Ixia has announced the release of CloudLens, a platform consisting of existing Ixia solutions and planned products that will integrate network visibility across private, public and hybrid cloud environments. The platform features virtual network taps, packet and application flow filtering, Netflow with advanced application identification and geographic location, SSL decryption, and deduplication capabilities. This means the platform is able to provide service providers, cloud providers and enterprises with insight into network traffic in both physical and virtual environments.
Today, the platform supports OpenStack KVM, VMWare ESXi and NSX, and will soon support Microsoft Hyper-V. It offers multiple tapping products, and its tunnelling functionality includes GRE, VLAN and ERSPAN. The platform will offer comprehensive flexibility for deployments in private, public and hybrid clouds.