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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

What’s the Difference Between Observability vs. Monitoring?

Monitoring tells you when something is wrong, while observability provides you context as to why. Let’s look at how they work together to optimize you
Author: Destiny Bertucci
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Network Troubleshooting: A Guide for IT Professionals

Discover expert network troubleshooting strategies for IT professionals. Learn to diagnose and fix network problems quickly and efficiently.
Author: Nolan Greene
Product Marketing Manager, Auvik
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IT Leadership

Incident Communication Is a Key Part of Resolving Network Issues

Before you turn completely to resolving a network issue, there’s another important aspect to any resolution that you can’t forget, and that’s incident
Author: Steve Petryschuk
Director & Tech Evangelist, Auvik
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

What is Root Cause Analysis: Definition & Examples

Learn what root cause analysis is, its goal, how to do it, and the benefits. This guide covers methods, examples, and how RCA helps resolve network is
Author: Justin Ong
Community Evangelism Director
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Network Management

How to Get the Most from an Auvik Free Trial

Get the most out of your Auvik free trial in this guide. Learn key features and setup tips to fully leverage Auvik’s network management software.
Author: Dana Krook
Senior Content Marketing Manager, Auvik
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

What is Network Optimization? 8 Reliable Techniques

Maintaining an optimized network requires a set of tools and techniques to ensure efficient bandwidth management, latency, and network load management
Author: Steve Petryschuk
Director & Tech Evangelist, Auvik
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Network Management

4 Ways to Reduce Your Mean Time to Resolution

Discover how the integration of Auvik Network Management and ilert incident management platform can significantly reduce MTTR.
Author: Daria Yankevich
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Network Management

How I Strategically Tune Auvik Alerts to Reduce Noise and Optimize Monitoring

Auvik is pre-configured to alert on a list of standard metrics at industry best-practice thresholds. If the thresholds are too low for your client sit
Author: Corey Kirkendoll
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Network Management

Insider Risk: The Call is Coming from Inside the House

[BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME THE MOVIES THESE GIFS COME FROM IN THE COMMENTS] In IT, we tend to think of threats as external. Hackers, scammers, bots
Author: Ryan LaFlamme
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Tech Industry

10 Best Network Monitoring Tools in 2024

There are plenty of options for network monitoring tools today, and that can make it hard to pick the right one for you. Here, we’ll help you sort thr
Author: Destiny Bertucci
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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