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auvik

Implementing a Bring Your Own Device Policy (BYOD) in Your Organization

Sep 30, 2024 By Kevin Dooley In Auvik
Bring your own device (BYOD) policies are more important than ever since smartphones became pervasive. I’d argue that even if you don’t want to allow personal user devices to access corporate data or applications, you still need BYOD policy best practices if only to acknowledge the fact that users are already bringing their personal devices into your organization.
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megaport

Introducing Megaport AI Exchange

Sep 30, 2024 By Megaport In Megaport
Supercharge your AI innovation with secure, scalable, and high-performance connectivity for your AI workloads. AI isn’t magic. Just like every other system in the IT world, AI is built on computing infrastructure – and the performance of your AI applications hinges on this infrastructure and the connections that bind it.
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What Are Speed Tests & How to Run Them (Scheduled & On-Demand) | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Sep 30, 2024 By Obkio In Obkio
What Are Speed Tests & How to Run Them (Scheduled & On-Demand) Learn how to measure network speed and validate the overall performance of your network with scheduled and on-demand speed tests in Obkio's Network Performance Monitoring app. You can view, schedule and run Speed Tests from the “Speed Tests” tab in Obkio’s app.
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How to Create, Customize & Share Network Performance Reports | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Sep 30, 2024 By Obkio In Obkio
In this video, we’re looking at the “Dashboards” tab in Obkio’s Network Performance Monitoring App. The Network Monitoring Dashboards allow you to visualize all the information and metrics collected from your Obkio account. You can leverage dashboards to analyze and compare information and find answers when monitoring and troubleshooting network performance. You can create an unlimited number of Dashboards in your Obkio account. These Dashboards will be composed of several Widgets.
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signoz

Implementing OpenTelemetry with Nginx - Instrument and visualize traces

Sep 28, 2024 By Adnan Selimović In SigNoz
OpenTelemetry is an open-source standard for instrumenting cloud-native applications for generating different types of telemetry data. A robust observability framework set up using OpenTelemetry can help tremendously while troubleshooting software in production. Nginx is one of the most widely adopted web servers. Most often, nginx is used as a reverse proxy. It serves the frontend or backend applications behind the reverse proxy.
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Coherent Routing and Optical Transport - Getting Under the Covers

Sep 27, 2024 By Ribbon In Ribbon
Network operators need to make best use of their IP and Optical network resources. During this webinar we will explain how a new generation of high power coherent transceiver technologies is allowing us to assemble the traditional network building blocks in novel ways creating new architectures. Whatever the choice, the webinar shows how to construct a unified IP Optical network at the lowest TCO.
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Understanding Automation Essentials Challenges, Solutions and Beyond

Sep 27, 2024 By Ribbon In Ribbon
Automation is one of the main considerations when defining a cloud strategy. It is essential that enterprises implement automation within their cloud infrastructure so that they can not only enhance efficiency and generate opex savings, but also to scale operations and improve service delivery to their customers. Despite its importance, automation still has its challenges. Organizations must know how to automate tasks across often complex cloud architectures, in addition to meeting security expectations and navigating implementation costs.
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How to Set Up Real User Monitoring in SolarWinds Observability Platform

Sep 27, 2024 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
Learn how to set up Real User Monitoring in the SolarWinds Observability Platform to track and analyze the real-time performance of your website. This tutorial covers integrating Real User Monitoring with your website, setting performance thresholds, and configuring the tool for single-page applications. By the end, you'll know how to gain valuable insights into your end users' experience and optimize your website's performance.
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megaport

Two Scenarios for Hybrid Multicloud Deployment With IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure

Sep 26, 2024 By Megaport In Megaport
Learn how you can modernize your applications at scale for a powerful hybrid multicloud solution. Every network team wants a hybrid multicloud network that is efficient, resilient, secure, and scalable. Megaport has been a part of this journey for years, and many enterprises today leverage Megaport Cloud Router(MCR) for their cross-cloud workloads to achieve their dream networks.
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broadcom

