https://www.netscout.com/ en Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:16:48 -0400 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:46:45 -0400 https://www.netscout.com/blog/ucaas-tools-are-essential-remote-sites-until-they-fail “Out of sight, out of mind” might be a charming notion when it comes to dealing with household chores, but when IT professionals are attempting to ensure unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) tools at remote sites are operating flawlessly, lack of observability can flat-out ruin your day. As businesses... https://www.netscout.com/blog/ucaas-tools-are-essential-remote-sites-until-they-fail Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:46:45 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-does-5g-enhance-iot Research shows that the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market is in recovery, with a growth of 7 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2024. 5G provides connectivity for emerging IoT devices and allows for advanced use cases in support of massive, critical, and broadband IoT. Current 4G LTE cellular... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-does-5g-enhance-iot Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Agnes Mends-Crentsil https://www.netscout.com/blog/ensuring-gold-medal-connections-summer-games The 2024 Summer Games is among the largest events in the world, with everyone from home viewers to businesses, industries, and entire nations having interest and involvement. Each audience segment will depend on connectivity throughout the games. With a stage that large, bad actors with anything from a personal grudge... https://www.netscout.com/blog/ensuring-gold-medal-connections-summer-games Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Andrew Green https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-choose-right-cybersecurity-solution Cyberthreats are evolving every day to become increasingly sophisticated and complex. Keeping up with them is a difficult but necessary task that you cannot afford to undertake alone. That is where choosing the right cybersecurity solution comes into play. There are several factors to consider when selecting the... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-choose-right-cybersecurity-solution Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/taking-aiops-approach-improve-network-performance-management At a recent NetworkX webinar, Heavy Reading and NETSCOUT took a closer look at how telecommunications operators are rethinking artificial intelligence for operations (AIOps) to address 5G network challenges. This blog, and the series that follows, delves into how next-gen AI is being used to improve application and... https://www.netscout.com/blog/taking-aiops-approach-improve-network-performance-management Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:51:27 -0400 NETSCOUT Heather Broughton https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-protect-your-enterprise-vpn-ddos-attacks Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a major risk for enterprise virtual private network (VPN) concentrators. Protecting these servers is paramount for business operations and continuity. Without a secure VPN, remote workers lose access to enterprise network resources, applications, and data, impacting... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-protect-your-enterprise-vpn-ddos-attacks Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:29:11 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/your-contact-center-helping-or-hurting-customer-experience It’s hard enough to build a world-class customer service organization, but when you add in the demand to ensure top performance of unified-communications-and-collaboration-as-a-service (UCaaS) platforms on which today’s contact centers often rely, the job of IT becomes gargantuan. In NETSCOUT’s latest UCaaS survey, 99... https://www.netscout.com/blog/your-contact-center-helping-or-hurting-customer-experience Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:15:44 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/why-netflow-still-best-mechanism-detecting-ddos-attacks Recently some network operators have raised questions about the use of flow data to detect distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with the main concern being a perception that NetFlow export latency means an attack will not be detected quickly enough. Additionally, sometimes operators think that packet-based... https://www.netscout.com/blog/why-netflow-still-best-mechanism-detecting-ddos-attacks Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:24:22 -0400 NETSCOUT Andrew Green https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-network-visibility-gaps-challenge-it-assuring-business As today’s enterprises continue to digitally transform to meet the evolving needs of a dynamic business universe, IT departments are facing a myriad of challenges in keeping networks up and running smoothly. IT must deal with network and application performance across geographically dispersed facilities such as... