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April 2024
Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs
Cycle's approach to VPN service makes creating, authentication, and management of environment level VPNs a breeze. Join Chris Aubuchon as he dives into Cycle VPNs, how to configure them, and how they stack up against other services like Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run, App Service, and more.
Navigating the Complexities of Hybrid and Multi-cloud Environments
Today’s evolving digital landscape requires both hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies to drive efficiency, innovation, and scalability. But this means more complexity and a unique set of challenges for network and cloud engineers, particularly when it comes to managing and gaining visibility across these environments.
From chaos to clarity: Using NetFlow analysis for efficient network management
Analyzing network traffic data can quickly descend into chaos due to the increasing number of devices and applications in organizations, making it difficult to untangle the complexity manually. Many organizations now use network traffic analyzers to streamline this process. But what exactly is a network traffic analyzer, and how can it help with effective network management? Let's explore this in detail.
Prioritize Internet Performance Monitoring, Urges EMA
“Internet Performance Monitoring solutions close the observability gap…” states Enterprise Management Associates in its new White Paper, Modern Enterprises Must Boost Observability with Internet Performance Monitoring. How? “…By providing visibility into global Internet performance and reporting on how that performance impacts application performance and end-user experience.”
Beyond the Hype: Understanding the Real Value of AI for Service Providers
I recently wrote about how AI can support unified communications in the enterprise, but its applications are much broader than that, and communications service providers also have the opportunity to benefit. In a recent Gartner survey, 95% of telecom CIOs said they plan to implement AI/ML technologies by 2026 and 79% said they plan to increase their AI/ML investments.
Universal Monitoring Agent: A Powerful, Flexible and Innovative Approach to Monitor Modern Apps
With the advent of microservices and cloud native, organizations are shifting how they approach software development and deployment to become more agile and respond quickly to continually evolving business needs. These changes result in fundamental transformation for IT.
Optimize Dell ECS Storage Performance with Flowmon Network Performance Monitoring
Gain insights into how Dell ECS and Progress Flowmon partnership enhances performance and enables quick root cause analysis. Watch now for a short demo example for practical insights.
Why the internet is unreliable and how can you track ISP bottlenecks
The internet serves as the backbone for communication, collaboration, and access to information in today’s digital world. However, despite its widespread use and importance, the internet is not immune to reliability issues. From occasional slowdowns to complete outages, internet users often encounter disruptions that can impact their productivity and connectivity. Several factors contribute to internet unreliability.
Your Guide to Network Capacity Planning: Definitions, Benefits & Best Practices
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital connectivity, businesses face a relentless demand for faster, more reliable networks. Whether it’s the surge in remote work, the proliferation of devices that can connect to the internet, or the exponential growth of data-intensive applications, the strain on network infrastructure is ever-growing. In this era where every byte counts, network capacity planning emerges as a critical strategy for organizations seeking to stay ahead in the digital race.
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The journey to observability delivers benefits for the entire the IT department
Across all industries, IT departments are moving from traditional application monitoring approaches towards full-stack observability. Rapid adoption of cloud native technologies has led to spiraling complexity and exposed the limitations of the Application Performance Management (APM) tools being deployed by IT teams.
How to Improve Network Performance & Unleash its Full Potential
In this age of rapid technological advancement, businesses rely heavily on their networks to thrive in the digital landscape. Whether you're a startup, a small enterprise, or a multinational corporation, the efficiency and speed of your network can make all the difference in achieving success or getting lost in the digital abyss.
What's New in Turbo360: Network diagrams, Rightsizing recommendations that restrict to the same SKU.
The latest updates in Turbo360 bring several notable features and enhancements. Access policies for Service Principals now enable users to define scopes. Network Diagrams in Azure Documenter provide visual representations of network architecture. Cost Analyzer introduces Idle Disks in Rightsizing recommendations for cost optimization. Furthermore, Rightsizing recommendations now offer the ability to restrict to the same SKU family.
