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Network Security

Why Network Metadata Is Becoming More Valuable Than Packets

For years, packet capture was considered the gold standard for network visibility. If you had the packets, you had

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Network Security

No Endpoint Agents Required: How Plixer One Delivers Scalable Visibility

Endpoint agents have long been treated as a necessary trade-off. They offer local insight, but they also add risk:

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Network Operations

How to Start a Granular Investigation from Your Plixer One Dashboard

Dashboards give NetOps teams fast situational awareness. But when performance degrades or QoS policies fail, you need to drill

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Network Operations

SNMP vs. NetFlow: Choosing the Best Protocol for Network Visibility and Security

NetFlow and SNMP being two of the most prominent monitoring protocols used by NetOps teams. While both serve critical

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Network Operations

10 Real-World Flow Use Cases That Make Life Easier for NetOps 

Network operations teams face an endless stream of challenges: mysterious performance issues, unexpected bandwidth spikes, compliance audits, and the

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Deep Network Observability

Plixer One 19.7 – Unlocking the Next Level of Network Observability

In today’s IT environments, network and security teams face ever-growing challenges in maintaining visibility, efficiency, performance, and security across

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A black box, which represents a lack of network visibility
Network Security

What Your Firewall Doesn’t Tell You

Your firewall is dutifully logging every connection attempt, blocking malicious traffic, and generating alerts. But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

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Network Operations

Packet Capture vs. Flow Data: Striking the Right Balance

From detecting security threats to troubleshooting elusive performance issues and meeting compliance demands, understanding what’s happening on your network

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NetFlow: Two data streams traversing a network, representing a bidirectional flow
Netflow

What is NetFlow? A 2025 Overview

Network infrastructure generates a constant stream of IP traffic, and understanding how that traffic moves is essential for maintaining

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Netflow

What visibility flow data offer

Network and Security administrators have several monitoring protocols available to help provide network insight and security awareness. Today, I’d

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