A leading packaging solutions company based out of New Jersey with presence in 62 countries uses ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer for their traffic monitoring needs. They use it primarily for monitoring bandwidth usage in their different departments in real-time. Here is how NetFlow Analyzer helped them do so.

1. $4 Billion Packaging Solutions &
Manufacturing company monitors
1000 interfaces with NetFlow Analyzer
Reference Customer Implementation

2. Customer Details
• Food packaging, Protective packaging,
Shrink packaging, Medical applications and
more
• 25,000 employees in 62 countries
• Bandwidth abuse results:
1. Frustrated employees -> Frustrated customers
2. Lost productivity till restoration

3. Customer’s Network
• 1000 interfaces to be monitored
• Located distributed across the
globe

4. THE CHALLENGE

5. Challenges faced by the IT team
• High flow-rate & large network
• Measuring department-wise bandwidth
consumption
• Customer-facing teams heavily rely on the
network widely distributed & sluggishness
directly impacted customer service
• Identifying the root cause of network
sluggishness

6. NetFlow Analyzer’s Capabilities
• 3 Distributed collectors
• Up to 9000 flows per
second per collector
• Monitoring from a single
console

7. NetFlow Analyzer’s capabilities
• Distributed network monitoring – Central
Server and Collector(probes) model
• IP Grouping feature – Enables department-
wise monitoring through IP grouping
• Threshold-based alerts for bandwidth usage
• Visibility into top applications that consume
maximum bandwidth

8. Solution
• NetFlow Analyzer helped them view their
network from a single console
• Created department-wise groups based
on IP groups
• Monitored & managed bandwidth for all
their critical departments

9. Business value
• Customer-facing teams face no
issues with accessing critical
applications like CRM etc.
• IT teams now have visibility into
department-wise bandwidth
consumption
• Optimized bandwidth utilization

10. Thank you
saisundhar.p@manageengine.com