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CACE Technologies Upgrades CACE Pilot
Version 2.2 adds Windows 7 Compatibility and new TCP and VoIP Views to the Network Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting Tool that Fully Integrates with Wireshark
Davis, California, January 19, 2010 CACE Technologies, Inc., sponsor of the Wireshark project and a leading innovator in network analysis, today announces the release of CACE Pilot v2.2, adding Windows 7 compatibility and several new customer-requested Views to its powerful network analyzer that provides large data file manipulation, traffic visualization, reporting capabilities, and many other features to enhance the Wireshark user experience. Besides accommodating Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) users, CACE Pilot v2.2 delivers new Views that are among the most requested from product adopters. Pilot Views are the core analysis and visualization feature of the application. Pilot contains a collection of several hundred Views, including a comprehensive collection for 802.11 that can be applied directly to wireless sources such as CACE Technologies industry standard AirPcap adapters. The new Views, which expand the product coverage for 802.11, TCP, and VoIP, are:

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802.11 Roaming Time Analysis: Use this View in conjunction with two AirPcap adapters to detect roaming delays that could disrupt VoIP or media protocols in wireless networks FCS Errors Over Time: Identify high levels of frame corruption in wireless networks TCP Window Size Over Time: Analyze the progress of the TCP window for a specific conversation or for the whole network Min and Max TCP Round Trip Time Over Time: Highlight worst and best TCP round trip time values to quickly identify network delays TCP Round Trip Time - 1ms Update Interval: Spot micro-variation of the network latency that could normally go undetected VoIP SEER Over Time: Gain visibility on the responsiveness of the phone SIP system as experienced by the users
Loris Degioanni, CACE Technologies Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Pilot Engineer, states, This new version of CACE Pilot addresses the obvious requirement to support a major new Windows operating system release, but also demonstrates our responsiveness to customer requests to broaden the scope of our tool and accommodate real-world analysis scenarios. We intentionally crafted CACE Pilot to allow for the easy addition of new Views, and to readily provide extended capabilities to the tool. Our customers seem to really appreciate this level of support, which is included as part of their annual update subscription plan.
About CACE Pilot CACE Pilot is a visually rich and powerful analyzer for wired and wireless networks that revolutionizes the use of Wireshark by providing capabilities not found in the worlds most popular packet and network analysis tool. Fully integrated with Wireshark, CACE Pilot capitalizes on the user's existing expertise while dramatically increasing efficiency in identifying and diagnosing network problems. With CACE Pilot, you can: Quickly open and analyze multi-gigabyte trace files Easily isolate traffic of interest through an extensive collection of network analysis metrics called Views Visualize long-duration live and off-line traffic capture statistics by moving back in time through large data sets with just a few mouse clicks Baseline and monitor network traffic with a flexible trigger-alerting mechanism called Watches Create professional reports directly from your customized Views Take advantage of Wiresharks capture and display filters and prodigious dissector library for deep packet analysis
Wireshark Within The ability to perform advanced filtering operations is the key to effective network analysis. The integration of CACE Pilot with Wireshark is designed to optimize use of Wiresharks extensive collection of capture and display filters. The use of Wireshark filters in conjunction with CACE Pilot Views leads to virtually limitless analysis and visualization possibilities. CACE Pilot Video Collection A collection of videos reviewing the Pilot interface and navigation, drill-down techniques, the Time Control feature, Watches, and more, is available at www.cacetech.com/products/pilot.htm. CACE Pilot Pricing A single-seat license for Pilot, which includes a 12-month update subscription, is $1,295 USD and can be purchased through our on-line catalog at www.cacetech.com/products/catalog or through one of our reseller partners. For enhanced wireless troubleshooting, Pilot is sold in combination with AirPcap Ex and Nx adapters. About CACE Technologies, Inc. CACE Technologies is a creative group of product designers and engineers specializing in networking solutions designed to enhance the Wireshark user experience. Experts in Windows device driver and network monitoring tools development, CACE' core engineering team includes the creators of Wireshark and WinPcap, premier open-source tools for protocol analysis and packet capture.

