Jul 19 2017
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Network performance data

Introducing: Dynamic Performance Data in All-New Reporting Feature

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We are excited to announce a fully redesigned and rebuilt Reports feature as part of the 1.2 update. This is one of the major features of 1.2 and has been a long time in the making. Historical network and performance data has always been a big part of monitoring and troubleshooting with NetBeez, so we wanted to make it more accessible and easier to work with.

The new Reports feature greatly expands the historical reporting capabilities of NetBeez. Previously, historical reporting was limited to Target-centric reports and output was divided between global and interval average reports. This setup made it difficult to get the full picture of past data, not to mention there was no option for Agent reports. Read More

Jul 17 2017
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BeezKeeper 1.2 Release

New Release: BeezKeeper Version 1.2

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We’re excited to announce the new 1.2 release of BeezKeeper! The BeezKeeper is the central server that hosts the NetBeez user dashboard, controls the agents, processes the real-time performance data collected, and generates alerts when outages or performance degradation occurs. It’s hosted on the cloud or on-premise. The 1.2 release includes new, dynamic reporting features as well as bug fixes. The major features and improvements are:
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Jul 11 2017
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End-User Monitoring from the Floor of Cisco Live 2017

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NetBeez at Cisco LiveOur first time exhibiting at Cisco Live was a blast! The most rewarding part was talking to hundreds of network professionals and learning about their experiences and problems, and also how we can make their lives a little bit easier with NetBeez.

NetBeez is an end-user monitoring tool that uses WAN and WLAN sensors to capture network and application performance from multiple locations of your network.  While we were at CLUS, we thought it would be an excellent opportunity to demonstrate to attendees how NetBeez works and what data it collects by deploying sensors on the tradeshow floor. Here’s what we discovered:

Setup

We deployed a wired and a wireless agent on the trade show floor. A pair of agents helps in quickly identifying  if the issue is the wireless or wired network causing user experience issues. The wired agent was connected to a drop in the  Cisco Investments Pavilion area, and the wireless one was deployed at our booth in the World of Solutions. Read More

Jun 26 2017
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Cisco Live

NetBeez Exhibits at Cisco Live US

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LAS VEGAS, NV, JUNE 26, 2017 – Today at Cisco Live, Cisco’s annual IT and communications conference, NetBeez announced that it is showcasing their network monitoring agents as a Cisco Preferred Solution Partner. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, NetBeez is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoE.

NetBeez is a user-friendly product for network managers primarily interested in early fault detection and quick troubleshooting of complex wide area networks. The system relies on active wired, wireless, and virtual sensors that continuously test connectivity and application performance. Cisco customers that have an Integrated Service Router at remote branch offices can easily deploy NetBeez monitoring agents as ISR virtual services.
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Jun 19 2017
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Cisco Live

Meet the NetBeez team at Cisco Live!

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When: June 26-29, 2017
Where: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Booths 2900 and i19

NetBeez is excited to be exhibiting at Cisco Live at booth 2900 in the World of Solutions and booth i19 in the Investments Pavilion. Cisco Investments is the venture capital arm of Cisco Systems; the Investments Pavilion serves as a platform to promote this extensive portfolio of innovative technologies. Stop by our booth to see a live demo and spin our prize wheel for a chance to win a Raspberry Pi, THROW a raspberry pie at someone from our team (we’re serious), and other fun giveaways!

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Jun 13 2017
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Detecting Network Problems Before Users Do

By | Network Engineering, Network Monitoring, Troubleshooting | No Comments

In a perfect world, telecommunication networks have 100% uptime, low latency, and high bandwidth. In reality, each one of us deals with slow applications, choppy calls, and unreliable connections. In WiFi networks, this is even more frequent.

Yet, providing a good end-user experience is possible. Detecting problems before users do is not a fortune teller’s trick, but something that can be achieved with the right tools and processes in place. So how can Network Engineers achieve Zen for their networks? Read More

Jun 05 2017
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How to Run a NetBeez Agent on Windows 10

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Around a year ago Microsoft released a Windows Insider Preview that included the ability to run a native Bash on Ubuntu. I was really excited about it, since I wouldn’t have to use things like Cygwin on my PC anymore and, more importantly, I could run any Debian package on my Windows machine. I immediately installed the Bash console, but I was disappointed within the first minute: basic commands like “ifconfig” didn’t work. I didn’t pay attention to Microsoft’s warning that the Bash console was in Beta.

A year and several releases later, the Bash console that I just tested on Windows version 10.0.15063 is much more complete to the point that a NetBeez agent can be installed on it.

Why is this important? It gives the ability to install a NetBeez agent on an actual user’s PC, so if you need to offer support or investigate any performance issues you can do it by getting data from the actual user’s machine. Below are the steps to install a NetBeez agent on Windows.

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May 25 2017
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Ethernet Performance Monitoring

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Ethernet Performance MonitoringRecently, I had a brief discussion on performance monitoring with a network engineer that works for an Internet Service Provider. After showing him a product tour of NetBeez, he mentioned that he could do the same with Ethernet performance tools (e.g. ITU-T Y.1731), which are available on most networking platforms, without the need of deploying additional hardware or software probes.

To support his statement, the network engineer mentioned that his requirements were to monitor individual Ethernet links, or portions of the overall network. I agreed with him that, for that specific use case, Ethernet performance monitoring was the right solution.

However, I reminded him that most enterprises and service providers that we work with use NetBeez to measure the end-user experience, and that Ethernet performance monitoring only runs at Layer 2. For this reason, the best way to monitor the network from the end-user perspective, is to use Layer 3+ protocols that allow to run true end-to-end connectivity and performance tests against cloud applications, WiFi networks, and other services offered to users. This is not possible with Ethernet performance monitoring tools. If you want read more about this topic, please check out this blog post that I wrote few weeks ago.

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May 22 2017
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NetBeez Named Winner of 2017 Best of Interop ITX Awards Cloud Category

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BeezKeeper showcased at Interop ITX, May 15-19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Interop Award WinnerInterop ITX, the independent conference for tech leaders, presented NetBeez with a Best of Interop ITX Award as an Emerging Vendor, recognizing their BeezKeeper product for its role in advancing the Cloud space and addressing real-world customer concerns. In each of the award program’s 5 categories of innovation, the event named the exhibitor whose new product or service is helping the IT industry to grow both successfully and strategically.

“We are honored to accept the Best of Interop Award as an Emerging Vendor in the Cloud category,” said Stefano Gridelli, CEO of NetBeez. “NetBeez is on the forefront of providing proactive visibility and detection of network outages and the BeezKeeper provides unprecedented views of network health on the world’s most sophisticated enterprise networks.”
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