DX App Synthetic Monitor (ASM): Introducing Synthetic Operator for Kubernetes

Sep 26, 2024 By Jörg Mertin In Broadcom
DX App Synthetic Monitor (DX ASM) performs synthetic checks from an external perspective to replicate real-user experience. Using the DX ASM global network of more than 90 monitoring stations, customers can test a website or application on a 24/7 basis, with no disruption to production systems. The solution also provides the option to create on-premises monitoring stations (OPMS) within a data center to monitor web applications and APIs inside the firewall.
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auvik

What is IT Service Management (ITSM)? Everything You Need to Know

Sep 26, 2024 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
At its core, ITSM aims to align IT services with business objectives and coordinate all the moving parts required to keep operations running smoothly. But as IT infrastructure continues to explode in complexity, ITSM has become more complex in recent years, as it’s now indispensable for enterprises of all types and sizes. Why? ITSM brings order and efficiency to IT ecosystems spanning numerous departments, teams, applications, servers, networks, and devices.
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broadcom

How to Optimize NOC Efficiency with Operational Reports

Sep 25, 2024 By Sandeep Tiwary In Broadcom
In the fast-paced era of modern communications, staying on top of network operations is critical to ensuring optimal performance and minimizing downtimes. While networks become increasingly complex, just keeping the lights on and reacting to issues as they arise is no longer enough. Today’s network management demands not only real-time monitoring but also the ability to derive insights from comprehensive reports to provide an accurate picture of health, performance, and configuration.
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How to Set Up Availability Monitoring in SolarWinds Digital Experience Monitoring

Sep 25, 2024 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
Learn how to set up availability monitoring in SolarWinds Observability Platform’s Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). This tutorial walks you through configuring synthetic probes, setting up website monitoring, adjusting test intervals, and enabling SSL certificate monitoring. Follow along to ensure your website stays available and catch issues before your users do!
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Kentik

Unlocking Network Insights: Bringing Context to Cloud Visibility

Sep 24, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In today’s complex cloud environments, traditional network visibility tools fail to provide the necessary context to understand and troubleshoot application performance issues. In this post, we delve into how network observability bridges this gap by combining diverse telemetry data and enriching it with contextual information.
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megaport

How to Connect Equinix and Digital Realty

Sep 24, 2024 By David Sloan In Megaport
Connecting these two leading data center providers can supercharge your network efficiency. Here are three ways to do it. It doesn’t matter what size your business is – the ability to seamlessly transfer and manage data across multiple locations is crucial for uninterrupted productivity. A common use case network managers want to implement is connecting their Equinix and Digital Realty data centers.
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Selector Network Management and Analytics

Sep 24, 2024 By Selector In Selector
In this video, we introduce Selector, an AOPS platform designed to monitor network and infrastructure devices, identify faults, and provide advanced analytics. The platform supports multivendor telemetry and integrates with collaboration tools like Slack and Teams, as well as ticketing systems. You'll see how Selector helps manage network devices, with an overview of the dashboard and alerts system.
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broadcom

Broadcom Unveils DX NetOps Global Topology

Sep 23, 2024 By Sandeep Tiwary In Broadcom
In today’s rapidly evolving networking landscape, enterprise networks are more complex than ever before. Network organizations must manage traditional Layer 2 networks while adopting cutting-edge software-defined technologies such as SD-WAN, SDDC, and SD-LAN. Managing these globally distributed, multi-dimensional networks is no small feat.
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auvik

What is Network Monitoring? Tools, Strategies, and Benefits Explained

Sep 23, 2024 By Justin Ong In Auvik
Have you ever faced a situation where a sudden network outage or slowdown impacted your workday, leaving you wondering what could have been done to prevent it? Along with the many frustrations and risks that come with network downtime, this common scenario illustrates the importance of staying one step ahead in managing your network health. But what is network monitoring, and how can it help you address issues before they escalate into major disruptions?
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Monitoring Website Uptime with SolarWinds Digital Experience Monitoring

Sep 23, 2024 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
Learn how to set up availability monitoring in SolarWinds Observability's Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). This step-by-step guide walks you through configuring synthetic probes, setting monitoring intervals, and enabling SSL certificate tracking. Ensure your website is monitored from multiple regions and be alerted to potential issues before they affect your users.
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cloudzero

