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Network Operations

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

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Update

Ask a Question, Get an Answer: Meet the New AI Assistant in Plixer One 19.7

The 19.7 release of Plixer One introduces the Plixer AI Assistant, a new way to interact with your network

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NetFlow Reporting

How to Build Custom Dashboards in Plixer One

Dashboards are the fastest way to turn network data into something you can act on.Instead of scrolling through reports

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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

How Plixer Replicator Strengthens GPS Correction Delivery in Autonomous Mining

Most mining sites leveraging autonomous vehicles rely heavily on GNSS feeds for precise positioning, navigation, and operational efficiency. These

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Network Operations

How Plixer Replicator Hits the Sweet Spot Between Open-Source and Bloated Brokers

In many organizations, the need to copy and forward UDP starts small. A few exporters, one or two collectors,

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Deep Network Observability

Are You Monitoring Your Network or Just Collecting Data? 

Network downtime doesn’t just mean frustrated users, but potentially also lost revenue, compromised security, and damaged reputation. Yet despite

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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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IoT

Managing IoT Devices: A NetOps and SecOps Security Guide 

The proliferation of IoT devices across enterprise networks has fundamentally changed the security and operational landscape for NetOps and

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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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