OBSERVABILITY, TELEMETRY, AND THE REALITY OF gNMI IN MULTI-VENDOR ENVIRONMENTS
OBSERVABILITY, TELEMETRY, AND THE REALITY OF gNMI IN MULTI-VENDOR ENVIRONMENTS While many networks are in freeze mode and changes are on hold, there is finally some space for experimentation, learning, and simply playing around with topics we normally postpone. This time at ITcare we decided to spend it diving deeper into observability using telemetry, and […]
MONITORING IS A CORRELATION PROBLEM, NOT A DASHBOARD PROBLEM
MONITORING IS A CORRELATION PROBLEM, NOT A DASHBOARD PROBLEM Many teams today run five or six monitoring tools at the same time. They use LibreNMS for one part, Nagios for another, Icinga for alerts, PRTG or SolarWinds for graphs, and then a few custom scripts on the side. Each tool does what it is supposed […]
THE OPEN SOURCE DIVIDE: WHY NETWORK ENGINEERS ARE STILL FIGHTING YESTERDAY’S BATTLES
THE OPEN SOURCE DIVIDE: WHY NETWORK ENGINEERS ARE STILL FIGHTING YESTERDAY’S BATTLES Here’s an uncomfortable truth: while software developers enjoy a thriving open source ecosystem, network engineers are stuck running production networks on abandoned tools with unpatched vulnerabilities. RANCID has CVEs from 2008 that remain unfixed. TACACSGUI only supports Ubuntu 18.04 (end-of-life 2023) with […]
WHY STANDARDS AND CONSISTENT DESIGN MATTER MORE THAN YOU THINK
WHY STANDARDS AND CONSISTENT DESIGN MATTER MORE THAN YOU THINK Why Standards and Consistent Design Matter More Than You Think Almost every company that reaches out to us does so because something in their network is not working the way it should. After many projects, one pattern became obvious. The root cause is rarely […]
THE REAL VALUE OF MONITORING GOES FAR BEYOND GREEN AND RED DASHBOARDS
THE REAL VALUE OF MONITORING GOES FAR BEYOND GREEN AND RED DASHBOARDS Many people still believe a monitoring system is a set of green or red widgets on a screen. Executives enjoy those views because they look clean and reassuring, but they only represent the surface. Real monitoring does not live in dashboards. It […]
UNDERSTANDING FUNDAMENTALS IS THE TRUE SKILL IN NETWORK ENGINEERING
UNDERSTANDING FUNDAMENTALS IS THE TRUE SKILL IN NETWORK ENGINEERING In our field, it is very easy to become comfortable with a single vendor. Many engineers grow confident with one specific CLI and begin to associate their knowledge with that vendor’s syntax. They can navigate Juniper, Cisco, Arista or even Mikrotik with ease, yet at […]
OFFSHORE IS NO LONGER ABOUT LOW COST IT IS ABOUT PROVEN ENGINEERING OUTCOMES
OFFSHORE IS NO LONGER ABOUT LOW COST IT IS ABOUT PROVEN ENGINEERING OUTCOMES “Offshore” used to mean low-cost support. Today, it means full-stack network engineering that can hold its own in the world’s most demanding infrastructures. But here’s the catch: Until you show the outcomes, most buyers will still assume it’s just slideware. Enterprise […]
NEW TOYS IN THE LAB JUNIPER MIST ACCESS POINTS ARRIVED
NEW TOYS IN THE LAB JUNIPER MIST ACCESS POINTS ARRIVED New Toys in the Lab! We just received a few Juniper MIST Access Points, and as true network engineers, we could not resist the temptation to start playing around with them right away. It is always exciting to explore and get hands-on with new […]
RELIABILITY BEATS COST EVERY TIME IN OFFSHORE ENGINEERING
RELIABILITY BEATS COST EVERY TIME IN OFFSHORE ENGINEERING Lower cost isn’t the win. Proof of reliability is. Because when it comes to offshore engineering, cheap without proof isn’t a savings – it’s a risk multiplier. We’ve all heard the pitch: “We can do it for half the price.” But that’s not what most buyers […]
COMPARISON: TRADITIONAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE VS. CLOUD NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
Comparison: Traditional Network Architecture vs. Cloud Network Architecture Choosing the Right Network Architecture: Traditional vs. Cloud-Based Models Selecting a network architecture is a crucial decision for any business that depends on technology infrastructure. Many IT leaders wonder whether to continue with the traditional on-premise model or switch to a cloud-based network architecture, valued for its […]
