For network managers, it can be like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack: sifting through multitudes of security alerts trying to find the one that is truly a threat to the enterprise. Failing to recognize one in time can have dire consequences, including network downtime, loss of intellectual property and even the loss of a job.
The industry shift towards running multiple forms of traffic over one network, brought on by the gradual adoption of Internet Protocol (IP) and all-IP networks by carriers such as Telus Corp., has raised the question of who will manage these networks