Understanding AWS NAT Gateway: Key Features & Cost Optimization
Network Address Translation Gateway or NAT Gateway is a managed service provided by Amazon Web Services(AWS) that allows instances in a private Subnet within a Virtual Private Cloud(VPC) to connect services outside the VPC. NAT ensures that even though your instances can connect to the outside world, outside services can’t establish a direct connection with them. It’s a tool that secures the instances, simplifies network architecture, and reduces administrative overhead.
Enhancing Cloud Center Cost Efficiency through Network Monitoring
Today, almost 90% of organizations use cloud computing services to reduce their operating expenses and scale with changing business requirements. With the adoption of cloud computing technology, businesses are able to operate better and more efficiently. However, the whole process of cloud computing demands access to a wide range of data center resources for processing, storing, and providing services. This requirement can indirectly affect our cloud computing expenses.
From bottlenecks to breakthrough: The impact of closed-loop remediation
The economy and businesses closely rely on network infrastructures functioning efficiently. Minor network bottlenecks and snags can cost companies a good chunk of money and negatively affect their reputation. When there is so much to lose, the natural reaction of organizations is to throw more people and, in turn, more money at the problem.
Google Announces Broadcom as Partner of the Year for Infrastructure: Networking
As part of the Google Cloud Next ‘24 conference this year, Broadcom has been named a Google Cloud Partners Awards winner in the Technology category, specifically for Infrastructure - Networking. This award recognizes a winning combination of technologies to deliver innovative solutions in the network space.
HAProxy Fusion: New External Load Balancing & Multi-Cluster Routing Features
Recently, we added powerful new K8s features to HAProxy Fusion Control Plane—enabling service discovery in any Kubernetes or Consul environment without complex, technical workarounds. We've covered the headlining features in our HAProxy Fusion Control Plane 1.2 LTS release blog. But while service discovery, external load balancing, and multi-cluster routing are undeniably beneficial, context helps us understand their impact.
Broadband Architecture for the Future
The pace of technological innovation, user demand, and the sophistication of new applications are all rapidly increasing. Will your network be able to keep up? If you build today, will the network support what your customers will require in 5 years? What about 10 years? Join us to discuss the latest developments in utilities-based middle-mile architecture and how you can confidently meet tomorrow's requirements. Learn how to create a customized and secure OT network while delivering high-revenue services to premium broadband customers.
NMS Migration Made Easy: Get Stakeholders Aligned
Migrating network monitoring solutions is more than just a list of devices and technical requirements. It’s also about ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned - from team members to customers and everyone in between.
Moving from VPN to SSE: How to Manage Your Migration
Ivanti’s Sachin Natu recaps his session at ISS 2024, covering the paradigm shift away from VPN and how organizations can ensure a smooth migration to an SSE solution instead. Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best. Ivanti is IT for the way we work now. Integrated solutions for everything IT touches. So, employees can work better, anywhere, and everywhere.
Cove Data Protection 2024.4 Release Notes
As with any release or feature discussion, we want to make sure that the lawyers are happy. So please don't make any purchase or licensing decisions based on features or functions that are not yet generally available.
Using Multi-factor Authentication with WhatsUp Gold
Watch this video to learn how to can implement multi-factor authentication in WhatsUp Gold by leveraging an external OpenID provider.
Monitoring Policies: Network Rules
AppNeta by Broadcom recently introduced monitoring policies that streamline monitoring setup and maintenance, significantly reducing the time needed to manage your monitoring. AppNeta is now introducing a range of new network rules in monitoring policies. These rules extend monitoring policies and make it simple to select the networks that should be monitored. This update is designed to further simplify your ongoing operations, particularly in managing dynamic, diverse networks.
How to visualize your network using topology maps
Topology maps offer a comprehensive overview of your entire network through a single console, enabling you to respond quickly to any issues that may arise. You can create custom network maps that arrange your network devices and their connections logically and hierarchically over a predefined or custom background so you can visualize how your network is structured and how it operates.
