Flowmon Networks is a privately held technology company which develops network performance monitoring and network security products utilizing information from

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. Its Flowmon product series consists of network monitoring probes, collectors for flow data (NetFlow, IPFIX and other standards) analysis and software modules which extend probes and collectors by analytical features for

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, network awareness

application performance management In the fields of information technology and systems management, application performance management (APM) is the monitoring and management of the performance and availability of software applications. APM strives to detect and diagnose complex appli ...

DDoS In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connect ...

detection and

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and traffic recording.

History

The origins of the company dated back to 2002, when a group of scientists under the CESNET association started activities in the field of programmable hardware called Liberouter project. When participating on the development project for GEANT2, the Liberouter team developed a prototype of network monitoring probe called FlowMon. It became the basis of Invea-Tech company which was founded in 2007 as a

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company by

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the sec ...

Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology (abbreviated: ''BUT''; in Czech: Vysoké učení technické v Brně – Czech abbreviation: ''VUT'') is a university located in Brno, Czech Republic. Being founded in 1899 and initially offering a single cours ...

and UNIS company on the base of the technology transfer from CESNET association. With this prototype of network monitoring solution it was incubated as a start-up by the

South Moravian Innovation Centre South Moravian Innovation Centre (SIC) ( cz, Jihomoravské inovační centrum, JIC) is an association of companies in Brno, Czech Republic that connects universities and research institutions with companies. History SIC was founded in 2003. No ...

technology incubator programme. In May 2013, it was recognized by

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as the only European vendor on the Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) Market. To strengthen its position on the NBA market, Invea-Tech acquired another Czech company called AdvaICT specialized in network behavior analysis. In 2014, the company was recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in CE region by

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. In 2015, Invea-Tech was split into Flowmon Networks and Netcope Technologies. In 2016, Flowmon Networks was recognized by

in Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics (NPMD). In January 2016 the company purchased FerretApps company to supplement its application monitoring solution. In November 2020, Flowmon Networks was acquired by

Kemp Technologies Kemp, Inc. was founded in 2000 in Bethpage, New York and operates in the application delivery controller industry. The company builds load balancing products which balances user traffic between multiple application servers in a physical, virtual ...

to enable "early detection of advanced threats and network anomalies along with complete active feedback loops for remediation." In September 2021, Progress announced the acquisition of Kemp and, with it, the Flowmon Network Visibility solution, which is now marketed as part of the Progress product portfolio.

Research Activities

Since the beginning, the company has participated in international research and development project focused on developing new measurement, analysis and data protection techniques across networks, i.e. DEMONS and ACEMIND. Flowmon also cooperates on local R&D projects with CESNET, Liberouter and

endorsed by the funds of

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) ( cs, Technologická agentura České republiky) is a Czech government agency, founded in 2009 to enhance and encourage cooperation between research organizations supported by the state and the ...

References

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