And just like that, 2024 is a wrap! Let’s take a moment to reflect on an incredible year marked by significant milestones and notable achievements. These highlights showcase the progress and impact that made this year truly unforgettable.
A Look Back at cPacket’s 2024 – Year in Review
By: Trey Moczygemba and Iain Kenney
In 2024, network observability took center stage as organizations faced increasing demands for performance, reliability, and security across complex, distributed systems. The rapid adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud environments, coupled with a continuously increasing proliferation of AI/ML enabled architectures, edge networks and network appliances, continues to push and re-define the expectations for a resilient network observability solution. Network Observability continues to evolve from a reactive toolset and approach to a proactive, AI-driven set of capabilities which are paramount to managing and maintaining seamless NetOps and SecOps operations.
cPacket continues to outpace the competition with the most robust packet brokers and packet capture appliances in the market, spanning hybrid, public & private cloud topologies. With cPacket’s focus on Packets, Precision, and Performance, cPacket delivers an unrivaled portfolio of products, which took many leaps forward in 2024 and continued momentum going into 2025. This blog will provide an overview of some of the exciting new milestones cPacket conquered in 2024, with a taste of more exciting things to come in 2025.
Industry’s First Sustained 200Gbps Packet Capture Appliance
cPacket announced the release of the new flagship Packet Capture & Analytics appliance, the cStor 200S. By bringing the industry’s first sustained 200Gbps appliance to market, cPacket is able to deliver real-time analytics to customers taking advantage of 200G infrastructure.
And it’s just not about the spec sheet! With all this network performance comes even more packet data arriving faster and faster. So, as a network ops or security ops leader, you need to capture and process network telemetry faster than ever before.
You need to be able to take ALL the data (not just some of the data) and process it via a user-friendly dashboard to allow you to build a clear understanding of what is happening which will enable you and your team to make the right decisions! Conversely, if you don’t use all the data then you may be misled by the data you see resulting in the wrong decision or misled assumption.
400G Packet Broker? Check!
cPacket was thrilled to announce the cVu 32400G Aggregation Packet Broker in 2024, delivering our first 400G Packet Broker to the market. The 32400AG has 32 network interfaces supporting 10,25,40,100 and 400G network connectivity.
The cVu 32400AG offers microburst detection capabilities and allows NetOps teams to detect and address network congestion issues in real-time, ensuring the reliability and performance of mission-critical applications. For instance, applications requiring high performance and low latency, such as high-frequency trading and AI processing, often encounter millisecond bursts that impact immediate operations and are critical considerations for future network capacity planning and AI compute efficiency.
The cVu 32400AG expands on the AG product line to include 400G support, allowing customers to enable packet brokering at line-rate with high port density in a small footprint. This is the first product in the cPacket portfolio to support 400G, helping to round out cPacket’s portfolio with network observability solutions that are both efficient and future-proof.
Packet Access Anytime, Anywhere for Hybrid Multicloud Deployments
2024 was a big year for cPacket’s Cloud Suite – bringing cPacket’s strengths – packet brokers, packet capture, analytics and simplified management – to public and private cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and VMware.
First and foremost, 2024 included the release of ALL cPacket Cloud products – cVu-V, cStor-V, and cClear-V – in the Azure and AWS Marketplaces. Marketplace access brings a plethora of benefits to cPacket Cloud users, including simplified image distribution, procurement through the Marketplaces, automated software upgrade notifications, point-and-click deployment along with user-friendly documentation, and hardened security and reliability by being approved by Azure and AWS vetting processes. To learn more about our Marketplace listings, check out our Azure Marketplace listings and our AWS Marketplace listings. Also, feel free to view our cStor-V Azure Deployment video and our cClear-V Azure Deployment video to learn how easy it is to deploy our virtual appliances in minutes.
In addition to our releases on the Marketplaces, 2024 brought a whole host of other improvements to our Cloud Suite, including all of the capabilities of our cStor S platform via our cStor-V virtual appliance, new Terraform deployment tools for infrastructure-as-code based deployments, enhanced autoscaling support for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and AWS Auto Scaling Groups, and so much more.
Visualizing all the data with cClear
With all this network performance comes ever more information arriving faster and faster. It creates new problems for network ops or security ops leader like you to process and understand everything every minute of every day faster with a few less team members than you would like.
So, the number of available tools to help you solve exactly this problem are almost as numerous as predictions for the future but are they solving the real issue?
cPacket rolled out new hardware and software to deliver on these growing demands from our customers, including the cClear E hardware and the latest software release, which was rolled out in December, cClear v24.2.0. When combined, you can take all the data from both physical and virtual appliances to create clear, user-friendly dashboards using either the core integrated Observability workflows or through customer created dashboards, making all the data visible to admins like you! Check out our cClear v24.2.0 Observability dashboards and workflows video to learn more.
