Infrastructure Management

Flow data is the basis of modern network monitoring, helping administrators to ensure the reliability and security of the given environment. But where does flow data come from? There are several options how to get flow data with each option having pros and cons. Let us go through them.

One of the ways Flowmon integrates with 3rd party solutions is by using REST API. In this article, we provide examples and show how easy it is to use the REST API to get the data from Flowmon.

Flowmon introduces native Azure public cloud deployment. Just launch a virtual collector in Azure, start collecting flow data or take advantage or Microsoft Azure VTAP to mirror traffic into monitoring ports of collector.

Flow data (NetFlow/IPFIX, etc.) has been generally known about in the IT community for years, and is used, for example, in use cases such as billing, capacity planning and DDoS protection, primarily in the Telco segment. Enterprises, their IT managers and CIOs have only recently started exploring its tremendous potential. Yet, myths preventing faster adoption of flow technology are still being perpetuated in the networking community. Let's look at the 4 major ones.