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Monitor Shellshock Attempts with ExtraHop
- Ryan Corder
- September 27, 2014
On Wednesday, NIST released information about a vulnerability in the GNU Bash shell that enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target system. For details, I recommend this…
Seattle Children's Busts the "Ghost in the Machine" with ExtraHop
- Rachel Pepple
- May 7, 2014
Like many hospitals, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute relies heavily on a Citrix-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to provide doctors and nurses with access to critical data…
ExtraHop Dominates Network World's 2014 APM "Shootout"
- Chris Blessington
- February 5, 2014
You've heard the old saying, "Never bring a knife to a gun fight." Well, ExtraHop clearly had its guns blazing for Network World's 2014 "APM Shootout" and won by a landslide. With an overall score of…
Seahawks Get a Geeky Salute with ExtraHop's "Binary 12th Man"
- Tyson Supasatit
- January 30, 2014
A couple weeks ago, Seattle's geek reputation was on the line. The Seahawks were up against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, a game some had dubbed the "Nerd Bowl" because Seattle and…
Prepare to Have Your Bits Rocked Off at the Battle of the Geek Bands
- Rachel Pepple
- October 21, 2013
In July, a group of ExtraHop employees formed The Packet Droppings in order to answer a simple question: could five amateur musicians play a company picnic with less than two hours' rehearsal? Not…
Making SDN Work: The Need for Persistent Visibility
- Rachel Pepple
- August 27, 2013
In recent years, software-defined networking (SDN) has emerged as one of the hottest topics in enterprise and datacenter networking. While its proponents promise unprecedented performance…
A Little Bit Tech Geek, a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll
- Rachel Pepple
- July 19, 2013
At ExtraHop, we know that insight and understanding into what's happening in your IT environment is critical not only for IT success, but for the success of the business as well. The same holds true…
The 2012 Gartner MQ for APM: What IT Operations Teams Need to Know
- Justin Baker
- August 20, 2012
Gartner has released its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) report, highlighting growth in APM spending and a rapidly evolving market. This year's report evaluated…
ExtraHop Application Performance Monitoring Comes to the Cisco UCS Express Platform
- Justin Baker
- June 12, 2012
Cisco continues to promote its Unified Computing System (UCS) vision for simplifying IT at Cisco Live this week where ExtraHop will be exhibiting at booth #2110. UCS products combine x86 server…
From Tech Startup to Tech Powerhouse - Two Key Additions to the ExtraHop Team: Sujal Patel and Eric Scollard
- Justin Baker
- February 28, 2012
Today, we are delighted to announce two great additions to the ExtraHop team: Sujal Patel and Eric Scollard. Both join ExtraHop from Isilon Systems and bring impressive experience in turning a tech…
Forrester Application Performance Management Market Overview Report for Q4, 2011
- Justin Baker
- January 18, 2012
Forrester Research recently published a report on the application performance management (APM) market, titled "Market Overview: Application Performance Management, Q4 2011." Led by Principal Analyst…
ExtraHop Introduces Performance Monitoring for Memcached and AMF
- Adam Sinnett
- June 14, 2011
Real-time insight into web-services application performance is still an elusive holy grail for Web Operations teams. Fortunately for these groups, ExtraHop is helping them to get a lot closer. Today…