30 Network Auditing Tools for Network Assessments in 2024
Imagine your network as a complex orchestra. A harmonious interplay of various instruments—applications, servers, devices, firewalls, and more—creates the symphony of efficient data flow that keeps your business operations running smoothly. But just like a conductor needs a keen ear to identify even minor imbalances within the orchestra, you need a way to assess and audit the health of each network component.
Are Remote Work and VPN Becoming Inseparable?
Is a VPN essential for a safer remote work environment? Read more about the advantages and potential disadvantages of using VPNs for work.
How to Build a Robust Cybersecurity Strategy for Your Business
In today's digital age, cybersecurity has become a critical concern for businesses of all sizes. With the increasing frequency and sophistication of cyber threats, it's more important than ever for companies to have a robust cybersecurity strategy in place. A strong cybersecurity strategy not only protects sensitive data but also safeguards the reputation and trust of your business. In this blog post, we'll explore the key steps to building a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that can help defend your business against cyber threats.
10 Hottest Network Monitoring Support Topics
Network monitoring is perhaps the most indispensable tool in a network professional’s toolbox because it offers a deep understanding of IT infrastructure. Many IT pros use network monitoring daily the same way a teenager stares for hours at TikTok. Progress WhatsUp Gold has been making IT lives easier since its beta release in 1996. Here are the ten most popular how-to videos to help you make the most out of WhatsUp Gold.
How to Monitor & Identify Google Meet Performance Issues
Virtual meetings have become essential for businesses, connecting teams and enabling collaboration from anywhere. Google Meet has been a reliable platform for these meetings, but ensuring smooth performance requires some know-how. In this article, we'll break down how to monitor and identify Google Meet performance issues. Whether you're an IT professional, network admin, or remote user, this guide is tailored to help you optimize your virtual meetings.
What is a Subnet Mask? Examples, Uses and Benefits
“What is a subnet mask?” is among the most common questions for aspiring network engineers. Network veterans have all been through it at one stage or another and we all have our tips and tricks for figuring them out. But, that initial understanding is typically a grind involving some combination of cheat sheets, IP to binary converters, books, articles, and online resources.
Access Datadog privately and monitor your Google Cloud Private Service Connect usage
Private Service Connect (PSC) is a Google Cloud networking product that enables you to access Google Cloud services, third-party partner services, and company-owned applications directly from your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). PSC helps your network traffic remain secure by keeping it entirely within the Google Cloud network, allowing you to avoid public data transfer and save on egress costs. With PSC, producers can host services in their own VPCs and offer a private connection to their customers.
What is Network Infrastructure Monitoring & How it Works
Is your network letting you down? Slowdowns, outages, and constant troubleshooting eating into your workday? You're not alone. In today's digital world, a reliable network is crucial for any business to succeed. This article introduces you to Network Infrastructure Monitoring (NIM). It's like having a checkup for your network (hardware components in particular), helping you identify problems before they cause major headaches.
What Is Wireless Network Security for Businesses?
In today’s connected era, businesses are increasingly reliant on wireless networks to facilitate daily operations, embracing the flexibility and mobility that wireless technology offers over traditional wired connections. This shift underscores a critical need for robust security measures to safeguard against a myriad of cyber threats and vulnerabilities, with potential risks looming over business data and operational continuity.
The Cloudification of the Telecom Industry
Join Phil Gervasi and Nina Bargisen from Kentik as they delve into the transformation of the telecom industry through cloudification. This LinkedIn Live replay explores the significant shifts in both the technical and business landscapes of telecommunications, highlighting the movement of network functions to the cloud. Discover how these changes are reshaping the industry and what it means for the future of telcos.
SolarWinds launches consultative sales model to help customers maximise value of ITSM solutions
New evaluation and assessment tool offers enterprises high-value, low-overhead support tailored to their specific IT challenges.
Flowmon Network Performance Monitoring
Flowmon is like having an AI-powered network security analyst joining your team, tirelessly monitoring your network 24/7, analysing traffic patterns and identifying potential threats in real time to help alert you in early attack stages. The solution distils thousands of alerts into a few security incidents intelligently prioritises critical events, providing real-time insights and actionable intelligence for shortening the time to investigate attacks and automate response.
