Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Today’s networks support a lot of traffic data, especially with the adoption of embedded systems. Furthermore, the complexity of the data passing through networks has significantly increased. Yet system administrators have to manage and secure these networks effectively. A network protocol analyzer is an essential component of network security and management that every administrator needs.

Last week, I attended the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, NV, with 50,000+ others. It was quite a busy week with several keynotes, announcements, and many sessions. While the hot topic at re:Invent was generative AI, I’ll focus my blog post on a few customer sessions I attended around observability: Stripe, Capital One, and McDonald’s. ‍

In the realm of data and complex scenarios, we humans naturally gravitate towards visualizing things as entities with attributes, rather than just raw data. Consider the phrase, “The response time on our Ad Generation service has increased.” It immediately resonates with the audience supporting the service.

In a significant achievement in digital transformation, APICA has been honored with the prestigious Winter 2023 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award. This recognition comes from Intellyx, the pioneering analyst firm exclusively focused on digital transformation, and the trailblazing vendors spearheading this journey. The Intellyx Digital Innovator Awards are not just accolades; they are a testament to a company’s ability to stand out in an intensely competitive and innovative field.

In my first blog post of 2023, I wrote about how difficult it seems to be for the average person to set and stick to their New Year’s Resolutions. Stats show that by mid-February, most people’s resolutions have been abandoned and have become a distant memory.

Threat vulnerability management, and managing your attack surface, are critical in the battle against cyberattacks. At some point before an successful attack, the internal process to manage threats and prevent access to sensitive data failed. How could they have done things differently? Were they just managing too much, too often, without the resources they needed?