Plixer International Inc. announces today that it has joined the a group of complementary technology companies who share a common vision of accelerating data and application performance and delivering significant savings as customers increasingly use the wide area network (WAN) to enable global business, called Riverbed® Technology Alliance Program. The Riverbed award-winning Steelhead® wide-area data services (WDS) appliances support NetFlow, which can be collected and analyzed by Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer from Plixer International.

Riverbed provides the first and only comprehensive WDS solution. Dramatically improving the performance of applications that companies and knowledge workers rely on everyday - including document management systems, backup, email, file sharing, IT tools, as well as ERP and CRM solutions, the Steelhead appliances address the issues that affect application performance over the WAN. With Riverbed, these applications can be accelerated typically between five and 50, and even up to 100, times faster.

A free copy of Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer for two NetFlow sending devices is offered by Plixer International to any Riverbed customer or to any company evaluating the Riverbed solution.

Depending on specific product implementations. Operating platforms include Windows 2000/2003/XP, system requirements can vary.

Scrutinizer is free; however, there are commercial versions available with additional features. Prices include $1,995 for 5 routers, $4,995 for 25 routers, or $8,995 for unlimited routers.

Plixer International, Inc. develops and markets network management and analysis tools to the global market. With valuable feature sets and ease of use in mind, all of the tools are built from the ground up. plixer tools have been used to analyze and troubleshoot irregular traffic patterns by IT professionals with some of the largest networks in the world, such as CNN, The Coca-Cola Company, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Regal Cinemas, Raytheon, and Eddie Bauer.