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Companies of different sizes across all industries are implementing network management and monitoring software and, as a result, experiencing strong ROI, improved data analysis and reporting, and reduced network downtime.
Routing multicast traffic is more complex than unicast since there may be a large number of receivers that want to receive the multicast transmission. In multicast, the source does not need to know all of the destination addresses, however
... , the routers have to be able to translate the multicast address into the destination address. This is accomplished through distribution trees that specify the forwarding path from the source to the destination based on a multicast routing protocol.View MoreAs today’s dynamic networks grow in size and complexity, the number of active routing topology states grows exponentially. Advanced routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP, designed to automatically identify and dynamically update the optim
... al traffic route or path for network traffic based on the current state of your network devices and routing configuration.View MoreFirewall management is key to your agency’s effective network change and configuration management. In order to effectively manage the unique firewall security rules and regulations of the federal government, you need to understand the chal
... lenges in firewall management and how you can overcome them with good insight into firewall analytics and network configuration changes. This whitepaper will help you understand the how to effectively manage your agency’s enterprise firewalls and overall network configuration.View More
Date: 10 May, 2013
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Tags:
Federal,
Firewall Security Manager,
Firewall Management,
Firewall Administration,
Firewall Analytics,
Network Configuration Manager,
Network Configuration,
NCM,
FSM,
Change Management,
NCCM,
ACL,
FISMA,
NIST,
DISA STIG,
Agency Firewall Management,
GovernThis paper discusses how network change and configuration tools have a substantial and rapid return on investment.
These 9 key recommendations will help guide you in creating a comprehensive IT security plan. These crucial aspects of IT security management cannot afford to be missed. IT security preparedness is all about getting equipped with the right
... tools for the right problem at the right time.View More
Date: 12 Feb, 2013
Tags:
Security,
Network Performance Monitor,
Whitepapers,
Log & Event Manager,
User Device Tracker,
Firewall Security Manager,
Patch Manager,
Network Configuration Manager,
Serv-U FTP Server,
Network Traffic Analyzer,
Log & Event Management,
Firewall Security Management,
Network Change & Configuration Management,
Endpoint Vulnerability Management,
Endpoint Data Loss Prevention,
Internet Data Security,
Network Traffic Monitoring,
WLAN Monitoring,
User & Device trackingOne of the major concerns looming over IT business strategy today is getting Virtual Desktop Implementation (VDI) successful. This whitepaper will help you understand the key elements of your VDI infrastructure. The key factors that impact
... the size, capacity, and performance of this infrastructure. How to monitor and manage this infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance. And finally, how to optimize storage for VDI.View More
Date: 12 Feb, 2013
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As more solutions enter the marketplace claiming to collect, analyze and correlate log data, it is becoming increasingly necessary to have the ability to estimate log generation for one’s environment. This is required for two primary reaso
... ns: to estimate the amount of storage required for log data; and to estimate the cost of various solutions given their licensing model. This paper will discuss an approach to estimating the amount of log data generated in a hypothetical network environment.View More
Date: 22 Jan, 2013
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Tags:
Log & Event Management,
SolarWinds Log & Event Manager,
Whitepaper,
LEM,
SIEM,
Security,
Security Information,
Event Management,
Estimate Log Generation,
Log Generation,
Security Information Event Management,
Events per Second,
Log VolumeThe code behind the tool. This calculator was designed specifically for Server & Application Monitor (SAM) to estimate the recommended amount of bandwidth needed for a certain amount of component monitors based on their protocol. In this p
... aper, get step by step instructions how to built this calculator, explanations of what everything means, then all the code needed along the way to build one yourself. This will be your Visual Basic (VB) classroom starting today. At the end, you get to keep the calculator.View More
Date: 08 Jan, 2013
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A log & event manager can be either a hardware appliance or a software toolset that assists you with the collection, analysis, and diagnosis of log data from your network devices, applications, and systems.
