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March 2021

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The Future of IT Events: Conferences in a Post-Pandemic World

Mar 30, 2021 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
IT events and technology conferences, once mind-bogglingly big in-person learning and networking opportunities, have certainly changed a lot since 2020. What started out as optimistic postponing for safety concerns quickly transformed into a new reality of virtual-only presentations and even total event redesigns due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now a year later, the outlook seems the same: another cycle of virtual-only events. We have to ask, “Is this the new future for conferences”?
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Auvik and TruMethods: Operational Excellence: Learn How to Be a World Class IT Service Provider

Mar 26, 2021 By Auvik In Auvik
As your MSP evolves, it is critical to ensure profitability. Join Auvik’s Partner Success Manager Chrissy Little and TruMethods President Gary Pica as they discuss a simple framework to help. Topics covered in this session include an exercise for uncovering unrealized profitability, five metrics you can track for accountability, three changes to make to your service delivery, and more! If you want to save time managing networks and get deeper visibility into the key metrics, you’ll want to try Auvik’s network monitoring and management software.
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What Is a Network Diagram?

Mar 26, 2021 By Kevin Dooley In Auvik
Network diagrams are not only handy to have, but provide a vital look at the network topology for your team, your company, and your peace of mind. Let’s look at what a network diagram is, and why it’s so important. A network diagram is, simply put, a schematic or map of your existing network that illustrates the nodes and their connections. Network diagrams are very useful at mapping out your elements and device interactions, as well as illustrating different network topology types.
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What Is the OSI Model?

Mar 23, 2021 By Steve Petryschuk In Auvik
As an IT professional, chances are you’ve come across the phrase Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away while hearing about protocols, network design, and implementation issues. How about Or Please Do Not Touch Steve’s Pet Alligator? If these ring a bell then you’re on the right track: These are smart memory aids linked to the seven layers of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.
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7 Best Network Infrastructure Mapping Tools

Mar 19, 2021 By Steve Petryschuk In Auvik
Network infrastructure mapping tools that help you maintain up-to-date maps can be the difference between quickly diagnosing a problem or wasting hours of your time. Similarly, network maps can help everyone in your organization better understand and optimize a network you inherit. In many cases, however, network maps contain stale information or don’t exist at all.
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Network Throughput vs Bandwidth and How to Measure It

Mar 16, 2021 By Steve Petryschuk In Auvik
Have you ever used the term bandwidth? Probably. Have you ever used the term network throughput? Maybe. Have you used them interchangeably? Most likely. So let’s see where we get these mixed up. Namely, let’s look at the key differences between network throughput and bandwidth. And while we’re at it, let’s cover the fundamentals of throughput and how to measure it, so you can keep your network flowing efficiently and cleanly.
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Auvik and Cherwell Present: Processes for Managing Your Network

Mar 12, 2021 By Auvik In Auvik
In this webinar, Auvik’s Technology Advocate Steve Petryschuk and Cherwell’s Principal Solution Consultant Ryan Counts walk you through a few critical steps you can take to make network operations more manageable. You’ll learn which two process factors will help you go from reactive to proactive, how to assess your current network management methods using a simple framework, and when to incorporate tools to automate processes.
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Securing Your DNS

Mar 9, 2021 By Steve Petryschuk In Auvik
When the Domain Name System (DNS) was created in 1983 I imagine its creator Paul Mockapetris and his team had no idea that nearly 40 years later our interconnected world would be so reliant on the very simple, but critical, DNS network service. I have a love-hate relationship with DNS. I love all of the memes I see about how “It’s always DNS”, but I hate that it’s also true—I always forget to check that DNS is working correctly when troubleshooting network issues!
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How to Draw Network Diagrams

Mar 8, 2021 By Kevin Dooley In Auvik
Drawing a good network diagram isn’t hard to make, but it can be distressingly rare. Even network engineers with years of experience often draw network diagrams that are jumbled and hard to understand. As a network administrator responsible for the network, it’s vitally important you have a detailed understanding of your network topology. Without this information, even basic troubleshooting can be unnecessarily difficult.
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How to Set Up Cisco AnyConnect for Your VPN

Mar 2, 2021 By Kevin Dooley In Auvik
Because the world continues to work from home this year, I’ve had to configure Cisco AnyConnect VPNs on ASA firewalls for clients a few times. Unfortunately, the documentation from Cisco is extremely confusing, and I’ve seen a lot of organizations that do it wrong (by which I mean insecurely). The process itself is quite simple, though, so let’s go through the steps you’ll need to configure Cisco AnyConnect for your VPN.
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