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For a network monitoring solution to operate efficiently, monitoring data is sent to a central collection point, called a network packet broker (NPB). The captured data needs to be optimized, i.e., edited, before transmission to monitoring tools to process that data. Specifically, the data coming…

What is SIEM? Security information and event management (SIEM) systems are monitoring tools that provide a holistic view of an organization’s information technology (IT) security. The underlying principle of a SIEM system is that relevant data about an enterprise’s security is produced in multiple…

Automation is a key element of any effective testing product and critical for efficient regression testing.  The Network Emulator II implements an effective automation feature through the use of a RestFUL API.  The RestFUL API has emerged as one of the most efficient methods of…

At Ixia, we are focused on network emulation and we continue to enhance the Network Emulator II product for impairment testing. I want to highlight a few of our newer features that will simplify your impairment testing. These features are now available to all Network Emulator customers with a…

Staying on top of new threats is one of the main points of threat intelligence. To this end, when we see new exploits or tools that we can't identify, we quickly set out to find out more about them. While doing a daily honeypot investigation I came across some traffic attempting to upload a shell…

This week, the results of research Ixia sponsored on the experiences and concerns of cloud users were released[1]. Understanding their concerns is becoming more important as cloud matures from a disruptive technology to an acceptable and common approach to delivering digital content and services.…

Sinefa offers customers actionable insights into their network so they can achieve high-impact business results with real-time, live analytics at 1 second resolution across any device! This allows Sinefa's customers to reduce help-desk calls, improve customer satisfaction, and use insights from…

Mean time to repair (MTTR) is a direct measure of troubleshooting time. The lower this number, the better off a business, and its IT department, are. Higher numbers mean that it is takes longer for the network to recover from a problem and more of IT’s time is spent fighting problems. According to…