PlexNet
Company Portfolio

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2Test & Analyse
With over 36 years of combined industry experience PlexNet
Pty Ltd is the organisation to deliver concepts, designs andsolutions to our client’s specific needs.

PlexNet – Intelligent Solutions for Complex Networks. Our
experience in network testing and analysis provides ourclientele with the utmost confidence in our solutions.
PlexNet is a dynamic company providing technicalservices and solutions to the Australian ICT marketplace.
The company’s founders have over 36 years ofcombined technical and sales experience. This ensuresPlexNet is more than able to meet the needs of its current
and prospective clients.
Over the last 19 years we have worked closely with manyvendors and technology solutions and this experience
defines what PlexNet is today. The demands of the IT anddata communications industry across the Australian andglobal marketplace are constantly changing. Unlike
many organisations we are fully cognisant of thesechanges and welcome the challenges they present.
Our technology and services portfolio includes network
analysis, application performance management,
network performance monitoring, machine-2-machineand synthetic transaction testing, security analytics,packet broking and network monitoring testing
design. Complimenting these areas of our portfolio is asuite of professional services, sales and support.
PlexNet's expanding team is technically andcommercially well versed in working with major
customers in the NEM, carrier, enterprise, andgovernment market sectors.
Our product solutions from EfficientIP, ProfiTap,
Nyansa, ColaSoft, Spirent Communications, Druva,Ekahau, ExtraHop, NetBrain, Synesis and Virtual
Instruments address all aspects of security, wired andwireless networks, and application analysis andtesting.
At PlexNet we recognise that there will often be theneed to customise solutions to meet the requirementsof an individual customer’s technical environment.
PlexNet will deliver these customised solutions.

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OutTask: To
ensurethat
reliable test results are ontime and on budget.
Pre and post-test analysis
with a structured anddocumented test process.
Testing and Analysis is a critical phase in any project
when it comes to a partial network upgrade, a lifecycle upgrade or even a new infrastructure
deployment. Maintaining and improving scalability
and reliability is of paramount importance. Unproventest practices and ineffective test methodologies willoften fail to deliver the results expected. De-risk yournext project with PlexNet.
Many organisations struggle with in-house capabilities.
Of course, total outsourcing is often expensive, andcontrol of the project can be lost. Utilise our experienceand use OutTask our Professional Services Offering to
get the best of both worlds.
PlexNet staff has helped many clients save countlesshours of testing. We have the skills and capabilities tobring infrastructure and services to market fasterwithout comprising quality.
OutTask comprises a suite of test services designed toanalyse and mitigate problems before the launch of
new infrastructures and applications. Using industry
standard products and a structured and documented
testing approach, PlexNet can eliminate risks of poor
performance for a multitude of networkingenvironments.
Our tools and procedures, to performance test in their
entirety new or upgraded data centres, are the mostefficient in the ANZ marketplace. To truly understandthe storage network environment vendors andcustomers alike need to understand the true nature ofstorage traffic.

PlexNet OutTask
There is an OutTask solution for installation,commissioning, configuration for a rangeof testing and for more complex network or
application analysis.

PlexNet has the tools and experience: to provide
Wireless LAN analysis, planning and surveys; to test
converged networks and multi-play solutions andapplications; and to analyse and inject full reference
voice.
Covering all layers from 1 to 7 PlexNet has thecapability to address a wide variety of requirements
and to provide viable solutions. We also have skills inutilising other brands of test and analysis equipment.

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4PlexNet Pty Ltd – Founded in 2012
in recognition that businesses
need a more complete offering inapplication
andnetwork
performance
management,analysis and testing.

Sergio Ferreira - CEO“Professionalism,flexibility andhonesty…”- Enterprise Customer

Sergio has worked in the ICT industry for over 21 years and has been
involved with Fluke Networks (now NETSCOUT) for over 14 years.
Prior to settling in Australia, Sergio ran his own business in South
Africa. On coming to Australia, he was a Business Development
Manager in Sydney for Fluke Networks.
With his strong sales acumen and his professional insistence on
providing a solution and not just a product, Sergio brings a wealthof experience to PlexNet.
Because of his previous experience as a business owner, Sergio not
only understands the challenges facing small tech companies but
also knows how to achieve strong year on year growth.
Sergio joined PlexNet as a company director on the 14th October
2013.

Dom Fitzgibbon - CTO
Dom has worked in the network test and analysis industry for 19 years
and has a wealth of experience with application and network
testing and analysis.
He has been involved with testing everything from wired networks
to wireless and mobile environments, typically with the aim todetermining application performance.
Dom has run Professional Services teams and been a technicaldirector, managing sales and technical staff.
He continues to be a hands-on person involving himself technicallywith all aspects of the business and their partners.
After working with a number of vendors and distribution / partnercompanies, PlexNet was formed.
This experience, together with over 12 years selling, supporting andengineering solutions for Spirent Communications, Fluke Networks,
together with other technical products, means Dom understands
only too well the challenges that must be met when providing
solutions in a variety of market verticals and working to a budget
and keeping to a timeline.

