Big Thank You to Mu User Group

Dave Kresse — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:08:23 -0700

I was fortunate to be part of Mu's initial Bay Area Mu User Group (MUG) last night in Milpitas.

Mu Dynamics And Leading SBC Vendors Define Industry-First VoIP/SBC Test Methodology

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:16:49 -0700

Mu Dynamics, the leader in providing network operators and vendors network application testing for converged services, today published cooperative detailed VoIP testing methodologies providing best practices for product quality testing of Session Border Controllers (SBCs) throughout the software development life cycle. By incorporating the methodology, along with the newly announced Mu Studio custom and proprietary test module, leading SBC vendors are now improving the quality of their products and lower total development and test times by identifying and eliminating problems earlier in the development process.

Mu Studio Empowers Network Operators And Vendors To Rapidly Test Complex And Custom Services, Ensuring Reliable And Secure Deployments

Mu Dynamics — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:21:37 -0700

Mu Dynamics, the leader in providing network operators and vendors network application testing for converged services today announces the new Mu Studio module. Mu Studio expands the breadth and depth of the award-winning Mu Test Suite by automating the creation and application of complex, custom and proprietary test case scenarios to pinpoint critical software weaknesses. Mu Studio leverages the Mu’s award-winning platform in use at more than 100 locations globally including the vast majority of leading network operators and their vendor suppliers.

Voice Over LTE Webinar

Mu Dynamics — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:46:44 -0700

This Webinar investigates emerging best practices for testing LTE and IMS networks, from the MPLS layer up to SIP and Diameter.

Testing for the Unexpected (part 2 of 2)

Dave Kresse — Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:34:08 -0700

I started noticing several interesting trends in our customers about six months ago, and it really hit home when I spoke at the NAB show on IPTV testing a couple of weeks back.

Testing for the Unexpected (part 1 of 2)

Dave Kresse — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:15:25 -0700

With the large increase in converged application and service deployments (VoIP, IPTV, IMS, VPLS data services, etc.), I am on the road talking with Mu’s operator, government and vendor supplier customers on a consistent and frequent basis.

Mu Test Suite instrumental in InfoWorld’s recent UTM shoot-out

Mu Dynamics — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:31:30 -0700

Mu Dynamics Focuses on MPLS Data Services

Mu Dynamics — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:17:21 -0700

New Online Packet Repository
As of a few weeks ago I am no longer involved with OpenPacket.org.

How We Tested NEC's Unified Communications Platform

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:10:05 -0800

IMS Adoption vs. NGN Application Growth: Where's the Revenue?

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:28:19 -0800
Mu’s product began as a way to test critical components of large networks,” said Dr. Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine contributing editor and Associate Program Director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program and Research Professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, both at Norwich University.. “Today the Mu 4000 tests those components, but it also looks at a bigger network picture as well. But for Mu, innovation does not stop there. This company hardly makes a move without socializing through a base of customers and, perhaps not-yet-customers.

Mu Wins 2008 Unified Communications Excellence Award

Mu Dynamics — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:32:48 -0800
Mu’s product began as a way to test critical components of large networks,” said Dr. Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine contributing editor and Associate Program Director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program and Research Professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, both at Norwich University.. “Today the Mu 4000 tests those components, but it also looks at a bigger network picture as well. But for Mu, innovation does not stop there. This company hardly makes a move without socializing through a base of customers and, perhaps not-yet-customers.

How we tested 3Com's unified communication solution

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:29:57 -0800
Mu’s product began as a way to test critical components of large networks,” said Dr. Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine contributing editor and Associate Program Director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program and Research Professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, both at Norwich University.. “Today the Mu 4000 tests those components, but it also looks at a bigger network picture as well. But for Mu, innovation does not stop there. This company hardly makes a move without socializing through a base of customers and, perhaps not-yet-customers.

Sun Veteran Gary Olson Joins Mu Dynamics As VP WW Sales to Build on 2008 Customer Adoption and Industry Recognition

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:50:07 -0800
Mu has named Gary Olson as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. He joins Mu from Sun Microsystems where he served as Director for US Software Sales and will help further expand capabilities and footprint within leading network operators, government agencies and their varied product vendor suppliers. Based on Mu's 2008 product advancements for the more than 100 unique customer installations, SC Magazine also announced this week that Mu won its 2008 'Innovators Award' for the second year running based upon superior customer focus, product innovation and attention to quality.

Mu Wins 2008 Industry Innovator Award for Analysis and Testing, Vulnerability Analysis

Mu Dynamics — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:50:37 -0800
Mu’s product began as a way to test critical components of large networks,” said Dr. Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine contributing editor and Associate Program Director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program and Research Professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, both at Norwich University.. “Today the Mu 4000 tests those components, but it also looks at a bigger network picture as well. But for Mu, innovation does not stop there. This company hardly makes a move without socializing through a base of customers and, perhaps not-yet-customers.

FBI: Criminals auto-dialing with hacked VoIP systems

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:49:55 -0800
IDG News reported on Friday that a 0-day that Mu Labs discovered/disclosed in March is likely the root cause of an FBI Warning around an Open Source VoIP switch (Asterisk) vulnerability.

