LinkSense - Sycope

Visibility gaps between network and service performance

Traditional observability tools focus on traffic flows and packet data. However, they do not always answer a simple operational question: “Is the service actually reachable and responsive from where users are?”
In distributed environments like branch offices, cloud regions, edge nodes, organizations need continuous, active measurements of connectivity, latency and service health. LinkSense provides structured performance monitoring directly from multiple infrastructure points.

Active connectivity testing

Perform ICMP, TCP and DNS checks to validate reachability and response times.

Application-level validation

Execute HTTP requests, TLS handshakes and content checks to verify real service responsiveness.

Bandwidth and performance measurement

Measure throughput and latency to detect degradation across network paths.

Database and infrastructure checks

Run SQL-based metrics and SNMP polling to monitor backend system health.

Multi-location deployment

Run monitoring agents across distributed sites, data centers or cloud regions.

Task configuration management

Define monitoring policies using structured configuration files for consistent deployment.

How LinkSense works?

LinkSense follows a structured measurement cycle designed to provide consistent and comparable performance data across environments. Instead of relying on traffic observation alone, it actively executes predefined tests from multiple network locations. The collected results are normalized and centrally coordinated, creating a unified performance baseline across all monitored points.

This approach ensures that performance data reflects real service behavior rather than inferred traffic patterns.

Agents execute active tests

Monitoring nodes perform scheduled connectivity and service checks from their local network perspective.

Results are aggregated into time-based summaries

Raw measurements are consolidated into structured intervals for efficient transmission and storage.

Metrics are sent to a central server

The server collects, stores and organizes results from all agents.

Central system coordinates and tracks agents

The server manages configurations, validates integrity and monitors agent availability.

What you gain with LinkSense

True end-user perspective

Measure service availability and latency from real network locations, not just core infrastructure.

Early detection of degradation

Identify performance issues before they escalate into outages.

Distributed SLA validation

Verify service levels across branches, regions and cloud environments.

Operational clarity across environments

Gain structured, comparable performance metrics from heterogeneous infrastructure.

Industry use cases

LinkSense supports operational monitoring across environments where continuous service validation is required. By executing active tests from distributed locations, it provides measurable insight into connectivity, latency and service responsiveness in real deployment scenarios, from branch networks to hybrid infrastructure.

I have to say, we were pleasantly surprised by Sycope. It's not often that you find a system that can be up and running in just one day, but that was the case with Sycope. The installation and integration process was a breeze, and we had no issues getting it to work seamlessly with our other systems.

Adam Wójcik
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie w Gliwicach, Network Administrator

Through the collaboration between Entec and Sycope, reseller partners gain access to an exciting and innovative product. One common solution to cover multiple IT infrastructure with many out-of-the-box operation, based on big data style analytics and search, that delivers real value to our resellers’ end customers.

Jakub Toman
Entec Solutions A.S

Working with Sycope has been a smooth experience. They have an organized approach to product implementation and their team communicates effectively to ensure the project progresses as planned.

Jan Rześny
Passus S.A., Support engineer

We were looking for a solution that would enable us to monitor the entire network while also serving as a data source for our SIEM system. A crucial criterium taken into account when choosing a solution was its flexibility and the possibility of independently adapting analytical dashboards to provide quick access to necessary information. The Sycope system perfectly met our needs, allowing us to optimize the operating costs of our current SIEM as well.

Maciej Oziembło
Veolia Energia Polska S.A., Data Centre Area Manager

A useful tool that allows you to easily monitor network performance and respond to events that occur.

Marek Barański
Sat Film network administrator

Distributed network health and performance monitoring

LinkSense is a lightweight, async monitoring system built for distributed infrastructures that continuously collects and aggregates key network performance metrics across agents and a central server.