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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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Network Management

A Beginner’s Guide to Power BI & Network Reports

Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence tool that helps you visualize & analyze data from your network through custom reports & dashboards.
Author: Annette Hynes
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Tech Industry

3 Key Trends From the 2020 Network Vendor Diversity Report

In the 2020 Network Vendor Diversity report, we analyzed a sample of 30,000 networks, compared the data to previous years & identified 3 key trends.
Author: Annette Hynes
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Configuring and Troubleshooting Multicast Protocols

There are two important protocols required to get your network to forward multicast packets. Here’s how to configure & troubleshoot them.
Author: Kevin Dooley
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Reducing Mean Time to Resolution with Auvik TrafficInsights and Syslog

You can streamline troubleshooting, shrink mean time to resolution & spare network users from prolonged downtime with Auvik. Here’s how.
Author: Lawrence Popa
Sales Engineer, Auvik
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

Planning for the Post-Pandemic World as an IT Leader

IT will play a critical role in helping companies adapt to work post-pandemic. Prepare yourself by taking these practical planning steps.
Author: Annette Hynes
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Network Management

5 Great Reasons to Store and Analyze Centralized Logs

Centralized logging, where all of your network devices send data to a central server, is a better approach than logging locally. Here’s why.
Author: Rod Lewis
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IT Leadership

Use the Triple-A Framework to Optimize Your IT Services

Operationally mature IT teams use the triple-A framework—assess, adapt, automate—to focus their efforts & deliver. Here’s how you can do the same.
Author: Annette Hynes
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Protocols & Communication

sFlow vs NetFlow: What’s the Difference?

Two of the most common flow protocols you’ll run into are NetFlow and sFlow, and these are some of the differences between the two to keep in mind.
Author: Andrés Tapia
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

Making Co-managed IT Work In the Real World (From Pros Who’ve Walked the Walk)

Simplex-IT CEO Bob Coppedge & Christian Health Ministries CIO Bryan Schultz discuss what has made their 10 year co-managed IT partnership a success.
Author: Lindsay Windover-Kroes
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Cybersecurity

Managing IT Risk When Everyone’s Working Remote

Top IT & cybersecurity experts share their advice for leaders scrambling to contend with a new set of IT risks in a post-pandemic world.
Author: Lindsay Windover-Kroes
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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