BreakingPoint Elite Becomes First Network Equipment Testing Solution To Generate 15M TCP Sessions And 20 Gbps Of Layer 4-7 Traffic

Austin, TX - Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) and Service Providers are developing and deploying a new generation of network devices that leverage Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and other content-aware functionality. This technology introduces millions of new variables that impact performance and security, adding significant cost and complexities. New testing solutions are needed that not only validate performance and functionality under realistic conditions, but also accelerate development and time-to-market while reducing costs in R&D, QA and operations.

BreakingPoint Systems today introduced BreakingPoint Elite, the application, performance and security testing product that rewrites the old rules of testing that have handcuffed the industry for two decades. BreakingPoint Elite provides comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing for network equipment and application servers in a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use product. Unlike obsolete legacy testing tools, designed to simply send ones and zeros, BreakingPoint Elite provides the most comprehensive compilation of authentic application traffic blended with live security attacks at 20 Gigabits per second and faster speeds combined with industry-leading session performance and throughput.

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BreakingPoint Elite provides unprecedented realism, session performance, throughput and ease-of-use features with:

• 15 million concurrent TCP sessions
• 1.5 million TCP sessions per second
• 20 Gigabits per second of Layer 4-7 traffic in a 4 rack unit chassis
• 80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 traffic in a 4 rack unit chassis
• Scales easily with multiple BreakingPoint Elites to generate 200 Gigabits per second of Layer 4-7 traffic and 800 Gigabits of Layer 2-3 traffic while retaining a single interface, test configuration and reporting
• An intuitive management interface, multi-user capabilities, integrated Layer 2-7 reporting and extensive automation
• More than 60 application protocols that can be blended with more than 3,600 security attacks and the ability to integrate proprietary application traffic
• Industry-leading vulnerability coverage including complete Microsoft Tuesday coverage

Executive Quotes

Des Wilson, CEO, BreakingPoint Systems

"The old means of network equipment testing created by legacy test vendors in the mid-80s and still followed today, are archaic and incapable. The release of BreakingPoint Elite marks a dramatic shift within the testing industry as BreakingPoint further simplifies network equipment testing and shatters our own records for session performance and throughput without sacrificing the realism of our application traffic and security attacks."

Mr. Wilson continued:

"BreakingPoint Elite advances our mission to eradicate the outdated testing practices and technology perpetuated by these legacy test vendors, who continue to place a stranglehold on product development and testing efficiency. BreakingPoint provides the industry with the highest performing application, performance and security testing solution for network equipment and application servers."

BreakingPoint Elite News Highlights

BreakingPoint Elite's small footprint, lowest cost per TCP session and lowest cost per Gigabit of Layer 4-7 traffic, establishes it as the testing industry's price-performance leader. It is also the only product capable of testing the functionality of next generation content-aware equipment including Application Servers, Content Switches, Load Balancers, Proxies, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems. BreakingPoint Elite provides NEMs and Service Providers the ability to:

• Eliminate the risk of production environment failures by testing in the most realistic and reliable conditions.
• Reduce development time and accelerate time-to-market through accurate and fast detection of hard-to-find performance and security issues.
• Remove the need for timely custom scripting and reduce configuration time by leveraging built-in test automation.
• Drastically decrease the cost and complexity of application server load testing with the industry's best session performance and throughput in the smallest footprint.
• Reduce R&D, QA and operating costs with comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing in an energy-efficient, easy-to-use product.

SOURCE: BreakingPoint Systems