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AT&T's network can't handle large crowds

At this weekend's South By Southwest conference SXSW iPhone users reported miserable AT&T reception (tweets, blogs). This is not unlike the horrible AT&T's network performance I reported from Macworld Expo and during the recent Phish Reunion in Hampton. Seth Bloom, a spokesman at AT&T, told GigaOm that...

Tags: Network, AT&T Corp., Network Performance, Networking, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-16

AT&T network getting extra boost in Austin

Ever since I landed in Texas, iPhone users have been complaining about slow service. Yesterday, many people even mentioned that they had zero service for a good portion of the day. AT&T has responded and deployed ground troops in Austin. But how many...

Tags: Network, Austin, AT&T Corp., Network Performance, Networking, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-15

Speed Meter Pro 1.3 (Windows)

Poor performance can be caused by a number of factors, but finding the issue can be a challenge. Speed Meter Pro is a powerful software utility that helps you resolve network performance issues quickly and easily on your own. Unlike other computer monitoring and optimization tools, Speed Meter Pro looks...

Tags: Pure Networks, Network, Microsoft Windows, Network Performance, Speed Meter Pro, Networking

Software downloads 2009-02-26

Orion Netflow Traffic Analyzer 3.5 (Windows)

Your network performance soars or suffers based on what users are doing. You've pleaded with employees to stop using the corporate network for bandwidth-hogging applications like streaming music and playing World of Warcraft, but no one seems to care. You've been called out by upper management due to poor network...

Tags: Network, Network Traffic, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Network, Network Performance, SolarWinds, Networking

Software downloads 2008-03-18

WildPackets Case Study: Baxter Regional Medical Center

Baxter Regional is at the forefront of meeting the increasing demand for health care services in the Twin Lakes area. As a not-for-profit corporation, Baxter Regional's strategy relies on improving process efficiencies with more automation and with optimal network infrastructure. Baxter Regional Medical Center wanted to maintain optimum network performance...

Tags: WildPackets, Network, Health Care, Network Performance, Baxter Regional, Vertical Industries, Networking, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Case studies 2008-01-22

What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?

I'm curious.  What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?  If there's no network performance throttling, does audio playback suffer? According to Microsoft getting the balance right between multimedia and other intensive processes such as fast network transfers is tricky, so I'm curious to...

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Network, Network Performance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-29

What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?

What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?Doesn't look like audio playback affects network performance on a macYou've posted this at an opportune time! I'm currently copying 42Gb from a Mac OS X server (an old G4) to a MacBook Pro. Both computers have Gigabit Ethernet. Unfortunately...

Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Operating systems, NETWORKING, Apple Macintosh, network, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, network performance, Mb/s

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Microsoft responds to Vista network performance issue

For background to this issue read previous posts: Post 1 | Post 2 | Post 3.I have received a response to the Vista network performance issue from Microsoft.  Here are some points of interest: "We have been looking into this problem and are working on a doc that will go into...

Tags: Multimedia, Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Network Performance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-25

More on Vista network performance issue

This is part 3 - Part 1 | Part 2I'm still trying to get a handle on this Vista network performance issue, especially what causes it and what the effect is.Here's what we know so far: Playing an audio (and it seems a video file, even if it has no audio) seems to...

Tags: Audio, Performance, Network, Media, Microsoft Windows Vista, Network Performance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-22

Follow-up - Playing music severely degrades network transfer performance in Vista

This is a follow-up to "Playing music severely degrades network transfer performance in Vista" which I posted earlier.I wan banking that this problem would come down to a single application such as Windows Media Player, but alas the problem seems a lot deeper than that.  Over at the PC Doc...

Tags: Audio, Windows Media, Performance, Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Network Performance, Music, Effect, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Security Aspects in a Packet Data Network

Off late thriving mobility and data centric applications - short messaging, e-mail, and web browsing - mobile network operators and enterprises face a growing threat of electronic attacks on their network elements. As the threats become more sophisticated, potential solutions become increasingly complex and costly. These costs are not only...

Tags: Mobile Network, Security, Data Network, Network, Spirent Communications, Network Performance, Networking, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2007-02-01

Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements for Voice over IP Networks

Network services have changed dramatically in recent years, most notably due to the addition of voice, video, and mission-critical data to existing data traffic. Customers demand guaranteed reliable network services for business critical applications. Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements SLAs is a network performance measurement and diagnostics tool that...

Tags: SLA, Cisco IOS, VoIP, Network, Agreement, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Performance, IP Network, Service Level Management, Networking, It Operations, It service Management

White papers 2006-02-01

Additional Resources

Alchemy Network Monitor 10.4 (Windows)

Alchemy Network Monitor monitors your network servers and business-critical applications availability and performance and immediately alerts you if a server gets out of order. Alchemy Network Monitor can also perform certain actions (e.g. launch an external application or execute an SQL query) when a server stops responding to the programs...

Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, M.I.S., Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Alchemy Network Monitor PRO 10.4 (Windows)

Alchemy Network Monitor monitors your network servers and business-critical applications availability and performance and immediately alerts you if a server gets out of order. Alchemy Network Monitor can also perform certain actions (e.g. launch an external application or execute an SQL query) when a server stops responding to the programs...

Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, M.I.S., Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Network Administrator's Toolkit 10.4 (Windows)

A set of the network management tools designed for the corporate network administration. This toolkit consists of the two components that will monitor your corporate servers availability and performance and inventory user workstations.

Tags: Alchemy, Toolkit, Microsoft Windows, Network Administration, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Alchemy Eye 10.4 (Windows)

Alchemy Eye is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of...

Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, Alchemy Eye

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Alchemy Eye Pro 10.4 (Windows)

Alchemy Eye Pro is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye Pro can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the...

Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, Alchemy Eye Pro

Software downloads 2009-11-19

True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric Approach

Ensure your service provider's convergence strategy meshes with your enterprise network needs. Respected consulting firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, outlines the six customer-centric attributes that should be at the heart of you're your service provider's approach to convergence. Those attributes are: Multiple network...

Tags: Service Provider, Enterprise Network, Convergence, Business Services

White papers 2009-11-19

HomeGed Enterprise 2009.3.1 (Windows)

Electronic Document Management software EDM for businesses and individuals. Classify, organize, consult, scan and share more than 100 000 digital and paper documents between computers on your network. Designed to make document management as simple as possible and accessible to as many, HomeGed Enterprise allows you to: share your documents...

Tags: Paper Document, Document, Microsoft Windows, HOME Software, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Scanners, Groupware, Productivity, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Moo0 SystemMonitor Portable 1.52 (Windows)

Moo0 SystemMonitor let you watch over system resource usages of your PC. Moo0 SystemMonitor currently supports 36 kinds of information including CPU, memory, network, and detailed HDD usages. Using Moo0 SystemMonitor, you may discover what is limiting your system performance in each occasion.

Tags: Usage, Moo0, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-18