AWS NAT Gateway Pricing: Simple Strategies To Limit Costs

Sep 20, 2024 By Matt Manger In CloudZero
We are often asked about areas where customers overspend on Amazon Web Services (AWS). NAT gateway costs are high due to misplaced data transfers and are definitely near the top of our list. This article will walk you through five steps you can take to find out which data transfers you’re overspending on and how you can eliminate those excess charges.
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Trends in AI - Agentic AI with ReAct Agents for Network Automation

Sep 20, 2024 By Selector In Selector
AI Agents are here, and they’re making headlines! Featured in recent articles from Forbes and The New York Times, Agentic AI is making waves. Even NVIDIA’s CEO sees the limitless promise of AI Agents to shape the future of tech. In this video, I demonstrate the power of ReAct Agents for Network Automation, using cutting-edge technology.
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flowmon

The Full Picture of Your Network Traffic with Progress Flowmon: The No-Compromise Solution for Network Data Accuracy and Transparency

Sep 20, 2024 By Filip Cerny In Flowmon
In the digital environment nowadays, network observability is a necessity, comparing to the past years. IT professionals demand tools that provide unparalleled accuracy, transparency and reliability. Progress Flowmon, a solution that sets the standard in network observability, delivers on these demands without compromise. Our rigorous evaluation reveals why Flowmon is an ideal choice for professionals who prioritize data integrity, accuracy and operational transparency.
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console connect

5 key takeaways from IBC 2024

Sep 19, 2024 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) is only getting bigger and better. This year’s show saw over 45,000 attendees and featured 1,350 exhibitors from around the world. The four-day event explored the latest advancements and trends shaping the future of the media and broadcasting industry, with AI at the forefront.
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Network Modernization: From Legacy TDM to Service Resiliency

Sep 19, 2024 By Ribbon In Ribbon
Utilities today are focused on the 3-Ds, De-Carbonization and the transition to renewable energy, De-Centralization of energy resources and infrastructure, and Digitalization, with smart systems, grids, and substation modernization. In addition, the need to integrate the IT & OT networks puts the pressure on to increase efficiencies - but it also opens and enables a world of possibilities for the next-generation Utility, flexible to new Telco service offerings and revenue streams.
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Building Resilient Businesses: The Critical Growth Areas of Security for MSPs

Sep 19, 2024 By N-able In N-able
In this episode of the Beyond the Horizons Podcast, Pete Roythorne speaks with Troels Rasmussen, GM of Security at N-able, about the increasing demand for cybersecurity solutions among MSPs. They discuss the evolution of security technologies such as EDR, XDR, and MDR, and the importance of 24/7 coverage in today's threat landscape if MSPs are to be able to help their customers build resilient businesses. Troels emphasizes the need for MSPs to change their mindset when selling security to customers, highlighting the role of compliance and the cost of cybersecurity as a business necessity.
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broadcom

DX NetOps Accelerates Triage, Delivering Contextual Access to Syslog

Sep 19, 2024 By Yann Guernion In Broadcom
Network operations teams face challenges in managing modern, multi-vendor networks due to the need to collect and analyze data from various sources. Teams need to work with logs, events, and metrics, and this data is often scattered across different tools and locations. This fragmentation leads to inefficiency and complexity, as operators must switch between tools and interfaces to troubleshoot issues.
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broadcom

Optimize Network Asset Organization with Global Collections in DX NetOps

Sep 19, 2024 By Robert Kettles In Broadcom
One thing most IT and network operations teams continue to contend with is more: more technologies, more vendors, more devices, and more complexity. Given these realities, its vital for network operations teams to minimize operational overhead wherever and whenever possible.
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whatsup gold

Best Voice Over IP (VoIP) Monitoring Tools

Sep 19, 2024 By Doug Barney In WhatsUp Gold
Voice over IP, or VoIP for short, revolutionized telephony. Phones based upon old PBX-style switching and old-fashioned telephone wires are rare. Networks, the Internet and the IP protocol changed everything. Years, in fact, decades ago when Voice over IP started, the economics were astounding and the flexibility amazing. Sadly, the voice quality was often atrocious, which is a no can do for businesses of any sort. As network speed grew and voice technology improved, call quality improved.
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broadcom

