Ray Patel

Ray Patel is a former product manager at Auvik Networks.

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An Introduction to APIs for Network Administrators

What’s an API, what can they do on the network, and why should you care? Our intro guide to APIs for network admins has the answers.

Stay Ahead of Issues With These 5 Routine Network Maintenance Tasks

Routine network maintenance tasks can keep you ahead of potential issues. And that generally leads to fewer tickets and greater user satisfaction.

Network Monitoring: How to Handle High CPU Utilization Alerts

Here are a few common reasons for high CPU utilization on network devices and how to address them.

I Can’t Access My Network Device! What Do I Do?

You’re in a time crunch, clients are demanding an update on the fix. Digging into the network, you realize…I can’t log into the switches! What now?

You will learn:

The impact shadow IT has on an organization
How to evaluate tools
Tips on security
A quiz to help you determine the severity of shadow IT in your org
Solutions to solve these problems

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