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Network Analysis, Monitoring, Visualization, and Reporting
Version 2.4 Taking Wireshark into Uncharted Waters
CACE Pilot is a visually rich and powerful analyzer for wired and wireless networks that revolutionizes the use of Wireshark by providing capabilities not found in the worlds most popular packet and network analysis tool. Fully integrated with Wireshark, CACE Pilot capitalizes on users existing expertise while dramatically increasing efficiency in identifying and diagnosing network problems. With CACE Pilot, you can:
CACE Pilots Interactive and Visually Oriented User Interface
Quickly open and analyze multi-gigabyte trace files Easily isolate and identify traffic of interest through an extensive collection of network analysis metrics called Views Visualize long-duration live and off-line traffic statistics by moving back in time through large datasets with just a few mouse clicks Baseline and monitor long-duration network traffic with a flexible trigger-alerting mechanism called Watches Create professional reports directly from the users customized Views Take advantage of Wiresharks capture and display filters and prodigious dissector library for deep packet analysis from within CACE Pilot
Views: Flexible Analysis and Visualization Paradigm
CACE Pilot offers a broad selection of interactive View metrics to meet the users troubleshooting requirements. These include: 802.11 WLAN troubleshooting (Discovery, Bandwidth, Channel Usage, Retransmissions, Signal and Noise) LAN and network troubleshooting (MAC, VLAN, ARP, ICMP, DHCP, and DNS) Bandwidth usage (including MicroBursts, IP, TCP, Web, and VoIP) Talkers and conversations (IP, subnets, countries, TCP, Web, and VoIP) Performance and errors (IP, TCP, Web, VoIP) User activity (Web, VoIP)

Features

Wireshark Within
CACE Pilot is the only analysis tool to offer full integration with Wireshark. Use Wireshark on very large trace files by isolating interesting portions of the trace file using CACE Pilots Adaptive Analysis Engine. The Wireshark capture and display filters are available within CACE Pilot as well as Wiresharks prodigious dissector library for deep packet analysis.
Charts: Dynamic Visualization Components
CACE Pilot includes a complete collection of interactive Charts including bar, pie, and strip charts, conversation rings, scatter diagrams, and grids. Intuitive point-andclick process for selecting elements within a Chart, such as bars within a bar chart or time intervals within a strip chart.
Drill-Down: Innovative In-Depth Analysis
Drill-down is one of the most powerful and unique features in CACE Pilot. Drill-down occurs when the user applies a View to a source which itself is the result of a selection made within a previously-instantiated View. This powerful paradigm increases the users analysis capabilities many-fold. Very large trace files can be analyzed using the drilldown feature to quickly find and isolate anomalous network behavior.
Unparalleled Wireless Support with AirPcap
CACE Pilot offers unparalleled functionality and versatility when applied to wireless networks through a comprehensive set of 802.11 Views that can be applied directly to 802.11 wireless sources. Thanks to the integration with CACE Technologies AirPcap adapters, CACE Pilot is the only product in the industry to offer full multi-channel packet capture from a laptop-based system. With AirPcap Ex or Nx, CACE Pilot can speed up the decryption of WPA and WPA2 (pre-shared key) 802.11 frames as well.
Time Control: Flexible, Long-term Trending, Monitoring and Forensics
Viewing network traffic metrics computed over days, weeks, and months can be challenging. With CACE Pilots back-in-time capability, you can easily move through View metrics over extended periods of time with just a few mouse clicks. Based on the selected time interval, sub-sampling and data aggregation techniques are used to optimize the granularity of the visual presentation of View metrics. The back-in-time capability can be applied to live and off-line traffic metrics.

Update Subscription

CACE Pilot analyzer pricing includes a 12-month Update Subscription, providing automatic access to updates and upgrades to the analyzer as they occur. Update Subscriptions are renewable after the first year.
Licensing, Activation, and Installation
The CACE Pilot Software License Agreement is a singleseat license. Activating and installing CACE Pilot can be accomplished either through an online or call-in process.

System Requirements

Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Suggested Hardware Platform: Pentium-D (dual core) 2.0 GHz processor 2 GB RAM 300MB free disk space plus additional space for trace files and reports Support for graphics cards with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768
Watches: Advanced Trigger-Alerting Mechanism
CACE Pilot includes a sophisticated triggering and alerting technology called Watches. Create a Watch (trigger plus action) on virtually any View metric and be alerted based on a trigger condition computed on the metric. For example, you can be alerted on high bandwidth, slow server response time, high TCP roundtrip time, and so on. When a Watch detects that a trigger condition has been met, an action will be executed. Actions include event logging, sending email, and starting a packet capture.
About CACE Technologies, Inc.
CACE Technologies Inc. is the sponsor and innovative force behind Wireshark and WinPcap, the worlds most widely used Open Source network traffic capture and analysis tools. The company develops cutting-edge network analysis and troubleshooting products that complement Wiresharks prodigious packet inspection capabilities. The CACE Shark Distributed Monitoring System provides enterprise-class, end-to-end network monitoring and analytics capabilities and extends the Wireshark experience into distributed network environments. Known for its user-friendly modular products, the company offers the most cost-effective analysis solutions for modern enterprise networks. CACE Technologies 1949 5th Street, Suite 103 Davis, CA 95616 tel: 530.758.2790 fax: 530.758.2781 www.cacetech.com

Superior Reporting

CACE Pilot offers an enhanced set of reporting capabilities that integrate fully with CACE Pilot Views, enabling you to create professional reports from what you see on the screen. CACE Pilot reports can be created in a variety of formats including PDF, Word and Excel.
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