Have you ever wondered what other highly productive network teams are doing to address the remote shift? Hint: they empower themselves to diagnose their network faster and smarter. That frees up time to build out new projects and capabilities. Read Mitch Dickey’s recent blog about NetBeez for a first hand…
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…
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,…
What’s NFV? NFV (Network Function Virtualization) uses machine virtualization to abstract network services such as content filtering, load balancing, etc. Such services are referred to as Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) and replace the function of dedicated appliances. Instead of using standalone and sometimes purpose-built hardware, VNF services run on top…
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…
In large wide area networks with dozens, or even hundreds, of remote sites, appropriate network monitoring configuration must be in place to assure that the network administrator can receive prompt notification of outages that impact users. Traditionally, network monitoring was implemented with tools that were based on protocols like SNMP…