Flowmon Network Detection and Response
Imagine having an AI-powered network security analyst at your fingertips, tirelessly monitoring your network 24/7, analysing traffic patterns and identifying potential threats in real-time. That's what Flowmon delivers. Explore it yourself with our online demo!
Flowmon Introduction
Introducing Flowmon, a cutting-edge solution that revolutionises network security with the power of artificial intelligence.
Mastering Incident Response: A Guide to Becoming a Proficient Security Analyst
Watch the webinar and learn how to: Refine your workflows based on different perspectives Simplify your incident responses by creating more thorough drilldowns of your infrastructure Inform your team of threats based on robust insights and information.
Muse Domain Orchestration - Detailed Demo
Muse orchestrates your IP and Optical network and can manager 3rd party NEs.
Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs
At Cycle, we've taken a distinctive approach to VPN services, integrating them at the environment level of our platform. In a landscape where complexity can escalate quickly, anchoring each VPN to an environment–a VPC spanning the nodes of a cluster– simplifies management and maintains a high level of isolation.
N-central 2024.2 Release Roundup
N-able Head Nerd Jason Murphy breaks down the updates included in N-able N-central 2024.2.
How Proper Infrastructure Design Impacts Network Reliability
In the digital age, network reliability is paramount for businesses of all sizes. A robust and dependable network infrastructure ensures seamless operations, uninterrupted communication, and efficient data transfer. However, achieving this level of reliability hinges on a well-designed infrastructure that accounts for factors like redundancy, security, and performance optimization. Proper infrastructure design plays a critical role in reducing downtime, mitigating disruptions, and ultimately improving an organization's bottom line.
How to Resolve Network Failures: It's Not Down But It's Slow
Patience is a virtue," they say. But when it comes to our beloved Internet, our patience wears thin faster than a cheetah on roller skates. We've all experienced it: that frustrating moment when our network connection decides to hit the snooze button and crawl along at a snail's pace. It's not a complete blackout, but it might as well be. We find ourselves stuck in a digital twilight zone, desperately longing for the days when dial-up was just a distant memory.
NMS Migration Made Easy: Gathering Information
Network monitoring tools have a lot of moving parts. Those parts end up getting stored in a wide range of locations, formats, and even the ways various capabilities are conceptualized. With that in mind, we’re going to list out the information you should gather, the format(s) you should try to get it into, and why.
Beyond the Horizon: Actionable highlights from the 2024 MSP Horizons Report
Get a glimpse into the future of IT with Beyond the Horizon: Actionable highlights from the 2024 MSP Horizons Report. This ground-breaking discussion covers hot-button subjects like: · Implications of changing business models· Which areas of the tech stack are primed for growth· Harnessing new developments in AI· Key business drivers for MSPs in 2024, and much more.
Preventing Costly Network Outages: Why Network Configuration Management is Essential
As organizations continue to operate in an increasingly digitized fashion, ensuring network uptime and performance only keeps getting more critical. Network performance issues and downtime aren’t just a concern for network teams, they’re critical to the entire business. Network downtime is costly.
Top Essential Features That A VPN Should Have
Do you want to maximize your online browsing experience? Here are the top VPN features you should be looking for.
OpUtils' IP scanner for visibility: See everything, manage effortlessly
Organizational networks, especially the larger ones, expand beyond the physical infrastructures into cloud platforms, making the network more intricate. This makes gaining real-time visibility difficult for administrators. However, network management tools with IP scanners will help resolve this complexity by shedding light into every nook and cranny of the network.
5 Private Proxy Services to Consider in 2024
Private proxies offer a layer of anonymity and control over your web browsing experience. But with so many providers out there, choosing the right one can be tricky. Here's where you can buy proxy in 2024.
AI + PSTN = Changing the UC Landscape
While last month’s Enterprise Connect 2024 (EC24) show seemed a bit light in terms of headline news, it did offer one high impact storyline around the integration of AI services with the PSTN. EC24 showcased the addition of AI services, including transcription and meeting minutes, to PSTN call using popular UC services (Teams, Zoom, Webex, Ring Central). While these have been in place for conference calls for almost a year, AI for one-to-one calls via the PSTN is new in 2024.
