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What is Network Management?

International businesses and near-citywide college campuses require effective network management solutions to minimize downtime, optimize performance and strengthen cybersecurity. In summary, network management helps maintain the efficiency, reliability and security of a local and/or cloud-based network. However, developing a viable network management strategy requires an understanding beyond its actions.

Navigating the Growth of Digital Infrastructure in Brazil with Carlos Eduardo Sedeh

What does it take to build a telecom network that actually listens? In this episode of Uplink, Carlos Eduardo Sedeh, CEO of SAMM (formerly Megatelecom), joins host Michael Reid to explore how a flat-fee dial-up service launched in 1999 laid the groundwork for a customer-first telecom strategy that continues to reshape Brazil’s enterprise connectivity landscape.

Automating Network Diagrams for A Complete View of All Active and Passive Components

Accurately tracking how data center devices are connected—across switches, patch panels, structured cabling, and more—is essential for efficient data center operations. But for many teams, documentation still lives in static diagrams or outdated spreadsheets, requiring extensive manual effort. This is time-consuming and leads to inaccuracies that can cause delays in planning or troubleshooting and unnecessary risk. Sunbird DCIM changes that.

3 Signs You've Outgrown Scripts and Spreadsheets for Network Configs

In the early days of any IT operation, pragmatism rules. Most network teams start with what’s readily available—custom scripts, Excel spreadsheets, shared network drives, and tribal knowledge. It’s cost-effective and familiar. But as your organization grows, so does the complexity of your network. Devices multiply, configurations diversify, and the operational risk of keeping everything “stitched together” with manual methods increases exponentially.

IP Optical Middle Mile Network Architectures for Rural America

In addressing the burgeoning demand for broadband connectivity in rural America, a robust and innovative IP Optical Network Architecture is essential. The architecture must incorporate a best-in-class multi-layer design optimized for middle-mile functionality, integrating both voice and security dimensions. A pivotal requirement is to decouple the last mile from the middle mile, ensuring that the last-mile solutions can remain agnostic to various technologies while still benefiting from a unified middle-mile infrastructure.

Nothing about today's Internet stays in one place... so why does your monitoring?

Users are mobile. Apps are elastic. Traffic shifts constantly across clouds, ISPs, and geographies. Monitoring needs to adapt to that reality. You need visibility that moves with your users and your applications, wherever they go, however they connect. The Internet is now your application fabric. And your monitoring strategy should reflect that!

Network Visualization Tools: Key Features and Top 6 Tools in 2025

Network visualization tools are software applications that allow users to represent, explore, and analyze network structures graphically. These networks can include computer and telecommunication infrastructure, as well as social, biological, and organizational networks. Visualization is achieved by displaying nodes (entities) and edges (relationships), making complex datasets easier to interpret and manage.

Behind the Dashboard - Catchpoint Traceroute

Behind the Dashboard is an ongoing series where we look under the hood of a specific Catchpoint feature. Each episode breaks down the technology itself, what’s challenging about using it for monitoring, and how we removed friction and toil to make it a valuable part of the Catchpoint platform. In this episode Leon, Brandon, and Sergey take a look at “traceroute” tests – a feature that may seem humble and unassuming, but has unexpected power and utility when it comes to identifying performance issues with your site, service, or application.