With multi-million-dollar security breaches continuing to make headlines, businesses continue to invest in advanced security defenses—next-generation firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (NGFW and NGIPS), data leak prevention (DLP), distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation, and others. But along with the obvious challenge of having to manage the growing complexity, deploying multiple security elements inline can introduce new vulnerabilities and put availability at risk.

Network professionals support an increasing number of technologies and services. With adoption of SDN and network function virtualization, troubleshooting becomes more complex. Identify the right NPMD tools to detect application issues, identify root causes and perform capacity planning.

Hybrid and multi-cloud architectures are the future of enterprise IT. Network infrastructure teams must be prepared to manage and monitor networks across the private cloud and multiple public cloud providers. This
white paper draws on recent EMA research to explore the challenges network managers face when adapting their network management toolset to private and public cloud environments, and it will establish a roadmap
for success.

Spotlight on Voice over IP (VoIP): A White Paper on monitoring your network.