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it_user613524

Network Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

The new OptiView XGs were purchased because the data center has all 10-gigabit fiber; so that's why we had to purchase that.

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it_user479514

Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We actually used another Fluke Networks solution. It was two of Fluke's separate products and this was a an all-in-one solution.

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it_user479022

Telecom Project Leader at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

We had not been using a different solution previously and when we looked at this product, we were looking at both the combined analyzer as well as something that was running the design software packages.

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it_user496344

Network Engineer Supervisor at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I did use something else before using the Fluke product. I switched because of the more updated capabilities of the OptiView.

For one thing, the OptiView is much more compact. The other things that I was using, I had to carry two or three things. OptiView has a lot of things rolled into one compact tablet.

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it_user496356

IT Manager at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution. Honestly, we probably use Wireshark more than we use Fluke in our environment, because we can deploy it to a person's laptop anywhere in the world and use the traces. I think that's one of the challenges with the Fluke product, how I have to ship it somewhere to use it, which is not effective.

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it_user260031

Failure Analysis Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

We used the PC-based devices. They were much harder to be mobile, so this device makes it easy to go into the field with. It's more accessible if you're out in the field.

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Arleen Ancheta

Senior Network Admin at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did not switch to anything. But again, we have multiple monitoring tools, and we had XG since day one.

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it_user529335

Network Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

We previously used the Fluke Networks EtherScope. We switched to the newer version because it didn't support 10 GigE. The biggest thing is support for 10 GigE connectivity, and the ClearSight software.

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it_user480723

Network Admin at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used different solutions, such as Wireshark, but they had limitations. This brought everything to one solution.

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it_user602421

Network Analyst at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

OptiView XG is the first solution that I've gone with. I have not used any other solution yet.

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it_user599022

IT Manager/Director at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've used other products and the biggest problem was lack of support, no warranty or excess warranties; things like that. The OptiView support program was pretty comprehensive, including updates for the XG and the other products that we buy. It's something that an enterprise would need; not some fly-by-night or, "oh, we're going to do this stuff, but we won't do extra.", kind of thing.

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it_user225462

Network Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before, we would use Wireshark and similar products. OptiView just made it a little bit easier. It was a neat package that made it easier to utilize.

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it_user651840

Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We didn't use any similar solution previously.

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it_user490686

Contractor at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

We implemented this solution in the first place for testing of wireless, for wireless troubleshooting. We had a lot of problems with our clients implementing their own wireless, and they were doing it wrong. This was a way for me to troubleshoot their wireless infrastructure to offer a road map to make it better. That was my main concern, and then getting into the network testing. After realizing what OptiView can do, I got pulled into basically kind of a white area of testing with it as well.

At the time we started using it, there was no effective software for analyzing wireless. Now there are other software products that you can use to analyze bandwidth usage, or another software product to use for capturing packets, but the OptiView has it all in one bundle. You can do the work that the OptiView does with different software products over a longer period of time. It might take me a day, maybe more. The OptiView, you can plug it in and all the tools are there that you need, and it is effective in very little time.

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it_user496347

Director of Enterprise Systems with 501-1,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution. What we had before the Fluke product, we had the ASUS. Those were in-betweens, and that was just to see what the utilization was. And that's all we ever used, we didn't use anything else. We switched because the ASUS didn't give us much as detail as the OptiView did.

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it_user260031

Failure Analysis Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

No, this is the first monitoring solution we've used.

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it_user368679

Sr. System Tech at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees

As I said, we had an older Fluke Networks unit in here before and this was really an upgrade. It's a trade up that we did from that work group analyzer.

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it_user147555

Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

My company always used the OptiView XG. View full review »

it_user480744

Network Administrator at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

We did use a different solution and we switched because of the portability, and we had a very good salesperson that worked with us.

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it_user108435

Network Engineer at a university with 501-1,000 employees

I've tried some different software solutions in the past. I've switched to Fluke Networks products because having an all-in-one tool is more convenient, and the way information is presented makes it easier to share knowledge. View full review »

it_user496365

Business Analyst/Quality Analyst at a engineering company with 501-1,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution. Prior to OptiView, we did not have a tool of this magnitude or this type, so this was the first tool of this type that I've used and I haven't used any competitors.

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it_user138162

Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used other solutions but switched for some of the advanced features and ability to capture at rates higher than 1Gbps. View full review »

it_user496350

Network Engineer at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

We didn't have a solution before. OptiView was the first of its kind. We wanted a pre-sales site survey tool and a post-sales site survey tool.

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it_user490671

Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We switched to OptiView to be a little bit more flexible. We were using Wireshark before, and wanted something a little bit more flexible. It's more portable. It's more accesible, as well, because it has lots of ports on it to do different things.

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it_user480750

Network Specialist II at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was already in place when I arrived.

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it_user279882

Network Services Coordinator at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

We just upgraded from Fluke's previous model.

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it_user259992

Network at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used an earlier version of Optiview and we switched as an upgrade to the solution.