As workload automation environments become more complex and job volumes increase, the need for true observability is becoming an increasingly essential and critical component for optimized automated business process delivery. Most organizations run several automation engines from different vendors in both distributed and mainframe environments, and in the cloud. Sometimes these automation engines operate in a silo, sometimes they have dependencies with each other.

Welcome to the digital realm, where networks thrive and connectivity reigns supreme! In this age of remote work and virtual collaboration, our networks have become the unsung heroes of productivity. But have you ever wondered how they seamlessly navigate the vast expanse of cyberspace while ensuring optimal performance? Enter the enigmatic world of remote network monitoring! In this blog post, we're embarking on an electrifying adventure to demystify the magic behind remote network monitoring.

By continuously monitoring network activity and assets, network monitoring plays a key role in identifying cybersecurity threats. The network monitoring process gathers important data that can be used in analytics or in conjunction with cybersecurity applications to rapidly identify and respond to threats.

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology is revolutionizing the way organizations manage their network traffic. With its ability to decouple the data plane from the control plane, SD-WAN provides organizations with a more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing their network traffic. However, understanding and troubleshooting SD-WAN performance can be a challenge, especially when it comes to the underlying physical network, or underlay.

In the vast landscape of the internet, data travels across networks, hopping from one server to another, often traversing great distances. Have you ever wondered about the journey your data takes when you send a request to a website or connect to a server? Traceroute DNS is a powerful tool that unveils the mysterious path taken by your data, revealing the intermediate nodes it encounters along the way.

Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies and solutions have been widely adopted by consumers, businesses and service providers since the mid-2000s, but the rising popularity of remote work means businesses of all sizes are even more rapidly turning to VoIP for voice calls.

Squid proxies are among the most popular open-source proxy servers preferred by companies across the globe to keep their networks safe and boost performance. Since Squid proxy’s release in 1996, companies have preferred it for its high-performance proxying, forwarding, and caching functions. Squid proxy logs contain information about the HTTP traffic passing through a server. This includes the source IP, destination IP, time of the request, and accessed URL.

ISP networks are the connective tissue for most business traffic today. Are your network monitoring capabilities aligned with this new reality? This post examines why it’s so critical to establish visibility into ISP networks, and offers key tips for success.

Modern IT environments and networks are more complicated and distributed than ever before, spanning public clouds, private clouds, edge locations and on-premise data centers. What once worked well—manual or simple monitoring tools—can no longer ensure end-to-end visibility within complex networks. How can you monitor what you can’t see? Fortunately, you now have access to a new generation of monitoring tools designed for the hybrid network.