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-network-visibility-gaps-challenge-it-assuring-business Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:47:27 -0400 NETSCOUT Lewis Sharpe https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-announces-extension-its-long-term-partnership NETSCOUT announced the extension of its long-term partnership with Vodafone to enhance the performance of Vodafone’s networks for customers. The multi-year agreement leverages NETSCOUT InfinistreamNG to provide real-time, end-to-end visibility monitoring solutions across Vodafone’s physical and virtual network... https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-announces-extension-its-long-term-partnership Tue, 09 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Lori Angelot https://www.netscout.com/blog/are-attacks-hiding-your-encrypted-traffic Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers are both persistent and creative. One of their creative methods that has seen an increase recently is attacks on HTTPS web applications and services by employing encrypted traffic. Attackers are unrelenting in their assaults on high-value encrypted targets. The high... https://www.netscout.com/blog/are-attacks-hiding-your-encrypted-traffic Wed, 03 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT MIke Wetherbee https://www.netscout.com/blog/too-many-tickets-too-little-time With the growing proliferation of unified-communications-and-collaboration-as-a-service (UCaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools, it is little wonder IT teams are facing an increasing number of trouble tickets related to these solutions. Dropped calls, delays in joining meetings, and poor video and audio quality... https://www.netscout.com/blog/too-many-tickets-too-little-time Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:25:21 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/wearing-our-hearts-our-sleeves Perhaps sixteenth-century writer John Bunyan said it best: “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” That is what NETSCOUT and its employees have done via a philanthropic partnership with the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF). Since 1997, the GLCF has pursued... https://www.netscout.com/blog/wearing-our-hearts-our-sleeves Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:04:11 -0400 NETSCOUT NETSCOUT https://www.netscout.com/blog/grow-your-business-scalable-flexible-remote-visibility Every organization strives to grow its business operations and sustain that growth long-term. But with growth also comes a series of challenges for IT teams overseeing a complex infrastructure—one of the most common being the management of performance monitoring vendors and tools. It can be costly to maintain a... https://www.netscout.com/blog/grow-your-business-scalable-flexible-remote-visibility Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:27:23 -0400 NETSCOUT Brooke Jameson https://www.netscout.com/blog/ndr-versus-edr-core-differences Network detection and response (NDR) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have several key differences. EDR monitors endpoints, including personal computers, smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, file servers, and more to mitigate attacks on said devices. An EDR security solution functions by deploying a... https://www.netscout.com/blog/ndr-versus-edr-core-differences Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/poets-guide-digital-transformation “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” Although T.S. Eliot originally penned these words as a preface for Harry Crosby’s 1931 poetry collection “Transit of Venus,” the essence aptly captures the current state of telecommunications at the technological crossroads. On the never... https://www.netscout.com/blog/poets-guide-digital-transformation Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Jennifer Steele https://www.netscout.com/blog/addition-ai-features-ucaas-rise AI is the topic de jure across all news outlets and is related to almost any technology and industry. A recent Forbes report found that 64 percent of businesses believe AI will help increase their overall productivity. The same report projected an annual growth rate in AI technologies of 37.3 percent between 2023 and... https://www.netscout.com/blog/addition-ai-features-ucaas-rise Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:21:11 -0400 NETSCOUT Anthony Cote https://www.netscout.com/blog/enhance-your-cloud-visibility In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, achieving comprehensive visibility across cloud environments is paramount for maintaining security and performance. NETSCOUT, a leader in network visibility, offers a cloud-native solution that provides unparalleled packet-based network visibility, enabling enterprises to... https://www.netscout.com/blog/enhance-your-cloud-visibility Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:57:01 -0400 NETSCOUT Robert Derby https://www.netscout.com/blog/data-protection-compliance-checklist-service-providers Various data protection laws exist worldwide. The most notable include the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the U.S. California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). These have become key compliance issues for service providers with a business presence in these locations, even if they do not have a physical... https://www.netscout.com/blog/data-protection-compliance-checklist-service-providers Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/3-critical-questions-ask-when-assessing-your-remote-site Remote sites come in many formats—from research clinics to warehouses to branch banks and more. These sites are critical to organizations; whether they help create life-saving drugs, transport essential goods, or enable important financial transactions, they keep businesses up and running from across the globe... https://www.netscout.com/blog/3-critical-questions-ask-when-assessing-your-remote-site Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brooke Jameson