When it comes to finding problems on the network, the key is learning to listen to what the network devices have to say. And just polling for SNMP data isn't enough.  read more »

People have been speaking of self-healing networks for years, and we can all retire if they ever reach the real world. In the meantime, network administrators are still hunting for tools that tell them what is going on in the network so they can solve those problems themselves. One old standby which is often underutilized is NetFlow.  read more »