Comparing ways to privately connect devices to the cloud
The biggest driver behind the Internet of Things (IoT) is the value that can be unlocked through data analytics. When you have hundreds, thousands, or millions of devices capable of reporting on an almost unlimited number of attributes, statuses, or environmental factors, the opportunity for businesses to create optimisations or brand new revenue streams is huge.
The Future of Cloud is AI: Google Cloud Next 2024
From infrastructure and chipsets to data solutions and development tools, it’s clear that artificial intelligence will play a massive role in the future of the cloud. Read Justin Ryburn’s latest recap to learn about many of the exciting unveilings at Google Cloud Next 2024.
Working with SNMP Credentials in WhatsUp Gold
Watch this video to learn how SNMP credentials are used in WhatsUp Gold, and how you can recognize and fix common issues caused by invalid or missing credentials.
DX UIM 23.4: Improved Zero-Touch Monitoring, Updated MCS Architecture
The Monitoring Configuration Service (MCS), under continued innovation since 2017, is a feature for DX UIM that helps solution administrators expedite device configuration and alarm policy deployment for the most popular monitoring technologies. The release of DX UIM 23.4 offers enhanced workflows for using MCS to do both local and remote monitoring.
Software Defined Cloud Interconnect becoming essential for private cloud connectivity
For enterprises using both hybrid- and multi-cloud architectures, Software Defined Cloud Interconnects (SDCIs) are increasingly well-recognised as the most advantageous approach to private cloud connectivity. In fact, by 2027 Gartner® predicts 30% of enterprises will employ SDCI services to connect to public cloud service providers. This is a threefold increase from less than 10% in 2022.
What is Network Observability (vs. Network Monitoring)?
Today, we embark on an exciting journey into the realm of network observability, where the world of network monitoring gets a vibrant makeover. While network monitoring has long been the stalwart guardian of network operations, network observability swoops in like a caped hero, adding a whole new level of awesomeness to the game.
How NetOps by Broadcom Delivers Real-World Benefits at FIS
When it comes to gauging the success of our solutions, there’s one critical yardstick: the value that customers realize in their implementations. While we can tout all our solution’s leading innovations and features, the reality is that they don’t mean much if they don’t actually help our customers in the real world.
Mastering Hyper-V monitoring: Overcome virtualization challenges with OpManager
The before and after of virtualization in network monitoring is stark. Before virtualization, IT admins battled resource constraints, scalability limitations, security and isolation concerns, maintenance overheads, high costs, inflexible disaster recovery, and so on. Virtualization revolutionized IT by addressing these issues.
End-to-End Monitoring for NetApp Data Protection Lifecycle
Securing your company's vital information assets is very important since data losses can have serious consequences, including business interruptions, loss of reputation, penalties for noncompliance, and, ultimately, revenue loss. That is why having a strong data protection strategy is essential, with NetApp providing a complete suite of solutions to protect your data across its full lifecycle.
How to Build an Effective Network Monitoring Dashboard
Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, the health and performance of your network infrastructure are critical to your success. This is where network monitoring comes into play. Network monitoring involves the continuous observation and analysis of network traffic, devices, and performance metrics to ensure smooth operations, detect anomalies, and troubleshoot issues promptly.
How to Configure Kentik NMS to Collect Custom SNMP Metrics
Join Kentik's Leon Adato as he explains how to customize Kentik's NMS (Network Monitoring System) to collect specific SNMP metrics not covered by default settings. Learn how to add custom SNMP elements, navigate YAML configurations, and organize your data for clarity. With practical steps and a linked blog for detailed guidance, this video empowers you to enhance your network observability in Kentik NMS. Ideal for those looking to tailor their monitoring setup without getting lost in complexity.
