Network Monitoring Techniques Whether or not you are new to network monitoring, there are three main network monitoring techniques you should know about. These three techniques are: SNMP-based monitoring Passive analysis and Active monitoring When I explain the main difference between these three techniques, I simply say that SNMP is…
Telecommute The current work-from-home reality due to COVID-19 got me thinking about the history of the remote work trend. I believe most of us remember that two decades ago this used to be called “telecommute.” The combination of a reliable and widespread Internet with the SaaS tools revolution, such as…
Help Desks are Now Discovering the Support Costs of #WFH Remote work can substantially reduce office expenses Employees can enjoy the zero-commute lifestyle. Companies can enjoy lower office costs, ranging from reduced power and AC bills to smaller leases (or even no leases), especially in high cost cities like San…
WAN Performance Survey Spring 2020 A recent survey of 60 firms (with more than 25 offices as identified by Automata) suggests that remote users may be assuming more responsibility for reporting potential network issues than when they were working from the office. This new reality didn’t have a material impact…
Integration with Extreme Networks I am happy to announce that NetBeez has partnered with Extreme Networks to deliver proactive network monitoring on the leading vendor of network in Wired and WLAN Access Infrastructure. The two companies teamed up to enable distributed organizations to meet and exceed the demands for greater…
If you didn’t get a chance to attend our June webinar on the unique demands of remote worker (#WFH) network management and monitoring you can now attend the on-demand session or read the slides with highlights. Presenters Jess (NetBeez’ Digital Marketing Manager) introduced Steven and me. Steven is one of…
COVID-19 forced an overnight shift upon us which facilitated a world-wide “work from home” for as many employees as deemed necessary and feasible. The initial hurdle for each IT department was to set up the basics to enable employees to get their work done – VPN tunneling was among them. …
A 2020 Dice survey of tech workers found roughly 53% preferred to work from home. Participants included employees of some of the world’s most admired technology companies, from Apple and Google to Microsoft. Many pundits are already speculating that remote work will become even more popular, not because of COVID-19,…
Why did we develop a Remote Workers Agent? COVID-19 came full swing in the US in the middle of March of 2020. We were suddenly bombarded with requests such as, “How do we use NetBeez to troubleshoot VPN issues” and “My boss says blaming my ISP for network issues is…
Run NetBeez on a Smart SFP I am happy to announce that NetBeez and PlumSpace, a vendor of Smart SFPs, have successfully tested an integration between the two company’s products. This integration enables PlumSpace users to install NetBeez agents on their Smart SFPs and gain the benefits of high performance…