Four Simple Steps for Streaming DX NetOps Alarms into Google BigQuery

Sep 18, 2024 By Nestor Falcon Gonzalez In Broadcom
In today's interconnected world, ensuring network reliability and performance is not just important—it's a must. Network alarms serve as the first line of defense in identifying and mitigating potential issues, providing network operations teams with the actionable insights they need to respond swiftly and effectively. To truly empower network operations teams to boost agility and efficiency, these alarms must be real-time and actionable.
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datadog

Best practices for monitoring and remediating connection churn

Sep 18, 2024 By Nicholas Thomson In Datadog
Elevated connection churn can be a sign of an unhealthy distributed system. Connection churn refers to the rate of TCP client connections and disconnections in a system. Opening a connection incurs a CPU cost on both the client and server side. Keeping those connections alive also has a memory cost. Both the memory and CPU overhead can starve your client and server processes of resources for more important work.
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It's Okay to Walk Away from Customers Over Cybersecurity

Sep 18, 2024 By N-able In N-able
In this video, Stefanie Hammond, N-able Head Nerd in Sales and Marketing, tackles a common question from MSPs: "Should I get my clients to sign a liability waiver if they won’t join my advanced cybersecurity program?" Stefanie explains why signing a waiver isn’t the solution and shares why it’s crucial to walk away from clients who don’t prioritize security. Watch now to learn how enforcing cybersecurity standards can protect your MSP from reputational and financial risks.
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console connect

All you need to know about colocation

Sep 17, 2024 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
While it’s easy to think that everything is now in the cloud, there are still some use cases and some businesses that need private data centres. In this blog, we look at the benefits of colocation and explore the key considerations for businesses when choosing colocation services. Colocation, often shortened to ‘colo’, is a service provided by data centre owners and operators where the floor space and facilities, including electricity and connectivity, are rented to private enterprises.
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catchpoint

It's time to stop neglecting the elephant in the room: Performance Matters!

Sep 17, 2024 By Howard Beader In Catchpoint
Ralph Marsten once said, “Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.” Many organizations today seem to follow the opposite. If everything looks green on a dashboard, they assume all is well. But is it?
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megaport

Megaport Enables Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Metro for More Resilient Network Connectivity

Sep 16, 2024 By Chris Cabel In Megaport
With our latest enablements, you can use ExpressRoute Metro and Megaport to reduce downtime, improve latency, and protect your bottom line. Downtime. Sunken costs. Missed deadlines. Compromised data. Poor latency. All of these problems have one thing in common (besides the fact that they strike fear in the hearts of network architects) – they’re consequences of a network with poor resiliency.
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auvik

What Are Network Protocols and How Do They Work?

Sep 16, 2024 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
As our world becomes more connected through the internet and networking, it’s important to understand how devices communicate with each other via network protocols. So what are network protocols? In essence, network protocols are established sets of rules that determine how data is transmitted between different devices on a network. They provide common languages that allow devices to exchange information reliably, regardless of differences in their internal structures, processes, or standards.
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broadcom

Streamline Your Maintenance Modes: Automate DX UIM with UIMAPI

Sep 16, 2024 By Steve D'Arcy In Broadcom
The UIMAPI is a RESTful API that allows you to perform almost any action in your DX UIM environment programmatically. The Swagger front-end serves as a guide, enabling you to execute REST endpoints manually, but many customers prefer to automate these actions using a program.
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broadcom

Introducing The eBPF Agent: A New, No-Code Approach for Cloud-Native Observability

Sep 16, 2024 By Ravina Khanna In Broadcom
Microservices architecture has become a dominant approach for building scalable, resilient, and flexible applications. However, monitoring these microservices presents unique challenges due to their distributed nature, fixed or limited resources, enterprise scale, and the dynamic nature of environments, such as Kubernetes clusters. The result is that in-process application agents often introduce significant overhead because they rely on intrusive instrumentation and frequent polling.
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broadcom

Broadcom's Vision for Network Observability

Sep 16, 2024 By Sean Armstrong In Broadcom
The performance monitoring industry has been using the word “observability” to a lot of different ends lately. While the trend towards more visibility into services is a good one, it’s also based on a need we see from customers on a day-to-day basis. The need to take back control of network visibility is strong in the face of complexity that has been rapidly increasing for years.
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Teneo

I Have SD-WAN, Do I Just Need SSE Security for the Branch?

