Category Archives: monitoring

Could Cisco ACI Kill APM?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Matthew Norwood
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Note – This is ALL 100% speculation on my part. I may be WAY off base with what you are about to read, and if you know something I don’t, feel free to correct me in the comments below. I … Continue reading →

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Shelfware

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Matthew Norwood
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If you hang around various IT departments long enough, you are bound to run into “shelfware“. That’s the term used to describe software that is purchased, but is either never used, or used for a brief period and then forgotten. … Continue reading →

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Lacuna Systems

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Matthew Norwood
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I had the pleasure of speaking with the people from Lacuna Systems at Interop a few weeks ago. I wasn’t familiar with them at all, and since they happened to have a booth on the expo floor, I was able … Continue reading →

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ExtraHop Networks

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Matthew Norwood
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I have written and re-written this post at least a half dozen times. It’s been nagging at me since Interop in early May. I had a nice format. I even created some nice graphics, but it just felt so clinical … Continue reading →

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A Black Box For Your Virtual Environment

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Matthew Norwood
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Every time you hear about a plane crash on the news, the big thing they focus on apart from the casualities is finding the “black box”.  The “black box” is nothing more than a flight data recorder. A variety of … Continue reading →

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