OCT 7-10 2019 Telnet Networks and InfoSim are proud sponsors this year of Canada's largest IT Security Conference, SecTor. SecTor2019 takes place in the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) on October 9 and 10, with the newly extended two-day training on October 7 and 8. As you continue to deploy new technology such as...

​Managing and troubleshooting applications or APM is a key reality for managing your network today. APM is understanding the application response time. In reality, there is a lot more that goes into ensuring applications are delivered on-time and meeting user expectations. To understand application response time you need to measure, quantify, and r...

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards defining mechanisms for the time-sensitive transmission of data over Ethernet networks. Deterministic communication is critical to multiple industries (Audio Video Bridging, Automotive, Industrial and Power automation, Mobile Fronthaul Networks). The purpose of this feature b...

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards  defining mechanisms for the time-sensitive transmission of data over Ethernet networks. Deterministic communication is critical to multiple industries (Audio Video Bridging, Automotive, Industrial and Power automation, Mobile Fronthaul Networks). The purpose of this feature brief...

What do you do when all your network performance indicators are green, but users are still complaining?  IT teams are drowning in hundreds of measurements and metrics and according to Forrester Research, one-third of user complaints linger without resolution for a month or are never resolved.  We've been approaching network performance mo...

One of the most common forms of network threats today is distributed denial of service (DDoS). An attack involves flooding networks and servers with false internet traffic, thereby blocking access to genuine devices. Sometimes used to target specific businesses, cyber-attacks can bring down entire telecoms networks, as was the case in the attack on...

 Shaw Business – part of cableco Shaw Communications – announced on 7 March 2019 the availability of 1Gbps (download) internet speeds for B2B customers across Western Canada alongside upload speeds of up to 125Mbps 'in select areas'. In addition, from the same date business customers on eligible Shaw Business Internet and SmartWiFi 150 and 300...

Network cybersecurity is top of mind these days for both government agencies and commercial enterprise. As the heart of network synchronization, time and frequency systems should include a standard suite of security features that give network administrators confidence in the cybersecurity protocols of their time servers. This is our philosophy at O...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has launched a review to examine the state of the mobile market and whether further action is required to improve choice and affordability for Canadians. The CRTC is also seeking comments on its preliminary view that MVNOs should have mandated access to the networks of the natio...

 Bypass Risk.  Save time an Money Your businesses continue to invest in advanced security defenses, like next-generation firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (NGFW and NGIPS), data loss prevention (DLP), and other inline tools. These tools can significantly strengthen security, but may also add complexity, operational cost, and...

Date: January 31st, 2019  Time: 4:00 pm (GMT +1)  Join Rinat Bedretdinov, Senior Engineer at CROC, and Dmitry Scherbakov, Regional Presales Manager at Infosim®, for a glistening webinar on how our Unified Network and Services Management solution StableNet® can make your business shine.We will illustrate how one of the global top gold prod...

​In the webinar above,the concept of network security resilience and how to implement it is explained. However, successful implementation relies upon making the fundamental mind shift to the strategy. One cannot expect to see the benefits if they don't embrace change. ​However, change is easier said than done. It seems like many security engineers,...

 In today's digital economy, network performance often determines business performance. Unfortunately, many network managers lack the right tools to manage performance. They have an incomplete picture, especially as networks scale and grow in complexity and applications migrate to the cloud. Monitoring service health and network availability i...

The last part of everything is always hard, they say. I suppose it has to do with having to let go. And, in my case, with deciding what to write about or what's the best way to end the series. Lately I've been reading a lot about cybersecurity, and how it affects everybody, on a personal and a professional level. That's how the idea for this last e...

In 2013, in a legal case that sent waves through the IT industry, Sears Holding Corp. filed lawsuits against two IT vendors involved in maintaining and providing equipment for the company's data center. Sears alleged that, as a result of multiple power outages and ongoing issues, the company had lost an estimated $2.2 million in profits and another...

Availability issues. Slow response times. Performance bottlenecks. Also web applications have problems that affect the satisfaction of your employees and customers. Identify and troubleshoot them before they impact your business with Flowmon APM, an agent-less solution to proactively drive user experience and application value.   Applicat...

Network management and monitoring is a large topic. It includes device monitoring and management, device cluster monitoring and management,network monitoring and management, application monitoring and management, problem resolution, and elements of network security as well. In this blog, I wanted to focus on device monitoring. Devices are often ref...

Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada has published the final list of twelve applicants for the upcoming national mobile frequency auction in the 600MHz band. Alongside the big three nationwide mobile operators Rogers Communications, Bell Mobility (part of Bell Canada) and Telus, the other nine applicants are: Freedom Mobile (owned ...

Encrypted traffic is on the rise. It's no longer possible to inspect the content of the communication. What does this mean for network traffic monitoring? Encrypted traffic is on the rise. In 2016, NSS Labs found out that 97% of surveyed enterprises saw an increase in encrypted web traffic. Both Let's Encrypt and Google  currently re...

Release 5.3.8 adds REST automation API support, improved wave-2 WiFi performance and stability, an improved RF RADAR generator and more. See the Release Notes for more details. Click here for more releases.  New Features & Improvements Release 5.3.8 (November 13, 2018) ​ Support Virtual Router Function (VRF) in kernel 4.16 and higher....