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Automating Network Devices with NETCONF and YANG in Puppet Edge

This video offers a practical guide to automating network devices using YANG data models and the NETCONF protocol while using Puppet Edge. Gain the knowledge to streamline your network operations and enhance consistency. Perforce Puppet gives IT operations teams back their time and offers peace of mind with infrastructure automation that enables security and compliance.

What is Network Observability vs. Network Monitoring?

Network observability may be seen as a newer term in the world of networking, but it has become critical for managing modern distributed networks. As networks grow more complex with cloud services, remote workers, and distributed applications, traditional network monitoring approaches no longer provide sufficient visibility into network health and performance.

Unleashing Progress Flowmon 13: Speed, Smarts and Security Redefined

At Progress, we continue to develop and enhance the Progress Flowmon product family. The latest update brings the core Flowmon product to release 13.0, and it includes remarkable performance improvements, strengthened security and expanded protocol support. Full details of what’s new and improved in the latest release are available on the Flowmon product page. In this blog, we’re excited to highlight the newest features and improvements to the Flowmon solution.

Beyond the Horizon: Vulnerability Management - Turning Cyber Hygiene into Business Confidence

Discover why vulnerability management is critical for cyber and business resilience — and how N-able is reinventing the process. In this episode of Head Nerd Table, Jason Murphy sits down with Jeff Green, Distinguished Product Leader for Vulnerability Management at N-able, to unpack why vulnerability management is no longer optional — it’s essential. Jeff shares insights from his experience as a CTO and MSP leader, explaining how vulnerability management underpins both cybersecurity and business continuity.

The Seven Wastes of Network Operations

Does it ever feel like your network operations team is constantly running, yet always struggling to keep up? The ticket queues are long, troubleshooting is a complex detective story, and every new application deployment adds another layer of anxiety. This constant state of reactive firefighting isn't a sign of a bad team; it's the symptom of a broken process. This operational friction, the invisible tax on every action your team takes, has a name: waste.

Your NOC's Most Important New Skill? Ignoring Things

I want to challenge a deeply held belief in our industry, one that I once championed myself: the idea that more data is the answer. We've spent a fortune building vast data lakes of network telemetry, believing that if we could just collect everything, we would achieve a state of operational nirvana.

Network Monitoring vs. Network Observability: What Do You Need?

A decade ago, network monitoring was straightforward. You had a data center, some branch offices, MPLS circuits connecting everything, and a handful of applications running on-premises. Set some SNMP thresholds, configure a few alerts, and you were covered. When something broke, the problem was usually obvious: a failed switch, a saturated link, a misconfigured router. Today's networks bear zero resemblance to that world.