Date: 20 Dec, 2012
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Selecting a Server and Application Monitoring tool that can grow as you do requires planning. Here are ten areas of consideration you should review before making your decision.
Date: 04 Dec, 2012
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Firewall management is key to effective network change and configuration management. In order to effectively manage the firewall security rules and regulations, you need to understand the challenges in firewall management and how you can o
... vercome them with good insight into firewall analytics and network configuration changes. This whitepaper will help you understand the how to effectively manage your enterprise firewalls and overall network configuration. View More
Date: 15 Nov, 2012
Tags:
Firewall Security Manager,
Firewall Management,
Firewall Administration,
Firewall Analytics,
Network Configuration Manager,
Network Configuration,
NCM,
FSM,
Change Management,
NCCM,
ACLNo matter how carefully you’ve planned your network design, how much redundancy is built in or how proactive you are in your monitoring, network problems are bound to arise. When that happens, you need the steps and tools to troubleshoo
... t the problem quickly and minimize impact to your users. This paper provides basic guidance on overall troubleshooting and takes a closer look at five common issues.View More
Date: 09 Nov, 2012
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Network traffic monitoring is a critical component of an overall network management framework and one of the most common ways to monitor network traffic is through the analysis of flow data. By analyzing flow data, a picture of network tra
... ffic flow and volume can be built. In other words, where the traffic is coming from, where it is going to, and how much is being generated. The intent of this paper is to provide the IT professional a basic understanding of how flow technology works, specifically Cisco’s NetFlow v9, what metrics are being captured, and how they are interpreted.View More
Date: 16 Oct, 2012
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Enterprise computing, as we know it, is facing a dimensional shift with the widespread diffusion of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon. BYOD is the latest trend where employees bring their personally-owned mobile devices, smartpho
... nes and tablets to their place of work, and use these devices to access files, e-mail, and many other network applications. This whitepaper focuses on two particular areas for managing potential BYOD chaos: IP infrastructure management, and user device tracking & switch port monitoring.View More
Date: 16 Oct, 2012
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Tags:
IP Address Management,
IP Address Manager,
User Device Tracking,
User Device Tracker,
BYOD,
Enterprise Mobile Device Security,
Manage BYOD Chaos,
BYOD Policy,
BYOD Best Practices,
Rogue Devices,
Suspicious Devices,
Switch Port Monitoring,
IP Infrastructure ManagementAddressing IT infrastructure issues is easier if we understand network basics. This paper will provide an overview of some of the fundamentals and concepts of network management.
Date: 16 Oct, 2012
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Tags:
SolarWinds,
Network Management System,
NMS,
internet control message protocol,
ICMP,
Ping,
Simple Network Management Protocol,
SNMP,
SNMP Trap,
Syslog,
Management Information Base (MIB),
IP SLA,
NetFlow,
J-Flow,
IPFIX,
sFlow,
NetStream,
Flow Technology,
Flow monitoring,
FCAPSITIL Application Management Lifecycle is comprised of five main functions – from defining application requirements to design of the application, build, test and deployment to production, ensuring effective production operation and lastly,
... optimization of the application. This guide will help you understand the capabilities SolarWinds provides to help sysadmins and application support personnel in implementation of key ITIL processes.View MoreLearn more about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), including common VoIP metrics used, best practices in VoIP management and tips and tricks for VoIP troubleshooting.
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) is the configuration management solution and Athena FirePAC is the firewall analytic solution that firewall administrators need if they are to be safe, efficient and strategic. By using SolarW
... inds NCM and Athena FirePAC, you can more effectively manage firewall configurations and the changes that are made to these firewall configurations.View MoreCybersecurity is an enormously broad topic and covers a breadth of technologies and tools. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is a whopping 205 pages long and, interestingly enough, never actually defines what exactly Cybersecurity is. The vari
... ety of Federal Cybersecurity initiatives and broad ‘comprehensive’ approaches being discussed today can create gridlock and slow down the practical implementation of solutions that can help now.View More
Date: 14 Jun, 2012
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