cPacket for… Solutions Products Resources Company TALK TO AN EXPERT CONTACT SALES REQUEST DEMO SUPPORT PORTAL Blog Network vs Server vs Application – Don’t play ping pong isolating issues! November 8, 2021 | Vince Hill The game of ping pong is something I enjoyed in my youth, like many of us. Working in the IT… Read more » Scale-Out Cloud Visibility and Security with cPacket cCloud™ Visibility Suite and Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer November 2, 2021 | mhaseeb As organizations continue to move mission critical workloads in the cloud, ITOps are constantly in a rush and under pressure… Read more » Three Reasons Why Ransomware Recovery Requires Packet Data October 25, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid Data from SonicWall’s 2021 Cyber Threat Report showed more ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020.… Read more » Your Cloud Security Is Constantly Being Tested October 18, 2021 | Ron Stein Cyber Risk Resilience Requires Cloud Visibility Whether your IT infrastructure is all cloud, all physical, or a hybrid mixture, it… Read more » Reducing Downtime Costs with an Efficient Packet Brokering Architecture October 4, 2021 | Kedar Hiremath A study by IHS research found that network downtime costs North American organizations $700 billion per year, ranging from $1… Read more » The Why and How of a Two-Tier Network Monitoring Topology September 27, 2021 | Ron Stein Cyber Criminals Exploit 100Gbps Blind Spots As data centers upgrade to 100 Gbps speeds to support the need for speed… Read more » Network Visibility Is Key To Reducing Cyber Risks August 30, 2021 | Ron Stein Facts It is an unfortunate fact that cyberattacks and other cyber risks are increasing. All aspects of cybercrime are increasing… Read more » Why We Fuss About Network Detection and Response August 23, 2021 | Ron Stein cPacket Networks talks a lot about Network Detection and Response (NDR). We also talk a lot about Network Visibility, which… Read more » What’s Needed for High-Fidelity, Low-Latency HPC Network Monitoring at 100Gbps August 17, 2021 | Vince Hill Enterprise migration to 100Gbps network speeds continues to accelerate, with high-performance computing (HPC) data centers leading the charge. According to data from… Read more » Root Cause Analysis of the Most Common Network and User Experience Problems August 9, 2021 | Muhammad Haseeb Troubleshooting network issues as data rates increase towards 100G is becoming more and more mission-critical. In order to successfully identify… Read more » Overcoming the Observability Challenge for Microsoft Azure August 2, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid For many organizations, customer satisfaction, competitiveness, operational efficiency, and profitability all rely on secure and responsive applications. That in turn… Read more » Key Drivers of 100Gbps Network Adoption July 26, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid It’s not just that new NICs are cheaper and faster. People actually want speed… Migration to 100Gbps network speeds in… Read more » Assuring Exceptional Experiences with Applications Requires Assuring Network Performance (Part 2) July 19, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid This is part 2 of a 2 part series. You can read part 1 here: Assuring Exceptional Experiences with Applications… Read more » Assuring Exceptional Experiences with Applications Requires Assuring Network Performance July 12, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid This is part 1 of a 2 part series. You can read part 2 here: Assuring Exceptional Experiences with Applications… Read more » Justifying and Calculating the ROI of Network Visibility Investments June 28, 2021 | Brendan O’Flaherty One of the key challenges we hear from customers is that while they understand the importance of network visibility across… Read more » Instrumenting the Network for Successful AIOps June 21, 2021 | Ron Nevo Key Takeaways AIOps platforms empower IT teams to quickly find the root issues that originate in the network and disrupt… Read more » How Better Network Visibility Can Reduce Customer Churn June 14, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid Customer churn has serious costs for a business – not only is it expensive to acquire new customers, but a… Read more » Performance Always Matters, Especially When it Comes to Observing Network Traffic at 100Gbps June 1, 2021 | Ron Stein Network data rates typically increase in a step function where each step lasts for several years. The current step and… Read more » 100Gbps is Increasingly Popular and is Creating a Host of Management Challenges May 27, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid Name virtually any technology trend — digital transformation, cloud-first operations, data center consolidation, mobility, streaming data, AI/ML, the application explosion,… Read more » Assuring Business Continuity