Juniper Turns to Mu Dynamics for Security Testing

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:08:08 -0800
A case study on Juniper Networks’ use of Mu Dynamics test tools

A Whole New Testing Ballgame

Mu Dynamics — Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:04:37 -0800
Testing IMS and NGNs represents an altogether new challenge: new devices, complex architectures, multiple services, security considerations and more. Here's how service providers can get a jump on it.

Mu Dynamics eBook — Uptime Guarantees Begin with Upfront Quality Assurance

Mu Dynamics — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:03:36 -0800
Testing NGN services for providers with subscriber bases in the tens of millions requires automated, repeatable testing methodologies. This eBook illustrates the application of these methods to the complex services of 21st century communications, including the newest, perhaps most complex: IPTV.

From MPLS to IPTV -- Lessons Learned

Thomas Maufer — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:22:20 -0800
Mu's had quite a few customer and prospect demonstrations around newer Service Level Traffic variation and related Mu Test Suite automation capabilities during the last month. From 20-31 October, the every 2 year MSF GMI event; from 19-22 October there was MPLS 2008; and on Nov 6, a customer case-study seminar for leading operators and vendors. This week offers IMS-based IPTV demonstrations at TelcoTV in Anaheim.

Healthy VoIP Nets - Part XLIX - Network Management Architectures: Mu Dynamics

Mu Dynamics — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:01:27 -0700
VoIP Planet analyzes the Mu solution and its ability to automate a systematic and repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime within IP services, applications, and underlying networks.

Verizon, BT, China Mobile, Vodfone Testing IPTV and IMS-Based Service Reliability, Availability at GMI 2008

Mu Dynamics — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:53:57 -0700
GMI 2008 features product implementations supporting the MSF Release 4 architecture and interoperability of critical NGN elements will be tested in practical scenarios supporting IMS-based fixed/mobile convergence. The show will highlight many facets of the business, including specific service capabilities such as Quality of Service (QoS), Locations Management, IPTV and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Mu is also very active in the space as of late with a number of deals pushing the company to the forefront of the next generation of IP services. Last month, Mu announced a new business deal involving network IT global communications player BT

Turning Network Complexity into a Competitive Advantage

Adam Stein — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:04:21 -0700
Mu's operator and vendor customers are scoring a competitive advantage by taking service complexity head on to ensure their specific service or product offering rises above all others.

Mu Dynamics Testing IPTV and IMS-Based Service Reliability, Availability at 11-Day GMI 2008 Event

Mu Dynamics — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:31 -0700
Mu leading reliability and security testing of next-generation IPTV and IMS services at GMI, On site at leading operators globally including Verizon, BT, China Mobile, UNH IOL and DHS. GMI IPTV testing leverages Mu Dynamics’ Authored MSF Plans to Help Avoid Service Downtime, NGN Service Degradation and Improve Security.

Mu Added to IDC Private Vendor Watch List

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:14 -0700
Mu Added to IDC Private Vendor Watch List

Mu Dynamics Discovers, Remediates Leading Open Source VPN Vulnerability: strongSwan IKEv2 Denial-of-Service

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:21:24 -0700
Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and their vendors eliminate downtime through proactive service assurance, has discovered and helped remediate a dangerous 0-day vulnerability within strongSwan’s IKEv2 implementation. strongSwan is an open source IPsec-based virtual private network (VPN) solution for the Linux operating system. IPsec-based VPNs secure corporate VoIP, email, web, IPTV and other IP-based services over public network infrastructures.

BT Enhances Reliable Deployment Of Services Using Mu’s Test Suite

Mu Dynamics — Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:52:28 -0700
BT is using the Mu Test Suite to support the evaluation and testing of proposed NGN services on the UK’s Defense Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) network. "The automated analysis performed by the Mu Test Suite is far more comprehensive than any manual process or point product solution we have evaluated to date," according to Matt Graff, BT’s defense account manager.

Ixia Partners With Mu Dynamics to Expand Automation of IP Service Assurance and Product Development Lifecycle

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:06:48 -0700
Ixia and Mu will collaborate on further automating IP Service deployment testing for customer product development and network services initiatives. The two firms are combining capabilities to address the industry’s largest IP developers and service deployment networks.

Black Hat Iron Chef Event Proclaims Fuzzing First

Kowsik Guruswamy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:36:57 -0700
The recent Iron Chef event at Black Hat was a +1 for fuzzing where it was more effective than static code analysis (SCA) according to Dark Reading. It's also very interesting to me (and others) that both approaches found different bugs, but fuzzing found the important one (obviously) to do with interaction of the application with the rest of the environment.

ABB, Mu Dynamics & Digital Bond Present, Demo DoS at PCSF '08

Adam Stein — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:58:21 -0700
Mu customer ABB and CI experts from Digital Bond collaborate on new DoS demonstration and presentation at PCSF detailing the importance of reliability and availability—in addition to security—in preventing costly downtime and security incidents in Critical Infrastructure deployments.

