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"NEMs and service providers testing next generation equipment must generate a realistic mix of business, recreational, malicious, and proprietary application traffic at ever increasing speeds. BreakingPoint support for simulation of proprietary application traffic is an important step towards addressing the growing application-oriented and content-aware network test challenges."

--Elisabeth Rainge, IDC

Product Reviews

Emerging Technology of the Year Award Frost & Sullivan 2007 Global Communications Test & Measurement

"End users are seeking a single, integrated test solution that will meet not only all of their current needs but is also future-proof. The BreakingPoint BPS 1K system meets this demand with its highly scalable proprietary hardware architecture."
-- Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Sujan Sami

New Tolly Group Report: BPS 10k – 10 GigE Class Test Tool Performance and Feature Evaluation of Layer 2-7 Test Tool

“The increasing presence of content-aware network devices in organizations has made Layer 4-7 and security testing a major focus for test equipment manufacturers. Today’s network devices must open millions of TCP sessions, block valid security attacks and handle a unique mix of application traffic while operating at multi-Gigabit speeds. The equipment used to test these capabilities has failed to keep pace.”

“BreakingPoint’s BPS 10K system test tool provides a powerful, easy-to-use, single box solution to test Layer 2-7 performance and security at multiples of 10 Gigabits per second.”

Tolly Group Report: Content Awareness Drives Next Generation Test Tool BreakingPoint Enables Multi-layer Emulation Testing at Multi-Gigabit Speeds

“Tolly Group tests indicate that the BreakingPoint BPS 1Koffers a variety of functions normally requiring several separate test tools while consolidating them into a single unit. The single unit offers the traffic generation performance and reporting capabilities needed for testing enterprise-class and service provider class equipment”

Wham! Network Testing Appliance Packs A Punch

“The BPS-1000 shines in its ease of setup and use. It offers powerful tests for a variety of needs with built-in intelligence to help you make the best use of the tests. At present, it's best suited for security testing.”
-- Network Computing, "Rollout: BreakingPoint Systems; BPS-1000"