COMPANY OF THE MONTH How to MIMIC your complex Network

"MIMIC Simulator, an innovation by Gambit Communications offers a virtual lab environment for enterprises and cuts down the time and money for testing. .."

SiliconIndia si100 Gambit Communications makes it in to si100.

"si100 is an annual listing of the top 100 technology companies founded and managed by Indians in the U.S. The si100 not only represents the continuing rise and glory of Indian entrepreneurship in high-tech but also recognizes companies impacting the market place.

A distinguished panel comprising accomplished Indian CEO's & CIO's of public companies, VC's, analysts, founders of other VC funded companies including siliconindia editorial board decided on the top 100 companies listed ...."

HP Openview Education & Training MIMIC Based Advanced Course - HP Network Node Manager Software II

"The Extended Topology deployment section includes labs using an SNMP simulation package (MIMIC), which allows the product to be run in a live environment to simulate common problems that can occur during deployment and how to troubleshoot them. ..."

Well-Connected Awards 2006 Winner: Gambit Communications MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA 1.5 Network Infrastructure category - By Sean Doherty

"MIMIC Virtual Lab will keep your administrators well-connected to Cisco IOS."
"Administrators work and play with the IOS to set BGP and RIP routes, configure NAT, set ACL configurations and more, all off-line and out of harm's way."

The News Show Dreaming Of Networks (Video) by Bruce Boardman of Network Computing magazine

"If you want to check out some new things without messing up your network, check out MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA ... "

Large Enterprise Business: Technology News Practice that profits

The cost of inefficient process is staggering. See how HP is helping educate IT students to prepare them for what to expect.

"...simulations enabled by MIMIC Simulator technology from Gambit Communications have a key place in some of the curricula of HP's Educational Services."
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OpenView iNFORUM newsletter Disaster Preparedness and Training by Bill Cicci, Network Solution Engineer, SITA

"Gambit's MIMIC helps keep SITA flying high ... "
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The National Center for Simulation Gambit/MIMIC More Intuitive and User-Friendly

"Makes GUI faster and more responsive ... "

TechRepublic Create a virtual router lab using Gambit's MIMIC by Michael Sweeney

"Fortunately, with Gambit's MIMIC, you can simulate a Cisco environment and do all the hard work without buying a single piece of hardware."
"Gambit's MIMIC product is significantly different than most other Cisco simulators. ..."
"One of the outstanding feature of MIMIC is the support of BGP. .."

OpenView iNFORUM newsletter Practice that Profits by Tracy Avent, HP Education Consultant

"Using MIMIC it is possible to simulate a variety of scenarios that students might shortly face at their workplace. ... "
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HP Dev Resource Central Gambit gives non-stop systems a real test

"Test a new application for a non-stop environment, a network comprised of ten thousand devices? It's essential, of course, but not so easy untill Gambit was formed ... "
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OpenView iNFORUM newsletter Network Simulators for Solving Budget Problems

"The use of a simulated "virtual" lab can eliminate the need for or expand the scope of an existing physical lab. ... "
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TechRepublic Simulated labs offer low-cost alternative to IT pros seeking Cisco Certification by Michael Sweeney

"This (MIMIC) simulator is easily the most sophisticated of the three tested .. ... MIMIC also is the only simulator of the three that fully supports the routing protocol BGP."

HP Openview Education & Training New Advanced Network Node Manager Course available worldwide

"The Extended Topology labs use a SNMP simulation package called MIMIC. This powerful simulator allows the product to be run in a live environment, giving students the opportunity to experience common deployment problems and learn how to troubleshoot them. ... "

Network World Fusion "Gambit Simulates Enterprise IT" by Dennis Drogseth

"For enterprise users seeking economies in the evaluation, introduction and enhancement of new SNMP management products - Virtual Lab should be particularly worthwhile ... "

Network World Fusion "Virtual router labs" by Amy Schurr

"One of the challenges some people pursuing Cisco certification face is getting their hands on equipment to practice with ... Virtual labs are one alternative."

Interface NOW "Gambit launches MIMIC Virtual Lab" by Jo McIntyre

"I think this is very productive and cost effective." Debra Curtis, Research Director at Gartner Group

Network Computing Magazine "Peregrine Perches Atop the Pack: How we tested network management platforms" by Bruce Boardman.

"MIMIC gave us a predictable target for SNMP performance."

Network World Fusion "Catching up with MIMIC" by Dennis Drogseth

"Instead of investing in hardware to create a preproduction test bed, you can use MIMIC to evaluate issues of scalability, policy implementation and device support."

Network Computing Magazine - "The Survivor's Guide to 2001: Network & Systems Management" by Bruce Boardman.

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"MIMIC lets you see how that software would react in specific stress, alert and disaster simulations."

InternetWeek "How I Spent My Las Vegas Nonvacation" By Oliver Rist, Contributing Technical Editor

"In the real world, this (MIMIC) makes for a great disaster-recovery and capacity-planning tool. In my world, it's just a great testing tool."

Network Computing "Network Management That Works" By Bruce Boardman.

...the simulation looked like a routed interface to the network performance products under test, and let us vary the MIB values in predictable and radical ways....

LIGHTWAVE Magazine p. 110 "Simulation design software boosts optical networking." by Robert Pease

... Simulation software tools for telecommunications applications such as equipment design, network management, or network development are being applauded by industry analysts as useful and cost-effective methods for improving today's networks...

Network World Fusion - Network/Systems Management newsletter: "Network in a box - Coming to a theater near you" by Dennis Drogseth

"... IT organizations looking to try out policies and new management applications before moving into production are just beginning to use MIMIC. For large environments, at least, this makes sense and can save real money. ..."

"MIMIC is a good match for any organization that already has a management framework system, such as HP OpenView, in place."

"... the simulations are powerful and accurate enough for even the most exacting customer."

"We found it a powerful and unique tool for re-creating enterprise networks ..."

"... we recommend MIMIC to anyone who is interested in having a "check" on their network management system ..."