First, we're not here today to bash your enterprise network and system management suites. IBM/Tivoli Integrated Service Management, BMC Business Service Management, CA IT Management, HP Business Technology Optimization and others are all powerful tools for managing complex, distributed networks. But what they all have in common is that they rely on the very network [...]
There are plenty of examples of catastrophe these days, but in the IT world, catastrophic losses typically are the result of anticipated technology failures combined with unanticipated human failures.The best laid plans often go awry due to the human nature to take shortcuts. Repetitive processes and time-consuming steps get skipped. It's a human problem, and [...]
Service level agreements are common for defining services, availabilities and performance specs both between providers and their subscribers and internally between IT departments and their customers.With the unique position Uplogix occupies alongside network infrastructure, but outside of the critical path of network traffic, we're able to provide enterprise service level verification that monitors from the [...]
A recent survey by EMA shows that network automation is increasing in use, with over 80% of respondents indicating they are actively using or deploying network automation, and saving anywhere from 16% to 50% of their network group's daily administrative tasks. While targeting automation for configuration backups, config monitoring and IP address management ranked highly [...]
Cisco announced this week that they conducted the first-ever software upgrade of an IP router in space. The Internet Router in Space (IRIS) program involves the Cisco 18400 Space Router -- hardened for radiation and launched on-board the Intelsat 14, a geostationary communications satellite. The router runs Cisco IOS and is testing the idea of [...]
In the oil & gas industry, outfitting fleets of communication vehicles on land, in the air and at sea means putting equipment into harsh locations -- often without a communications specialist onsite. Data Technology Solutions has found Uplogix appliances help them meet SLA's for uptime while keeping support costs low. Download the full case study. [...]
This week the analysts at Gartner released their top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2011 and beyond. The list focuses on changes in the roles that technologies and IT groups play both in the performance of the business and increasingly in the lives of workers.As an innovative company applying a new way of [...]
Uplogix recently announced interoperability of Winegard auto-acquiring antennas with the Uplogix remote management appliances. This means the appliances are able to monitor parameters on the antenna controllers and issue commands to enable, reposition, retarget, stow the antenna and more. This functionality allows operators to control remote equipment as if they were onsite. Uplogix Local Management [...]
When it comes to solving a problem, the basic recovery steps are the same, whether you have a smoke alarm chirping it's need for a new battery, or a network device in a negative state. UNKNOWN - IDENTIFICATIONOf course, if you don't know you have a problem, you aren't going to be trying to solve [...]
The Uplogix Control Center is the core of an enterprise-wide deployment of Uplogix appliances. As the point of control for all Uplogix appliances, it's web-based GUI puts IT administrators in control of real-time data to easily manage all devices connected to the appliances.As with most enterprise applications, redundancy is an important consideration and often a [...]
