This study discusses recent market and technological trends, with the significant proliferation of smart devices, as well as technological trends such as the Internet of Things. There has been an exponential rise in digital data, catching most end users off guard. Moreover, the significant degree of virtualization, software defined networks (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV), have created innumerable blind spots across the network. Network equipment manufacturers can no longer rely on legacy network monitoring and testing systems, and there is a need to invest in innovative solutions that help in keeping a tab on the significant rise in information, along with providing visibility across heterogeneous network environments.