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30 Jan 2008
Network Application Monitoring
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Application monitoring, Systems Manangement
As those of you that are active in our beta programs know, we're about to release a new add-on to Orion that does "Application Performance Monitoring". The goal here is to provide some monitoring capabilities within Orion that provides application status and performance metrics from the needs perspective of the network engineer. One of the things that I'm constantly challenged with is users complaining that they can't get to an application (that application could be making a phone call, surfing to YouTube, accessing the intranet, Exchange, a database server...
28 Jan 2008
Free money for Orion Reports...
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Careers & other Craziness, Network Monitoring
I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but the SolarWinds marketing department is sponsoring a contest where you can win some cash for providing custom reports you've written for Orion. They don't need your data - just the report itself. Looks like you can win as much as $500 and I know that participation has been low so the competition should be pretty easy :) You can learn more at: Orion Reports Contest
22 Jan 2008
Cisco PISA Cards for NBAR and FPM
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Network Monitoring, Traffic and Performance
Hola amigos - I'm writing this from Barcelona :) I wanted to share an idea we are working here at SolarWinds to get some feedback on the relative importance to you. We’ve been looking at developing a solution for configuring various services on the Cisco PISA card. These cards ship with some advanced functionality like the ability to run NBAR or use FPM (Flexible Packet Matching) but we’ve found that the services can be difficult to set up from Cisco’s CLI. What I’d like to know is if any of you have any PISA cards and if you’ve configured either NBAR or FPM on those cards and...
16 Jan 2008
Anybody else in Barcelona next week?
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Planning & Design, Events & Appearances
I'm headed to Barcelona for Cisco Networkers next week and thought I'd send out a feeler to see if any of ya'll will be there as well. Should be a good time... If you are in Spain next week attending Networkers, stop by our booth and tell me you read the blog and I'll snag you some goodies... Josh
14 Jan 2008
New Webinar this week - Mastering Network Monitoring in the SMB
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Planning & Design, Network Monitoring
For anyone interested, I'm hosting a webinar on network monitoring for the SMB this Thursday. We'll cover several best practices for network monitoring that apply to both SMBs as well as enterprise organizations. Additionally, towards the end of the presentation Chris LaPoint (Senior Product Manager for ipMonitor) will do a sneak peak at ipMonitor Version 9.0. You can sign up at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/994808861 Also, if you have any requests for future webinars and/or content that you'd like to see in the one this week shoot me a note. Thanks, Josh





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