If you are looking to invest in Cisco Prime Assurance Manager because you want to monitor your Cisco MediaNet with NetFlow, don’t overlook the 3rd party alternatives.   We worked extensively with Cisco to build the best Flexible NetFlow reporting tool.  In fact, you will find the leader in NetFlow within the Cisco “Medianet 2.2 Deployment Guide”.  Our NetFlow Analyzer can be found on page 7,8,10 & 11.

Before you invest, spend some time comparing the reports available in the two solutions:

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I thought I’d post about our new Citrix AppFlow reporting on the NetScaler IPFIX export. When we first started working with AppFlow I was naturally curious if it was an IPFIX or NetFlow technology.  We quickly learned that it is 100% compliant with the emerging IPFIX reporting standard so don’t go looking for NetScaler NetFlow.  This new export is a great addition to your network monitoring efforts.

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Not long ago, Rich Tehrani from TMCnet sat down to interview our very own Product Manager Michael Patterson to talk NetFlow, IPFIX and the recent influx of mobile devices on corporate networks around the world. Mike is a technology entrepreneur who has spent the last 15 years chasing his passion of designing and implementing high value products that help manage networks, large and small. His projects include Read more »

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Extreme supports both IPFIX and sFlow on the same switch. Their position is that IPFIX is a complimentary protocol to sFlow. IPFIX gathers information about network flows through the switch and sends the information to an external collector. The Summit X460 includes hardware support to keep track of the flow records.

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If you are a network administrator for a major retail business then you know the inherent challenge in network monitoring across many varied locations. When hundreds or even thousands of remote sites are involved, the troubleshooting process for determining outages, increased latency or various congestion issues becomes exacerbated. Adding to the complexity, sites down or on backup sometimes need to receive priority over others. That means certain outlets need to be addressed first. Typically a queue will be established based on revenue generation of each particular site. Either way, for network professionals using our NetFlow analysis solutions, critical issues become obvious when viewing the status of all sites.

Using the right flow monitoring tools can provide the insight necessary to determine what to work on first. NetFlow and IPFIX resources can compliment any other NMS systems to provide a holistic view. Metrics such as length of time down, response time, traffic volume and even sales volume all become factors when determining the overall health of a distant store. Each retail store becomes part of an overall health measurement, either regionally or company-wide.

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Plixer International announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, has named Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer a winner of the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the IT Software and Services (New or Upgrade version) category.

These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world’s premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners from all over the world were honored in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 during the 6th annual dinner and presentations.

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Back in March a bunch of us at Plixer and a few customers went snowmobiling in Greenville, Maine. This is the 3rd year in a row we have done this and I think this year’s trip was equally eventful. Events along the way included beautiful scenery, down trees across the trail that we had to lift up, evening dinner at local restaurants, wild life, a few guys getting stuck and just about anything else you might run into on a snowmobile trip. Below is video of the event.

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It’s not every day that we get to spend time with our colleagues from across the pond. So, when the opportunity presented itself to exhibit at the Cisco Live World of Solutions this year in London, we jumped at it. Not only would we get to interact with customers and prospects in a more international setting, but we would be able to see what other vendors are accomplishing with Cisco inspired technologies, like NetFlow.

While we pride ourselves on providing best in NetFlow solutions and being on the cutting edge of flow-based traffic monitoring, there is no doubt that every Cisco Live event provides its own eye opening and informative experience. So, needless to say, the decision to exhibit at the show was practically made for us.

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Uptime Software provides Mid-Enterprises with Deep, Affordable, and Easy-to-Use IT Systems Management. They chose to integrate Scrutinizer, Plixer’s NetFlow analyzer, into their Network Monitoring solution. Check out the list of monitoring abilities.

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Such a dilemma, when it comes to Autonomous System NetFlow exports, which do you prefer: peer-as or origin-as?  If you don’t care about Autonomous System reports, you still just might find this post interesting.  I’ll try to keep you captivated!

Autonomous System
First of all, what is an Autonomous System? Within the Internet, an Autonomous System (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the Internet. A single ISP can support multiple Autonomous Systems Numbers (ASN). The ASNs supported by the ISP are advertised via their Internet router using the BGP Protocol. So what is BGP?

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