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Downtime is a nightmare, and every network or app administrator wants to avoid it in any way they can. The longer the downtime, the greater the potential for a loss of revenue and a damaged reputation for the organization.
Old network salts likely know all about network flows and the value of network flow monitoring. As former News Editor for Network World and Editor in Chief of Network Computing, network flows are part of my old stomping grounds. In fact, I remember when Cisco invented NetFlow in the late 1990’s to collect traffic data from its routers and switches so it could be analyzed by network pros.
I used the first two parts of this series to lay out my case for how and why cloud-based networks can effectively “Trojan horse” costs into your networking spend and highlighted some real-world instances I’ve come across in my career. In the third and final installment of this series, I want to focus on ways you can optimize your personnel and cloud infrastructures to prevent or offset some of these novel costs.
Learn how Automic can help NetOps speed up triage, reduce MTTR, and alleviate the load on your NOC Today’s network team is committed to advancing the speed of triage and resolution. This can be a titanic task in modern networks, which are fueled by SDN and becoming more agile and dynamic than ever. These new networks have introduced traffic, congestion, and outages on a greater scale.