The Best Story in Software: Celebrating 25 Years of SolarWinds
"Our software is being used by the military, by hospitals - we don't really see what's being done outside the office, but knowing the problems that we're solving is so great to see." Cal Smith, SolarWinds Academy Team.
Network Speed Uncovered: What Is It Really & How to Measure It
When we talk about network performance, one metric that comes up constantly is "network speed." It's the measure of how fast your applications run, how swiftly you can transfer data, and, essentially, how responsive your digital world is. Speed in networking is like the speedometer in a car—it tells you how quickly things are moving. However, network speed isn't just about raw velocity.
Introduction to Observability
These days, systems and applications evolve at a rapid pace. This makes analyzing the internal performance of applications complex. Observability emerges as a path to efficient and effective operational insights. Imagine a team of doctors monitoring a patient’s vitals—heart rate, temperature, blood pressure. These readings, combined with observation of symptoms, paint a picture of the patient’s health. This allows doctors to diagnose issues and provide care.
How to Introduce a SaaS Management Solution to Your MSP Stack
The average 100-person company has 126 SaaS applications and 40% of the apps in an MSP client’s environment are likely shadow IT (Gartner). That creates an interesting challenge for MSPs and their clients. SaaS platforms are a key enabler for modern businesses, and frankly, we’re better off as a result. SaaS solutions enable businesses to focus less on infrastructure and more on outcomes. However, they also create new security, governance, and cost management challenges.
Comparing Network Monitoring and Management: Which Do You Actually Need?
Have you ever wondered what exactly "network monitoring" and "network management" mean? Many people mix up these terms, thinking they're the same thing. But they're not! You might think you need a big, complicated network management system to keep your network in check. But that's not always the case! Sometimes, all you need is good network monitoring. This article will help you understand the differences between monitoring and management and figure out what's best for your network.
Startup vs. running configuration conflict: Its impact, and how to avoid it
This tech topic delves into the challenges posed by conflicts between startup and running configurations, and provides insights on proactive measures to effectively manage them.
Firewall segmentation
This page explores firewall segmentation, its advantages in ensuring the security of a growing network and how Firewall Analyzer simplifies the whole process.
Empowering Communities for 25 Years and Counting
We’re celebrating 25 years of excellence in IT management 🌟 Let’s take a look at our journey from humble beginnings in 1999 to global operations today. SolarWinds is proud of our legacy and excited for the future. 🚀 Here’s to the next 25 years.
Ask Me Anything: Solving the Top 10 WhatsUp Gold Support Issues
IT Infrastructure (ITIM) tools can take time to learn. That’s even true for WhatsUp Gold, which receives excellent reviews on third party sites for its ease of customization, ease of implementation and vendor support. Thankfully, with WhatsUp Gold, you have many resources at your disposal, including the knowledge base, online documentation, YouTube Channel and community forums.
The Evolving Frontline: Cybersecurity Strategy with Mark Sangster
Mark Sangster, cybersecurity expert and Chief of Strategy at Adlumen, brings his rich experience from BlackBerry, Intel, and Cisco, and delves into the intricacies of cybersecurity strategies that can empower MSPs.
SolarWinds announces winners of 2024 Transform Partner Awards
Transform Partner Summits highlight excellence in SolarWinds channel partner performance globally.
How Megaport and Wasabi Are Simplifying Cloud Storage
As the demand for cloud resources continues to surge, innovative cloud storage providers like Wasabi are reshaping the industry with their agile and cost-effective solutions.
Detecting, Investigating, and Responding to Threats: Best Practices
In this webinar, we will explore tips, trends and best practices for quickly and accurately detecting and responding to an always-evolving array of bad actors. Don't miss the chance to explain why your solution can help strengthen defences and give IT managers some peace of mind in an increasingly scary threat landscape.
Solution Priorities - AIOps and Observability from Broadcom
Andreas Reiss, Head of Product Management, discusses product priorities for DX Operational Intelligence from Broadcom.
Azure network diagram generator with automation
Today many of your cloud solutions will be connected to a private network within Microsoft Azure for purposes like: An Azure virtual network can support a number of different IaaS, PaaS or SaaS resources being connected to it to support your growing cloud network estate.
