When it comes to NPMD, there are an incredibly large number of use cases the Plixer Platform can solve. During my time as a Sales Engineer, the most common use case I encounter is bandwidth monitoring or a more generic network troubleshooting. However, there are plenty of other use cases that can help most organizations …
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It likely will come as no surprise that the machine learning (ML) market is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of almost 40 percent through 2027 – when it’s estimated the value of the market will then be $117 billion. What may come as more of a surprise is that the top two ML use cases are …
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When we talk about Plixer’s Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostic (NPMD) platform, one of the key features that we highlight is that our solutions use network flow data instead of relying upon the data derived from packet capture. To understand why we’re so passionate about this unique differentiator, it’s useful to understand what network flow data is …
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Whether you’re monitoring an enterprise network for performance or security, you need a tool to help collect and process data. Data is good to have, but it’s really just documentation unless you can put it to use. Almost every organization wonders how they can use data to improve network performance or security. Machine learning helps …
Market research consulting firm Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis found that enterprises were becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks due to an expanded attack surface increase by “multiple touchpoints through an open network and easy accessibility to database[s] and applications.” As users join and leave the network from myriad devices, organizations need a way to improve their security …
Several factors are driving massive changes in the relationship between NetOps and SecOps teams—or NetSecOps. Traditionally, network operations and security operations teams were siloed, with NetOps handling network maintenance, management, and orchestration, while SecOps focused on network and endpoint security.
Recently, I was asked by one of our long-time customers whether Plixer had abandoned its traditional Network Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics (NPMD) and Network Traffic Analytics (NTA) focus. They felt that since the acquisition of Plixer by Battery Private Equity several years ago, our product direction had pivoted towards the security-focused Network Detection and Response …
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