Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Networks

The latest News and Information on IT Networks and related technologies.

Save network costs with VictoriaMetrics remote write protocol

Prometheus remote write protocol is used by Prometheus for sending data to remote storage systems such as VictoriaMetrics. See these docs on how to setup Prometheus to send the data to VictoriaMetrics. This protocol is very simple - it writes the collected raw samples into WriteRequest protobuf message, then compresses the message with Snappy compression algorithm and sends it to the remote storage in an HTTTP POST request.

Get your Network in Fighting Shape with The Right Tools for Fortinet SD-WAN Monitoring

Are you ready to fight for your network's performance and reliability? Transitioning to SD-WAN technology can be challenging without proper network visibility. It's time to take the blindfold off and gain control over your network with SD-WAN monitoring. Don't let a lack of visibility hold you back from reaching your goals. With SD-WAN monitoring, you can track your network's progress, identify areas for improvement, and ensure it meets your expectations.

The Rise of the Cognitive NOC and the Role of IT Process Automation

Today’s Cognitive Network Operations Center (Cognitive NOC) is a significant advancement that employs artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to dramatically modernize and improve network management and operations. Working together, the NOC and IT Process Automation (ITPA) propel superior efficiency and effectiveness of network operations, minimize downtime, lower operational costs, and overcome additional challenges in optimizing network performance.

Data Gravity in Cloud Networks: Distributed Gravity and Network Observability

So far in this series, I’ve outlined how a scaling enterprise’s accumulation of data (data gravity) struggles against three consistent forces: cost, performance, and reliability. This struggle changes an enterprise; this is “digital transformation,” affecting everything from how business domains are represented in IT to software architectures, development and deployment models, and even personnel structures.

Network Monitoring and Analysis Software

When your network is slow or goes offline, it’s more than just an inconvenience, especially for organizations relying on the network for business. Outages and slow performance can cause significant downtime capable of hurting a company’s bottom line and even putting it at risk in the event of a security breach. A network monitoring system allows you to easily look into the different factors bogging down your bandwidth.

Bypassing Network Detection with Graftcp

What is the difference with similar tools? Detect graftcp with Falco Conclusion A new network open source tool called graftcp (GitHub page) has been discovered in everyday attacks by the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT). Nowadays, threat actors try to improve their techniques by using new tools (as we mentioned in the PRoot article) to enhance the compatibility of their code to hit as many targets as possible and hide their traces properly.

Next Play 2023 - A New Stage of Leadership at Auvik

As the old adage goes “the only constant is change.” This is certainly true in any growth-stage tech company. It’s a very exciting time here at Auvik as we continue to accelerate our growth and take market share. To that end, today we announced that we’ve expanded our leadership team as we embark on this next chapter of growth.

SD-WAN Monitoring Survival Guide: Be the Master of Your Network

SD-WAN technology is a hot topic in the networking world, with many businesses transitioning to SD-WAN networks for the promise of improved performance and reliability. However, after migrating, numerous companies find themselves lacking in SD-WAN network visibility. This makes it difficult to identify and address performance issues and determine whether their SD-WAN service is meeting expectations. Are you tired of feeling like you're driving blindfolded when it comes to your company's network?

Resolving Network Failures: It's Not Down But It's Slow

From hard network failures that make you want to throw your computer out the window to soft failure failures that slowly eat away at your patience like a snail, network issues can wreak havoc on your business’ operations. Today, we’re teaching you how to identify and troubleshoot these network failure when the inevitable happens.