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Rethinking your “game plan” for network monitoring
March 15, 2019 by
Paul Davenport
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
Enterprise IT and network ops teams may not appear to have much in common with the names on your NCAA March Madness bracket. But in both arenas, teams need to be masters of strategy, cooperation, and fast thinking in order to succeed. That’s because just like college basketball, network monitoring and management requires having both…Continue reading
SD-WAN: The promise vs. the reality
February 19, 2019 by
Paul Davenport
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
There’s no denying that the SD-WAN market is having a moment. After sliding into the Trough of Disillusionment on the 2017 Gartner Hype Cycle, SD-WAN was firmly on the Slope of Enlightenment for 2018, and continues to build both momentum and advocacy as the decade comes to a close. What’s attractive about SD-WAN is that…Continue reading
AppNeta named a “Visionary” in 2019 Gartner NPMD Magic Quadrant
February 14, 2019 by
Matt Stevens
Industry Insights, Networking Technology, Product News
AppNeta was named a Visionary in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics.
BGP: Your roadmap for the “Information Superhighway”
February 5, 2019 by
Paul Davenport
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
While you’d be hard pressed to find a contemporary networking pro who still refers to the Internet as the “Information Superhighway,” the metaphor isn’t totally off-base. The Internet as we know it, after all, is a massive dynamic network of pathways that connect a global collection of enterprise- or ISP-owned Autonomous Systems (AS). Data travels…Continue reading
Avoiding IT “Blind Spots” at Remote Offices
January 25, 2019 by
Paul Davenport
Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
Thanks in no small part to the widespread adoption of cloud technology, many of the biggest enterprise success stories of the recent past revolve around a business’ ability to support a distributed workforce. The benefits of this model are easy to see: Teams aren’t confined to the four walls of a central office, which opens…Continue reading
Why DNS Monitoring is essential for end-user experience
January 4, 2019 by
Paul Davenport
Industry Insights, Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
DNS is designed to be reliable and speedy. That’s why network architects and users themselves often take it for granted, not realizing the importance of DNS monitoring.
Scenes from the Show: 2018 Gartner IOCS in Las Vegas
December 10, 2018 by
Paul Davenport
Company News, Industry Insights
It was a busy week for the AppNeta team at the 2018 Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference, where we chatted with dozens of IT pros on the show floor. This is a new combination for Gartner, bringing IT Operations and Data Center disciplines together, which made for some very interesting discussions around…Continue reading
Weekly Packet: All Cloud, All the Time
October 7, 2016 by
Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights
This week, we came across some nice hard numbers on cloud infrastructure spending, based on IDC research. They expect that spending on cloud infrastructure will pull even with spending on traditional IT infrastructure within five years. That’s a pretty amazing shift when we look back over the past decade or so in IT. With all…Continue reading
Weekly Packet: Airplanes, Unplugged; Various States of Infrastructure
August 12, 2016 by
Christine Cignoli
Industry Insights, Performance Monitoring
This was a big one in the Wide World of Outages this week: Delta Airlines couldn’t get more than 1,500 planes off the ground because of a power outage in Atlanta. Well, that’s what initial reports said, but the Wall Street Journal went into the details about how some critical systems and equipment didn’t switch over…Continue reading
Weekly Packet: Gold-Medal Tech, Your Cloud Shopping List
August 5, 2016 by
Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights, Networking Technology
I just had to write an Olympic-themed headline, since today is the first day of the 2016 Summer Games! I love the Olympics. It’s so much fun watching athletes do what they’re best at. Plus, they have the extra challenge this year of swimming or boating in polluted, mucky water—so it’s even more impressive for…Continue reading