Optrics Products Overview

AKCP Company Information

Dear Clients,

Optrics Engineering is no longer an AKCP Authorized Distributor and is no longer selling or supporting the AKCP product line. We would like to thank all our AKCP clients that have chosen to do business with us since 2001.

If you are looking for AKCP product, we currently have a sizable and extensive multi-year distributor's stocking inventory of new AKCP sensors, cables and components that we are selling at generous discounts off list price until gone.

Please call us with your needs.

Existing clients needing support or that are interested in alternative monitoring solutions are invited to contact our office.

If you require assistance please call us at 1-780-430-6240

APC NetBotz Company Information

The corporate network is a critical business asset. It is no longer a goal but an absolute necessity to have early warning of network downtime or conditions leading tofailure.<.p>

Simple and low-cost, NetBotz monitoring appliances protect your hardware and information investment. Early-warning notification of impending equipment failure due to changes in the physical conditions or properties of your equipment allows you to take immediate corrective action before major losses accumulate.

Founded in 1999, NetBotz specializes in producing solutions that protect customers from physical threats caused by human acts-intrusion, malfeasance, error-and hostile environmental factors-extreme temperatures, the presence of dangerous gases, high humidity, water leaks, and much more.

Today, APC NetBotz continues to meet the emerging needs of its customer base. For example, as the need for greater security and surveillance has grown, NetBotz has responded with a more powerful, better security capability.

Barracuda Networks Company Information

Established in 2002, Barracuda Networks, Inc., is the leading provider of enterprise-class spam firewall solutions for comprehensive email protection. Winner of numerous industry honors, including Network Computing's Editor's Choice Award and the 2004 Well-Connected Award, its flagship products, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and Outbound Mode Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall provide spam and virus protection for over 14,000 customers around the world, including Adaptec, Barnes & Noble, Caltrans, CBS, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM, NASA, Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad, and the U.S. Treasury Department.

In addition, Barracuda Networks expanded its product portfolio in April 2005 launching the Barracuda Spyware Firewall, the first true comprehensive anti-spyware and Web filtering gateway appliance. The Barracuda Spyware Firewall combines preventative, reactive and proactive measures to form a complete anti-spyware solution for businesses of all sizes.

Barracuda Networks' mission is to provide powerful, enterprise-class solutions that are suitable for the largest of businesses yet have the ease of use and affordability that smaller businesses demand. With this combination of power, ease of use and affordability, Barracuda Networks products continue to win wide acclaim from customers as well as within media and analyst circles.

Barracuda Networks is a privately held company with headquarters in Cupertino, California and has offices in eight international locations and distributors in over 35 countries.

The Barracuda Networks Spam & Virus Firewall family is the most trusted spam-blocking and anti virus networking devices for small and large companies. The Spam & Virus Firewall handles a massive load (over 10 million daily emails without affecting your mail server) and sits just in front of your web mail gateway or e-mail gateway.
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Castle Rock Computing Company Information

Castle Rock Computing commenced operations in 1987. The SNMPc Network Manager, introduced in 1989, was the first available SNMP manager for Windows. This easy-to-use tool has proven very popular and there are currently over 100,000 copies installed worldwide. Many hardware vendors use SNMPc WorkGroup as an OEM platform to manage their devices.

July 1998 saw the introduction of our flagship management product, the SNMPc Enterprise Manager. This product uses a scaleable distributed architecture and incorporates the latest WEB based technologies. SNMPc Enterprise meets the demanding requirements for managing todays large corporate networks.

Castle Rock Computing was the first company to deliver a Windows based SNMP management system. SNMPc, is a secure distributed network management system which delivers proactive real-time monitoring for your entire network infrastructure.
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Dartware Company Information

Dartware is a software development firm focused on proactive network management solutions that help maximize uptime. Dartware was founded — and its products developed — by IT managers. The group's intimate understanding of network management challenges continues to differentiate Dartware's technology. Dartware routinely uses customer feedback to enhance technology. Ease of use is a constant imperative.

Dartware's flagship network monitoring and alerting product, Intermapper© allows network managers to map their networks for easy access to real-time status reports and problem alerts.

