The purpose of this blog is to de-mystify the hype around machine learning (ML) by exploring three topics:
When this pandemic started and nearly the entire workforce went remote, our focus was to maintain the quality of service outside of what was then normal operations. Although it seems like we still have a long road to travel, we are starting to see signs of progress. Globally, many companies are opening up their offices and giving their employees the choice of working in the office or from home. For network administrators, this adds another layer of headache.
Read moreA few years back, Jake Bergeron, one of Plixer’s Sr. Solutions Engineers, wrote a blog about Ubiquiti NetFlow support and how to enable it. This was one of the first things I read as I started to beef up my home lab, because consumer-grade Ubiquiti gear is going to be 3 things:
Read moreAs resource demands and bandwidth speeds in many of today’s network infrastructures continue to increase, many network administrators believe that NetFlow sampling is the only way to deal with the high flow volume sent across the network. In fact, setting a NetFlow sample rate of 1 in 100 can cut flow volumes as much as 50%.
Read moreI’ve had the opportunity to work alongside two completed VeloCloud deployments over the past 6 months. This blog covers what I’ve learned about the setup and prerequisites within VMware’s VeloCloud interface and Plixer’s Scrutinizer interface for metadata/IPFIX analysis via flow collection. Once setup is complete, I will highlight how Plixer’s Scrutinizer platform uses that data to demystify the process of bandwidth allocation for carrier and edge selection.
Read moreAre we properly utilizing these expensive WAN links? That is probably a question you have asked yourself on more than one occasion when you get a bill from your provider. While MPLS/Broadband connectivity both have pros and cons, wouldn’t it be great if you had a tool to see if they were properly being utilized or if load is increasing over time? How about rather than just seeing in/out bits/s, you could determine what application is consuming the link? Stay tuned and see how it works!
We all know that VPN monitoring is something every network and security engineer should be familiar with, but with the recent uptick of changes in companies work-from-home policies, IT departments are struggling to scale up to the VPN demands. Let’s be 100% honest about this: most networks weren’t designed to handle the demand we are seeing right now.
More and more people are working from home. Now, organizations need a way to understand the role a remote workforce plays in their network performance and security posture. Fortunately, with network traffic metadata, organizations can easily monitor VPN traffic, whether it’s through a split tunnel or no-split tunnel.
Read moreThe big boss had a conference call over the weekend. She sent a message to your boss’s boss, which trickled downhill, and eventually made its way to you in the form of a text message.
Read moreLately, I have seen an increase in support calls regarding the increase in bandwidth consumption and the degradation of application performance seen when employees started working from home because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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