Conclusion
In conclusion, 2024 was a significant year for network observability, with significant advancements in technology and a heightened focus on performance, reliability, and scalability across hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge environments. cPacket rose to the challenge by delivering groundbreaking innovations, including the industry’s first sustained 200Gbps packet capture appliance and its inaugural 400G packet broker, ensuring customers are equipped for today’s demands and tomorrow’s growth. With its expanding portfolio of cloud-native solutions and Marketplace integrations, cPacket continues to empower NetOps and SecOps teams with precise, high-performance tools that simplify network management and enhance decision-making. As we move into 2025, cPacket’s commitment to innovation promises even greater strides in enabling resilient, future-proof network observability solutions.
Announcements
York University Collaboration
“Toward Generating a New Cloud-Based Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Dataset and Cloud Intrusion Traffic Characterization” was published in the journal MDPI Information and resulted from collaborative efforts between York University in Toronto and cPacket.
The article addresses the threat of distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks to network security and the challenges in detecting them in real-time with minimal computation overhead. It also highlights the importance of well-constructed datasets for effective detection methods, particularly in cloud networks. The research analyzes existing datasets, identifies shortcomings, and introduces a new public dataset called BCCC-cPacket-Cloud-DDoS-2024.
Read the article HERE for an in-depth analysis of this research and its various phases.
Congratulations to MohammadMoein Shafi, Arash Habibi Lashkari, Vicente Rodriguez, and Ron Nevo!
200S Announcement
In November, we announced the launch of our next-generation Packet Capture cStor 200S, delivering sustained 200Gbps concurrent packet capture, indexing, and analytics—double the speed of industry competitors. Engineered for enterprise data centers, high-frequency trading platforms, and mission-critical networks, the cStor 200S sets a new standard for high-performance network observability and security. With cutting-edge features like line-rate indexing and AI-driven insights, this new solution helps organizations optimize their operations and reduce downtime.
Read the full press release here.
SOC 2 Announcement
November was an exciting month for us because we also announced that cPacket is now SOC 2 Type I compliant, reflecting our commitment to the highest security and compliance standards. This milestone demonstrates our dedication to safeguarding sensitive data and delivering trusted network observability and security solutions. Our SOC 2 compliance underscores the rigorous security measures we implement across our product suite, ensuring that our customers, including financial services, healthcare, and technology enterprises, can rely on us to protect their most critical infrastructures. We look forward to upholding these standards as we pursue further compliance certifications.
Read the full announcement on our blog.
FIPS 140-2 Announcement
Our November announcements continued with cPacket expanding its FIPS 140-2 certification to cover a broader range of our network observability and security solutions!
As a critical standard set by NIST, FIPS 140-2 ensures that our products meet the stringent security requirements of federal and government agencies. With this expanded compliance, cPacket continues to deliver trusted, secure solutions that include packet brokering, capture, analytics, and centralized management.
Our commitment to security remains stronger than ever as we support customers in highly regulated industries like government, finance, and healthcare.
Read the full press release here.
Product Updates & Solutions
cPacket released more than 9 product updates in 2024. Here are just a few of the latest ones.
cClear 24.2.0 Release
cPacket is proud to announce the latest version of firmware for the cClear product line 24.2.0. Check out the release announcement video on YouTube. While you are there, why not subscribe for more updates on product releases, training, and other valuable content from cPacket?
Watch the announcement here.
Azure cStor Deployment
Curious about deploying a cPacket cStor-V virtual packet capture appliance in an Azure environment? Check out this video for a step-by-step guide on configuration and post-deployment, making it easy to get your cStor-V appliance running and capturing packets in minutes. Watch now to learn how to enable seamless packet capture in Azure!
Watch the video here.
Visit the Azure Marketplace to learn more.
Azure cClear Deployment
Looking to deploy a cPacket cClear-V virtual management and visualization solution in Azure? Watch this video for a quick and easy walkthrough of the configuration and post-deployment steps to get your fully functional and licensed cClear-V appliance up and running in minutes. Start optimizing your network visibility today!
Watch the video here.
Visit the Azure Marketplace to learn more.
24.2.0 cVu NG Release
Layers are what network data is built from, and your packet broker needs to be able to decapsulate your packet stream to have more complete visibility. Learn how cPacket can do that at line-rate for many protocols including for Cisco TrustSec.
Learn more here.
