Fluke Networks

Today marks a fresh start for a test business that has been a part of several companies in recent years, and now gets a chance to stand on its own. NetScout has spun out the enterprise Wi-Fi and wired testing …

Can a network testing platform serve as a way to increase automation in related operations? Fluke Networks is trying to find out. Two years ago, the company launched its cloud-based data reporting platform: LinkWare Live. That solution has proved quite …

Viavi Solutions and activist shareholder group Sandell Asset Management have been trading open letters about Viavi’s future. During the former JDS Uniphase’s split into Viavi and Lumentum, communications and commercial optical products unit, Sandell, publicly urged the JDSU board to consider a …

A number of companies are expanding their application-related testing and development support, seeking to better support enterprises who are increasingly leveraging cloud and mobile in their businesses. Ixia is using its background in traffic generation and security to support a …

With an ever-increasing percentage of wireless network traffic being generated indoors, the design and performance of networks needs to be assessed not just outside, but inside. Indoor network testing poses its own unique challenges, from site access to collecting as …

NetScout has officially closed on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Danaher’s communications business, which includes Tektronix Communications, security firm Arbor Networks and parts of Fluke Networks, broadening the company’s portfolio in network visibility and threat detection. In addition to the …

Some of the ongoing trends in network testing are the use of simplified or “de-skilled” equipment so that basic test performance and interpretation isn’t limited to radio frequency engineers; and the increasing use of analytics and reporting, as well as cloud …

The news that network performance monitoring company NetScout is buying $2.6 billion worth of network testing, monitoring and security assets from international tech and science conglomerate Danaher sets the network-monitoring ecosystem up for substantial change. The move essentially triples NetScout’s workforce, and …

The test and measurement space is one that has seen a significant amount of consolidation over the years. But even as some companies combine through mergers and acquisitions, others are becoming pure-play wireless-focused test companies, such as Agilent Technologies’ spinoff …