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YAF IPFIX Support and Configuration

Apparently there are quite a few YAF IPFIX deployments out there. We recently had to test this software for a customer.  YAF stands for...

VMware vSphere vDS IPFIX support

A neat upgrade in VMwares’s vDS 5.1(vSphere) is the introduction of IPFIX.  While ESX has supported NetFlow for a long time now; with version...

Cisco sFlow Support

Yes, you heard it right! Cisco has added support for the sFlow standard in the latest NX-OS 5.0(3)U4(1) release for Nexus 3000 Series switches....

Application Aware NetFlow: Defining Application IDs in IPFIX

The topic of using Deep Packet Inspection to identify applications and exporting the details using defined Application IDs in NetFlow exports is a growing...

IPFIX Collector: Syslogs exported as IPFIX!

IPFIX is taking the world by storm!  Taking it beyond the standard network traffic from routers and switches, you can now get traditional message...

Alcatel-Lucent SR7750 IPFIX Support

Alcatel-Lucent’s Application-Assured Virtual Private Network (AA-VPN) technology includes IPFIX support on the SR7750 (Service Router) and the 7450 ESS (Ethernet Service Switch).  They claim...

What Deep Application Awareness means to Business

Deep Application Awareness is the ability to accurately identify different applications within a business.  What makes it difficult is that each application could be...

Catalyst 6509 NetFlow Support

Catalyst 6509 NetFlow support is essential, especially when the switch is set up as a core network device; this blog should help you get...

Managed Security Service Provider Magic Quadrant: The BIG 10!

Managed Security Service Providers need solutions that deliver unique features that aren’t always a top priority to enterprise consumers.  According to Gartner, “MSSPs in...

Monitoring the Quality of Skype Connections

Many B2B communications especially when connecting outside of the country are done with Skype? How are companies monitoring the quality of Skype connections?  You...