NetQoS
{{Short description|Network performance software company}}
NetQoS,{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|title=A Future in Directing Online Traffic |date=January 11, 2009
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/jobs/11starts.html
|quote=... NetQoS, a software company in Austin, Tex.}}
which sells network performance management software and services, was co-founded by Joel Trammell in 1999{{cite web|title=Joel Trammell|publisher=We Are Austin Tech|url=http://www.weareaustintech.com/joel-trammell/|accessdate=April 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154657/http://www.weareaustintech.com/joel-trammell/|archive-date=April 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}
and acquired by CA Technologies in 2009.{{cite web
|title=CA to buy NetQoS for $200 million |author=Denise Dubie
|publisher=Network World
|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091409-ca-acquiring-netqos.html
|accessdate=April 3, 2014 |url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154649/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091409-ca-acquiring-netqos.html
|archivedate=April 13, 2014}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post
|title=CA Picks Up NetQoS For $200 Million In Cash |date=September 14, 2009
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091401142.html
|quote= CA (Computer Associates) ... intends to acquire privately-held NetQoS}}{{cite web |website=NYTimes.com |date=March 11, 2010
|title=The Rationale Behind CA's Deal for Nimsoft
|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/the-rationale-behind-cas-deal-for-nimsoft
|quote=2009 acquisitions of NetQoS and Cassatt}}
The company's name refers to Network Quality of Service.{{cite web
|website=microsoft.com |title=NetQoS
|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/netqos
|quote=NetQoS. ... Network Quality of Service (QoS)}}
Their ReportAnalyzer provides "real-time visibility into network traffic"{{cite web
|url=https://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/NetQoS-ReporterAnalyzer-81
|title=NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer 8.1}} and seeks to improve network performance.{{cite web
|website=MySQL.com
|title=NetQoS Delivers Distributed Network Management Solution
|url=https://www.mysql.com/content/download/id/42}}
Offerings introduced shortly before the company was acquired by CA Technologies include:
- Performance Center{{cite magazine |magazine=Network World
|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2346460/data-center/what-do-you-think-of-netqos--performance-center-.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806190818/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2346460/data-center/what-do-you-think-of-netqos--performance-center-.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=August 6, 2017
|title=What do you think of NetQoS' Performance Center?
|date=September 30, 2008}}
- Anomaly Detection{{cite web
|title=Identify and troubleshoot network behavior anomalies
|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2237412/cisco-subnet/identify-and-troubleshoot-network-behavior-anomalies-with-the-new-netqos-anomaly-detect.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705012625/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2237412/cisco-subnet/identify-and-troubleshoot-network-behavior-anomalies-with-the-new-netqos-anomaly-detect.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=July 5, 2015
|date=March 6, 2008}}
- Network latency calculator{{cite web
|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2346089/cisco-subnet/free-cisco-tools--netqos-network-latency-calculator.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002002344/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2346089/cisco-subnet/free-cisco-tools--netqos-network-latency-calculator.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=October 2, 2014
|title=Network Latency Calculator |date=September 5, 2008}}
Earlier offerings include:
- SuperAgent{{cite web |title=NetQos SuperAgent
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBgEAAAAMBAJ
|date=March 11, 2002}}
- a software/hardware package to identify applications that use excessive bandwidth{{cite web
|title=new NetQos Hardware/Software package
|date=August 19, 2002
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBkEAAAAMBAJ}}
Notability
NetQos' products were cited by over 100 articles regarding NetQos patents{{cite web
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080177874A1/en
|title=Method and System for Visualizing Network Performance Characteristics
|quote=PATENT: US20080177874A1}} and prior art.Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22NetQoS%22