Barry Koplowitz
Barry Koplowitz founded Interpath Technologies Corporation in 1999. He has been consulting in the IT field since 1984 and has specialized in the area of Network & Application Analysis/Troubleshooting--with various Protocol Analysis Tools--for the last 11 years. He spent 3 years with Network General and NAI traveling around the United States teaching for Sniffer University ®. Since leaving Sniffer University, he has worked consulting to large enterprise environments up to 120,000 nodes. <a href="http://www.interpathtech.com" title="http://www.interpathtech.com" target="_blank">http://www.interpathtech.com</a>
Articles by this Author
Multi-Tier Latency Concepts-01
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 12/3/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
Multi-Tier Latency Concepts-01 by Barry Koplowitz
This article is also available as a Podcast on "The RootCause" podcast series available on iTunes
The issue of latency of any kind, is a complex issue
The Myth Of Network Latency
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 11/3/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also available as a Podcast on "The ROOT Cause" podcast series available on iTunes
There is a great deal of confusion surrounding the concept of Latency
The Enterprise Network Saturation Point
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 10/20/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
Size doesn't matter--it's the complexity that gets you
I have seen networks of less than two thousand nodes become so complex that they become essentially unmanageable, while networks of ten's of thousands of nodes are under control The reasons vary but have several things in common
The Technical Enterprise Practitioner (TEP) ™
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 09/22/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
As IT environments become more complex, technologists and their managers have stepped farther away from trying to understand the “What” or “How” of their technology Now, the critical skill is to know “Who,” specifically, who are the specialists required for the particular issue of the moment
Baselining--Stress Testing--Performance Testing--Oh My--Part TWO-Testing
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 07/23/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also available as a Podcast on "The ROOT Cause" available on iTunes Written and Narrated by Barry Koplowitz
Baselining--Stress Testing--Performance Testing--Oh My--Part One--Environments
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 06/23/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
Baselining--Stress Testing--Performance Testing--OH MY--Part One--Environments by Barry Koplowitz
How it Vendors Direct it Best Practices
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 06/18/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is covered in a podcast on "The ROOT Cause" Podcast Series available on itunes
TOOLS CREATE NEEDS
There is an old vaudeville routine about a man who finds another man, a bit inebriated, crawling around on the cement under a street light looking for something
Interpath Application Flow Diagrams-01
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 06/2/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also covered as a podcast on "The ROOT Cause" podcast series, available on iTunes
Interpath Application Flow Diagrams have been the second most frequently read or listened to topic on the Interpath Technologies website and The Sniffer Guy / The ROOT Cause podcast series
What's So Great About Packet-Sniffers?
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 04/6/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
There are many products on the market that provide different levels of Network Management or Server Management They are all easier to use than Packet-Sniffers and not nearly as cryptic
Mentoring In It
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/26/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also available as a "The Sniffer Guy" podcast on iTunes
ATTENTION AMERICAN IT MANAGERS: Within the next decade most of your best people will retire or die
Packet-Sniffer Filtering Concepts-01
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/12/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also available as a "The Sniffer Guy" Podcast on iTunes
The most frequent questions we receive are about how to create filters with a packet-sniffer
The Missing Link In It Management
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 02/5/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
There is a role that is needed within the IT Management Structure that is missing In my opinion, this role could save large corporations many millions of dollars per year while contributing greatly to the overall health of all IT departments, and their personnel
The Myths Of Network Utilization & Automated Metrics
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 01/26/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
The Interpath Technologies Networking Myths Seriesâ„¢
This artilce is also availabe as a Podcast of "The Sniffer Guy" though iTunes
Mythology is not fantasy or lies
The Application & Network Performance Analysis Troubleshooting Team (NAPA)â„¢
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 01/18/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is the topic of Episode 5 of “The Sniffer Guy†podcast series available through iTunes
INTRODUCTION:
Application & Network Performance Analysis is a team sport
The 7 Most Common Mistakes Using Packet-Sniffers
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 01/8/2008
- Computers
- Unrated
This article is also covered in a "The Sniffer Guy" podcast--available at http://wwwinterpathtech
Performance Tuning Is A Process--Not A Tool
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 12/29/2007
- Computers
- Unrated
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR loses occur every day due to poor application testing plans, too much trust in automated testing tools and a general lack of the big picture Plans are made without understanding how IT all works together
How To Build A Simple Open-Source Distributed Protocol Analyzer
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 12/29/2007
- Computers
- Unrated
This is the way that Network General (the creator of Sniffer ®) has deployed Distributed Sniffer ® since the beginning While the product that you are using may be from another or Open-Source vendor,( i
Interpath Technologies Transactional Analysis Methodology For It Troubleshooting
- By Barry Koplowitz
- Published 12/28/2007
- Computers
- Unrated
During 11 years of troubleshooting high profile network & application performance issues across global enterprises up to 120,000 nodes--Interpath Technologies Corporation developed its specialized Network & Application performance Analysis methodology
We have helped companies like IBM, ING-Direct & Lucent Technologies find Resolution for under-performing networks & applications










