ExtraHop Newsletter

JULY 2014

Hi!

Nobody likes finger-pointing in IT, but we all do it. When there’s a problem with the availability or performance of an application, the knee-jerk response is to blame the network, virtualization, Citrix … whichever is convenient.

This month, ExtraHop Systems Engineer Matt Weaver describes a solution to finger-pointing in his post How to Move Beyond Mean-Time-to-Innocence.

– The ExtraHop Team

See Which World Cup Matches Are Popular in Your Office

The Technical Marketing Engineering team at ExtraHop whipped up a fun bundle that lets you track World Cup streaming on your network, including which ESPN Gamecast games are most popular.

Learn about the free World Cup bundle.

How to Move Beyond Mean-Time-to-Innocence

Because each IT team has visibility into their niche of the application delivery chain, finding where the problem lies comprises the bulk of troubleshooting time. ExtraHop Systems Engineer Matt Weaver offers a better way to triage and troubleshoot IT problems.

Read the blog post.

Bentley University Breaks Down IT Silos

Blame the network? Not at Bentley University, where Todd Marsh, Senior Manager of Network Infrastructure Services, equips DBAs, application developers, and IT administrators with a view into wire data. Todd explains in this TechTarget article: ExtraHop helps network team break down IT silo mentality

Download the case study PDF.

ExtraHop ♥ Visio Stencils

Looking for the perfect gift for the IT architect or network engineer in your life? This lovely Visio stencil of ExtraHop icons will look stunning on an Activity Map of your environment that’s natively exported to Visio.

Download the Visio stencil for that special someone.

ExtraHop Discovery Edition: Easier Than Ever

Have you been meaning to download the free ExtraHop Discovery Edition, but haven’t gotten around to it yet? It’s easier than ever with new options for desktop hypervisors including VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, and Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Read about new Discovery Edition options.

Microsoft and Google Team Up in Ethernet Consortium

After plans for a faster IEEE specification stalled, Microsoft, Google, Arista, and two other firms have teamed up to develop specifications for 25 and 50Gbit Ethernet links. The specifications will be made available to equipment vendors free of royalties, build on the IEEE 802.3 standard, and should result in new products within 18 months, according to the consortium.