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Active vs. Passive Monitoring

In this whiteboard video, SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov highlights Active vs. Passive monitoring, two approaches to monitoring network performance and the end-user experience. Vess covers the advantages of both and how the two technology approaches are complementary and together provide a more complete picture of performance visibility when looking to improve the quality of the end-user experience.

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3 Ways Bad Monitoring Can Get You Fired

In our current economic climate, it is important to do everything possible to stay ahead of the curve. For network engineers, the best way to do this is with complete and immediate network performance visibility. In this video, Nic Reid, EMEA Systems Engineering Manager, talks about the three key areas to consider in network performance management that if addressed properly will help you achieve professional success: coverage, speed of alerting and speed of reporting.

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Monitoring Your Cloud Applications

Monitoring cloud based applications can be a challenge. In this whiteboard video, Pete Cruz, Sr. Dir. Product Management and Marketing for SevOne, discusses performance management best practices including response time, network performance monitoring, QoS, and NetFlow that enables you to get the complete and immediate visibility you need to assess cloud application performance issues even when your application is not in your control.

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Advanced NetFlow: Part 2

Join Vess Bakalov, SevOne CTO, in the second of a two part series on the latest advancements in NetFlow technologies and how they will further enhance performance management. In Part 2, Vess covers VRF IDs, PfR (Performance Routing), Cisco NAM version 5 (Network Analysis Modules), and a newer flow technology coming on the scene - AppFlow.

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Advanced NetFlow: Part 1

Join Vess Bakalov, SevOne CTO, in the first of a two part series on the latest advancements in NetFlow technologies and how they will further enhance performance management. In Part 1, Vess covers IPv6 support, NBAR, and Medianet.

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4G LTE and IMS KPI Performance Reporting

The use of multiple vendor technologies and an exponential rise in network elements creates new challenges in gaining end-to-end visibility of performance and availability for 4G LTE and IMS networks and services. In this whiteboard video, SevOne's Senior Systems Engineer, Matt Goldberg, explains 4G LTE and IMS and the KPIs you should monitor across all of the components in the data path including: eNodeB, PGW, SGW, MME, PCRF, CSCF, HSS, and IMS.

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Challenges in Monitoring Low Latency Networks

Monitoring low latency trading networks is challenging due to the multiple technologies deployed and granularity of monitoring required. In this whiteboard video, Ross Maurer, EMEA Systems Engineer, shows how to leverage high granularity monitoring along with forensic probes to provide complete and immediate visibility of the performance of high frequency trading environments.

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Cisco IP SLA - The High Definition Latency Probe You Already Own

IP SLA is a deceptively useful capability in Cisco routers and switches deployed in your organization today. In this video, Nic Reid, EMEA Systems Engineering Manager, shows how you can take advantage of this capability to give granular response-time visibility which would otherwise require additional investments in dedicated hardware probe deployments.

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Is Your Enterprise Ready for VoIP?

In this whiteboard video, Pete Cruz, Sr. Director of Product Management and Marketing for SevOne, discusses how you can leverage performance management to evaluate and determine if your network is ready to support a successful VoIP rollout.

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Important Benefits of Integrating Performance Management Systems

In this whiteboard video, Pete Cruz, Sr. Director of Product Management and Marketing for SevOne, discusses three important benefits of integrating performance management with fault management systems as well various methods of integration to achieve a more comprehensive network management architecture.

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Performance Monitoring of LTE Networks

In this whiteboard video, SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov explains LTE networks and why they are important to mobile operators. He also discusses the network performance management challenges that LTE presents, from the RAN to the IMS, and how SevOne helps address those challenges.

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Performance Monitoring of Carrier/Metro Ethernet Backhaul

In this whiteboard video, SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov explains what is Ethernet backhaul and why it is important to mobile and MSO operators. He also discusses the network performance management challenges Ethernet backhaul presents, and how SevOne helps address those challenges.

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Flexible NetFlow and Cisco Medianet

Join Vess Bakalov, SevOne CTO in the second of a two part series on Flexible NetFlow. After covering the history of Flexible NetFlow, Vess now covers practical applications of Flexible NetFlow, including how Cisco Medianet performance monitor leverages Flexible NetFlow to provide deeper insights into media rich application performance.

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Flexible NetFlow Introduction

In this 10 minute video, Vess Bakalov, SevOne CTO discusses the history and evolution of Cisco NetFlow to its current state known in the industry as Flexible NetFlow. Learn what is different in this version and why NetFlow v9 and IPFIX flexibility and extensibility were added to address key management requirements. Vess answers these key questions in the first of a two-part series to help you understand the value and history of Flexible NetFlow.

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NetFlow Deduplication Demystified

NetFlow de-duplication -- what does it mean? What are its benefits and costs? Join SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov as he discusses the value of NetFlow de-duplication, and the different approaches NPM vendors have taken with de-duplication. Vess explores the benefits and drawbacks of various approaches and how SevOne supports NetFlow de-duplication today and what advances SevOne will make in upcoming releases.

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Beyond SNMP Part 2

Join SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov, in the second part of a two part video series, as he discusses the evolution of management instrumentation beyond SNMP. Vess outlines the landscape of management instrumentation in today's infrastructure devices. He also details the challenge of providing consistent performance management regardless of management instrumentation and how SevOne tackles those challenges.

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Beyond SNMP Part 1

Join SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov, in the first part of a two part video series, as he discusses the evolution of management instrumentation beyond SNMP to include bulk performance statistics. Vess outlines the landscape of management instrumentation in today's infrastructure devices and the challenge of providing consistent performance management.

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Monitoring Java Infrastructure and Applications

In this nine minute video, SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov, explains how to discover and monitor Java infrastructure and applications via JMX (Java Management Extension). Vess outlines what information is gathered from the different layers, and how to get the full picture of application response time and resource utilization from the network to the Java application.

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Integrated VM Monitoring at Enterprise and Cloud Scale

In this ten minute video whiteboard, SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov outlines the architecture and monitoring of VMware infrastructure via VMware vSphere vCenter. He describes the advantages of using an integrated monitoring system for your cloud infrastructure where from a single pane of glass, the performance of VMs can be tracked and analyzed along with the OS and application performance inside of a VM and the underlying network performance.

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High Frequency SNMP Polling

SevOne CTO, Vess Bakalov explains how to use high frequency polling for reporting, troubleshooting and trending the performance of your IT infrastructure. In this five minute video, Vess diagrams the advantages of high frequency SNMP polling for routers and servers, and he discusses the optimal polling intervals for different device types, and for specific key performance indicators.