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What Caused My Web Server to Crash?
- Anna Brown
- August 28, 2014
Note: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer under active development or maintenance, but current license-holders may continue to use all features described in this post. Welcome back to our Web…
The Return of the Generalist in IT
- John Smith
- May 20, 2014
I recently spoke at Citrix Synergy about the return of the generalist. It was a Geek Speak Live! session with several hundred Citrix engineers in attendance. It was an honor for me and something I've…
Why I Joined ExtraHop: It's All About 20Gbps in Real-Time
- Vihar Chokshi
- March 17, 2014
[4/16/2018 - Editor's update: ExtraHop has now released a 100 Gbps appliance. Read more in our blog post: How ExtraHop Analyzes 1 PB+ Per Day Without Breaking a Sweat] Vihar is a Senior Systems…
How Retailers Can Protect Themselves from POS Malware
- John Smith
- March 7, 2014
ExtraHop offers the digital equivalent to CCTV for your environment. The Target data breach continues to garner headlines, with the most recent news being the resignation of the CIO. But while the…
Lean and Mean: Our Open-Source Enhancements to RPCAP
- Kerry Bosworth
- January 22, 2014
[Update, September 15, 2015]: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer in active development or maintenance, but current license-holders may continue using all features described in this…
Why I Joined ExtraHop – One Wire Data Expert's Story
- John Smith
- January 16, 2014
[Editor's note: John Smith is a Citrix Technology Professional and author of the wiredata.net blog. He recently joined ExtraHop's Solutions Architecture team to help IT organizations gain new…
Four Data Sources for IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) – A Conceptual Framework
- Tyson Supasatit
- October 23, 2013
There are four primary sources of data for IT Operations Analytics. Trying to evaluate IT monitoring tools can be quite challenging. By our reckoning, there are more than a hundred vendors and…
Six Reasons Your Security Toolset Needs to Include Wire Data Analytics
- Chris Abella
- September 3, 2013
Unlike IDS/IPS that use signatures, ExtraHop identifies threats by providing context—trends and real historical activity.Every year, the stakes get higher for IT organizations trying to prevent data…
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 data center networking. While its proponents promise unprecedented performance…
ExtraHop Discovery Edition: A Port in the IT Storm for Businesses of All Sizes
- Rachel Pepple
- August 21, 2013
Note: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer under active development or maintenance, but current license-holders may continue to use all features described in this post. While the world's…
Under the Hood: How ExtraHop Takes Advantage of Multi-core Processing
- Jesse Rothstein
- April 20, 2013
[4/16/2018 - Editor's update: ExtraHop has now released a 100 Gbps appliance. Read more in our blog post: How ExtraHop Analyzes 1 PB+ Per Day Without Breaking a Sweat] When we talk to IT teams who are…
TCP: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 1
- Justin Baker
- August 9, 2012
This post is written by Eric Thomas, Principal Solutions Architect at ExtraHop Networks. Many organizations struggle to find the right level of instrumentation to monitor the performance of their…