How to monitor VPN traffic
More and more people are working from home. Now, organizations need a way to understand the role a remote workforce plays in their network...
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Where should I enable flow data?
The big boss had a conference call over the weekend. She sent a message to your boss’s boss, which trickled downhill, and eventually made...
Can your network survive the coronavirus lockdown?
Lately, I have seen an increase in support calls regarding the increase in bandwidth consumption and the degradation of application performance seen when employees...
I installed Scrutinizer 100 times and here’s what I learned
As a Presales Engineer, I spend a good portion of my time helping with Scrutinizer installs and helping troubleshoot unique use cases for end...
Which NetFlow collection process is better: duplicated or deduplicated NetFlow?
Questions regarding deduplicated NetFlow often come up when beginning to research NetFlow solutions. This blog will address some of the reasons why deduplication might...
IPFIX reporting with F5 Big-IP (part 1)
Modern networks are designed to provide fast and reliable access to the applications that make us productive. Maybe it’s the inventory system used to...
Flow protocols in real-world environments
Over the years, libraries have been filled on the topic of flow protocols—specifically, how they work and their general accuracy....
Scrutinizer and Its RESTful API
I spend a large amount of time day-to-day working with customers to understand how they can best leverage their current NetFlow/IPFIX data to solve...
Virtualization Monitoring: How to Gain Visibility into Your Virtual Environment
Virtualization offers many benefits to organizations. But at the same time, you’ll have to figure out how to monitor your virtual environment, because a...
Why Data Enrichment Matters with NetFlow
Do you wanna build a NetFlow? Doesn’t have to be a NetFlow… Network metadata (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, etc.) provides a wealth of information about...