Category: General

It’s been a while since I wrote about PHP Zmanim – the work I’ve done with it and the things I’ve learned while implementing it. But despite the delay, I always intended…

This will be my last entry on the topic for a while. For context, I introduced the idea that folks don’t care about security, they care about outcomes in this post; and…

In my last post, I discussed the issue of getting people to care about security, and how it’s largely due to a focus on security behaviors rather than security outcomes. In this…

Nobody cares about security. There. I said it. I said the thing everyone feels, some people think, but very few have the temerity to say out loud. But before you call me…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) I was at a tech conference recently – one built by (and for) networking professionals – chatting with another attendee about the usual mix…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) The technology commonly referred to as “NetFlow,” by which I include everything from Cisco’s eponymous protocol, to JFlow, sFlow, and even VPC Flow Logs…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) These days, when you want to discuss tracking the state, stability, and overall performance of your environment, from the bottom layer of infrastructure all…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) The three previous blog posts in this series have focused on getting you from your old monitoring solution into Kentik NMS with a minimum…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) I’m back again with another step in the journey from your old monitoring solution to Kentik NMS. Previously, I discussed the information you need…

(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) As we mentioned last week, we are more than a little nuts about Kentik NMS. It’s a monitoring solution that’s right-sized for today’s technology…