by Reducing Malware Dwell Time May 20, 2021 | Brendan O’Flaherty Here’s How CISOs and IT Security Operations Teams Can Best Address Key Challenges To Network Monitoring That Could Increase Malware… Read more » Improving Network Visibility Across Distributed Hybrid IT Environments May 14, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid You Need to See it Before You Can Manage it More and more aspects of business depend on the network,… Read more » The Evolution of Application Centric Network Visibility in the Public Cloud May 3, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid Application or network downtime is expensive, and given the growing numbers and types of high-availability and mission-critical applications, systems and… Read more » Starting A Successful AIOps Initiative April 27, 2021 | Muhammad Haseeb The application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) – known as AIOps… Read more » Four Ways Network Traffic Analysis Benefits Security Teams April 22, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid The march towards digital transformation and the increasing volume of cyberattacks are finally driving IT security and network teams towards… Read more » Visibility for NetOps and SecOps with cPacket and VPC Traffic Mirroring March 10, 2021 | Nadeem Zahid Introduction to network visibility for NetOps and SecOps The Rising Need for NetOps Over the past year, organizations have responded… Read more » Perspective and FAQ About the SolarWinds Orion Hack Discovered in December 2020 January 5, 2021 | Ron Stein The Importance of Network Visibility and Observability to Defend Against Cyberattacks Our focus at cPacket Networks is to “eliminate blind… Read more » Network Visibility – It Must Be Reliable, Comprehensive, and Unbiased Because Good Enough Is Not Good Enough November 30, 2020 | Ron Stein The Answer to Why You Need Highly Reliable Network Monitoring that is Independent from Your Network This blog addresses the… Read more » Auto-Scaling Network Visibility in AWS Cloud November 10, 2020 | Steve Farnsworth Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the new Gateway Load Balancing (GWLB) services feature that has lots of significance for cPacket… Read more » Reducing Customer Churn by Investing in Network Visibility August 5, 2020 | Steve Farnsworth Great experiences drive customer loyalty, lifetime value, and a competitive advantage; conversely poor experiences drive churn. Assuring great customer and… Read more » Cloud Monitoring is Critical to Realizing AI-Powered Benefits July 22, 2020 | Ron Stein Public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offers many benefits, but it is important to note that it is still infrastructure. Just like… Read more » The Case for Network Packet Brokers – Data, Visibility, and Outcomes June 9, 2020 | Ron Stein Getting straight to the point – your network must work, and it must be impenetrable to cyber-attacks. IT Operations has… Read more » Packets, Flows, Events – Which is Best for Troubleshooting? May 4, 2020 | Ron Nevo IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams such as network operations (NetOps), development operations (DevOps), security operations (SecOps), and cloud operations… Read more » Network Data Is Essential for AIOps April 22, 2020 | Ron Stein Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous and a commonly applied data processing method. Applying AI for IT Operations (AIOps) is… Read more » 100Gbps-Enabled High-Speed Network Visibility April 7, 2020 | Nadeem Zahid The Rise of 100Gbps Ethernet Digital transformation is driving trends such as data center consolidation, increased mobility, and complexity of… Read more » COVID-19: Update from cPacket Networks March 27, 2020 | Brendan O’Flaherty Message from the CEO We are going through unprecedented times and I’d like to give you a quick update on… Read more » COVID19, Your Network, and Bad User-Experience March 19, 2020 | Nadeem Zahid As social isolation remains to be the best preventive measure so far against the spread of Coronavirus, more companies are… Read more » Network Traffic Intelligence for Cyber Security Incident Response March 13, 2020 | Nadeem Zahid Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) uses a combination of advanced analytics, machine learning, and rule-based detection to identify suspicious activities throughout… Read more » Googling Packets Inside Google Cloud December 10, 2019 | Nadeem Zahid When it comes to enterprise grade cloud, you cannot ignore Google Cloud. Google Cloud has built its reputation around high… Read more » What’s New and Improved with the cPacket 19.3.1 Release? December 10, 2019 | Kevin Lio, Director - Product Management With the cPacket 19.3.1 release, users can expect significant upgrades and new features designed to improve efficiency and decrease complexity,… Read more » It’s Cloudy Today with a High Chance of Packets June 25, 2019 | Nadeem Zahid As CIOs and CISOs are driving their companies to the digital world, a “cloud first” strategy is leading the movement.