OpView - Full Visibility Monitoring

Most monitoring systems are designed to handle a limited number of data types. One reason for this is that they are typically built on relational databases which seriously limits their ability to handle disparate data formats. This means that in order to monitor all devices and systems, organisations need to buy multiple monitoring systems (Performance, SIEM, Config, etc.).

Buying multiple systems is just the start of the problem however, staff must also learn how to configure, use and support those systems. The use of multiple systems typically involves deploying and managing multiple agents or probes which typically need updating to keep up with device firmware, OS and applications on supported devices. Even if multiple systems have been successfully deployed, correlation between the outputs of those systems must be done manually or through ad-hoc scripts.

Security monitoring is a good example of the problem. The variety of attack vectors and actors has grown beyond the point where enough intelligence can be gathered from log data alone and a SOC needs more than just a SIEM system to provide the situational awareness and the forensic analysis capabilities needed. In order to analyze the cause (log or SIEM) and the effect (availability & performance) and the event specifics (config, asset, flow & file) of a security event, specialists need maximum configurability and this just isn't possible using multiple systems.

The award-winning monitoring solution OpView™ combines a unique new database architecture with a ubiquitous data collector to provide all of the functionality of multiple monitoring products in a single configurable system.