Mu Dynamics Gains Widespread Use Among Leading Network Product Vendors

Mu Dynamics — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:44:33 -0700
Mu's NEM customers are building higher quality products more quickly and at a lower total release life cycle cost with fewer field "fire drills." Mu's new customers, including Fortinet, Intoto, Starent, Palo Alto Networks, Force10 Networks and Ditech Networks, join Mu's existing 100+ deployments across dozens of customers, including: F5 Networks, Juniper Networks, Motorola, Network Appliance and SonicWALL.

Network World Test Alliance: Evaluating Juniper Switch and Mu's DoS Module

Mu Dynamics — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:19:13 -0700
To assess storm control, Network World used many unexpected DoS attack derivatives of common broadcast and TCP SYN flooding via the Mu-4000 analyzer's DoS module. Network World configured the Juniper switch to limit forwarding rates of attack traffic, and verified these limits using real-time rate counters in conventional load test.

Telecom Industry Association Features Mu's CEO, Discusses Service Assurance Requirements

Mu Dynamics — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:51:11 -0800
Mu CEO Dave Kresse discusses how using a Mu-4000 appliance helps solve an operator’s service assurance problems by uncovering product weaknesses and vulnerabilities that inflict costly Next-Gen IP application (e.g., VoIP, IMS, IPTV) downtime. Equally critical to both service providers and their vendors, the Mu-4000 Analyzer helps customers automate a systematic and repeatable process to identify weaknesses that compromise the reliability, availability or security of services, applications and products on an IP network.

Internet Telephony Product of the Year: Mu Test Suite

Adam Stein — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:17:58 -0800
“We are proud to recognize the greatest achievements in the advancement of VoIP and IP telecommunications technologies in 2007,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. “These companies have proven they are dedicated to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace.” Mu customers including Juniper, Redback and Veraz are also winners of the Internet Telephony award with equal innovation in the VoIP marketspace.

InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year Award: Mu Test Suite

Adam Stein — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:29:55 -0800
The Mu-4000 uses intelligent fuzzing logic to expose security weaknesses and performance issues in any device that talks to an IP network. Setup is a breeze, the GUI is excellent, and the Mu-4000 profiles security issues better than any other vulnerability assessment tool we've used. The Mu can even generate exploit binaries for newly discovered vulnerabilities. To top it off, Mu's intelligent workflow turns untrained employees into a professional penetration team in a day.

What's New @ Mu

Big Thank You to Mu User Group

Mu Dynamics And Leading SBC Vendors Define Industry-First VoIP/SBC Test Methodology

Mu Studio Empowers Network Operators And Vendors To Rapidly Test Complex And Custom Services, Ensuring Reliable And Secure Deployments

Voice Over LTE Webinar

Testing for the Unexpected (part 2 of 2)

Testing for the Unexpected (part 1 of 2)

Mu Test Suite instrumental in InfoWorld’s recent UTM shoot-out

Mu Dynamics Focuses on MPLS Data Services

How We Tested NEC's Unified Communications Platform

IMS Adoption vs. NGN Application Growth: Where's the Revenue?

Mu Wins 2008 Unified Communications Excellence Award

How we tested 3Com's unified communication solution

Sun Veteran Gary Olson Joins Mu Dynamics As VP WW Sales to Build on 2008 Customer Adoption and Industry Recognition

Mu Wins 2008 Industry Innovator Award for Analysis and Testing, Vulnerability Analysis

FBI: Criminals auto-dialing with hacked VoIP systems

Juniper Turns to Mu Dynamics for Security Testing

A Whole New Testing Ballgame

Mu Dynamics eBook — Uptime Guarantees Begin with Upfront Quality Assurance

From MPLS to IPTV -- Lessons Learned

Healthy VoIP Nets - Part XLIX - Network Management Architectures: Mu Dynamics

Verizon, BT, China Mobile, Vodfone Testing IPTV and IMS-Based Service Reliability, Availability at GMI 2008

Turning Network Complexity into a Competitive Advantage

Mu Dynamics Testing IPTV and IMS-Based Service Reliability, Availability at 11-Day GMI 2008 Event

Mu Added to IDC Private Vendor Watch List

Mu Dynamics Discovers, Remediates Leading Open Source VPN Vulnerability: strongSwan IKEv2 Denial-of-Service

BT Enhances Reliable Deployment Of Services Using Mu’s Test Suite

Ixia Partners With Mu Dynamics to Expand Automation of IP Service Assurance and Product Development Lifecycle

Black Hat Iron Chef Event Proclaims Fuzzing First

ABB, Mu Dynamics & Digital Bond Present, Demo DoS at PCSF '08

Mu Dynamics Gains Widespread Use Among Leading Network Product Vendors

Network World Test Alliance: Evaluating Juniper Switch and Mu's DoS Module

Telecom Industry Association Features Mu's CEO, Discusses Service Assurance Requirements

Internet Telephony Product of the Year: Mu Test Suite

InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year Award: Mu Test Suite