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,…
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…
With the rise of the remote work/telework, network engineers have shifted from being enablers of connectivity to drivers of productivity. As a former network engineer, I realize this isn’t a trivial shift. Given the impact the recent pandemic is having on the nature of the workplace, we need to consider…
Times are changing. The network is growing even more strategic and complex. Here’s how your team can keep up. In a recent article, Stefano Gridelli, CEO of NetBeez, discusses the drivers of network complexity in the new remote/#WFH era. There are certain “must have” capabilities required to scale network team…
Hundreds of miles away from their headquarters they’ve added a new switch in a manufacturing plant. There is a bandwidth issue, but they cannot pinpoint the problem. On-site personnel think it’s the network, but their WAN monitoring tools indicate their switches and routers are properly functioning. Yet the intermittent problems…
What is an RFC1918 address? An RFC1918 address is an IP address that is assigned by an enterprise organization to an internal host. These IP addresses are used in private networks, which are not available, or reachable, from the Internet. In fact, one of the basic requirements of the Internet…
G2 Network Monitoring grid I am thrilled to announce that NetBeez was identified as a High Performer in G2’s Winter 2020 Network Monitoring grid. NetBeez was also included in the Top 20 Network Monitoring Software list, holding position number 13, as well as, in the Top 20 Easiest To Use…
Network Troubleshooting When troubleshooting network problems, it’s very important to keep theOSI model in mind and work your way up from the physical layer to the application layer. This bottom-up approach helps to successfully troubleshoot network problems because each layer relies on the lower one to function properly. In this…
