CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazu Networks, the leading(1) provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems today announced a white paper series focused on the four core areas in which NBA can provide significant value to network operations. These areas include: troubleshooting performance issues faster; detecting behavior changes that affect performance; analyzing WAN usage to improve availability and reduce cost; and optimizing and accelerating infrastructure change.

"Mazu's ability to provide a complete picture of activity occurring on the network has driven demand for NBA from network operations groups," said Paul Brady, CEO, Mazu Networks. "Through our white paper series, Mazu Networks aims to help educate network teams on the many ways NBA systems can optimize and secure their IT infrastructure to dramatically improve their business operations."

Mazu Networks commences the series with the release of its first paper titled, "Troubleshoot Network Performance Issues 7-10x Faster." The paper explains that to resolve network performance problems quickly, enterprises need intelligence into: what is happening on the network now and historically; what is typical; and who or what could be affected. With most tools only providing link or fault-based network views, enterprises are left with no visibility of user, application, host or device activity. This paper gives readers insight into how NBA systems fill gaps left by traditional solutions and provide enterprises with complete network visibility of performance issues, security events and policy violations.

"Mazu Networks has extended the context of NBA systems beyond network security to deliver visibility into performance and user experience. This behavioral context enables enterprise managers to address network performance issues more quickly and optimize their network," said George Hamilton, director of Yankee Group's Enabling Technologies Enterprise Group. "A white paper series on the core issues that NBA systems address will prove invaluable to IT managers interested in this cutting edge approach to network operations."

The additional white papers Mazu Networks will release on the network operations benefits of NBA include:

-- "Reduce the Headache of Infrastructure Change in Five Steps" - This paper will provide information on the five opportunities Mazu provides to enable the optimization and acceleration of infrastructure change. -- "Detect Behavior Changes That Affect Performance Before They Disrupt Users" - This paper will provide information on how enterprises can maintain constant network performance by identifying and preventing issues that could disrupt normal business operations. -- "Analyze WAN Usage to Improve Availability and Reduce Cost" - This paper will provide information on how through improved network visibility, enterprises can optimize WAN usage.

For more information on the Mazu Networks white paper series or to download a free copy of "Troubleshoot Network Performance Issues 7-10x Faster," visit: http://www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/white-paper-series.php.

About Mazu Networks, Inc.

Mazu Networks provides continuous global visibility into how users, applications, hosts and devices are behaving on a network, and detects if there are meaningful changes from their typical behavior that indicate a network performance issue, a security threat, or an application problem. Through Mazu, enterprises understand usage patterns, consumption rates and dependencies between users, applications and network infrastructure. Only Mazu offers continuous global visibility; passive, agent-less deployment, automatic and custom behavior analysis; and superior integration with network and security products. Mazu Networks' customers optimize their network infrastructure to support their business, secure their internal networks and maximize application availability. For more information, please visit http://www.mazunetworks.com/.

(1) See: http://www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/061201-yankee.php.

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