If you are looking for the best NetFlow analyzer and collector tools for your network, this article can help you. First, let’s understand some fundamentals of NetFlow Protocol. What is NetFlow? NetFlow is a Cisco-developed network monitoring protocol that records information about the frequency and sorts of data traffic passing through an access point. A NetFlow receiver is used by a NetFlow protocol to capture data packets and transmit flow statistics from NetFlow-enabled equipment....

Python is loved by hobbyists, scientists, and architects alike. It’s damn easy to get started with, has higher-order abstractions and metaprogramming capabilities to build large and complex systems, and has truck-loads of libraries for doing pretty much anything. Sure, there are limitations when it comes to concurrency and strong typing, but you can work around them. In this article, we’ll cast a look at some of the best Python frameworks when it comes to building web applications large and small....

Nowadays, almost all desktop computers in homes and offices are coupled with a horizontal monitor. Many individuals aren’t even aware that a vertical monitor configuration is available. Vertical displays are more visually beautiful than horizontal monitors because they are different from what you usually see. Let’s look at the instances in which a vertical monitor is ideal and why you may wish to remain with a horizontal display rather than a vertical monitor....

A keyboard and a mouse are the essentials for every desktop computer user. Traditionally, these two input devices are attached to the computer with cable or wire. Nowadays, people are becoming minimalist and want to eliminate the additional and avoidable clutter created by the wire. Even if we keep this point aside, clutter can cause workplace distraction and hamper your productivity. However, the solution to this situation is to switch to a wireless keyboard and mouse....

It’s needed for your systems and governance engineering processes to control and track IT services and resources across your organization. The baseline of a configuration management plan is to be mindful of all the items and document their functional interdependencies and capabilities. And to deliver the best IT services, you need to follow some IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) guidelines. An ITIL framework can cover various IT services like backups, cloud services, network security, managed print services, help desk support, IT consulting, and more....

But before that… What is Automation Testing? Automation testing is the software testing technique using an automation tool to execute an automation test suite to identify the system’s defects. In this process, executing the test scripts, comparing the actual vs. excepted test result, capturing system test results, screenshots, and generating the automation results in detail are performed automatically by automation tools. Bottom line, you don’t have to struggle in testing applications manually or spending hours or days....

Steam is hands down the most prominent game library on the Internet, with over fifty thousand titles under its name. Go ahead and think of any game that comes to your mind! There is a strong chance that Steam offers the game you thought of and numerous others from that genre. It is this versatility and the smooth user experience that attracts millions of daily users to use Steam and buy games from the platform....

Do you recall the speed of your computer when you first bought it home? It used to perform all the tasks in a flash, saving time and letting you relish your work. But with time, its performance and speed started becoming slow as a snail. So, what’s the real reason why Windows desktop or laptop becomes slow after a while? Well, a plethora of reasons are responsible for the deterioration of your computer’s health, affecting its overall performance....

In any software development project, it is essential to use some version control mechanism to enable teamwork on common projects, facilitate bug tracking, or simplify software configuration management. Git is an open-source version control system that, since its creation in 2005, has been adopted by millions of developers worldwide. Despite its near-universal adoption, using Git on its own is difficult, mainly because it lacks user-friendly interfaces. This is why tools have emerged that build on Git technology and add additional services and functionality to it....

Don’t wait! By all odds, governments will try to prevent crypto from going head-to-head with fiat. As crypto promises decentralization, it’ll snatch away what’s dear to these traditional institutions–power. It’s a serious threat to the good-old corrupt financial entities that have never really seen the people as a stakeholder. But technology is acting as a savior of humanity, this time as… Crypto Gift Cards In a nutshell, you buy these cards to do everyday things like buying a pizza (from Dominos), booking a ride (from Uber), or logging on to your favorite eCommerce to purchase anything you need....

If you find creating a WBS template for the upcoming project challenging, you have come to the right spot! We are going to explain the WBS in project management in simple language. We will also introduce you to some highly trending and popular tools that top project managers use to create WBS sheets at work. What Is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a table that identifies and lists project components and deliverables....

Small and medium-sized businesses spend a good portion of their time and resources trying to build their brands through messages tailored to their target markets. Whether it’s internal communication to build rapport among employees, managers, and external teams or its strong, clear messages on branding, customer service, and strategy, the right tools to facilitate effective communication are necessary. Besides being vital to a business’s reputation and profit margin, a good communication platform provides management and business productivity tools that can help a company operate more effectively....

It’s common for the process to crash/go down due to various reasons, which you can investigate and fix the issues but that may take a little time. However, one thing you can do it immediately to reduce the downtime for better availability is to automate restart of the process if it’s down. Let’s get this done through the freeway – shell scripts You can use following shell scripts to run through crontab, which will check the services at every 15 minutes (you can adjust the interval time) and will start if found not running....

Whenever you are browsing on a webpage or working on a downloaded app powered by the internet, it is the work of a software engineer. The work put in by software engineers might seem daunting. Software engineers are highly dedicated individuals who put in enormous efforts to gain all the necessary skills. If you consider software engineering a career path, this is the perfect guide for you. Read on to find out how you can become a software engineer....

In systems and databases, passwords are rarely saved in plain-text form. Passwords are always hashed before being stored in the database, and the hash is compared during the verification process. Depending on the encryption employed, different systems store password hashes in different ways. And if you have hashes, you can easily crack any password. And in this article, we’ll explore how to crack password hashes using a handy and excellent Hashcat command-line tool....

However, what can you do if you have a meeting in five minutes and your camera is not functioning correctly? What happens if another program prompts you to do a webcam test on Windows 11 or 10? You have found the right place to find the solution. You can quickly test your camera on Windows 10 or 11 by following the methods explained in this article. Please note that this examination is not intended for Macs or Linux devices....

One of the essential tasks for securing Tomcat is to configure SSL certificate, so web application is accessible over HTTPS. There are many ways to achieve this. You can terminate SSL at a load balancer Implement SSL at CDN level Use web servers like Apache, Nginx, etc. in front and implement SSL there However, if you are not using any of the above or using this as a front-end or need to deploy SSL directly in Tomcat, then the following will help you....

Docker has excellent growth in the last few years and still growing. It is everywhere – from startup to enterprise. Docker got some of the cool advantages over traditional VM, but this post is not to talk about that. If you are interested in learning in-depth, then I would recommend taking this online course. Back to topic… So you know or heard the Docker benefits and keen to try using for WordPress....

The find command is an incredibly powerful tool, and putting effort into learning it can be rewarding. It will help you in performing various system administration tasks efficiently, like disk space management, recursive file operations, and backups. Linux find command searches for files and folders based on the criteria you define and allows you to perform an action on the search results. The syntax of find is like this: where...

There’s so much to add to this, but I’ll save it for the next section. For starters, let’s understand why we are talking about green computing. Have you seen Leonardo di Caprio raising his voice on climate change and environmental conservation? If not, check his Instagram profile. Like him, thousands of people are concerned about the same issues as water level begins to rise, glaciers melting, natural calamities like hurricanes and Tsunamis endangering lives, forests fires spreading, the ozone layer depleting, and the list is never-ending....