In the past, network management mainly consisted of monitoring whether routers and switches were up or down -- as long as the power light was on, it was available, and the network administrator could proclaim, "It's not the network." ...
When it comes to the preferred avenue for information access, the Internet continues to be the medium of choice. From news to commerce to entertainment, our always-on culture is constantly finding new ways to satisfy its digital fix, placing unknown and sometimes intensive demands on enterprise networks. Although you may be blind to the next performance-impacting service capitalizing on the pervasive connectivity of the Internet, there are top-down and bottom-up approaches to ensure "the next big digital thing" doesn't cripple your business' productivity along with your network...