The (Mostly) Complete Guide to Installing Kentik NMS
NMS can do so much that one blog topic triggered an idea for another, and another, and here we are, six posts later and I haven’t explained how to install NMS yet. The time for that post has come.
Simplified device health monitoring and mapping for software-defined networks
Are you juggling too many different types of network monitoring dashboards at once? If you're using software-defined networks (SDNs) and also managing traditional networks, it can be quite challenging to monitor them both at the same time since you need to remember which tool is responsible for monitoring which network and keep switching between them. Doing this can be a real hassle, but worry not!
Monitoring the Health Status of Progress Flowmon Appliances with IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools
Progress Flowmon is a core network monitoring and security tool. Confirming if it is up and running can mean the difference between responding to a data breach or overlooking such a critical event. Like any other critical system, it is a good practice to include the monitoring of Flowmon uptime, resource consumption and health in an IT infrastructure monitoring (ITIM) dashboard, such as Progress WhatsUp Gold.
Better, Faster, Stronger Network Monitoring: Cribl and Model Driven Telemetry
New in Cribl 4.5, the Model Driven Telemetry Source enables you to collect, transform, and route Model Driven Telemetry (MDT) data. In this blog, you’ll learn how to explore the YANG Suite to understand the wide variety of datasets available to transmit as well as how to configure the tools to get data flowing from Cisco IOS XE network devices to Cribl Stream.
AIOps and Observability from Broadcom
Overview of AIOps and Observability from Broadcom: Connecting monitoring, analytics and actions along each IT domain of the full IT estate to digital services and end user experience. Manage the health, performance and availability of applications, infrastructure and networks.
13 SaaS Optimization Tips for IT Leaders
Your business could be spending tens of thousands on SaaS applications—but are you really using them to your full advantage? Research says probably not. Today, the average business uses 130 SaaS apps for day-to-day operations, a number that has steadily climbed over the past decade. Of those, 65% fall under the veil of shadow IT, meaning the IT team is unaware they were ever adopted.
The truth about cloud data egress fees: They're not going away yet
It’s well understood that getting data into the cloud costs nothing. Depending on the route you take to engage with a cloud provider, there are dozens of free credits, allowances, and trial offers designed to make it easy to store your data with them. Getting your data out of the cloud is an entirely different matter. And not just when we’re talking about permanent extraction and closing accounts.
Observability benefits of Cisco Catalyst Center integration
LogicMonitor’s agentless collection has long provided customers with many benefits for collecting telemetry data directly from network devices. Recently, LogicMonitor added another feature, enabling the discovery of devices/sites and the collection of telemetry data from the Cisco Catalyst Center. Retaining options is essential due to the pros and cons associated with each approach.
What's New at Kentik, Episode 5
Leon Adato highlights the latest additions to the Kentik network observability platform, including Kentik Journeys for iterative troubleshooting, PeeringDB integration for enhanced network insights, and the utility of Kentik's API for custom data interactions. Discover how these features enable deeper network analysis and streamline operational workflows.
Optimize your network inventory with OpManager's powerful grouping capabilities
Monitoring network components efficiently is crucial for troubleshooting potential issues and ensuring optimal network performance. With the ever-growing complexity of networks, having a solution that streamlines the process of organizing network elements becomes indispensable.
The role of DDI solutions in optimizing network performance in banking, financial services, and insurance companies
In the high-stakes world of banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), collectively known as the finance sector, where transactions occur in milliseconds and financial destinies are determined in the blink of an eye, the need for uninterrupted connectivity, secure transactions, and access to accurate, real-time information is critical. It constitutes the foundation for the very integrity and success of financial operations.
Introducing Netplan v1.0 - stable, declarative network management
As the maintainer and lead developer of Netplan, I’m proud to announce the general availability of Netplan v1.0 after more than 7 years of development efforts. Over the years, we’ve had approximately 80 individual contributors from around the globe. This includes many contributions from our Netplan core-team at Canonical as well as organisations like Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom.
