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Nuts and Bolts of Performance Testing

Jun 17th, 2010
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Please enjoy the following guest post by Abhinav Vaid.

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Performance Testing was always a part of Software Testing whether explicitly stated or not. The world of software testing is becoming smarter and mature. With the changing landscape of Computing and a paradigm Industry wise shift towards SOA/web based applications has brought a forefront focus on Performance Testing and the expectations saught from this kind of testing are measurable numbers. I have tried to extract the entire essence in terms of minimal words which could serve the purpose to cut-short the learning time. Performance Testing is about to measure the performance of an application under test whether the application is an embedded, desktop or a distributed enterprise application. However, these are the enterprise based applications/architectures where lies the prime focus of performance testing. Expectations saught from AUT is to measure the performance numbers and ensuring that it conforms to the expectations.

Monitoring Network Security – Why the Security of Your Network is Vital

Mar 19th, 2010
by Tommy P. Landry.
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This week, we offer you a basic Network Security reminder. This is especially good for businesses with no IT department or a lack of budget to purchase more expensive appliance-based solutions. Please enjoy this guest post by Michael McQueen as a complimentary service from Anue Systems.

Predictions for 2010: Breaking Down IDC’s Take for Data Centers and Service Providers

Dec 15th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Continuing our end of year review of the various predictions from IT and networking thought leaders, today we turn our attention to IDC. For those of us who have been in high tech since the early 90s (or longer), IDC is a well-known entity. I remember working with them directly back in my days of fab planning and market research at Advanced Micro Devices, and they always offered a spin that made me take pause when interpreting trends and new developments.

Monitoring Optimization ROI, Part II: The Network

May 19th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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The Network View is offering a series of ROI-related posts focused on the question: “Why optimize my network and/or security monitoring?” This is the second installment, which delves into the negative impacts of having incomplete coverage of your network.

Monitoring Resources: Network Observations

Mar 24th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Last week, we highlighted Network Performance Daily, the primary blog managed by NetQoS. Today, we turn to a resource that focuses on a similar topic area: Network Observations.

Monitoring Resources: Network Performance Daily

Mar 18th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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One of the most important areas of focus for monitoring is centered on application performance. So far, we’ve hit on security and data centers in most of our monitoring resources reviews. Now let’s give the applications their due, starting with: Network Performance Daily

Monitoring Resources: Network Monitoring Tools from SLAC

Feb 17th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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NOTE: The Network View is offering a series of reviews on network visibility-related resources and blogs available online. If you have a URL which we should consider reviewing, please send to tlandry (at) anuesystems (dot) com.
Keeping with the ongoing theme of Monitoring Resources, today The Network View turns our attention to a great resource offered [...]

Monitoring Resources: LoveMyTool

Feb 11th, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Welcome to the third installment of “Monitoring Resources” on The Network View. We hope you have found our previous recommendations, MonitoringTools.com and TaoSecurity, both useful and valuable resources. Now we turn our attention to one of our favorites, LoveMyTool.

FCoE and 10G Networks

Feb 3rd, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a hot topic among network operations and data center circles these days. FCoE is seen as a key to convergence of the various technologies in the data center, so let’s spend a few minutes reviewing the concept, some expectations for when it will start to reach critical mass, and what the future holds.

Is Your Organization “Best In Class” for Network Visibility?

Jan 21st, 2009
by Tommy P. Landry.
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Network Visibility has become a more widely-used term over the past couple of years. However, not everyone understands exactly what it is or why they should care. If you want to optimize your network, you need to know the answers to those questions.

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