… Read more » The Dirty Little Secret of Network Packet Brokers January 25, 2019 | Graham Melville A Network Packet Broker has a lot in common with a high performance vehicle. Imagine you bought an off-road vehicle… Read more » At Last, a 100Gbps Visibility Solution that Works January 25, 2019 | Graham Melville You wouldn’t expect a used 1950s family car to offer the same speed and functionality of a high-performance car, would… Read more » Comparing TAPs Versus SPAN Ports November 15, 2018 | Sarah Torjman When we’re looking to monitor network traffic, we have two options to choose from: Taps or Span ports. Let’s take… Read more » How to Choose the Right Split Ratio when Inserting a TAP into a Network Link October 16, 2018 | Alessandro Lucchese A common method to efficiently monitor networks is by using Network Taps. These completely passive devices are inserted directly into… Read more » How cPacket Networks Improved the Security Infrastructure of a Global Fortune 500 Company October 4, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka Today’s networks are faced with the challenge of ensuring that their existing security and monitoring tools can keep pace with… Read more » Looking Ahead: the Future of Network Monitoring September 20, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka The future of the network is far more complex than we could have imagined. The consumerization of IT, mobile devices,… Read more » The Future of Network Security: 100Gbps and Beyond September 7, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka Every day, network operators (NetOps) and security operators (SecOps) are faced with new network challenges. Networks have become more complex… Read more » 3 Key Metrics for Efficient Performance Monitoring August 24, 2018 | Alessandro Lucchese 3 Key Metrics for Efficient Performance Monitoring Today’s networks have evolved and become more complex to manage. Network administrators are… Read more » Lessons Learned from the Latest Data and Security Breaches July 31, 2018 | Sarah Torjman The risk to companies experiencing data and security breaches is higher now than ever before. In 2017 alone, some of… Read more » Network Tapping at 100Gbps July 26, 2018 | Alessandro Lucchese The Ethernet market has grown tremendously in recent years. Data center speed and capacity are just a few factors that… Read more » What’s New and Improved with the 18.2.1 Release? July 20, 2018 | Kevin Lio, Director - Product Management cPacket Networks is pleased to announce the release of 18.2.1! We are excited to share new and improved features designed… Read more » 100Gbps Transceivers in Today’s Data Centers July 12, 2018 | Alessandro Lucchese The growing demand for services like cloud computing, IoT, AI and faster content delivery has resulted in the need for… Read more » Did You Know that cVu Can Monitor & Decrypt MACsec Links? July 6, 2018 | Joshua Joiner There are various protocols that have been developed as a means of securing the network. One of these protocols is… Read more » Snapshot and Triggered Intercept: Grabbing Packets at the Wire June 29, 2018 | Joshua Joiner For those who struggle with the process of effectively monitoring and troubleshooting your network, you’re not alone. The process of… Read more » Challenges of Monitoring at 100Gbps: The High-Speed Dilemma June 22, 2018 | Sarah Torjman The trend towards 100Gbps adoption rates have increased, but do higher speeds solve all problems? In a recent podcast, cPacket’s… Read more » RSA Conference 2018 Event Recap April 20, 2018 | Sarah Torjman The annual leading security conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco was jam packed with informative keynotes and presentations… Read more » Securing Your Network with the Right Packet Broker Solutions April 13, 2018 | Sarah Torjman Global enterprises struggle daily to prevent security breaches. Even the largest entities such as Facebook, Twitter, and Target have all… Read more » A Network Operator’s Top 3 Needs April 5, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka Data center security has always been critical to the success of today’s enterprises. Today’s IT landscape is becoming increasingly digitized… Read more » What’s New and Improved with the 18.1.1 Release? March 27, 2018 | Joshua Joiner Have you seen our release 18.1.1? This is cPacket’s latest and greatest yet and we can’t wait to show our… Read more » Best Practices for Choosing a Network Packet Broker March 23, 2018 | Joshua Joiner Best practices for choosing a network packet broker Today’s enterprises are always looking for the best return on investment when… Read more » What Impact Will GDPR Have on Your Organization? March 15, 2018 | Vittal Krishnamurthy, Kerry Takenaka and Sarah Torjman