Barry Koplowitz
Barry Koplowitz founded Interpath Technologies Corporation in 1999. He was an instructor for Network General and NAI traveling around the USA teaching for Sniffer University and is a executive consultant to large enterprise environments in the area of Processes-Network/Application Analysis and Troubleshooting. He is the writer and host of The Sniffer Guy podcast. http://www.interpathtech.com
Articles by this Author
The Enterprise Network Saturation Point
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 10/20/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
Size doesn't matter--it's the complexity that gets you
I have seen networks of less than two thousand nodes become so complex that they become essentially unmanageable, while networks of ten's of thousands of nodes are under control The reasons vary but have several things in common
The Technical Enterprise Practitioner (TEP) ?„?
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 09/22/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
As IT environments become more complex, technologists and their managers have stepped farther away from trying to understand the ???What??? or ???How??? of their technology Now, the critical skill is to know ???Who,??? specifically, who are the specialists required for the particular issue of the moment
Baselining--Stress Testing--Performance Testing--Oh My--Part TWO-Testing
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 07/23/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
This article is also available as a Podcast on "The ROOT Cause" available on iTunes Written and Narrated by Barry Koplowitz
What's So Great About Packet-Sniffers?
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 04/6/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
There are many products on the market that provide different levels of Network Management or Server Management They are all easier to use than Packet-Sniffers and not nearly as cryptic
Mentoring In It
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/26/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
This article is also available as a "The Sniffer Guy" podcast on iTunes
ATTENTION AMERICAN IT MANAGERS: Within the next decade most of your best people will retire or die
Packet-Sniffer Filtering Concepts-01
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/12/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
This article is also available as a "The Sniffer Guy" Podcast on iTunes
The most frequent questions we receive are about how to create filters with a packet-sniffer
The Missing Link In It Management
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/5/2008
- Computers and Technology
- Unrated
There is a role that is needed within the IT Management Structure that is missing In my opinion, this role could save large corporations many millions of dollars per year while contributing greatly to the overall health of all IT departments, and their personnel



