All application performance monitoring

Gartner Application Performance Monitoring

I was reading up on the latest release (January 2014) of the Gartner Application Performance Monitoring definition and found myself constantly thinking about how...

Distributed view of Application Performance Monitoring

A Distributed view of Application Performance Monitoring doesn’t have to be an expensive endeavor.  There are ways, on most networks deployed today, to gain...

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Good placement in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring is highly sought after by many vendors.  The rich monitoring capabilities needed by...

Network Map Vs Application Map

Application Performance Monitoring needs to evolve from a Network Map to an Application Map.  It is amazing to me that most companies do not...

MIX MASTER MITCH: Cisco Medianet Music Video !!

Cisco music sensation Mix Master Mitch has released his latest video titled: Cisco Medianet: Application Performance Monitoring with NetFlow .  This newest video includes...

Cisco ASA v8.4(5) Advanced Reporting Webcast

The latest software update to the Cisco ASA v8.4(5) dramatically changed the way vendors report on NetFlow and NetFlow Security Event Logging (NSEL).   This...

Application Performance Monitoring: Out of Order Packets

Monitoring out of order packets has just gotten easier.  In the past, it has been a challenge to setup specialized applications and tests to...

How to avoid IPFIX or NetFlow Sampling Vs. sFlow

Sampling traffic in an effort to represent the overall traffic pattern in theory is a sound idea.  In fact, for the most part, I...