https://www.netscout.com/blog/fixed-wireless-access-5g-revenue-opportunity Fixed wireless access (FWA) technology is accelerating the close of the digital divide in urban areas and underserved communities by allowing communications service providers (CSPs) to bring high-speed internet services to households and businesses. Through interconnecting technologies, FWA helps carriers manage... https://www.netscout.com/blog/fixed-wireless-access-5g-revenue-opportunity Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:21:10 -0400 NETSCOUT Agnes Mends-Crentsil https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-wins-2024-intellyx-digital-innovator-award NETSCOUT is pleased to announce it has again been recognized as an industry disruptor and innovator with the 2024 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award. As an industry analyst firm that focuses on enterprise digital transformation and the innovative vendors that are driving it, Intellyx interacts with numerous pacesetters... https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-wins-2024-intellyx-digital-innovator-award Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:30:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/consequences-downtime-healthcare-insurance-patients Special thanks to Julia Rehse, who came to the NETSCOUT family as an intern, for her exceptional work co-authoring this blog. She is returning to Germany in June and will absolutely be missed. Thank you, Julia. A few seconds of downtime can cost organizations hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. In healthcare... https://www.netscout.com/blog/consequences-downtime-healthcare-insurance-patients Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:01:27 -0400 NETSCOUT Anthony Cote https://www.netscout.com/blog/troubling-trend-trouble-tickets Unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) tools are essential for most modern enterprises in today’s highly connected business environments. When those applications don’t work or don’t work well, that’s a big problem for IT help desk teams responsible for resolving issues quickly. Over the course of the last few... https://www.netscout.com/blog/troubling-trend-trouble-tickets Thu, 30 May 2024 10:05:35 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/single-layer-defense-best-deterrent-ddos-attacks Industry analysts are coming to grips with the fact that due to today’s growing frequency (e.g., 6.4 million attacks in 2H 2023), size (1.1Tbps), and complexity of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a multilayer hybrid defense strategy has become a requirement. Furthermore, due to the creation of new attack... https://www.netscout.com/blog/single-layer-defense-best-deterrent-ddos-attacks Wed, 29 May 2024 09:37:42 -0400 NETSCOUT MIke Wetherbee https://www.netscout.com/blog/will-5g-change-world Listen to an RCRWireless News podcast with Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering at NETSCOUT, discussing the progress of 5G deployments in terms of successes and areas for improvement after five 5 years in what typically is a 10-year technology-generation cycle. Mayo speaks to what the next half of the 5G evolution... https://www.netscout.com/blog/will-5g-change-world Thu, 23 May 2024 08:39:40 -0400 NETSCOUT Agnes Mends-Crentsil https://www.netscout.com/blog/gdpr-data-protection-checklist-enterprises Data protection laws, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the U.S. California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), have become a compliance focal point for organizations worldwide. These types of laws are paramount in regulating the processing of personal data and have driven significant changes in... https://www.netscout.com/blog/gdpr-data-protection-checklist-enterprises Tue, 21 May 2024 10:06:34 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/ema-network-management-megatrends-2024 Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) has published its “ Network Management Megatrends 2024” report with a focus on skills gaps, hybrid and multicloud, secure access service edge (SASE), and AI-driven operations. Since 2008, EMA has been surveying IT professionals to track and trend their approaches to managing... https://www.netscout.com/blog/ema-network-management-megatrends-2024 Fri, 17 May 2024 09:20:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/better-together-palo-alto-networks-aws-and-netscout-join Special thanks to Steven Cacciaroni, Director of Business Development for Palo Alto Networks, and Faisal Pias, Partner Solutions Architect AWS for their collaboration in co-authoring this blog. Introduction Financial services institutions (FSIs) are increasingly migrating workloads to the cloud to improve scalability... https://www.netscout.com/blog/better-together-palo-alto-networks-aws-and-netscout-join Thu, 16 May 2024 09:32:45 -0400 NETSCOUT Michael Segal https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-major-bank-solved-its-network-performance-challenges The only thing more frustrating than a slow network connection is a dropped voice call. Both of these issues were plaguing a major bank, directly impacting the quality of its customer service, which in turn threatened to damage the bank’s reputation. Due to the complex landscape of voice and video connectivity, which... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-major-bank-solved-its-network-performance-challenges Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:16 -0400 NETSCOUT Tracy Steele https://www.netscout.com/blog/5-areas-consider-netscout-visibility-business-growth-and Supporting enterprise business growth requires high-level performance in several areas of the business—sales, manufacturing, and customer service, as well as the corporate IT network and applications. A clear and robust network and application performance management and visibility strategy helps ensure the technology... https://www.netscout.com/blog/5-areas-consider-netscout-visibility-business-growth-and Tue, 14 May 2024 09:03:17 -0400 NETSCOUT Brooke Jameson https://www.netscout.com/blog/turn-your-technology-stretch-strategic-leap Recently, NETSCOUT's Chief Solutions Architect Richard Fulwiler joined Heavy Reading's Principal Analyst Ruth Brown for an informative session aimed at exploring the changing 5G landscape and how the resulting increase in network complexity is driving demand for lower latency, higher bandwidth, and ultrareliable... https://www.netscout.com/blog/turn-your-technology-stretch-strategic-leap Mon, 13 May 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Jennifer Steele https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-strengthen-zero-trust-frameworks-financial-services In the modern digital landscape, financial services institutions (FSIs) are prime targets for cybersecurity threats. These threats are inflated as critical data and applications are migrated to the cloud. NETSCOUT is among the network security experts that strongly encourage FSIs to implement the zero trust security... https://www.netscout.com/blog/how-strengthen-zero-trust-frameworks-financial-services Thu, 09 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/maturing-network-slicing-automation-and-apis Network X Americas' "Investment, Innovation & Disruption: Telco Reinvented" event is coming to the Irving, Texas convention center May 21-23 this year, bringing the vendor and telco operator community together to share the latest on 5G technology, including the latest developments in network slicing. Beyond the Hurdles... https://www.netscout.com/blog/maturing-network-slicing-automation-and-apis Tue, 07 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT John English https://www.netscout.com/blog/unlock-cloud-era-visibility-and-financing-ngenius-vantage Corporations have long balanced the use of both capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx) to fund information technology (IT) projects and day-to-day operations. In a more simplified time, the addition of networking switches, routers, servers, and storage was, in large part, funded by CapEx dollars... https://www.netscout.com/blog/unlock-cloud-era-visibility-and-financing-ngenius-vantage Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/assuring-cloud-security-and-compliance-financial-services With financial services institutions (FSIs) migrating more and more workloads to the cloud to improve scalability, agility, and cost efficiency, the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) is paramount. This makes adhering to strict regulatory requirements surrounding workload security a top priority... https://www.netscout.com/blog/assuring-cloud-security-and-compliance-financial-services Wed, 01 May 2024 09:50:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brad Christian https://www.netscout.com/blog/ddos-takes-center-stage-global-threat-landscape NETSCOUT’s biannual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report dissects trends and attack methodologies adversaries use against service providers, enterprises, and end users. The information cited in the report is gathered from NETSCOUT’s unparalleled internet visibility at a global scale, collecting, analyzing, prioritizing, and... https://www.netscout.com/blog/ddos-takes-center-stage-global-threat-landscape Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:50:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Gary Sockrider https://www.netscout.com/blog/survey-confirms-growing-reliance-saas-tools-enterprise-taxing The exponential growth of enterprise tools—from unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) to unified communications and collaboration as a service (UCaaS) and software as a service (SaaS)—has dramatically increased the job complexity of IT professionals responsible for ensuring network performance and security... https://www.netscout.com/blog/survey-confirms-growing-reliance-saas-tools-enterprise-taxing Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:02:17 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/true-network-security-requires-hybrid-or-layered-approach Whether in government, financial, manufacturing, or other sectors, misconceptions persist regarding the best way large organizations can protect themselves from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Many such organizations have bought into a one-size-fits-all mentality that has been alleged as the norm... https://www.netscout.com/blog/true-network-security-requires-hybrid-or-layered-approach Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT MIke Wetherbee https://www.netscout.com/blog/latest-feature-release-netscout-expanding-visibility-ai NETSCOUT’s 6.3.5 update includes a host of enhancements, including new automation capabilities, extended visibility into new environments, and continued data innovation. At NETSCOUT, we’re always working to provide the visibility needed by the world’s largest and most complex organizations so they can deliver on their... https://www.netscout.com/blog/latest-feature-release-netscout-expanding-visibility-ai Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0400 NETSCOUT NETSCOUT https://www.netscout.com/blog/service-providers-journey-cloud-based-architectures