Tag: network management
Shift to network services on Kubernetes and containers is underway
Cloud-native container technologies are about to extensively transform networking services. At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2019 conference earlier this week, a demonstration of how a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) network built on top of a Kubernetes cluster that accessed...
Survey identifies network troubleshooting as the highest IT priority
With the rise of cloud computing, applications have never been more distributed. However, the network relied on to access those applications is simply not able to meet the performance levels those applications require. A survey of 160 networking and IT...
MSPs shifting towards closing the network automation loop
The race to automate the delivery of networking services is clearly on as the service provider industry heads into 2019. A new survey of 130 service providers conducted by the research firm Futorium suggests that the primary driver of those...
Report details scope of network management challenges faced by MSPs
A report published this week by Auvik Networks finds more than three-quarters of managed service providers (MSPs) manage four or more network vendors across their client base. A third of MSPs are managing equipment from six to ten networking and...
Network Management: In Search of a Few Good GUIs
Most of the time, interacting with electronic devices is as simple as point and click. In many instances, you don’t even have to think very hard about where to point, thanks to the richly intuitive tools that have evolved out...
Network automation arms race is on
Network automation is a doubled-edged sword that as far as managed service providers are concerned is about to cut both ways. On one side, network automation has the potential to significantly reduce labor costs for MSPs. On the other side,...
Alex Hoff: The advantages of intent-based networking
Intent-based networking makes it possible to manage a network simply by identifying your intent—in other words, what you want to happen. Configure guest Wi-Fi. Set up VoIP phones in Branch 3 office. Software then figures out the best way to...
Stop doing these 7 manual network management tasks
Active network infrastructure management is a key element of any managed service offering. Traditionally, network management has involved a lot of tedious manual work, making it expensive and very hard to scale. And that’s why many MSPs have shied away...
