If you are looking for an agentless performance monitoring solution for Citrix Desktop Virtualization, consider using AppFlow or IPFIX exports from your Citrix NetScaler.  AppFlow is the Citrix IPFIX export which is basically the proposed standard for NetFlow v9.   Through IPFIX, Citrix is now exporting details on Applications, URLS, browser types, user details and more.

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

Just announced, Barracuda IPFIX support is now available on their firewall. We are in the process of checking out this new export to see if we need to add templates to our IPFIX reporting engine. Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

It’s no secret the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) revolution is in full swing, and you need to know how to monitor iPAD HD traffic on your corporate network. Long gone are the days where network administrators can police employees based solely on their desktop computer traffic. Cubicles are filled with 4 generations of iPhones, a variety of new e-readers, and now the new iPad HD / iPad 3.  BYOD network traffic analysis is of paramount importance.

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

Are you wishing you had a ‘NetFlow for Dummies’ book to help you figure out how to configure NetFlow on your corporate network? If the answer is “yes” I have some great news… you can save your money.

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

Do you remember exactly what you were doing July 26th? If you were at Plixer’s FlowFest 2011 you were eating fresh Maine lobster after a successful day of advanced NetFlow training!

What’s that you say? You were cleaning the garage instead? If you weren’t able to attend this year, no worries, there’s always next year! FlowFest is a premiere NetFlow training event, hosted annually in the beautiful coastal town of Wells, Maine. (Thanks to everyone for the pictures!)

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

What a year so far!

You know the old saying “Time flies when you’re having fun”? Here at Plixer, our developers are so freakishly passionate about creating the NetFlow architecture of the future, the years seem to pass us by like a blur.

The hard work is really paying off! Not only were we the first company to receive Cisco certification within the Systems Management technology category but, we are proud to announce that last week we won the 2011 Golden Bridge Award for NetFlow innovations!These industry and peer awards from Golden Bridge are the world’s premier business recognition program. This award is a huge accomplishment for such a passionate group of employees. To top it all off, Cisco sent us Medianet T-Shirts!

With Cisco predicting by 2013 91% of all network traffic will be voice/video streams, we’ve been spending a significant amount of time focusing on the development of the many new Cisco Medianet performance monitoring reports. Scrutinizer v9.0 is just around the corner, it will be exciting to get feedback on all of the new reports we have built for Cisco Smart Logging and Telemetry, Cisco TrustSec, Performance Routing, Performance Monitoring and of course all of the new SonicWALL IPFIX support.

What is MediaNet?
Medianet is an intelligent end-to-end network that combines video technologies in the business, home and service provider networks. More than just higher bandwidth, it optimizes video and rich media traffic. Our solution was the first to report on the new metrics Cisco imbedded into Flexible NetFlow templates. Network traffic analysis with the advanced filtering in our NetFlow Management solution is further proof that our software provides the very best in NetFlow reporting. Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

After reflecting on the last month here in tech support, I’ve noticed that some of our customers are not utilizing the NetFlow threats overview gadget in our product. Conveniently located under the MyView tab, this table comes ready to alarm on 37 different thresholds right outta’ the box. To me this is exciting stuff, but you’ve probably noticed at first glance it can seem like an overwhelming list. I will assure you that once properly configured it can be one of the best tools in your arsenal.

Overview of Threats

The MyView tab is NetFlow dashboard and is an integral part of Scrutinizer that I get positive feedback about every single day.  In this series of blogs we will cover all aspects of the threat overview, including settings, customization, detailed explanations of each threat and even how they can be avoided in the future.

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.

What do IPv6 Day and Y2K have in common? I’ll break it down for you real simple: a lot of stuff happened, but most of us never noticed. Now, let me explain in detail…

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6) is the newest technology that has everyone stirring for solutions to problems that hadn’t yet been fully realized. Not until IPv6 day, that is. As digital consumers, we need our information to be retrieved faster than ever, and all connectivity is expected to be warp speed. The current IPv4 exhaustion crisis is eerily similar to Y2K in that the eventual outcome was expected to go two different ways: either nothing will happen or complete Armageddon will ensue. But there’s also a fundamental difference: we’re not nearly as worked up about IPv4 exhaustion as we were about Y2K ahead of the fact.

Each IPV4-to-IPV6 and IPV6-to-IPV4 conversion adds an extra “hop” and requires a large amount of computing power to process information about who you are trying to talk to, and who you are known by on the other end. The coexistence of both protocols seems to be consistent with a family traveling on vacation; precious vacation time is wasted by the family (IPv4) driving to the airport, then transferring to a plane (IPv6), in an overall attempt to save time in the air. In the fastest scenario possible, you wouldn’t want to use two means of transportation, instead opting to use your private plane in the back yard (IPv6).

Read more »

Visit our website to download a 30 day trial of Scrutinizer

Join the NetFlow Developments group on LinkedIn.