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

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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
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
This article is also available as a Podcast on "The ROOT Cause" available on iTunes Written and Narrated by Barry Koplowitz
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

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
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
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

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