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2018 state of resilience: The pressure is on

IT leaders are under increased pressure to ensure systems can withstand natural disasters, attacks, data breaches, and increasing storage and data accessibility needs.

By Sandra Henry Stocker

Jan 12, 2018 3 mins

Business Continuity Cloud Computing Compliance

Big changes coming for the application delivery controller market

ZK Research survey shows the application delivery controller market is about to go through significant change.

By Zeus Kerravala

Dec 18, 2017 6 mins

Application Performance Management Networking

The rise of modular plug terminated links

Developing new LAN cabling standards is an arduous process that takes many years. Most standards development work centers around higher performance cable and connectors to support new applications like 10, 25 and 40 gigabit Ethernet. New cable perfor

By Dan Barrera

Dec 18, 2017 7 mins

Network Management Software Network Switches System Management

HPE pushes for the autonomous data center with InfoSight AI recommendation engine

InfoSight will also be rolled out to HPE's 3Par flash-storage customers, later throughout HPE products

By Marc Ferranti

Nov 21, 2017 5 mins

Analytics Big Data System Management

Why speeds and feeds don’t fix your data management problems

Beyond speeds, feeds, and the cost of storage capacity, admins are now beginning to look at the missing link in their infrastructure – information about how their data is actually being used.

By Lance Smith

Nov 7, 2017 5 mins

Database Administration Networking System Management

Riverbed enhances its SD-WAN performance-monitoring platform

The new version of SteelCentral provides an end-to-end view of the user experience, monitoring applications, network traffic, devices and infrastructure from one console.

By Zeus Kerravala

Nov 7, 2017 4 mins

Application Performance Management Network Monitoring SD-WAN

ThousandEyes’ Device Layer helps solve application problems faster

Device Layer provides the health status of network devices, enabling network operations teams to deliver better application and service performance.

By Zeus Kerravala

Oct 25, 2017 4 mins

Application Performance Management Data Center Network Management Software

Why network operations should care about AppDynamics

Network engineers can use AppDynamics to quickly diagnose the cause of poor application performance. And if the network is the problem, use the tool to resolve it faster.

By Zeus Kerravala

Oct 23, 2017 5 mins

Application Performance Management Cisco Systems Network Monitoring

Oracle leverages machine learning to manage, secure enterprise systems

Oracle Management Cloud suite provides real-time, proactive monitoring and outage prevention, and Oracle Identity SOC helps forecast, detect and resolve security threats.

By Andy Patrizio

Oct 10, 2017 3 mins

Application Performance Management Hybrid Cloud Oracle

Always test remote app performance with a WAN emulator

When you test new applications using a WAN emulator before deployment, you ensure apps perform to remote users’ standards and requirements and make app adoption easier.

By Mark Dargin

Sep 19, 2017 5 mins

Application Performance Management Networking WAN