In this approach, data management problems can largely be seen as anomalous behavior of data, which can be addressed by classifying data in a network, defining “normal behavior” (or “anomalous ...

Startup OpsMill today launched Infrahub, a new open-source platform designed to help enterprises manage their network configuration data. Paris-based OpsMill is led by Chief Executive Officer Damien ...

Monitoring the right things in your network and making them visible in dashboards can make the difference between proactive and reactive responses to network problems. I recently wrote about using log ...

With dramatic increase in IP addresses, coupled with rapid rise in the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing, network automation and control is becoming crucial for its growth and efficient ...

It has been a decade since the first version of the Network Data Management Protocol was launched as an effort to solve the problems posed by the backup and recovery of network file servers. Initial ...

Network management tools have come a long way from the early command-line products with arcane, text-based configuration files that kept everyone except the resident (typically Linux) guru in the dark ...

Across industries, scalable networks have become essential to business growth. But without proper planning, the scaling process can feel like patching a leaky pipe—constantly reacting to problems ...

Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

In many ways, networking is a mature, stable industry, based on established technologies like Wi-Fi and Ethernet, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary. But networking vendors are constantly ...