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Exit Rate vs Bounce Rate - Which One You Should Improve and Why

Tracking your website’s exit and bounce rates will give you insight into how your audience engages with your website and the user experience they receive. This information will enable you to make data-driven decisions on performance-related improvements, ensuring your website functions at its optimal capacity. In this article, we explain exactly what exit rates and bounce rates are, the differences between them, and why you should track them.

Reduce the Size of your WhatsUp Gold Database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

This video reviews the steps you can take to reduce the size of your WhatsUp Gold database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), as well as the areas you should examine to keep your database from growing too large in the future.

What is RMM? Remote Monitoring and Management

RMM—meaning Remote Monitoring and Management—has been a challenge for networks and IT departments since the very first ethernet cable sent a bunch of 1s and 0s in 1973. The challenge, of course, is that no administrator, either network or IT, can be everything everywhere all at once. Although if you’ve ever accidentally rebooted a device you weren’t supposed to, it certainly seems like they are.

Cove Data Protection 24.6 Update

N-able Head Nerd Eric Harless breaks down what's in Cove Data Protection 24.6 You asked for it, and we delivered! We are happy to announce that partners now can schedule Standby Image first restores. We also automated the addition of antivirus exclusions to Microsoft Defender on the Recovery Location for One-Time Restores. Partners can now schedule first restore sessions for devices added to a Standby Image recovery plan. Now, partners can schedule initial restores overnight or on weekends to avoid resource contention when adding multiple machines to a plan.

Monitoring and Optimizing the Experience of Remote Customer Care Agents

For network operations teams, having remote employees out of sight doesn’t mean they can be out of mind. This is particularly true for remote employees who directly support and interact with customers. In many industries today, organizations may have a significant percentage of employees working in some type of remote fashion, including those who deliver customer-facing services.

How to Troubleshoot Network Connectivity Problems With Auvik

“My computer’s not working!” “I can’t connect to the internet!” “My emails aren’t sending!” You’re probably used to hearing common requests and complaints like these from end users. It’s our job to take these issues, troubleshoot them, bring them to root cause, and get the user back up and running as quickly as possible.

Top 6 VPN Protocols (And When to Use Them)

Having access to all kinds of digital resources, no matter where you are or what sort of network connection you have, is a necessity in today’s connected world. Businesses need to share data with other businesses, and travelers need to stay in touch at all times. VPN protocols make secure, stable digital connections possible. While applications hosted in the public cloud go a long way towards making location a non-issue, many resources are hosted privately for security and privacy.

10 Networking Trends, Statistics, and Predictions for 2024

Understanding emerging networking trends is increasingly important for IT professionals and companies of all sizes to stay competitive. The global network infrastructure market is expected to reach $197.8 billion by the end of 2024 and increase to $256 billion by 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.67%. This is a projected $58.2 billion increase in just four years. Staying current with developments in the industry, as well as anticipating where these trends may lead, is vital.