​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....

Join Steve Miller, Vice President of Field Sales at Global Convergence, Inc., and Paul Krochenski, Director of Strategic Sales at Infosim, Inc., for a webinar on how the Unified Network and Services Management solution StableNet® can lead the way through the zoo-of-management tools. Based on two healthcare industry use cases, we will illustrate how...

Whether you are a network forensics expert or part of a cyber-security team, you need to have the ability to intercept network traffic, and capture data packets in real-time to prevent threats and live attacks. Corporate organizations should opt for network interception and traffic capture tools according to the size and architecture of their netwo...

Flow data can be one of the best tools a network engineer can use to track down issues. Flo data can be used for a variety of troubleshooting tasks, including:  ​Network performanceCapacity planningSecurity audits....and more The key to understanding how to analyze flow data is first to understand what information is contained within flow expo...

 Free 60-Minute Webinar Time-sensitive systems are facing many issues related to the use of GNSS as the sole provider of accurate timing information. In addition to jamming and spoofing threats that are gaining more visibility, GPS also has a week rollover event occurring in April 2019. Due to the 10-bit week number counter used for the GPS we...

In this article, we will delve deeper into the different types of TAPs and their passive and active solutions. In addition, we would also introduce a brief about Network Packet Brokers and their usability with TAP devices for added security.   To begin with, there are three types of TAP solutions. Each of these perform the same basic func...

In the TCP handshake, you may see an option called timestamps, shortly followed by scary-looking "TSval" and "TSecr" numbers. What are those values and how can you interpret them? Let's dig. What is a TCP Timestamp?   The timestamps option in TCP enables the endpoints to keep a current measurement of the round-trip time (RTT) of the netwo...

 Canadian cableco Shaw Communications has reported its results for the quarter ended 31 August 2018 (the end of its fiscal year 2018) including its fixed network and cellular (Freedom Mobile) divisions. Revenue from continuing operations increased by approximately 7% both in the quarter and fiscal year to CAD1.34 billion (USD1.03 billion) and ...

 One of the best ways to get access to your network and see what is happening on a network line is to place a network TAP that gives you full visibility without dropping any packets. However, the last thing you want to happen is that your network goes down in case of an unexpected power failure to the TAP device. To prevent network problems in...

​Virtualization technology has tremendously transformed the modern data centre. Applications and operating systems are installed into virtual machine images instead of physical machines, which in turn are executed by physical servers running a hypervisor. Virtualizing applications provide many benefits, including consolidation — running multiple ap...

Bell Canada has launched its Virtual Network Services (VNS) platform, offering enterprise customers nationwide a range of on-demand network functions that reside securely in the telco's private cloud, reports ConvergeDigest.com. Bell also announced it will be the first Canadian operator to offer a managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN)...

People don't usually notice that DNS exists. They use their browsers and send email, and they assume that they'll reach the  expected destination. When they don't, it's alarming. The 2016 DDoS attach on Dyn's DNS servers brought a large portion of the Internet's traffic to a grinding halt. No one expected it, and few people understood it....