Data Mining For the Masses. By Seth Grimes

Data mining is becoming a must-have for enterprises analytics, but it still faces several obstacles to achieving everyday BI usage.

Data mining is a "must have": but can it overcome obstacles to mainstream BI inclusion?

http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WUUGTKOLX2WQCQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=21400394

Managing performance: What you don't know will hurt you. By Denise Dubie

The old saying "ignorance is bliss" doesn't apply to the myriad factors that can contribute to poor application and network performance. The less network managers know about the components in their environment that impact performance, the more likely they suffer unplanned outages, application performance degradation and costly network downtime. The problem is rooted in a lack of visibility into network and application performance, according to industry watchers.

http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2008/120108nsm1.html

Attacks on networks are on the rise and getting more sophisticated.

According to a report issued by Arbor Networks, malicious attacks on networks continued to grow at an alarming rate over the past year. Arbor’s fourth annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report includes responses from nearly 70 IP network operators in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article262264.html

How to Use Network Behavior Analysis Tools. By Bob Violino

Network behavior analysis tools can help tune operations as well as improve security. Here are five tips for getting the job done.

What's happening on the enterprise network—or more to the point, what's occurring on the network that should not be—is a major concern of security executives. If someone is trying to hack in, or a virus or worm is spreading, or a denial-of-service attack is underway, there might be evidence of these types of activities before they become a major problem.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/458746/How_to_Use_Network_Behavior_Analysis_Tools

Integrating NetFlow Analysis and Network Mapping. By Karen Kaliski

When IT budgets and resources are tight – and they’re almost always tight – network managers profit from management tools that provide the greatest amount of information while requiring the least amount of time and money. In this article, we will examine one cost-effective solution which is to integrate NetFlow analysis with network monitoring, mapping, alerting, and performance reporting, thereby giving network managers an at-a-glance resource for information they need to answer just about any question regarding their mission-critical networks.

http://www.lovemytool.com/blog/2008/10/dartware.html

VoIP and Beyond with Alcatel-Lucent's VitalSuite. By Mark A. Miller

Alcatel-Lucent Inc., with corporate headquarters in Paris, and U.S. headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey, may well be the technology company with the richest history.

Alcatel's origins date back to 1898 when French engineer Pierre Azaria set up "La Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE)." CGE was a French-based industrial conglomerate involved in various activities such as electricity, transportation, electronics, and telecommunications.

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsysm/article.php/3783476

End-to-end application management - the network perspective. By Dennis Drogseth

You might believe, and with some real justification, that the term “end to end” is only used by vendors who custom-fit the definition to the scope of their particular product.

Does “end-to-end” application management, for instance, include the mainframe? You bet it does if you’re a vendor that manages the mainframe environment! Does it include capturing the end user experience at the end station, desktop, or mobile device? Once again, the answer is a definitive “yes” if you’re a vendor that has strong QoE (Quality of Experience) roots. Or how about insights into the code and design of the application itself? If you’re one of the few vendors that does this, you’re proud of it and wouldn’t have it any other way!

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/100608-emamgt.html