The Paradigm Shift: Software Defined Networks, Software Driven Networks and...
In a recent blog entry, Harry Quackenboss from Layerz NGN makes some interesting and apropos points regarding the present and evolving world of Software Defined Networks and Software Driven Networks...
View ArticleSocial networking communities make for better software products - CA NetQoS...
Social networking communities aren’t just about sharing photos and posting silly statuses. In the realm of enterprise software, online communities serve as virtual user groups in which members can pose...
View ArticleAutomation, virtual capabilities put the super in SuperAgent 9.0 - CA...
CA Technologies recently made available an updated version of CA NetQoS SuperAgent, an application response time monitoring product the company acquired with NetQoS. Used to determine the source of...
View ArticleApplication performance, network engineers and Cisco Live - Going to Cisco...
Network managers in the know realize they must master the art of optimized application performance just as they conquered Cisco router configuration. The application performance related job duty fell...
View ArticleThe Re-Education of NetFlow
by Ben Erwin NetFlow or NetFlow-esque technology (Jflow, Cflowd, NetStream, IPFIX, etc.) has been around the network management world for quite some time. Thousands of IT shops worldwide leverage its...
View ArticleTeleKazam!
WAN Optimization solutions – assuming that they work for the applications you need them to work for – are like magic. Consolidating data centers, from a relativistic standpoint, actually moves users...
View ArticleDeep Pigeon Inspection
Wearing an eyepatch (I’m having a little eye trouble) has given me new appreciation for the importance of visibility. There’s some good news coming out on that front; as company Ipoque has released an...
View ArticleFear of the Unknown
One of the things holding back the rollout of new applications (like VoIP, Video, and Unified Communications) is the fear that the new applications will cause network performance problems; according to...
View ArticleStandards of Proximity
When Savvis promises “proximity hosting,” they mean it – according to this New York Times Magazine article. In Weehawken, New Jersey, right outside of the Lincoln Tunnel, there’s a data center that...
View ArticleJimmy Ray Purser doesn’t like Network Management Software
He thinks it sucks. No, correction. According to his latest post in Network World, he thinks it “Sucks!!!” With three exclamation points. What is it with NMS that feels like were are [sic] riding in...
View ArticleLeveraging Cisco NAM as NetQoS Data Collector – Whiteboard Series
Ben Erwin, Technical Marketing Manager at NetQoS, comes back for another Whiteboard Series video to explain how NetQoS’s integration into the Cisco NAM means that you need fewer data collectors and can...
View ArticleKeeping an eye on outsourced IT
As far as enterprise technology companies go, Savvis is probably one of the more interesting ones. They provide managed services for enterprise IT functions, building “IT infrastructure as a service.”...
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