Two solutions within the Observer Platform have been enhanced. Observer GigaFlow now offers new, intuitive, color-coded capacity planning reports that present usage and utilization insights in an easy-to-interpret format, simplifying proactive assessments for strategic WAN spending decisions while enabling reactive resolution of capacity-related issues. Additionally, NetOps can quickly gain insights into which applications are causing capacity spikes to distinguish between critical work-related traffic and non-enterprise applications, such as Facebook. 
 
Also included is a new Observer Apex Enterprise appliance with increased scalability and software optimizations for faster UI processing times at higher ingestion rates. Apex Enterprise builds on the popular Apex performance management solution, leveraging end-user experience scoring and advanced threat intelligence to provide unified, comprehensive visibility into the performance and health of IT resources. 
 
Key Enhancements 
- GigaFlow Workflows and Reporting 
- Device- and site-based workflows with enhanced capacity reporting for WAN links and traffic-volume-based alarms. 
- Apex Enterprise Appliance 
- Software and hardware optimizations for larger appliances enable greater scalability, reducing end-user performance issues and trouble tickets. 
- Server 2016 Support 
- Support for Windows Server 2016 deployments for Apex, GigaFlow, GigaStor, and Observer Management Server. 
 
“Most IT teams are stuck in a never-ending cycle of ‘firefighting,’ reacting to performance issues and struggling to secure the necessary resources. Proactive capacity planning and demand management can solve many of these headaches,” said Charles Thompson, Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise and Cloud at VIAVI. "The enhanced Observer Platform addresses network capacity challenges to simplify the strategic allocation of WAN bandwidth, and alleviates the burden of managing performance issues, regardless of where and when remote workers are accessing the network."