Don’t let a Multi-Tier Application Make You Multi Tear Up
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Problem to Solve – My company uses a Multi-Tier ERP application that is critical to our business. Service degradations and outages are extremely visible to executive management and costly to our bottom line.   How can we reduce the time … Continue reading

Need a Dr. when your EMR gets sick ??
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Problem to Solve – My healthcare organization is deploying an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution as per federal regulation.   What can I do if there are performance issues with it? Ah, the Affordable Health Care Act.   What a fun, enjoyable … Continue reading

Shakespeare: To SPAN or not to SPAN ..
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Problem to Solve: How can we troubleshoot network traffic that is running inside of a switched network environment without impacting the production traffic? As Shakespeare used to say in the 1600’s when dealing with the triage and troubleshooting of applications and networks … “to … Continue reading

Office365 Ate My Cloud Homework ?? (Part 2)
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Problem to Solve – My company transitioned to a Cloud-based Office365 deployment. How can we assure the application service is working properly if it is not in our Data Center? In the past year, we have had many customers ask … Continue reading

The Fire is Almost Out …PCI #5
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Problem to Solve: How can we use our APM/NPM solution to meet Network Authentication, Database Access, and Video requirements of PCI compliance?? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience This article will cover PCI requirements 7,8, and 9, all … Continue reading

If a PCI Tree Falls in the Forest, Are You Non-Compliant? PCI #2
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Problem to Solve:  My company must comply with PCI.   How can I best leverage my APM/NPM tools ‘to be PCI compliant’ inside my business? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience In our last segment, … Continue reading

The “No Tools” Myth Your Auditor is Spreading … PCI #1
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Problem to Solve:  My company must comply with PCI.   Can I even run APM/NPM tools inside my business? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience The Great PCI Myth When I started researching PCI for … Continue reading