Network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls and load balancers have a profound impact on business continuity. When your business grows, your network also grows
Virtual Machine Sprawls: How can you keep them in check?
Is too much of a good thing bad? The answer is yes
5 major benefits you could get out of traffic analysis
We see and hear a lot about traffic analysis and traffic monitoring but have you ever wondered what exactly is the very purpose of carrying out such an exercise? Why is traffic monitoring important? Is there any practical benefit that they get out of it?
ISP and Enterprise Billing in NetFlow Analyzer-Part 2
The previous blog dealt with Billing and as a continuation here is a brief account of IP group billing which is one of the unique features of NetFlow Analyzer. IP Group Billing:- Consider a scenario where billing has to happen across different users from different departments sharing the same link. This scenario is very typical in large enterprises where a given project is handled by different departments & they have their unique ways of using the bandwidth to handle the project
ITAM – a key step in reducing operations costs
Economy is not in your control, your organization’s operation costs are! The economy curve isn’t exactly going north and it is important for you, as an asset manager, to contribute for reducing operations cost. In a recent article by Gartner titled “10 Key Actions to Reduce IT Infrastructure and Operations Costs by as Much as 25 Percent”, one of the key steps mentioned was IT Asset Management (ITAM). “ITAM by itself doesn’t reduce I&O costs; however, it is a very effective tool to identify and assess cost reduction opportunities.” IT Asset management is not only a business practice of discovering and monitoring the assets, it encapsulates much more than that – cost monitoring, history, contracts management, notifications, software asset and license management, to name a few
Workflow between Monitoring and Ticketing
An important aspect of any successful business today is a constant and consistent availability of IT Infrastructure. This boils down to a need for an IT monitoring system that can monitor the infrastructure round the clock. So what if my monitoring system is excellent
Exporting NetFlow packets from Blue Coat Device
Blue Coat Packetshaper are capable of exporting NetFlow packets. The configuration to export NetFlow from the devices is simple, you can configure the packetshaper to export NetFlow packets to the NetFlow server. Follow the steps mention below to export NetFlow packets: Login to the Packetshaper UI and click on setup.
[EMA-ManageEngine Webinar]: Seven Best Practices to Optimize Application Delivery in Cloud and Hybrid Environments
With Dennis Drogseth, EMA VP of Research and Arun Balachandran, Sr. Market Analyst, ManageEngine Applications Manager Date : Thursday, September 29, 2011 Time : 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern 4 pm GMT Summer Time (London, GMT+01:00) Featured Speakers : Dennis Drogseth, VP of Research, EMA Arun Balachandran, Sr. Market Analyst, ManageEngine While many early cloud computing deployments favored niche infrastructure-centric services such as PaaS and storage-related services, there has been a distinct move towards a more application-service-centric model over the last 18 months.
A Tale of Two Realities: IT Managers, What
I had a lot of fun talking to Michael Dortch recently.
Effective Voice Traffic Analysis using NetFlow Analyzer
Voice traffic has spread its presence everywhere right from SMBs to large enterprises. Communication happens through VoIP at different levels right from customer support to teleconferencing to internal communication etc. VoIP has a major role in ensuring business continuity & it thus becomes a critical application that requires constant monitoring & control