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What is QUIC? Everything You Need to Know
When I hear QUIC, my immediate reaction is, “The QUICk brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” That sentence has been ingrained in me since my first typing classes decades ago! I doubt the creators of QUIC...
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The Challenge of Monitoring a Distributed Network
It’s surprisingly difficult to find information related to monitoring a distributed network. I think this is because, in part, network pros take the term for granted. We all intuitively know what a...
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Top 5 Tips to Help Relieve IT Pro Job Stress
Aches in your back and neck? Clutter eating up your desktop and desk’s top? Feeling so absorbed in your to-do list that you forget to breathe? You could be suffering from IT job stress. And you’re not...
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20 KPIs Your MSP Should be Tracking (Webinar)
As an MSP owner or manager, you want your teams to be continually improving and increasing efficiency. To make that happen, you know you need to be tracking MSP KPIs—after all, what gets measured gets...
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6 All Too Common Network Security Hacks Your Team Should Know About
As an IT pro, you’re probably used to doing the heavy lifting when it comes to network security. You might even find your team responsible for educating the rest of your company on best practices when...
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Top SysAdmin Tools (That Aren’t Software!)
This article was born of necessity. Chatting with my editors at Auvik, I went looking to see what kinds of advice other sites had on SysAdmin tools you should have handy to do your job. Two things...
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Network Nightmares, Vol. 1
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The Little Cable That Could: The Surprising History of the Serial Cable
The lowly serial cable. It’s been around forever, and despite what you might think, it might be around a for a long time to come. But why in an industry hell-bent on speed and iteration would we still...
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The Lights Never Go Out For Financial Services
The financial sector is in a constant state of change, and institutions must continually adjust to the evolving needs of their customers and the global marketplace. And with availability requirements...
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The Future of Private Addresses: Goodbye NAT, Hello IPv6
When the internet was first developed, the IP addressing scheme was IPv4. This addressing scheme worked really well for about 25 years. After all, it had about 4 billion host addresses. But as the...
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It’s no surprise that monitoring and managing networks in the financial services industry is a complex task with plenty of challenges. In addition to the “standard” networking requirements, like high...
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What Is IoMT (And How Is It Shaping Healthcare)?
Smart devices are everywhere nowadays, from refrigerators and coffee makers to security cameras and thermostats. A significant percentage of these Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are designed for...
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Government IT Modernization Must Be More than Skin-Deep
State and local governments (SLG), the frontline for delivery of services much of the population rely on, face some difficult challenges when it comes to modernization of their IT networks. Among them,...
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How Not to Break Your Network With Updates
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is a popular quote for a simple reason: Changes can lead to unexpected results. Many network engineers have learned this lesson the hard way. Stories of admins who...
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The 2021 Auvik Holiday Gift Guide for IT Pros!
All products recommended by Auvik in this gift guide for IT pros are selected by our editorial team, and not influenced by any promotional considerations. Links to purchases are suggestions only. Buyer...
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Does My MSP Need a Network Infrastructure Tool?
As a new or growing MSP, discovering tools and processes that will let you do more with less is a prime focus. You’re always looking for ways to boost that bottom line by cutting costs, driving more...
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The Kids are Connected: Ensuring Connectivity in Education Networks
Connectivity is more important than ever to support our education system. BYOD, remote classes, Wi-Fi, and a variety of digital learning solutions are now just part of the equation. Education IT teams...
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Going Online like it’s 1979, Part 2: The TI-99/4a
Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to the world of computers, the Atari 800 is my first and forever love. But the dawn of the 1980s also brought along a lot of other interesting machines....
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Nifty Gifty 2021: Putting the “Happy” Back in Your Holidays
Well, we made it. Just under three weeks until the end of 2021. But the year’s not over yet, and in the spirit of… well, everything 2021, we’ve decided one more surprise couldn’t hurt! But don’t worry,...
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Auvik’s Network Vendor Diversity 2021: Who Reigns the Network?
At the end of November 2021, Auvik released our annual Network Vendor Diversity Report, and the data we collected had some interesting findings. Over 520,000 devices across 40,000 networks contributed,...
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