrial manufacturing company required better visibility and monitoring capabilities across their WAN and SD-WAN environments.

Use Case

The most valuable network monitoring features they considered with LiveAction were:

  • Flexible and granular Reports
  • Vendor-agnostic, unified Dashboard
  • Targeted Alerting

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
  • Improved operational efficiency to support business growth
  • Unified view of the entire network from device to flow to packets
  • Ability to communicate NetOps achievements to the management team

This Manufacturing Company evaluated the following companies before ultimately choosing LiveAction:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • ManageEngine

LiveAction Case Study

Fortune 500 Industrial Manufacturing Company Chooses LiveAction for Greater WAN Visibility

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 industrial manufacturing company is based on a January 2022 survey of LiveAction customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Hands down best for router to router netflow”

Challenges

The profiled company experienced a business impact from WAN visibility issues. They selected LiveAction for their ability to deliver improved visibility into their WAN environment.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of LiveAction that the surveyed company uses:

  • The most valuable network monitoring capabilities:
    • Hop-by-hop analysis of application visibility and performance
    • Searching, filtering, and granular analysis of network telemetry
    • Faster diagnosis and troubleshooting

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with LiveAction:

  • Achieved the following results with LiveAction:
    • Faster problem diagnosis and root-cause analysis
    • Improved employee productivity with better network and app performance

They evaluated the following companies before determining LiveAction best fit their WAN visibility needs:

  • Riverbed
  • SolarWinds
  • NetScout



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