What makes LiveAction different?

 What's really happening inside your network?

 
Like flying an inherently unstable stealth aircraft, it is humanly impossible to understand and control today's networks without powerful technological assistance. There is simply too much to learn, too many things to track, and not enough skilled talent to pull it off. ActionPacked! Networks realized that even CCIE level engineers would never be able to exploit the full potential of their networks and devices using only the CLI or other rudimentary tools.
 
After years of painstaking research of the commands and features (and even behavioral idiosyncacies) of Cisco devices, ActionPacked! engineers developed LiveAction software as a solution to overcome this enormous complexity. LiveAction is the only product that actually makes Cisco devices easy to understand and use without the need for additional training or certification. This is what most network engineers really need. This is what makes LiveAction different.
  

All-in-One Solution

When you use LiveAction as an all-in-one tool for network planning, provisioning new services, or troubleshooting your network, you bring unparalleled versatility and cohesiveness to your workflows. For example, you can begin with LiveAction's real-time NetFlow analysis to achieve an instant end-to-end visual understanding of the traffic flows and applications running through your network. If changes are required, you can easily create and adjust your QoS policies with LiveAction and not be intimidated by the complexity of the task. Hundreds of built-in device rules and Cisco best practices will ensure your changes are done right the first time. Once your changes are made you can validate the results and readjust as necessary. Switching between LiveAction's NetFlow, QoS monitoring, and IP SLA functions is effortless and provides a complete perspective on the network and any changes you introduce. 

 

Live Situational Awareness

 

Do you rely on crude network sketches or images inside your brain to visualize your network? LiveAction eliminates the need for these less than reliable techniques by reading the actual configuration settings inside your devices and using this information to build a stunningly accurate and detailed "mental model" of your network. The model not only looks just like the network you envisioned, but it is fully interactive, allowing you to zoom, pan, drag, and stretch your network elements directly on the screen. And unlike conventional management tools that can only monitor your network, LiveAction actually lets you change your policies and device settings on-the-fly without typing a single command.

  

Rich, interactive visualizations

 

For the first time you can literally "see" the flows, routes, and traffic across your network or deep inside your devices. LiveAction provides three distinct levels of detail—Topology level view, Device level view, and Interface level views. You can view also activity live or record it for future playback and forensics.

  

Effortless Configuration

Replace complicated and error prone command lines with an intelligent rules-based graphical interface that makes even the most complex configuration tasks easy, intuitive, and safe to implement. Of course if you want to see exactly what LiveAction is doing, you can preview the command lines LiveAction generates before it sends them to your devices. This is a great feature for experienced engineers who want to verify everything that is sent to their routers as well as novice engineers who want to learn more about the CLI.

  

 

Unleash the Power Inside Your Routers (and your people)

 

LiveAction debunks the decades old assumption that using Cisco devices has to be difficult and complicated. This is the first product that actually makes complex Cisco features easy to understand and effortless to use. The powerful graphical interface and built-in knowledgebase enable any network engineer to exploit the full potential of these devices while strictly following manufacturers’ recommendations and best practices.

  

Maximize Your Investments

 

Leverage the existing investments and features you already paid for instead of buying more appliances that consume space, energy, time, and resources. LiveAction puts the complicated and underutilized features inside your devices to work for you by making them easy to understand, fully accessible and operational, and safe to implement.