Network Mgmt

Study: IT, business alignment tightens, but gaps remain

Cisco's annual IT global study finds that IT and corporate goals are becoming more aligned, but that some IT execs still feel disconnected.Opinion

Networking blogs: Owning data center monitoring, push for OpenStack

In this blog roundup, see why IT needs a better approach to monitoring data centers, and how vendors differentiate by using a common infrastructure.Fast Packet | 02 May 2013

Virtual WAN optimization tools: Is speed really a factor?

Hardware is typically faster than software, but virtual tools for WAN optimization are appropriate for certain use cases.News | 24 Apr 2013

What is iPerf and how is it used?

Expert Chris Partsenidis explains what iPerf can do to help you measure your network's bandwidth, delay, jitter and potential for data loss.Answer

Application performance management advice for your network

This guide explores how network-based application performance management can help you prevent performance problems before they harm your business.FAQ

Networking blogs: Network visibility, installing Grizzly with DevStack

In this week's roundup, bloggers explain how to install Grizzly with DevStack and explore the question of visibility in the virtualized network.Fast Packet | 19 Apr 2013

Application delivery optimization

This guide on application delivery optimization strategies explores solutions that IT needs to consider to provide optimized access to corporate data and apps.guide

Application performance monitoring best practices

In this guide on application performance monitoring, read about APM's importance and the best tools and strategies for assessing end user experience.guide

Selecting an application delivery optimization solution: Final steps

When reaching the final stage of choosing an application delivery optimization solution, it is essential to run down a final checklist of steps.Tip

Guiding principles behind application delivery optimization solutions

When evaluating application delivery optimization solutions, it is important to address principles to help guide you through a potential deployment.Tip

network tap

A network tap is an external monitoring device that mirrors the traffic that passes between two network nodes. A tap (test access point) is a hardware device inserted at a specific point in the network to monitor data.Definition

Network engineer as mobile device manager: Tracking users and devices

As BYOD gains additional traction within enterprises, getting a clear view of users, and their devices, is critical for network administrators.Opinion

VSS Monitoring: Passive and inline monitoring in network packet broker

Network packet broker specialist VSS Monitoring combines passive and inline packet capture, adds SSL offload device.News | 26 Apr 2013

Application performance management advice for your network

This guide explores how network-based application performance management can help you prevent performance problems before they harm your business.FAQ

Selecting an application delivery optimization solution: Final steps

When reaching the final stage of choosing an application delivery optimization solution, it is essential to run down a final checklist of steps.Tip

Guiding principles behind application delivery optimization solutions

When evaluating application delivery optimization solutions, it is important to address principles to help guide you through a potential deployment.Tip

Considering application delivery optimization tools: Questions to ask

When evaluating application delivery optimization tools and solutions for your environment, it is vital to ask vendors some specific questions.Tip

Application delivery optimization solutions: A technical overview

To evaluate application delivery optimization solutions, you must know different optimization solutions and how each can fit into your environment.Tip

Assessing the benefits of application delivery optimization solutions

These application delivery optimization benefits help meet your service-level agreement, which is a key component of achieving optimization.Tip

Application delivery optimization: Business and technology issues

To ensure mobile workers have efficient access to data, assess business and technology issues driving adoption of application delivery optimization.Tip

network tap

A network tap is an external monitoring device that mirrors the traffic that passes between two network nodes. A tap (test access point) is a hardware device inserted at a specific point in the network to monitor data.Definition

Cisco ships plug-in module to convert 3600 into 802.11ac access point

Cisco has begun shipping its plug-in Wave 1 module to convert the Aironet 3600 into an 802.11ac access point.Fast packet | 30 Apr 2013

Virtual WAN optimization tools: Is speed really a factor?

Hardware is typically faster than software, but virtual tools for WAN optimization are appropriate for certain use cases.News | 24 Apr 2013

What is iPerf and how is it used?

