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IDG Contributor Network

What are the best practices when cabling for Wi-Fi?

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Rating the best converged infrastructure systems

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The Network ViewBy
IDG Contributor Network

6 key themes shaping the future of network performance management

A new study sheds light on the latest network management trends. Here’s what you need to know to make informed, strategic decisions as you strive for network continuity.

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Nexthink’s digital experience management platform quickly solves performance problems

Bad experiences with IT environments cost companies 100 hours per person each year. Get that time back with digital experience management and experience-level agreements.

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ThousandEyes provides data, visualization tools for multi-cloud environments

ThousandEyes extends its Network Intelligence platform to take the complexity out of multi-cloud deployments.

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Data freshness, not speed, most important for IoT

IoT is creating wireless network innovation. But it isn’t just about low latency and reliability promises. Data freshness and better security are getting attention, too.

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End-to-end data, analytics key to solving application performance problems

Nyansa adds WAN and client insight to Voyance to provide greater visibility into user experience and application performance.

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How mainframes put muscle behind autonomous data maintenance software

With the muscle and processing power of the mainframe, autonomous troubleshooting software can handle the drudgery so the DBA can plug into their human ingenuity.

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BMC retools its service management offerings for AI, cloud era

Many if not most large enterprises run hybrid computing environments and are looking for management software flexible enough to run in, and manage assets, across private and public clouds.

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Cato Networks adds threat hunting to its Network as a Service

Security is a key benefit of using cloud-based networking services. And Cato Networks is kicking it up a notch by adding threat hunting as a service to its cloud network.

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Controlled ChaosBy
IDG Contributor Network

When it comes to your IT infrastructure, visibility matters

Delivering visibility across your increasingly distributed and complex IT infrastructure isn’t easy, yet it can help everyone get on the same page and aligned with business objectives and user needs.

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Blockchain, service-centric networking key to IoT success

IoT needs monetization, security, and a strong edge network. Researchers say they have the solution — Blockcloud — blockchain along with a service name addressing system.

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Data-center management: What does DMaaS deliver that DCIM doesn’t?

Datacenter management as a service, or DMaaS, is a cloud-based remote monitoring service that aggregates and analyzes large sets of anonymized customer data to help companies better anticipate equipment failures or capacity shortfalls...

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What is network virtualization? Pioneer Martin Casado explains

Network virtualization pioneer Martin Casado explains the concept behind network virtualization, how the technology works and why it was created.

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REVIEW: Top application delivery controllers

Actual users offer comments on these ADCs: F5 BIG-IP, Citrix NetScaler ADC, HAProxy, Loadbalancer.org, KEMP LoadMaster and NGINX

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7 free networking tools you must have

From server management to protocol analysis to visibility into systems, networks and traffic flows, these free open source monitoring tools have you covered.

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The Cloud CenterBy
IDG Contributor Network

Get a better angle on your network monitoring with application management

Optimize your network management and monitoring tools by using application management tools too.

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Juniper multicloud management software targets enterprise data centers

Facing the reality that many if not most enterprise data center managers now work in a hyrbrid cloud environment, Juniper has started to offer Contrail Enterprise Multicloud, a software package designed to monitor and manage workloads...

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From the First Mile to the LastBy
IDG Contributor Network

Cultivating an app-first mentality in enterprise network management

Today’s applications require stability and reliability, enabled by transparency.

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Cisco boosts IoT access control, management

Tweaks to ISE, DNA Center can better track, secure internet of things devices

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