Sep 13, 2024 By Teneo In Teneo
As businesses increasingly adopt Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions to enhance connectivity and performance across their branch offices, a common question arises: “Do I just need Security Service Edge (SSE) security for the branch?” The answer is a resounding “no”. While SSE provides essential security features, it is not sufficient on its own.
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What is Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) & How It Works | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Sep 13, 2024 By Obkio In Obkio
In this video, we’re looking at the “Network Performance” tab in Obkio’s Network Performance Monitoring App. This tab displays the number of Monitoring Sessions currently configured in your Obkio account. Learn how to use Network Performance Monitoring in Obkio's app to monitor end-to-end network performance using network metrics to identify performance issues and improve the user experience.
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megaport

Executives, Here's What Your Network Team Wants You to Know

Sep 12, 2024 By Mark Austen In Megaport
Understanding and aligning to the needs of your network team can unlock a more profitable, efficient, and sustainable business. Network and IT teams are part of the success of your organization. They keep your critical applications running smoothly and protect your data from threats, all while flying under the radar.
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Kentik

Optimizing Cloud Networks: The Strategic Approach to Eliminating Suboptimal Routing

Sep 12, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In this post, we look at optimizing cloud network routing to avoid suboptimal paths that increase latency, round-trip times, or costs. To mitigate this, we can adjust routing policies, strategically distributing resources, AWS Direct Connects, and by leveraging observability tools to monitor performance and costs, enabling informed decisions that balance performance with budget.
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broadcom

Three Ways AppNeta Enables End-to-End Visibility for VMware VeloCloud

Sep 12, 2024 By Yann Guernion In Broadcom
SD-WAN has revolutionized how organizations optimize network performance and enhance connectivity across geographically dispersed locations. However, to fully capitalize on the benefits of SD-WAN, it is crucial organizations implement robust operational and monitoring practices. This is especially important given the growing operational and security challenges associated with the rising popularity of cloud-based services and SaaS applications.
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obkio

Top 10 Reasons for LAN Congestion: How to Identify and Troubleshoot Them

Sep 12, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio
As an IT professional or network administrator, you understand the critical importance of maintaining a smooth and efficient network. LAN congestion can be a silent disruptor, causing significant slowdowns and affecting the productivity of your entire team. Imagine trying to navigate through a traffic jam on your way to an important meeting – frustrating, isn't it? This is precisely what LAN congestion feels like for your network.
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anodot

Everything You Need to Know About Azure Bandwidth Pricing: Azure Data Transfer Costs 101

Sep 11, 2024 By David Drai In Anodot
Why are Azure cloud costs such a head scratcher? A big factor is not knowing the main driver that causes your monthly bills to fluctuate. We might know the culprit behind your cloud costs— it’s almost always data transfer costs or changes to Azure bandwidth pricing. We’ll give you the insider scoop so you can demystify your cloud budget and properly prepare yourself for your monthly Azure bill. Table of Contents Toggle.
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mattermost

Investigating TCP timeouts at scale

Sep 11, 2024 By Claudio Costa In Mattermost
At Mattermost, we’re on a quest to scale our application by one order of magnitude, from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of concurrently active users per installation. Scaling up is a complex effort involving expertise at several different levels. At its core, it’s a game of catching the next bottleneck — whether it’s application CPU usage, memory consumption, database throughput, networking, or any combination of the above (among other causes as well).
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opsmatters

6 Ways to Protect Your API Against Attacks

Sep 11, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
When configured correctly, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) enable seamless data exchanges across platforms, assisting with cross-app integrations and making microservices possible. As APIs have become integral in modern applications, we as developers must learn how to protect them against impending threats. The State of API Security report found that 74% of respondents have experienced at least three API-related breaches since 2021, so the threat here is very real.
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obkio

