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Unlocking the Value of Network Observability

Written by Gedeon Hombrebueno | Mar 4, 2025 3:29:23 PM
Key Takeaways
  • See how VMware Smart Assurance (VSA) customers can benefit from a comprehensive, AI-enabled network observability solution.
  • Discover how you can optimize network operations, accelerate transformations, and enhance connected experiences.
  • Learn how a modern solution that provides advanced network observability capabilities can boost network operations efficiency.

Today, a strong network forms the backbone of business success, making network visibility crucial. As modern networks continue their rapid evolution, it's essential to have an observability solution that is robust, resilient, and scalable. Teams need a solution that helps them enhance network performance and improve user experiences. They need a solution that enables them to confidently face current and future network operations challenges. Network Observability by Broadcom is that solution. With this comprehensive solution, VMware Smart Assurance (VSA) customers and the largest service providers and enterprises worldwide gain the advanced capabilities they need.

Key reasons to adopt Network Observability by Broadcom

  1. Enhanced visibility and insight: Network Observability by Broadcom provides end-to-end visibility across entire network paths, from data centers and corporate offices to branches and edge locations. It monitors traditional and modern network technologies, providing coverage of both underlay and overlay environments as well as SASE services.
  2. Future-ready observability: Embrace the changing technology landscape with an advanced observability solution designed to handle the evolving complexity of modern network infrastructures.
  3. Improved resilience and scalability: With the solution, teams in managed service provider or enterprise organizations can easily manage the evolving complexity of their network infrastructures. Utilize built-in multi-tenancy capabilities, streaming support, and token-based API access to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
  4. Critical new features: Integrate a broad range of data, including SNMP, non-SNMP, and intelligence from internal and third-party managed environments. Leverage prebuilt dashboards and reports to quickly analyze data and gain actionable insights.


Our AI-enabled network observability solution, where Smarts monitoring and NCM capabilities are now integral, offers a seamless path to enhanced visibility, better outcomes, and significantly improved network operations efficiency.

Key network observability capabilities now available to VSA customers

Optimize network operations

Gain unified visibility across multi-technology and hybrid cloud networks, so you can reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) and elevate your network operations to the next level. Harness the power of multi-layer topologies and alarm-to-performance triage workflows. Monitor baselines and employ time-over-threshold alerting to quickly spot deviations from normal behavior. Cut through the noise by correlating related events. Implement highly scalable, multi-vendor network monitoring to stay ahead of the competition.

Accelerate network transformations

Achieve real-time visibility of dynamic routes, BGP paths, and virtual private clouds. Gain SD-WAN insights on overlay, underlay, and application performance. Visualize ISP network paths and segment topologies with a scalable, cloud-ready architecture. Hold ISPs accountable for performance issues or outages. Gain the insights you need to speed and advance your network transformations.

Enhance connected experiences

Ensure high-quality services by correlating user experience with real-time, end-to-end network performance. Optimize triage using hop-by-hop latency, packet loss, and jitter data. Track data loss and capacity violations across the entire network delivery path. Utilize continuous monitoring and dynamic thresholds for 24/7 proactive alerting. Leverage objective evidence of ISP performance issues to eliminate finger-pointing.

Why choose Network Observability by Broadcom

At Broadcom, we’re focused on delivering a network observability solution that provides the actionable insights needed to speed the resolution of performance problems, improve uptime, and enhance the connected experiences of employees and customers. As a VSA customer, you can continue to enjoy your product's capabilities. But now, you can also access more robust features offered by Network Observability by Broadcom. Our ongoing innovation and unwavering customer support empower your teams to confidently navigate the ever-evolving network landscape.

The solution offers deeper insights into network behavior and resource utilization. With the solution, teams can enhance network performance, improve user experience, and ultimately promote positive business outcomes.

Next steps for VSA customers

VMware customers who are using VMware Smart Assurance (VSA), VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance (TCSA), VMware Telco Cloud Operations (TCO), or VMware Telco Cloud Platform (TCP) are encouraged to contact their Broadcom account team or preferred partner representative. These representatives can work closely with you to explore how Network Observability by Broadcom can help you achieve end-to-end network visibility and optimize your network operations. Our representatives can help you address any questions or concerns that you may have. Meanwhile, we invite you to learn more by visiting our Network Observability by Broadcom page.