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Browsing posts tagged with: SD-WAN
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
AppNeta Route Visualization now features BGP Data
March 5, 2019 by
Alec Pinkham
Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
Our new Route Visualization allows IT to see how DNS, content delivery networks, and BGP work together to deliver content to your users efficiently.
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
101: What is DNS — and why is it important?
December 20, 2018 by
Paul Davenport
Industry Insights, Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
Before the days of personal computing — and well before the dawn of smart devices — it was easier for the relatively few users leveraging the Internet to recognize familiar IP addresses, like memorizing a home phone number in the pre-caller ID days. While we may type URLs into search bars and click “Send” on…Continue reading
IN PRACTICE: Detecting ‘problem device’ at SD-WAN provider’s PoP
December 4, 2018 by
Justin Tiearney
Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
IN PRACTICE | This article is part of a series of posts sharing examples of how AppNeta users have leveraged the service to solve performance problems. Continuous, real-time visibility into the condition of the core network is crucial to ensure consistent performance for end users. Without network visibility, problems may go undetected until they are…Continue reading
New from AppNeta: DNS, BGP, SD-WAN support, and more!
September 18, 2018 by
Alec Pinkham
Company News, Industry Insights, Product News
Today AppNeta announced a number of exciting product enhancements that we’ve been working on over the past few months. This includes some major milestones in the software that our development teams have been pushing towards over the past few bi-weekly releases and a whole new line of hardware and virtual monitoring points to enable AppNeta…Continue reading
IN PRACTICE: Identifying the cause of SD-WAN degradation
June 19, 2018 by
Amy Potvin
Industry Insights, Performance Monitoring, Use Case
IN PRACTICE | This article is part of a series of posts sharing examples of how AppNeta users have leveraged the service to solve performance problems. Context A major US retail chain had been running the AppNeta Performance Manager for 10 months to monitor the retail store WAN services between their primary data center and…Continue reading
SD-WAN and WAN Optimization Aren’t Destined to be a Dynamic Duo
March 13, 2018 by
Joe Michalowski
Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
Just last summer, we published a post that discussed the differences between SD-WAN and WAN optimization. At the time, many people were simplifying the discussion and wondering if SD-WAN could replace aging WAN optimization solutions. When you break down the purposes of each technology, the two look more like a dynamic duo than a replacement…Continue reading
Switching to SD-WAN Doesn’t Mean Ripping Out Your MPLS Network
January 2, 2018 by
Andrew Sanders
Networking Technology, Performance Monitoring
SD-WAN was originally designed to be the successor technology to MPLS networks, but it doesn’t appear to have worked out that way. Research from Nemertes has shown that nearly 80% of companies with a pre-existing MPLS deployment retain the technology after SD-WAN adoption. Clearly there is some synergy between SD-WAN and MPLS. How does an…Continue reading
Which Software-Defined Networking Trends Will Your IT Team Adopt?
October 20, 2017 by
Christine Cignoli
Industry Insights, Networking Technology
You know what happens this time of year, as Halloween is approaching: It’s time for next year’s technology predictions to arrive. Here, there’s a look at some potential 2018 networking trends around SD-WAN in particular. One that caught our attention was the addition of security features like firewall functionality, and the expectation that antivirus and…Continue reading