Networking

My Trip to Europe

Eman Conde — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:18:16 -0500

I will always be fascinated by people. This is probably the key to my curiosity about what makes them tick.

How do you encode hundreds of data points into one single graph? Use Sparklines.

Raffael Marty — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:13:50 -0500

Have you tried to visualize your traffic flows? Did you have the problem that your graphs got really cluttered? Did you find a way around that problem? Did you filter data? Did you aggregate multiple nodes into one?

Analyst: Mobile data will continue boom in '09

ITworld staff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:15:15 -0500

There will be more than 36 million laptops connected to mobile data networks in Western Europe in 2009.

Cisco shutting down between holidays to save money

ITworld staff — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:07:08 -0500

Cisco is reportedly shutting down during the year-end holiday season to save money, the first time it has done so in its history.

Judgment favors Novell in ongoing SCO case

ITworld staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:19:35 -0500

A Utah court handed down a judgment this week in the long-running legal battle between SCO and Novell.

Virgin's in-flight Wi-Fi coming Monday

ITworld staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:09:56 -0500

Virgin America's in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one week before a planned commercial launch Dec. 1.

Visiting Adtran Support

James Gaskin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:50 -0500

I spent the last two days in Huntsville Alabama on a press tour of Adtran. Huntsville is nice, and the Adtran people are even nicer. The press tour was a good idea, because they're a good company with too low a profile.

Leadership - The Millennials Impact on Business

Martha Young — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:26:11 -0500

The Millennials, also known as GenY, are defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. According to a 2007 BSG Alliance Concourse Institute’s research study there are approximately 70 million Millennials in the U.S. today. For comparison, the boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, measures in at 79.6 million according to the 2000 U.S. Census. There is an odd fascination with this generation, its rapid adoption of technology and how they fit into the business world.

How do you visualize your traffic flow (NetFlow) logs?

Raffael Marty — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:05:04 -0500

What are you doing with your traffic flow logs, such as NetFlow? How long does it normally take you to understand what exactly the log entries represent? What if you could generate a visual representation of the machines communicating on your network? Would that make your analysis work easier?

How do you prepare your security data for visualization?

Raffael Marty — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:46:52 -0500

Do you know how much traffic is transmitted on your networks? Do you know what protocols are in use and what machines are using them? Are there spyware infected machines on your network that leak information?