Expert Chris Partsenidis explains what iPerf can do to help you measure your network's bandwidth, delay, jitter and potential for data loss.Answer

Application delivery optimization

This guide on application delivery optimization strategies explores solutions that IT needs to consider to provide optimized access to corporate data and apps.guide

Application performance monitoring best practices

In this guide on application performance monitoring, read about APM's importance and the best tools and strategies for assessing end user experience.guide

Selecting an application delivery optimization solution: Final steps

When reaching the final stage of choosing an application delivery optimization solution, it is essential to run down a final checklist of steps.Tip

Guiding principles behind application delivery optimization solutions

When evaluating application delivery optimization solutions, it is important to address principles to help guide you through a potential deployment.Tip

Considering application delivery optimization tools: Questions to ask

When evaluating application delivery optimization tools and solutions for your environment, it is vital to ask vendors some specific questions.Tip

Application delivery optimization solutions: A technical overview

To evaluate application delivery optimization solutions, you must know different optimization solutions and how each can fit into your environment.Tip

VSS Monitoring: Passive and inline monitoring in network packet broker

Network packet broker specialist VSS Monitoring combines passive and inline packet capture, adds SSL offload device.News | 26 Apr 2013

Blog roundup: Approaching BYO Wi-Fi hotspot trend, packet capture tips

In this week's blog roundup, read about the risks and benefits of the BYO access point trend and get advice for timing packet capture.Fast Packet | 24 Apr 2013

Selecting an application delivery optimization solution: Final steps

When reaching the final stage of choosing an application delivery optimization solution, it is essential to run down a final checklist of steps.Tip

Guiding principles behind application delivery optimization solutions

When evaluating application delivery optimization solutions, it is important to address principles to help guide you through a potential deployment.Tip

Considering application delivery optimization tools: Questions to ask

When evaluating application delivery optimization tools and solutions for your environment, it is vital to ask vendors some specific questions.Tip

Application delivery optimization solutions: A technical overview

To evaluate application delivery optimization solutions, you must know different optimization solutions and how each can fit into your environment.Tip

Assessing the benefits of application delivery optimization solutions

These application delivery optimization benefits help meet your service-level agreement, which is a key component of achieving optimization.Tip

Application delivery optimization: Business and technology issues

To ensure mobile workers have efficient access to data, assess business and technology issues driving adoption of application delivery optimization.Tip

Network security assessment: 10 tools you can't live without

The top 10 tools to protect your network against security breaches.Tip

Maintaining mobile device security: How to prevent user breaches

To ensure mobile device security, VPN expert Rainer Enders explains that it is crucial to monitor changed states and block software modifications.Answer

Do we need full-stream reassembly in network-based monitoring?

Network management expert Jesse Rothstein explains the concept of full-stream reassembly and why it's necessary for network performance monitoring.Answer

Application performance management should include packet capture

Expert Jesse Rothstein explains the importance and challenges of packet capture abilities in application performance management (APM) solutions.Answer

Can your security strategy handle networked facilities management?

No escaping network-based IT power management

Market forces will dictate that network managers get more involved in IT energy management.News | 03 Jul 2012

Network Innovation Award: Cisco Prime for service-centric management

Cisco Prime is the winner of the SearchNetworking.com Network Innovation Award for management. Cisco Prime integrates network, endpoint and application-level information.News | 20 Mar 2012

Network diagnostics that see through virtualization

Running network diagnostics for virtualization requires a new set of strategies that involve virtual switches, virtual network probes and rerouting traffic for analysis.Feature

OpenFlow applications work where network management tools fail

OpenFlow applications beat network management tools, offering a holistic view of the network's configuration and granular control even in a dynamic virtualized environment.Fast Packet | 17 Nov 2011

Can your security strategy handle networked facilities management?

Linking building and power management systems to converged Ethernet networks brings new security concerns.Tip

Data center network testing solutions: New channel opps emerge

Channel partners have long offered enterprise network testing as a service, but now data center network testing offers even more possibilities for a wider portfolio.Feature | 22 Aug 2011

Enterprise energy management: IT and building management systems meet

As IP-based building management systems emerge, networking teams will control integrated IT and building resources as part of an overall enterprise energy management strategy.Tip