In the News
Detecting Microbursts in High-Frequency Financial Trading Networks with cPacket
Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of electronic trading? At the recent Networking Field Day event, our CTO Ron Nevo unveiled how cPacket’s advanced network solutions ensure lossless and ultra-low latency performance for real-time trading. Read the full article by Sulagna Saha to learn more.
Network World cStor 200S Article
A big thank you to Network World and Denise Dubie for the insightful article on cPacket's new cStor 200S appliance! We’re excited to deliver high-performance packet capture, advanced analysis, and troubleshooting capabilities to enterprise networks, enabling teams to ensure real-time reliability and swiftly investigate past incidents with unmatched speed.
Content
2024 has been another exciting year of producing impactful content, including insightful features that highlight our product updates and tackle the most pressing challenges facing the industry today.
Tackling the real obstacles to understanding your network
Check out this insightful read on LinkedIn by Iain Kenney, cPacket's Senior Director and Head of Product Management. If you ever have any questions about Network Observability, Iain is a brilliant resource. Read it here.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off, Iain Kenny, Senior Director and Head of Product Management at cPacket, reflects on the topic with this insightful article in which he references a quote from former IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty. “Cybercrime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.”
Read on to learn more about how cPacket ensures that your security tools receive every packet, providing you with a comprehensive view of your network activity and how it will empower you to identify and respond to threats before they can cause significant damage.
Read the article here.
Packet based Metadata: The Key to Uncovering "Unknown Unknowns" in Network Observability and Security Monitoring
In today’s complex network environments, traditional MELT telemetry (metrics, events, logs, and traces) often falls short when it comes to identifying unforeseen issues, or "unknown unknowns," that can disrupt performance and security. Mark Grodzinksky, cPacket's Chief Product and Marketing Officer, discusses how packet-level data and its metadata provide the real-time, granular visibility needed to uncover these hidden threats, offering deeper insights for root cause analysis, proactive monitoring, and enhanced security. Discover why incorporating packet-based observability is crucial for staying ahead of unexpected network challenges.
Read the blog on our website.
On-Demand Webinars
Level Up Your NDR: Real-Time Threat Detection for Hybrid Networks with Packet Visibility
In the dynamic landscape of hybrid cloud environments and the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, a robust threat detection strategy is more important than ever; and packet visibility emerges as a critical component to deploying an effective NDR solution for hybrid networks.
Events
It was another jam-packed year of events! We participated in more than 20 events spanning the globe.! Let’s revisit a few of them.
Cisco Live! Las Vegas 2024
The cPacket team had an incredible time at Cisco Live! Las Vegas with many meaningful discussions and live demos with an engaged audience. Additionally, Senior Director and Head of Product Management, Iain Kenney presented a talk at Cisco Live, "Solving Critical Issues for the Hybrid-cloud Enterprise: Packet Capture and Analytics".
Networking Field Day 35
What came first the chicken or the egg? AI for Network Observability or Network Observability for AI? Watch these two cPacket sessions from Networking Field Day 35.
Part 1: AI for Network Observability
cPacket leads the way in leveraging AIML to provide meaningful actionable insights for the NetOps engineers. With the increased complexity of the networks, and the challenges to hire and train network experts, NetOps teams are looking for the “easy button” to identify, and root cause issues before they impact their users. We use our experience in creating and interpreting packet data to create simple text-based insights for network operation engineers that can point them to the problem and its root cause, sifting through billions of sessions metrics every day.
Presented by: Norman Bright, Ron Nevo
Part 2: Network Observability for AI
cPacket began its network observability journey with electronic trading systems and their unique challenges of microbursts. Today we’re seeing the same challenges with microbursts, and low latency with the massive AIML clusters built around the world. cPacket uses our unique IP and works with our customers and partners to deliver the solutions that allow them to analyze microbursts and low-latency issues at scale within the AIML clusters.
Presented by: Ron Nevo
View cPacket’s entire set of Networking Field Day 35 presentations on the Tech Field Day website.
Community Service
5/24/24, Oregon Food Bank
Another successful community service event is in the books. Thanks to everyone who volunteered from the Portland office! We helped repack 3,011 pounds of food which will provide 2,509 meals!
Holiday Parties
Location: Milpitas and Portland
Date: December 8th & 13th, 2024
Holiday spirit at cPacket! We’re so grateful to celebrate the holiday season with this incredible team! Our Portland and Milpitas office holiday parties were fantastic evenings filled with festive cheer. A big thank you to everyone who organized and attended—you made it truly special!
New Year, New Office
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve officially moved into our new Portland office in the Brewery Block—just in time for the new year! A big shoutout to the Move Team for their incredible effort in ensuring a seamless transition. Thank you for making it happen!
