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Why Tool Consolidation is Back on IT Leaders’ Agendas

Every December, renewal schedules pile up, contract reviews demand attention, and leaders are asked to justify tools purchased years ago under very different circumstances....

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SD-WAN Troubleshooting: What Flow Intelligence Reveals That Vendors Don’t

SD-WAN was supposed to simplify the network. In many organizations, it did the opposite. Abstracted tunnels, dynamic path selection, and cloud on-ramps distribute traffic...

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What is Network Performance Monitoring?

Network performance issues can cause disruptions that are both costly and detrimental to productivity. To avoid this, businesses must maintain a clear view of...

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Device Discovery for NetOps: Solving the Shadow Device Problem

Unmanaged devices rarely announce themselves. They appear quietly on a subnet, begin passing traffic, and only become visible when something breaks. For NetOps teams...

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How Flow Visibility Simplifies Hybrid Network Troubleshooting

Enterprises no longer run on a single network. The typical service path now crosses the office LAN, an SD-WAN overlay, and at least one...

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How to Gain Visibility into Encrypted Traffic without Breaking Privacy

Encrypted traffic is now the dominant mode of communication across enterprise networks. TLS and HTTPS protect users, safeguard sensitive data, and ensure regulatory compliance....

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Why Downtime Prevention Starts with Proactive Monitoring

Downtime has become one of the most expensive and disruptive challenges in IT operations. Whether it’s a service interruption, an application slowdown, or an...

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How Plixer One Strengthens Threat Investigation with Network Evidence

When an incident hits, you need to know what happened, how it spread, and which systems were touched. That’s harder than it sounds in...

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Smarter Network Capacity Planning with Flow-Based Analytics

Network teams face a constant balancing act between performance and cost. Underestimate network demand, and users feel the pain of latency and dropped connections....