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5Complex Networks Deciphered! Our vision is to berecognised by both our customers and the industry as thecompany that provides trustworthy, reliable and longlasting solutions.
Infrastructure Visibility
Analysis & Analytics
Application Performance Management, Diagnostics
and Analysis are PlexNet's specialty (encompassing
APM / AANPM / NPMD segments).
Together, they play an important role in understanding
the reliability of the network environment and providing
timely information to networking and application
teams to ensure operability.
Combining app-centric Infrastructure Performance
Management (IPM) into this mix provides full coverage
from user to data and everything in- between.
Once infrastructure and / or applications aredeployed, analysis and network / application
performance tools, together with security analysis
products, should be part of an everyday managementsystem.
Indeed, without them, there is no way of knowing thatthe network environment is still performing as it did
when first deployed.

Our belief in understanding any IT environment is byhaving the ability to help teams gain complete accessand visibility into the network, from 10 Mbps to 100 Gbps
and on all OSI layers.
Network visibility solutions are designed with security,forensics, deep packet capture and network &application performance monitoring sectors in mind.
They help eliminate network downtime, add security toexisting and new networks all over the world, assist in
lawful interception applications and reduce network
complexity.
A high performance, secure and user-friendly, solutionthat provides complete visibility and access to a network
environment, 24/7 is the foundation stone of any
analytic solution.
Without having a visibility layer present, gaining a true
understanding of any environment will always be adifficult task.

SecurityStress & Functional Testing
PlexNet's early experiences were in the area ofApplication (and Network) Testing and Emulation: notonly stress testing routers, switches, and firewalls with
network traffic, but also loading web, application anddatabase servers with simulated users.
This level of emulated testing is imperative for any
organisation before it deploys, or indeed makes thedecision to deploy, a particular solution.
The key outcome for emulated or simulated traffic is tosimulate the actual real-world environment as closely
as possible, be it switching/routing, wireless,virtualisation and SD-WAN or application.
Together with a level of analytics a development,
operational and troubleshooting cycle can helporganisations keep ahead of capacity andperformance issues before they arise. Adding 24/7
synthetic tests also provide network assurance throughall times of the day.

Security today is a mandatory requirement but knowing
where to spend the limited funds is always a challenge.
PlexNet has had a long history with security performance
testing and over the years has added DDoS and DNS
security solutions, and Pen Testing capabilities to provide
our clients with a fundamentally strong security portfolio
to ensure there is a capability that can address any
environment across varying budgets.
Pre-emptive DDoS and DNS security solutions offer
perimeter coverage and by identifying vulnerabilities insoftware and infrastructure before it is deployed orpurchased, network and application testing tools help
ward off threats, and the negative impact they have on
performance and ultimately on an organisation’sprofitability.
Scanning and Pen Tests complete the assurance that anorganisation’s security procedures are robust enough tosustain ongoing operation.

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PlexNet has a capability for almost any networking, security
or application requirement. Complete coverage from Layer
1 to Layer 7, wired or wireless.

Analytics

Testing (Stress & Functional)❖Network❖

Application Emulation❖

Application❖

Wired & Wireless Network Stressing❖

Storage❖

Infrastructure Performance❖

Infrastructure Connectivity❖

Storage Stress Testing❖

Performance❖

Link Emulation❖

Cloud / Virtualisation❖

Security Device Performance❖

IPAM, DHCP & DNS❖

Cloud / Virtualisation

NetworkingSecurity❖

Link Testing (Y.1564 / RFC-2544)

❖DDoS

❖

Troubleshooting

❖

DNS

❖

Network Mapping❖

Performance Testing, Fuzzing & Malware❖

Routing & Switching❖

Security Scanning, Pen Testing & Services❖

Cloud / Virtualisation❖

Visibility & Analytics❖

Data Centre❖

24/7 Active Testing

Data Aggregation

Packet Inspection❖

Fibre Passive Tapping❖Line-rate Capture up to 100Gbps❖

Passive & Active Copper Tapping❖

Real-time Analysis❖

Bi-Di and Bypass Tapping❖

Detailed TCP/UDP Insights❖

Data Aggregation❖

Field and DC❖

Packet Brokering❖

Deep packet inspection❖

Field Troubleshooting

Wireless

Dashboarding / Toolset Integrations❖

Planning & Surveying❖

Query capable & Actionable Dashboards❖

Spectrum Analysis❖

Existing and new Toolset integration❖

User Experience Analytics❖

Open Source Data Lake Integration❖

Performance Monitoring❖

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