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Over 3 years ago
Answered a question: What needs improvement with Spirent Avalanche?
Spirent Avalanche is a very sophisticated application and security test tool. If you are after simple application testing then the Spirent CyberFlood solution is a good option. If you want full control over web-based testing, voice calls or video streaming then Avalanche is…
About 4 years ago
Contributed a review of Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance: Solves network issues quickly, saving engineering time
About 10 years ago
Answered a question: What are the must-have criteria for an APM Solution for a large enterprise?
Must have criteria for an APM solution for a large enterprise is a simple question but the answer can certainly get quite convoluted
Essentially when looking at application performance response time (across say key applications) the metric that I try to educate my…
About 10 years ago
Answered a question: What advice would you give to others looking into implementing a mid-market monitoring solution?
As per what Karl said above what exact problems are you looking to address. However, as with a number of clients I deal with they are typically trying to ascertain whether problems are application or network based
From this synopsis a good mid-market solution would offer…
About 10 years ago
Answered a question: Looking for consultant/vendor to conduct a network traffic test
Naturally tools like TruView from Fluke could provide good answers if this was running in production, but from your question I see you are wanting to set this up and emulate pre-deployment. Park your Network Performance Monitoring tools you need emulation solutions
The…
About 10 years ago
Commented on We investigated New Relic & dynaTrace before choosing AppDynamics to easily identify & rectify application slowdown
Yes agreed. It would be nice to understand the actual differences between the three that influenced your decision.
Over 10 years ago
David
OptiView XG is indeed a tablet device with both wired (10/100/1000, 1G and 10G) and wireless interfaces (a/b/g/n) and is used to look at all aspects of network troubleshooting. It is a montoring and testing tool with real-time and post processing analysis. A lot of…
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About 4 years ago
Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance
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About 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
About 10 years ago
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
About 10 years ago
Network Monitoring Software
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About 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Over 10 years ago
Network Monitoring Software
About me
With over 21 years of experience I have quickly adapted to many facets of new technology, with a specialty in the technical selling and deployment of network analysis and test equipment.
My experience covers all areas of network analysis and testing. Whilst primarily a technical person I have presentation and relationship building skills at all levels of an organisation including C-Level, strategic account planning, sales strategy, client retention, customer support, enterprise and service provider data networking and data centre virtualisation.
With a strong L4-L7 networking understanding gained from performance testing and analysis using Spirent Communications and Fluke Networks tools I also have excellent knowledge of testing methodologies, application performance analysis and deep dive troubleshooting.
Today I run, with my business partner Sergio Ferreira, PlexNet Pty Ltd, a network analysis and Testing Solutions company based in Sydney. We have a broad customer base including Enterprise, Government, Defence, Carrier and OEM across Australia.
