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Network Operations Center: Mission Control for a Healthy Network

With huge flat screen TVs mounted on the walls displaying various maps and blinking lights, a network operations center can…

Nov 9, 2017 Phillip Gervasi

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Troubleshoot EIGRP Routing Protocols

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol is common in many enterprise networks, valued for its speed and scalability. But when problems…

Nov 1, 2017 NetBrain

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NetBrain in Action: Troubleshoot Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP)

In this week’s “tips and tricks” blog, I’ll discuss issues which can arise with Spanning-Tree and how NetBrain can help. The…

Oct 28, 2017 NetBrain

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Being a Network Detective in the 21st Century

My friend, Dave, is a New York State police officer, and when I go to his house for barbecues, I…

Oct 25, 2017 Phillip Gervasi

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Eliminating the 10 Worst Habits of Network Administrators

While it may come as a surprise to some, network administrators are indeed human. They can fall into bad habits…

Oct 18, 2017 NetBrain

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Culture of Collaboration

I clicked “Answer” on my softphone and took the call. Part of me wanted to ignore it, but this issue…

Sep 20, 2017 Phillip Gervasi

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How Universal Electric Corp. Powers Through Network Problems

While some see a 70-inch television as suitable only for watching Sunday Night Football, Sean Tucker, a Senior Network Engineer,…

Sep 14, 2017 NetBrain

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Software Defined Networking (SDN) Really Is a Thing, Apparently

For a while, I tuned right out when someone mentioned SDN. The term has become so ubiquitous and cliché that…

Sep 7, 2017 Phillip Gervasi

Software Defined Networking (SDN) Really Is a Thing, Apparently