The IT department of Bovertis B.V , a leading IT service provider for retail companies in The Netherlands, specializing in airport retail development and IT support, is tasked with managing a large number of network devices, mostly switches and routers from different device vendors. Their customers have retail stores all over the world, which need connectivity with each other and with the Head Quarters.
Configuring Alcatel Omni Switches to Export sFlow
The number of customers using sFlow technology is increasing by the day. NetFlow Analyzer supports sFlow technology apart from NetFlow, J-Flow, IPFIX etc.
Who is taking the lead to the Clouds? Telcos, ISPs, MSPs or Enterprises?
If a book seller like Amazon can succeed as a cloud provider, why are telecoms so slow to get into the game? I suspect the barriers are more cultural than technical. Telecoms seem cautious to jump into new markets. The Cloud is attracting some big industry players, but that
Sub Application Mapping in NetFlow Analyzer
NetFlow Analyzer with its in depth traffic reports helps Network administrator to analyze their traffic patterns, planning the network, identifying performance bottlenecks etc. In this blog, we will discuss Application traffic monitoring. NetFlow Analyzer 9 with its sub application mapping feature that helps administrator to categorize similar traffic patterns as a single group and view them.
Tip of the week: Ping Retries and Port Check options to cut down false positives
We had earlier looked at the network availability check and url availability check options that help reduce false alarms in Applications Manager. This week we will take a look at a couple more options that could be useful in certain situations. 1
Desktop Central
We are all familiar that Java provides separate executables for Windows x86 and 64-bit operating systems. While it is possible to install and use an x86 executable on Windows 64-bit operating systems, it is impossible to install these executables silently using the system account due to a bug in Java.
It’s raining iPads
What’s with the recent display of so much love in the form of iPads towards prospects. Recently, I came across at least 3 big brands giving away iPads to prospects and customers, asking them to enter a competition. Of course, there is a fine print involved! Agreed, iPad2 is awesome! But, when an awesome “free” giveaway (iPad2 in this case) is given to you on purchase of a product, you might want to consider the free-give-away theory. 1.
Network Visibility using SFlow in Brocade switches
As network grows getting complete network visibility has always been a challenge to the network administrators. Brocade switches help the network administrators achieve this using the SFlow technology