Category: Monitoring&Analysis

June 10, 2024

It is a given that your network monitoring or network management solution collects data that drives metrics and key performance indicators (KPI). The trick is deciding which of these to track, analyze, and use as network performance and operational goals. […]

June 5, 2024

The arrival of multi-modal AI signals a new era of intelligence and responsiveness. Defined by the integration of natural language, vision, and multisensory processing into AI systems, this paradigm shift promises to redefine how these tools understand, interact with, and […]

June 3, 2024

Multi-cloud computing, edge applications, a remote workforce that requires network connectivity, and a burgeoning number of IoT devices that are being added to networks each year are making it hard to manage everything with the assortment of network management tools […]

May 23, 2024

Security researchers at Tenable have discovered a potentially critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fluent Bit, a core component in the monitoring infrastructure of many cloud services. The vulnerability, dubbed Linguistic Lumberjack and tracked as CVE-2024-4323, stems from coding flaws within […]

May 9, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is creeping into nearly every aspect of our daily lives. For network architects and operators, AI can significantly reduce the time and expertise required to design, build, and manage the day-to-day operations of a network, including those […]

May 2, 2024

Enterprise networks are undergoing huge changes. It’s not uncommon for an enterprise to find that it has quickly outgrown its NPM and that it simply cannot cover the true scope of the enterprise’s new geography of activity. LiveAction’s 2024 Network […]

April 30, 2024

According to analysis by Stocklytics.com, AI data centre electricity consumption threatens to surpass Belgium’s overall usage in the next two years, with predictions that AI data centres will demand well over 90TWh by 2026. This comes in stark contrast to […]

April 25, 2024

Network automation takes advantage of programmable logic to manage network services and resources. The approach allows network operations (NetOps) teams to configure, scale, protect, and integrate network infrastructure and application services far more rapidly than when performed manually. Until relatively […]

April 24, 2024

In a recent interview, Ariana Lynn, Principal Analyst at The Fast Mode spoke to Mike Haynes, Global Network Cloud Solution Sales Leader for Telecoms/M&E at IBM on the impact of traffic visibility on modern IP networks. Mike joins us in […]

April 17, 2024

Global IT spending is forecast to hit $5.06 trillion in 2024, an increase of 8% from 2023, according to new data from Gartner. The hike puts worldwide IT spending on track to surpass $8 trillion well before the end of […]

April 10, 2024

Information technology teams at institutions of higher learning face unique network challenges based on lean budgets and lengthy evaluation and approval processes to upgrade any hardware or software components. Yet IT managers are still responsible for securing and managing sensitive […]

April 8, 2024

In the world of cloud computing, the concept of multicloud networking has sparked renewed interest – signaling a critical shift toward more sophisticated and integrated cloud architectures. This resurgence underscores a pressing demand for solutions that elegantly navigate the intricacies […]

April 3, 2024

Data centers are notorious energy hogs, and the increase in heavy-duty networking and compute power required to handle AI workloads is only going to exacerbate the sustainability issue. Advancements in AI infrastructure can be at odds with energy-consumption goals, notes […]

April 1, 2024

After decades of secretive testing, with the occasional competition between a human and computer at a high-level board game, artificial intelligence (AI) entered into the mainstream in 2023 for everyone to use as a tool for text creation, photo and […]

March 28, 2024

Network automation technology promises operational efficiencies and reduced security risks for enterprise businesses, which makes it seem like an obvious investment area for IT leaders. Yet aligning data sources, adopting the right tools, and achieving success with network automation are […]

March 27, 2024

A fundamental shift is underway in the broadband industry. Now that high-speed broadband offerings are ubiquitous, the key to winning subscribers no longer hinges on speed. The focus has shifted toward delivering an exceptional quality of experience (QoE). Consumer churn, […]

March 11, 2024

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is much more than an emerging subscription model for corporate networks. With NaaS, the provider is responsible for buying and managing the routers, switches, load balancers, firewalls, and other security devices that once made up the infrastructure of […]

February 28, 2024

SolarWinds added AI-based enhancements to its observability solutions that will enable IT teams to more easily monitor complex, distributed on-premises and cloud environments from anywhere. The upgrades promise to provide visibility into gaps created when workloads are moved from on-premises […]

February 27, 2024

The internet of things (IoT) is a catch-all term for the growing number of electronics that aren’t traditional computing devices, but are connected to the internet to send data, receive instructions, or both. An incredibly broad range of ‘things’ that […]

February 7, 2024

IT teams must chase endless helpdesk tickets while maintaining network performance SLAs. In between, they also drive digital transformation, optimizing network maintenance costs while running down to customer sites to fix issues. With advancements in AI, a few of these […]