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Network Management

What is Network Management? Your Complete Guide

The ultimate guide to network management, the ongoing monitoring, administration, and maintenance of any networked system of computers.
Author: Steve Petryschuk
Director & Tech Evangelist, Auvik
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Network Management

Networking Basics: OSPF Protocol Explained

OSPF is one of the few protocols you can count on being available just about anywhere. Explore principles, interfaces and more in this intro guide.
Author: Ethan Banks
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SaaS Management

A Deep Dive into Shadow IT: Examples, Risks, and Solutions

With the proliferation and commoditization of SaaS combined with the growing normalcy of remote work, Shadow IT creates serious security issues for IT
Author: John Harden
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Tech Industry

The Little Cable That Could: The Surprising History of the Serial Cable

The lowly serial cable. It’s been around forever, and despite what you might think, it might be around a for a long time to come. But why in an indust
Author: Lawrence Popa
Sales Engineer, Auvik
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Tech Industry

Network Nightmares, Vol. 1

The time has come, friends… We asked you for your most frightening tales of networks gone amok! Of cabling that keeps you awake at night! Of mysteri
Author: Ryan LaFlamme
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Top SysAdmin Tools (That Aren’t Software!)

This might not be quite as fun as making things run DOOM, but it’s probably just as important. Here’s my list of non-software tools that live in my ad
Author: Lawrence Popa
Sales Engineer, Auvik
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Cybersecurity

6 All Too Common Network Security Hacks Your Team Should Know About

As an IT pro, you’re probably used to doing the heavy lifting when it comes to network security. You might even find your team responsible for educati
Author: Michael Dwyer
IT Consultant
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

20 KPIs Your MSP Should be Tracking (Webinar)

Auvik’s Patrick Aubert and Larry Garcia of BrightGauge hosted a great conversation worth sharing about how to do just that: find the metrics that matt
Author: Ryan LaFlamme
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Tech Industry

Top 5 Tips to Help Relieve IT Pro Job Stress

Whether you’re feeling stressed out right now, or you’re just looking to start healthy habits before the stress sets in, do your best, for you. It’s o
Author: Rebecca Grassing
Product Marketing Manager, Auvik
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Network Management

The Challenge of Monitoring a Distributed Network

What exactly makes a network distributed? Is a distributed network fundamentally different from a decentralized network? And if they are different, ho
Author: Steve Petryschuk
Director & Tech Evangelist, Auvik
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Tech Industry

What’s in a Name? “Network Specialist” vs. “Network Engineer”

Network engineers design networks, while network specialists or technicians maintain these networks. Learn more about these IT roles & how they compar
Author: Ryan LaFlamme
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Tech Industry

Auvik is Doomed

If an Atari 800 is what got me into computers, then it was DOOM that got me into networking. Sounds strange right? But prior to DOOM (1993), I had no
Author: Lawrence Popa
Sales Engineer, Auvik
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Network Management

The Auvik Guide to Figuring Out What’s Hogging Your Bandwidth

Knowing how to tell what users and devices are using high levels of your network bandwidth is key to proper management. Learn everything you need here
Author: Ryan LaFlamme
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What’s your shadow IT risk factor?

Find out in this free guide and exercise kit.
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You will learn:
  • The impact shadow IT has on an organization
  • How to evaluate tools
  • Tips on security
  • A quiz to help you determine the severity of shadow IT in your org
  • Solutions to solve these problems