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RSSThousandEyes has announced a new capability for monitoring network performance. Called Device Layer, it uses SNMP to collect data on routers, switches, and other networking gear.
READ MOREAs a listener to the podcast you’ve probably heard about Ansible once or twice already. In short Ansible is a simple IT automation tool. It’s often mentioned together with Puppet,…
READ MOREIntroduction Note: This assumes you’re on a linux machine, but it should work on any box where you can install and run Bash, for example windows with Cygwin. (You’ll also…
READ MORERecently, I was doing a true up of our Cisco SmartNet contract, and had to get the serial numbers from all of the Cisco devices on the network. Rather than…
READ MOREThere’s been plenty of talk around here about complex network control through SDN, Netconf/Yang network virtualisation, and other rainbow-producing, unicorn-style ideas. But in our look to the future, we shouldn’t…
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