FEBRUARY 2015
Hi!

This month, ExtraHop’s Erik Giesa lays out a vision for an Open IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) architecture that enables data-driven IT management.

Also, don’t miss Steve Smith’s post describing his solution for detecting FTP data leaks and Colin Walker’s solution for spotting a stealthy Linux trojan.

– The ExtraHop Team

ITOA: Enabling Data-Driven IT Management

In the first of a series of blog posts on the topic, ExtraHop's SVP of Marketing and Business Development Erik Giesa explains why it’s imperative that you move from a tool-centric to a data-driven approach to IT management.

Read Erik's blog post on ITOA  


Webinar with 451 Research on ITOA

Join us next Wednesday for a webinar with Christian Renaud, Senior Analyst at 451 Research, as he explains how you can start building an ITOA architecture using your existing data sets.

Register for the webinar  

Detect Rogue FTP Servers

Do you have rogue FTP servers operating in your environment? How can you know for certain? ExtraHop's Steve Smith built an FTP dashboard for the ExtraHop platform to answer those questions and more! It’s the perfect way to detect potential data leaks via FTP.

Read the blog post  

Don't Worry About that Scary Linux Trojan

IT pros around the world furrowed their brows at the news of a Linux variant of the stealthy Turla trojan. To help them rest better, Colin Walker built a bundle to detect that trojan’s HTTP-based command-and-control traffic.

Read the blog post  

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VIDEOS

HTTP Analytics for Web Monitoring

Monitoring Cloud Apps, aka "Shadow IT"

Database Monitoring

IN THE NEWS

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ExtraHop CIO John Matthews Discusses The ‘IT-ification’ of Business (Sys-Con Media)

Beware the Single Glass of Pain
(The Virtualization Practice)

RESOURCES

Whitepaper:
Designing an Open ITOA Architecture

Datasheet:
ExtraHop + FireEye

Datasheet:
ExtraHop + AppDynamics

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