Category: Monitoring&Analysis

November 21, 2023

Telecom giant AT&T’s move to say adieu to a significant wing of its managed security services provider unit is essentially a bid to allow the team’s consulting services to grow, according to industry analysts. The newly independent group, announced by […]

October 3, 2023

Artificial Intelligence is taking the world by storm. In the world of enterprise networking, the use of AI is beginning to trickle into management and monitoring aspects, providing a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. Let’s look […]

September 25, 2023

There is a dizzying array of data available to telecom operators on the status, performance and health of their networks; at various speeds and levels of granularity; focused on end-user-experience, peak network capability, or dozens of other potential indicators. Operators […]

August 8, 2023

We are at a crossroads where well-funded threat actors are leveraging innovative tools, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, while Security Operations Centers (SOCs), built around legacy technologies like security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, are failing to […]

August 1, 2023

Aiming to bolster its assessment of Internet traffic health Cisco said it would buy startup Border Gateway Protocol monitoring firm Code BGP for an undisclosed amount. Privately held Code BGP will slide into Cisco’s ThousandEyes network intelligence product portfolio and […]

July 26, 2023

Keysight Technologies has introduced the AresONE-M 800GE, a Layer 1-3 Ethernet performance test platform, supporting data centre interconnect speeds from 10GE to 800GE. Data-intensive applications are fuelling the need for secure and reliable 800GE c. Deploying 800GE into existing network […]

July 12, 2023

Cisco unveiled a new version of its Secure Network Analytics (SNA) software aimed at making it easier to track more data flows and act faster on relevant security alerts. Enhancements in SNA release 7.4.2 include the ability to more efficiently […]

July 7, 2023

Ethical hacking and bug bounty company Hackrate has announced the release of HackGATE, a new monitoring platform specifically designed for ethical hacking projects. Available now as a standalone service, HackGATE is designed to help organizations better manage and oversee security […]

June 27, 2023

Cisco again opened its checkbook this week and snatched up privately held broadband-network monitoring company SamKnows for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2008, the London-based firm uses a global network of software agents located in everything from home systems to […]

June 21, 2023

Looking to improve network visibility, Cisco plans to buy Accedian Networks, makers of software for monitoring and analyzing network performance.Founded 2004, Accecian sells Skylight, a platform that diagnoses problems and recommends remediation to fix them. The package is aimed at […]

June 16, 2023

Spirent Communications yesterday announced the availability of its new over-the-air (OTA) performance monitoring solution designed to bring the network edge into the complete end-to-end test and monitoring landscape. The Spirent Mobile Test Platform (MTP) is a simple-to-deploy small form factor […]

May 18, 2023

Businesses are increasingly turning to purpose-built, custom applications to manage mission-critical processes. In fact, the average enterprise-level organization now has more than 460 custom applications to manage, according to the Cloud Security Alliance. Of course, there are many advantages to […]

May 2, 2023

Today’s enterprise networks span on-premises and cloud environments, and it has become a lot harder for IT teams to maintain performance, reliability and security when some parts of the network are unknown or off-limits to traditional performance monitoring tools. “If […]

March 27, 2023

With the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), predictive network technology alerts administrators to possible network issues as early as possible and offers potential solutions. The AI and ML algorithms used in predictive network technology have become […]

March 21, 2023

The scale of data which AT&T processes is staggering: More than 590 petabytes on a daily basis, the equivalent of 6.5 million 4K movies. Being able to process its data faster and more efficiently means tangible improvements in reduced cost […]

March 14, 2023

It’s been five years since Gartner introduced a new term to the IT world – Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), an evolution of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and End User Experience Monitoring (EUEM). Though it has received subtle tweaks over the […]

March 6, 2023

With the public release of ChatGPT and Microsoft’s $10-billion investment into OpenAI, artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly gaining mainstream acceptance. For enterprise networking professionals, this means there is a very real possibility that AI traffic will affect their networks in […]

February 22, 2023

If you look at major global corporations, you’ll like notice an increasing emphasis on reducing power consumption, achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and all around making business greener. The telecommunications sector is no different with many major operators committing to substantial […]

February 21, 2023

Network monitoring is the process of continuously monitoring a computer network to ensure that it is functioning properly and is available to users. It involves monitoring network devices, such as routers, switches, and servers, as well as the performance of […]

February 8, 2023

T-Mobile US garnered the overall best 5G experience in the second half of 2022, per Rootmetrics, but AT&T also had a strong performance at the state level and Verizon did particularly well at the metro level. That’s a bit of […]