The reputable infrastructure software vendor Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) recently unveiled the latest version of Progress Flowmon, a standout network visibility and security solution. Progress has added native flow logs from Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to its support for public cloud provider flow log monitoring in the Flowmon 12 network solution, as well as introduced additional potent and sophisticated features for anomaly identification. With this update, businesses may now use public cloud providers to deploy their applications and services, cut monitoring expenses, and get complete visibility into their hybrid infrastructure via a single user interface.
For many contemporary enterprises, the network serves as an essential enabler. IT infrastructure management is made more challenging and makes operations more difficult by growing system interconnectivity, larger data quantities, and cloud migration. Securing a high level of monitoring and control in a hybrid environment that includes both on-premise data centers and private and public clouds is challenging for organizations. Traditional methods of monitoring, however, are unable to resolve the issue.
"To build and operate an efficient and secure hybrid cloud environment, organizations need comprehensive visibility without swivel chair management and manual aggregation of data. With the latest release of Flowmon network solution, Progress extends capabilities in this area by simplifying network visibility for customers who are expanding their footprint in the public cloud. Our ongoing focus on helping customers improve their cybersecurity posture is leading to additional innovations fueled by the combined use of advanced threat detection techniques,"
Jason Dover, VP, Product Strategy, Enterprise Application Experience, Progress
Flowmon 12 eliminates the need for and expense of maintaining numerous tools by providing complete visibility over an organization's complete hybrid cloud deployment via a single user interface. Through the newly announced support for native flow logs from Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure and the increased support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) flow logs, organizations may monitor traffic from on-premises, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or any mix thereof. Additionally, by deploying customized Flowmon Probe virtual appliances for applications needing more in-depth monitoring, they can also reduce the expenses associated with traffic mirroring and eliminate the use of built-in cloud providers monitoring tools.
"Based on the nature of our business and reliance on our infrastructure to deliver customer value, we simply can't afford issues that might impact security or performance. Because of this, maintaining consistent and deep visibility is key to our IT operations. Our security needs have been addressed by Flowmon for years, and after a short experience with the new version, I can confirm that we are happy with the direction this product is taking. With Flowmon 12, Progress has significantly improved anomaly detection accuracy and provided us with new options to granularly tune the detection," said Pavel Charvat, Head of IT Security, Czech Statistical Office (CZSO).