Demystifying network analytics

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.Network analytics is key to helping IT proactively deliver great user experiences, but analytics for the enterprise access network is complicated. Besides the array of connectivity options, the heterogeneous mix of client devices and the different application models to accommodate, there are volumes of relevant input data that can be used, such as: Actual data packets generated by real clients Synthetic data packets generated by simulated clients Real-time metrics and traps from infrastructure Logs/configuration from infrastructure and servers Flow data from infrastructure APIs from application servers Nyansa Figure 1. How network data is used today. Is this really analytics?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Demystifying network analytics

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.

Network analytics is key to helping IT proactively deliver great user experiences, but analytics for the enterprise access network is complicated. Besides the array of connectivity options, the heterogeneous mix of client devices and the different application models to accommodate, there are volumes of relevant input data that can be used, such as:

• Actual data packets generated by real clients
• Synthetic data packets generated by simulated clients
• Real-time metrics and traps from infrastructure
• Logs/configuration from infrastructure and servers
• Flow data from infrastructure
• APIs from application servers

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