Moving to cloud-based architectures from traditional physical telecommunication systems is complicated and complex. Communications service providers (CSPs) are evolving on the 5G journey from traditional mobile network infrastructures to meet next-generation cloud-centric network requirements for reliability, agility... https://www.netscout.com/blog/service-providers-journey-cloud-based-architectures Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Agnes Mends-Crentsil https://www.netscout.com/blog/managing-common-and-ai-based-application-dependencies-during Applications, like stars that form constellations, need each other—they’re interdependent. During migration, however, this dependence can sometimes be a service’s greatest strength and weakness. Modern applications are complex, often consisting of multiple interconnected components, each with its own set of... https://www.netscout.com/blog/managing-common-and-ai-based-application-dependencies-during Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Anthony Cote https://www.netscout.com/blog/too-many-ucaas-tools-too-little-time For nearly every enterprise, unified communications as a service (UCaaS) is essential for business productivity, particularly with hybrid workforces. And with enterprises continuing to add new UCaaS platforms to meet the evolving needs of their businesses, UCaaS use is on the rise globally. In fact, a recent report... https://www.netscout.com/blog/too-many-ucaas-tools-too-little-time Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:30:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/tapping-gold-mine-5g-location-data For government agencies, planning ahead is imperative. Whether it’s building new roads adjusting traffic flows, anticipating energy consumption, or improving the delivery of public services, having vital insights into the needs of constituents is crucial for wise investment in public infrastructure. Gaining these... https://www.netscout.com/blog/tapping-gold-mine-5g-location-data Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:30:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Heather Broughton https://www.netscout.com/blog/dynamic-duo-fight-against-pervasive-5g-cyberthreats As 5G networks continue to grow in order to meet the increasing demands of mission-critical applications, concerns over cybersecurity are top-of-mind. The vast volume of data transmitted across 5G networks offers a ripe target for exploitation. According to a recent Palo Alto Networks study, nearly 70 percent of C... https://www.netscout.com/blog/dynamic-duo-fight-against-pervasive-5g-cyberthreats Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:18:26 -0400 NETSCOUT Heather Broughton https://www.netscout.com/blog/understanding-attack-traffic-required-building-dns-protection Last week my daughter lost her phone. Due to this unfortunate event, she also lost the ability to call or message anyone she knew on another device because she did not know anyone’s phone numbers. This is not unusual in today’s world: We rarely have to remember anyone’s phone number anymore, because it is stored in our... https://www.netscout.com/blog/understanding-attack-traffic-required-building-dns-protection Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:20:00 -0400 NETSCOUT MIke Wetherbee https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-research-finds-97-enterprises-experienced-major-ucaas NETSCOUT today released research that analyzes the challenges IT teams face in monitoring and troubleshooting unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) tools as the need to support more software-as-service (SaaS) applications grows. One significant finding is that nearly all enterprises (97 percent) experienced at... https://www.netscout.com/blog/netscout-research-finds-97-enterprises-experienced-major-ucaas Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:55:22 -0400 NETSCOUT Eileen Haggerty https://www.netscout.com/blog/everything-ai-mobile-world-congress-24 The topic on everyone’s lips was AI or AIOps at Mobile World Congress ‘24 in Barcelona. Indeed, it was as if that was the only topic to discuss at MWC. What happened to all the other challenges and evolutions network operators and vendors face in telecommunications? Was the pivot away from 5G a sign of frustration or... https://www.netscout.com/blog/everything-ai-mobile-world-congress-24 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT John English https://www.netscout.com/blog/maintaining-positive-balance-managing-both-performance-and There is no shortage of digital transformation (DX) projects and rapidly evolving trends in the banking and financial services industry. For example, in 2024 many banks already have begun focusing on their risk-management strategies and rapid automation efforts. It is natural for leading banks to become focused on... https://www.netscout.com/blog/maintaining-positive-balance-managing-both-performance-and Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brooke Jameson https://www.netscout.com/blog/financial-enterprises-can-bank-netscout-visibility In the face of a network or application performance outage, time is money for leading banks around the world. And of course, in the financial services industry, trust is everything. When it comes to customers entrusting an institution with their finances, connectivity affects their experience, perception, and potential... https://www.netscout.com/blog/financial-enterprises-can-bank-netscout-visibility Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400 NETSCOUT Brooke Jameson