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New skills emerge for network engineering and administration careers
Network engineering careers and network administration careers aren't what they used to be. Networking professionals aren't just moving packets and enabling IP access, they're expected to deliver reliable applications and services. This has created a... Article | 18 Jun 2009
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Network performance management evolution: Involving other IT domains
Network performance management software vendors are evolving their products so that IT domains other than the network team can glean relevant information and collaborate with one another on performance management, troubleshooting and collaboration. Article | 11 Jun 2009
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IT automation, automated network management becoming essential
IT automation and automated network management are becoming essential technologies for increasing the value of IT and ensuring application performance in increasingly complex networked environments. SearchNetworking.com caught up with Rick Sturm and ... Interview | 18 May 2009
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Network management and monitoring market remains crowded, fragmented
IDC's new assessment of the network management and monitoring market reveals a crowded and fragmented landscape where leading vendors don't necessarily compete against one another. Instead, they are solving different problems for network managers, wh... Article | 30 Apr 2009
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Xangati help desk 'DVR' feature speeds up trouble ticketing resolution
Xangati's Visual Trouble Ticket portal allows users to create DVR-like recordings of their network problems. IT staff can use these recordings to resolve network trouble tickets much more quickly, without having to speak directly with users. Article | 21 Apr 2009
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YouTube, Facebook make bandwidth monitoring best practices challenging
Network performance can be dragged down by sites like YouTube and Facebook, but cutting them off completely can lead to new problems. Two veterans of the bandwidth monitoring wars share their advice for keeping your network performance up to par. Article | 19 Feb 2009
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How network performance management can save money, boost applications
A Washington hospital uses network performance management tools to save money and to ensure performance of critical applications. Article | 04 Feb 2009
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Turning around a bad network: What to do when you inherit one
A bad network is something no one wants to take over, whether stepping into a new job or inheriting one through a merger or acquisition. But once you own it, you need to fix it. The first steps to turning it around are discovering what you have while... Article | 29 Jan 2009
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Next-generation enterprise networks: Links to telecom carriers grow stronger
As the needs of next-generation enterprise networks become clearer, networking vendors and telecom carriers look toward common solutions. Article | 28 Aug 2008
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Streaming Olympics video will drain corporate bandwidth
Companies that don't have robust network monitoring and management technology in place may run into bandwidth trouble when NBC starts streaming 2,200 hours of live video during the 2008 Summer Olympics. At this point, network administrators should be... Article | 07 Aug 2008