As networks become increasingly important to modern business operations, network management software becomes essential to manage the growing complexity. Enterprises are looking for solutions to simplify network management, especially as they face the challenge of managing more devices with fewer IT resources. This trend drives demand for platforms that can provide a total solution for routing, switching, security and other network functions.
“We started about a decade ago, first focusing on building better hardware, and we believe that with that hardware we can build better software,” said Anil Varanasi (pictured), founder and CEO of Meter Inc. “This is how we do packet processing, packet manipulation and packet movement, then applications on top of it, application programming interfaces and other things to really provide better software for network design, network configuration and network management.
Varanasi spoke with Bob Laliberte, principal analyst at theCUBE Research, during an AnalystANGLE segment on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how Meter optimizes network operations through its network-as-a-service platform.
Advanced network management software simplifies operation
As networks become more complex, IT teams are often tasked with managing more devices without a corresponding increase in resources, according to Varanasi. This imbalance creates operational challenges, making it more difficult for teams to maintain network performance while meeting security and infrastructure needs. To help solve these issues, Meter emphasizes the importance of a vertically integrated approach, allowing IT teams to tackle these challenges with greater ease and efficiency.
“We are fully vertically integrated, so it is much easier for IT teams,” Varanasi explains. “We believe – and we see – that there are more devices on a network now… but IT teams are proportionately not. “So another big focus for us is making it really easy for IT teams and networking teams to get great infrastructure no matter what type of space they’re in.”
One of Meter’s latest innovations is Meter Command, a natural language network management software tool that simplifies network complexity, Varanasi said. Traditional network management tools often required technical expertise, forcing IT teams to navigate complex command-line interfaces or slow, inflexible dashboards. Meter Command bridges this gap by allowing users to interact with their network in natural language, combining the speed (of the command line interface) with the simplicity of a dashboard.
“First, Command makes it very easy to get information about anything across the entire network infrastructure (and) second… it makes it easy to take action,” Varanasi said. “Command is incredibly intuitive in the way that you just say… ‘Hey, create for me this firewall rule with this port or this protocol, and then create this virtual local area network and then I want to block it like this.’ You just say that, and it can take action for you. This feature allows IT teams to quickly access critical data, dramatically reducing the time spent searching through logs or navigating cumbersome interfaces, he added. to.
In addition to simplifying individual tasks, Meter Command also enables better collaboration between IT teams, according to Varanasi. The robust network management software tool is designed with flexibility and collaboration in mind, allowing IT teams to take quick action and collaborate in real-time, improving efficiency and reducing errors.
“We’ve built that same environment into Command, where it’s fully multiplayer,” Varanasi said. “So while you’re there, you see all your colleagues’ cursors moving and you can collaborate with them.” This functionality allows IT teams to collaborate seamlessly, improving both speed and accuracy when managing large-scale networks, he added.
Here’s theCUBE’s full AnalystANGLE video with Varanasi and Laliberte:
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