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What is Latency? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Latency: Why it Matters, and How to Minimize It

“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy In today's digital world, we rely on fast and reliable internet connections for everything from business operations and communication. However, even the fastest internet connection can be slowed down by network delay, also known as latency.

Shooting for the Stars: Achieving Optimal Network Performance through Cisco SD-WAN Network Monitoring

Greetings, fellow network administrators. The Force has led you here, to this article on the path to Cisco SD-WAN network monitoring. The art of network administration is not unlike that of mastering the ways of the Force - it requires patience, discipline, and a deep understanding of the interconnected systems at play. Warning! No characters were harmed in the making of this article. We seek to achieve perfect balance in all aspects of our lives, including our networks.

DX UIM for Hybrid Cloud Environment Monitoring and Management

While adoption of private and public cloud expands, traditional and hyperconverged data centers remain and must continue to be supported. These hybrid cloud environments make true observability difficult. DX UIM removes the complexity of using multiple tools to monitor and manage hybrid cloud environments and associated technologies for enterprises, government agencies and managed service providers. Watch this brief video to learn more about hybrid cloud monitoring or share this with your internal or revenue-producing customers to educate them on what DX UIM can do for your organization.

Why Grouping Devices Is So Critical for IT Infrastructure Management

135,000 is the average number of endpoint devices connected to an enterprise network. The estimate is in a joint report from Adaptiva and the Ponemon Institute, along with several other surprising statistics: A common challenge facing IT professionals is gaining insight into the devices connected to their network. With so many devices being used by employees, managers and IT workers, a solution to categorize and analyze these devices in one spot is essential.

Become a Hero: How to set up Fortigate SD-WAN Network Monitor and Save the Day!

Are you tired of dealing with slow network performance, dropped connections, and frustrated users? If so, you're not alone. These issues can be a major headache for IT professionals, but there are solutions for Fortigate SD-WAN Network Monitor. In this blog post, we'll show you how to become a hero by implementing Fortigate SD-WAN Network Monitor solutions and saving the day.

Using Device Telemetry to Answer Questions About Your Network Health

When coupled with a network observability platform, device telemetry provides network engineers and operators critical insight into cost, performance, reliability, and security. Learn how to create actionable results with device telemetry in our new article. For cloud network specialists, the landscape for their observability efforts includes a mix of physical and virtual networking devices.

6 hacks for your enterprise's network bandwidth usage checking

Enterprises that want to improve the performance of their network often look into limiting access to bandwidth-hogs such as social media and video streaming applications. But for those that really need to gain efficient network, this won’t be enough. You need to keep track of bandwidth usage regularly. While there are many tools to help you check bandwidth usage on network, sometimes finding KPIs specific to your organization can be painstaking.