Validating Cloud Connections for Enhanced Connected Experiences
The world relies on the cloud which means that organizations are fundamentally reliant on third-party networks to access these critical cloud resources. While cloud adoption decisions are largely made by executive teams, the responsibility of performance and availability falls squarely on the shoulders of network operations teams.
A Guide to Zoom Assessments: Unlocking Optimal Zoom Performance & Understanding Zoom Network Requirements
Zoom has become a go-to platform for businesses hosting virtual meetings and collaborations. However, ensuring smooth and efficient Zoom sessions requires more than just joining a meeting close to a Wi-Fi router. While Zoom provides a built-in monitoring tool for real-time quality checks during meetings, it lacks historical data and baseline analysis, limiting its utility.
How is IPAM simplifying modern networking needs?
Today, manual IP address management is no longer sustainable. With changing technology requirements and business goals, modern IT infrastructures face various complexities, including network sprawl, inefficiencies, security vulnerabilities, and reduced visibility. In this white paper, we explore the solution to these challenges: adopting an automated IP address management (IPAM) approach. Automation streamlines operations, enhances security, and provides real-time visibility.
Mastering Microsoft Teams Network Assessments: How to Audit Microsoft Teams Performance
Microsoft Teams has become a cornerstone of collaboration and communication for countless enterprises worldwide. However, as reliance on Unified Communications (UC) grows, so do the chances of encountering performance issues. While Microsoft Teams offers some native tools for network assessments, they often prove limited and fail to address underlying issues effectively.
Megaport Launches First AWS Direct Connect Network Service Offering on AWS Marketplace
Customers can now streamline the purchase and management of AWS Direct Connect and private connectivity from within AWS Marketplace.
Active Directory Monitoring: Why You Need it and How to Do it Right
Active Directory (AD) is in many ways the lifeblood of your network, especially in terms of user and identity management. AD has become the core directory service for most enterprises, keeping track of users and IT assets, allowing all these to be identified and manipulated. Because Active Directory houses all these identities and logs the enterprise’s IT assets, IT can spot breaches and abnormal behavior through this directory data.
Using Telegraf to Feed API JSON Data into Kentik NMS
Discover how to harness API JSON data for Kentik NMS using Telegraf in this insightful video by Justin Ryburn. Learn to containerize with Docker Compose, configure Telegraf to collect and transform metrics, and seamlessly integrate them into Kentik's network monitoring system. A step-by-step guide for enhancing your NMS capabilities with API data.
SolarWinds Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Excellence in IT Management and Innovation
New SolarWinds survey provides insight from IT pros on the most transformative technologies and the biggest challenges that lie ahead.
Adjusting Data Before Sending it to Kentik NMS
Leon takes a look at how to further modify SNMP metrics in Kentik NMS. Because sometimes, you want to modify data before displaying it in your network monitoring system. Ready? Let’s get mathy with it!
Six Tips to Reduce Noise in IT Operations
“We are drowning in noise all day long! Please help us!” -Every IT operations team Rich monitoring data is more important than ever for IT operations to manage the range of technology platforms and inter-connected systems the business runs on. One natural result of this is there are more signals and more noise that vie for operator attention.
How to Gain Visibility into Internet Performance
Continued cloud adoption is leading to an increasing reliance on internet services, and on a complex mix of external service providers and technologies to deliver those services. For network operations teams, these moves significantly reduce visibility into the performance of the underlying infrastructure that business services depend upon. In spite of this diminishing visibility and control, these teams remain responsible for network performance.
SolarWinds | Empowering Communities Since 1999
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Monitoring diverse IT endpoints with custom SNMP monitoring
As our world becomes more connected, the number of network devices is growing at an unprecedented rate. This poses a challenge for network administrators who need to keep track of all the devices that are added to their network every day. Relying only on monitoring tools with a standard device repository may no longer be sufficient, leading to monitoring gaps and leaving the network vulnerable to potential security risks. Imagine that you have a device that appears as "unknown" in your monitoring tool.
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