The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will officially go into effect on May 25, 2018 and will permanently change how… Read more » Cisco Connect Event Recap March 8, 2018 | Sarah Torjman Cisco Connect took place yesterday in San Francisco and we were there to take part in all the action. The… Read more » Google Your Entire Network for Complete Visibility March 1, 2018 | Sarah Torjman The demand for increased visibility, security, and better performance monitoring means that today’s organizations need a solution that can deliver… Read more » Understanding the Use Cases for RESTFUL APIs February 22, 2018 | Sarah Torjman Roy Fielding defined REST (Representational State Transfer) in early 2000 and developed the REST architectural style which has changed how… Read more » Cisco Live Barcelona 2018 Event Recap February 15, 2018 | Sarah Torjman cPacket Networks attended Cisco Live Barcelona 2018 and what an event it was! With over 12,000 Cisco customers, partners, and… Read more » The Need for Capacity Planning and Predictive Analytics February 1, 2018 | Sarah Torjman Today’s IT landscape is far more advanced than it was ten years ago. Even though many organizations have adopted capacity… Read more » The Importance of Improving Network Security Visibility January 25, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka Today’s digital landscape has changed the way we see and deal with network security. From data breaches to security attacks,… Read more » When Time is Money: The Importance of Accurate Monitoring Tools for Financial Organizations January 18, 2018 | Kerry Takenaka There has been a lot of discussion regarding the importance of latency in networks, especially in the financial industry, but… Read more » Can Your Packet Aggregator Support Multi-Cluster Load Balancing? January 10, 2018 | Joshua Joiner In today’s evolving IT environment, most organizations have many different types of monitoring tools to oversee network performance. Moreover, most… Read more » Did You Know that cVu Can Parse and Strip VN-Tag? December 14, 2017 | Joshua Joiner What is a VN-Tag and how does it function? Last week’s blog focused on VXLAN and the ability of cPacket’s… Read more » Did You Know that cVu can Parse and Strip VXLAN Headers? December 6, 2017 | Joshua Joiner What is VXLAN and why is it used? Virtual Extensible LAN, or VXLAN, is an encapsulation protocol commonly used to… Read more » Did You Know that cVu can Strip MPLS Headers? November 29, 2017 | Joshua Joiner What exactly is MPLS and what are its benefits? Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) provides an effective mechanism within computer network… Read more » Is Hybrid Cloud NPM the Right Choice for You? November 15, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka In this week’s blog, we’re exploring the second topic in our mini series of 2018 predictions for the networking industry:… Read more » 17.3.1 Release Notes: What’s New? November 1, 2017 | DemandRamp Team cPacket has been busy working on the latest features and improvements for our 17.3.1 release and we’re excited to share… Read more » Network Performance Monitoring and Security: Simply Better Together October 25, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka When we talk about the need for a comprehensive security approach to network monitoring, what we’re really stressing is the… Read more » Convergence of NetOps and SecOps Transforming Traditional IT Silos October 20, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka A recent study from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) found that 92% of respondents agree that network security monitoring depends on… Read more » What’s in Store for NPM? cPacket’s Predictions for 2018 October 11, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka The future of IT is filled with disruption, forward thinking, and the unknown—and the networking space is no exception to… Read more » The Evolution of 100Gbps Networks October 2, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka This infographic describes the trend towards 100Gbps networks as well as several key factors driving the adoption towards faster networks. … Read more » 100Gbps Networks Are Here… Are You Prepared? September 26, 2017 | Kerry Takenaka There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the advancement of 100Gbps networks. Our insatiable appetite for better, faster, and… Read more » Do You Know What “Dynamic Truncation” is? If Not, Read On. September 19, 2017 | Joshua Joiner It’s no surprise that today’s modern networks require intelligent tools to support their needs. Among these include: improved efficiency, faster… Read more » 1 2 » Categories Application Performance Channel Cloud Compliance Events Financial Trading General Network Packet Brokering Network Performance SDN & NFV Security Service Provider Taps Uncategorized cPacket for.. 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