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IT automation offers an increase in productivity and a reduction in risk. Unfortunately, there are often internal barriers to implementation.   Benefits of IT Automation  Increased Productivity  Computers and software systems [...]

A significant security breach can be very expensive. At best, it disrupts budgets and profits. At worst, smaller companies can be forced into bankruptcy. How can you avoid this outcome?  [...]

Technical debt is the collection of expedient short-term solutions that don’t allow for smooth long-term operations. Too much technical debt can create fragile networks that make automation more difficult and [...]

With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, NetCraftsmen is working with many of our Clients to help them enable their workforce to work remotely as part of their social [...]

Our network assessments often find that organizations don’t allocate funds or staff resources to adequately monitor their network infrastructure. For example, key WAN interfaces will be monitored, but data center interfaces will be ignored.

Let’s talk about complex network technologies and how they affect your business. On the plus side, some complex technologies can automate functionality to large scale, and provide the prospect of [...]

DNS security is a valuable first layer of visibility and defense that provides powerful insight into an organization’s internet communications.

Professional development and what it takes to become a Cisco Business Architecture specialist.

I recently talked with a customer about selecting an approach for network automation; a new technology for them. I did some up-front planning, made some notes, and then we talked [...]

Network automation was a big topic at Cisco Live 2018. Susie Wee announced that Cisco’s DevNet now has more than 500,000 registered users. There was coverage by other bloggers including: [...]

NetCraftsmen sent a large group of our employees to Cisco Live 2018 with three main goals. First, we wanted to focus on learning and growing our capabilities. Second, we wanted [...]

Is a slow application due to the network, an overloaded server, a poorly written database query, a bug in a client-side JavaScript module, or something else? Increasingly complex application stacks [...]