Originally Posted on November 13, 2008 Since Ixia purchased Chariot in 2003, we have been continually surprised at the variety of ways customers find to use this product. We have worked with customers testing every kind of network and device. Examples of this innovation include low-bandwidth ship-to-shore communications nets, next generation MPLS backbones, and experimental mobile networks. A case in point is a service provider IT professional who while riding a train with his laptop, tested handoff time of their new on-board 802.11 network. It still amazes us to hear how much people love IxChariot and how excited they get at seminars and product training sessions. Read some of our customer testimonials to see for yourself. This kind of user enthusiasm is the reason we've started a blog and given IxChariot it's own dedicated website. This new blog on www.IxChariot.com (now moved to this TestTalk site) will become a forum for new ideas utilizing IxChariot and assessing network performance on today’s networks. We will be posting articles featuring IxChariot, unique test methodologies for determining critical information about your enterprise network, and the latest updates to the product. This is going to be a very exciting year for this product and the user community. This blog marks only the beginning of our "community development" - expect to see and hear a lot more about IxChariot and Ixia this year. The key reason for IxChariot's popularity is simple; it is the uncontested gold-standard for measuring network performance. Click here to read recent articles on IxChariot. Welcome to IxChariot.com!