The Packet Scoop

Interesting post this morning by Rick Vanover in Tech Republic. Managing virtual machines is only going to become more complex as new and interesting ways to implement and exploit the technology are discovered. One area where network management software needs to do a better job is in managing virtualized environments.
When thinking through a virtualization implementation [...]

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Perspective is coming August 1st, in less than 60 days! The product is in QA and our team is excited for its upcoming launch. We also continue to receive great feedback on the product from customers, partners, and generalists interested in the network management space.
If you don’t know, Perspective is a software based network troubleshooting [...]

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I recently read an article were the CTO of a web 2.0 company said that IT infrastructure was becoming like electricity. He said he doesn’t worry about IT infrastructure at all, that he just plugs into the cloud and really doesn’t care about what’s going on in it. He said that all their application development [...]

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Well known and highly regarded IT writer Denise Dubie wrote more about virtual appliances yesterday in Network World. As a follow up to my post yesterday, it’s a good quick read. Virtual appliances are taking over !
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Steve is the CEO of PacketTrap Networks. PacketTrap provides the IT community seamless integration of network monitoring and network [...]

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When Michael Blonsky joined us from VMware my first question to him was, “should we deploy a virtual appliance?” He looked at me as if I had three heads. As if we would even consider a physical appliance? Coming from the appliance world at Lasso Logic and then SonicWALL, I never really thought too much [...]

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I am constantly amazed how Les Stroud of Discovery Channel’s Survivor Man can overcome extreme conditions with nothing more than basic tools. No food, no water, just his instincts and creativity. This makes me think of today’s network administrators trying to survive extremely complex networks with old, outdated network management systems (NMS).
A recent article in [...]

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I once sat next to a guy on an airplane who worked for Proctor & Gamble. After noticing his business card on his bag, I said “what do you do for P&G?”. He said “I sell toilet paper.” Within a moment I knew exactly what he did. He didn’t have to tell me anything more. [...]

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All of us at PacketTrap have been involved in other successful technology startups, but this is the first time most of us have been directly involved in mass distribution of free software. Over five thousand Network Engineers, IT Administrators and SySAdmins have registered and used our network management and network monitoring software.
These people are [...]

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Earlier this week we announced the formation of the PacketTrap Advisory Board. I am pleased that these respected members of our industry have decided to help us build a world class network management company. There is a clear pain point in the market for more affordable, more intuitive, and less complex solutions to manage networks. [...]

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It’s clear that two growing trends by network management tool vendors and the network management system industry is the capability to support VoIP and virtual machines. We have published several posts recently about VoIP, but virtual machine management is as important. PacketTrap’s roadmap is committed to providing our customers with network management tools that support [...]

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