• Mapped Monitoring
• Detailed Element Management
• Critical Application Management
• NT Service Management
• Easy Data Charting
• Geographic Data Import
• Remote Viewing and Control
• Sub-Map Details
• Highly Scalable
• Multiple Notification Options

F-Secure Company Information

F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response.

According to independent studies in 2004 and 2005 their response time to new threats is significantly faster than their major competitors. F-Secure's award-winning solutions are available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service Providers.

Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly-listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom, TeliaSonera, PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia.

Fortinet Company Information

Fortinet was founded in 2000 by Ken Xie, the visionary founder and former president and CEO of NetScreen, later sold to Juniper for more than $3.5 billion.

The company is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with customer support, development and sales facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia to ensure continuous customer success.

Using Fortinet's ASIC innovation and performance acceleration capabilities, FortiGate Systems detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance.

Fortinet FortiGate Firewalls provide the industry's broadest suite of security protections in a single platform - including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention (IPS), Web filtering, antispam, antispyware, and traffic shaping.

These products and FortiGuard subscription services have won the industry's largest number of awards and certifications, and continue to lead the performance benchmarks for either individual 'best in class security applications' or as an integrated Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution

IPSwitch Company Information

Ipswitch develops and markets innovative Windows-based software that makes the Internet and intranets accessible and manageable. Built by networking professionals who understand the meaning of having the right tool for the job, the Ipswitch product family includes WS_FTP Pro, the worlds most popular file-transfer utility for Windows, an Internet messaging server, and low-cost network monitoring tools.

Ipswitch products set new standards for functionality, performance, reliability, and interoperability, while providing the foundation for increased productivity. Ipswitch’s mission is to develop and market a portfolio of Internet applications that leverage its core competency in Windows development and TCP/IP technology. Ipswitch is focused on the evolving market for Internet applications and networking utilities, including tools for end users and network administrators.

Network Intruments Company Information

Network Instruments is the industry leading developer of superior, user-friendly, and affordable network management, analysis and troubleshooting solutions. The award-winning Observer family of products combines a comprehensive management and analysis console with high-performance remote Probes to provide integrated monitoring and management for the entire network (LAN, 802.11a/b/g, Gigabit, WAN).

All Network Instruments products are designed utilizing Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA) architecture. With NI-DNA, the Observer solution set simplifies network troubleshooting and management, optimizes network and application performance and scales to meet the needs of any organization. Founded in 1994, Network Instruments is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices in London, Paris, throughout the USA and distributors in over 50 countries.

In 1994, Network Instruments developed Observer - the first, affordable Windows-based protocol analyzer. It was also the first product to troubleshoot switched environments. Since then, Observer has grown into an entire family of award winning network management, analysis and troubleshooting solutions. Fully scalable, Observer helps optimize network/application performance and availability allowing network administrators to control and manage their entire network. Product features include packet capture/decode, SNMP data collection, RMON/SMON, Expert analysis and long term trending and reporting. At the heart of the Observer product line is a comprehensive, freestanding protocol analysis console that can also work with remote, high-performance Probes. Solution sets are fully integrated, completely scalable and will work for the entire network, regardless of size.

If you are interested in a Network Instruments product that you dont' see on this site, Contact Us, as we have access to all NI Products.

Solarwinds Company Information

Founded in 1998, SolarWinds provides powerful, simple, and affordable network management software to more than 85,000 customers worldwide – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses.

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) makes it easy to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve performance issues within your ever-changing corporate or data center network. It delivers real-time views and dashboards that enable you to visually track network performance at a glance. Plus, with our dynamic network topology maps and automated network discovery features, you can keep up with your evolving network without breaking a sweat. And Orion NPM is the easiest product of its kind to use and maintain, meaning you will spend more time actually managing networks, not supporting Orion NPM.

Orion Network Performance Monitor, their flagship network monitoring software manages corporate and data center networks of all sizes, simply and affordably. Discover how easy it is to detect, diagnose, and resolve network problems with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM). See Products

If you are interested in a Solarwinds product that you dont' see on this site, Contact Us, as we have access to all their Products.