Cisco’s NetFlow is being tapped more and more by network managers to get more granular metrics on which applications are used most, on how to bill back services and on ways to better secure networks.

Cisco today issued a security warning about a potential vulnerability in its NetFlow traffic monitoring device that could cause the system to lock-up. +More on Network World: Cisco tries to squash ...

Mimecast has decommissioned its SolarWinds Orion software and replaced it with a Cisco NetFlow monitoring system after hackers compromised a Mimecast certificate used for Microsoft authentication.

Have you guys used any of the freeware netflow collection tools listed on cisco's website? Any thoughts about which one I should try? I am just wanting to play around with netflow to get some ...

I'd like to have a better understanding of how my network is performing in real-time and also historically (day, week, month, and year). Currently I launch Cisco ASDM and keep it running on a ...

There's an emerging tool that is available on practically every network that can help analyze and profile that network. With it, you can finally understand what your network is actually used for. On ...

SolarWinds' Network Utilization and Bandwidth Monitoring Software's Speed and Detail Enhancements Give IT Pros Ability to Diagnose Network Traffic Issues and Bandwidth Spikes Quickly and Accurately ...

NetFlow Tracker mines information from routers and switches to give detailed traffic analysis. Crannog Software's NetFlow Tracker is an application that collects and interprets a huge amount of data ...

Readers have told me that they like blog posts with technical tips and tricks. So I asked SolarWinds to write an article about making the most out of NetFlow. The following is a guest post written by ...