No flow options on some switches Lacks detail when you want to troubleshoot a problem Not ideal for monitoring at the edge of your network where applications piggy back on other protocols Packet ...

This is the third of a series of four newsletters where we’re sharing excerpts from the Webtorials Thought Leadership Discussion on WAN Virtualization. This series features a “virtual discussion” with ...

Packets hit key steps as they move through flow-processing engines used in applications that require 40 Gbits/s of stateful deep packet inspection, for example. LF: What is flow processing? JS: As the ...

Because of the limitations of SPAN/monitor ports on switches, organizations have turned to using taps and packet monitoring switches. These solutions can be expensive which has lead companies to look ...