What is Network Monitoring? Everything You Need to Know About, What It Is & How It Works

Sep 10, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio
' Whether you’re a seasoned IT professional or just beginning to explore the intricacies of network monitoring, you may have heard about "Network Monitoring" and how important it is to ensure that your network, and all its related applications, services and devices, are working as they should be.
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InvGate

CVE-2024-20359: Understanding And Detecting the Vulnerability

Sep 10, 2024 By Ignacio Graglia In InvGate
In today’s digital world, organizations face a constant threat from cybersecurity vulnerabilities. One critical vulnerability that demands attention is CVE-2024-20359, which can impact multiple systems, including Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software.
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resolve

Boosting Telecom Efficiency and Cutting Costs with Network Automation

Sep 10, 2024 By Ari Stowe In Resolve
In today’s fast-evolving technological landscape, the telecommunications sector faces both exciting opportunities and significant challenges. With the ongoing need to build, maintain, and upgrade digital communication infrastructures, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are under pressure to make strategic decisions that will shape the future of connectivity.
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haproxy

Announcing HAProxy Data Plane API 3.0

Sep 10, 2024 By Marko Juraga In HAProxy
HAProxy Data Plane API 3.0 is now available! The latest version is hosted on our GitHub releases page. This release follows the recent HAProxy 3.0 release and incorporates its changes, along with some improvements and changes specific to the API. HAProxy Data Plane 3.0 adds multiple breaking changes. We'll cover the impacts of these changes in detail to highlight how your implementation and usage of Data Plane API may be affected.
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console connect

What's new with Oracle Cloud for 2024

Sep 9, 2024 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
As we approach Oracle CloudWorld - a three-day event focused on cloud innovation, automation, and AI, where attendees can learn and network - we take a look at the innovation and growth Oracle Cloud has embarked on this year. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has experienced notable growth in fiscal year 2024. According to Oracle’s Q4 results, Cloud Revenue (IaaS plus SaaS) reached $5.3 billion, marking a 20% increase in both USD and constant currency.
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auvik

What is an MSP? A Beginner's Guide to Outsourced IT

Sep 9, 2024 By Justin Ong In Auvik
Picture a calm Tuesday morning at the office. You login to your desktop, ready to tackle the week, when suddenly the screen goes blank. The IT systems are down—your heartbeat just skipped a beat. Now picture an alternate scenario where before you even realize there’s a problem, it’s already being solved. This isn’t just wishful thinking—it’s the reality for businesses that partner with a Managed Service Provider (MSP).
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auvik

MSP Networking: Definitions, Insights and Strategies

Sep 9, 2024 By Nolan Greene In Auvik
Staying on top of client networks is no walk in the park for MSPs these days. With the growing reliance on cloud apps, distributed workforces, and constant technology changes, network environments have become exponentially more complex. Without rock-solid network management practices, disruptions and plummeting productivity become inevitable for clients. This makes it more crucial than ever for MSPs to level up their networking game.
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coralogix

3-Click Indexless Network Monitoring: AWS & Coralogix

Sep 8, 2024 By Chris Cooney In Coralogix
Network infrastructure is the hidden glue between servers. In AWS, it takes skill, knowledge and experience to build a network that can be monitored, will perform and is secure. A key source of information to determine the health of a network is the logs, but network logs suffer from a serious problem. They’re noisy, and they’re often difficult to parse, but by leveraging indexless observability, Coralogix customers can drive insights from data that would previously have been untouchable.
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opsmatters

A Comprehensive Review of the Cisco Meraki MX84: Is It Right for Your Business?

Sep 8, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The Cisco Meraki MX84 is a next-generation security appliance designed to cater to small and medium-sized businesses. This cloud-managed device promises a variety of features aimed at improving security, connectivity, and ease of management. But is it really worth the investment? In this review, we'll explore its key features, pricing, performance, and whether it's the right fit for your business. If you're considering purchasing the device, don't forget to also evaluate the Meraki MX84 License, which is required to unlock its full potential.
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InvGate

What is a Node in Networking? Functions and Types

Sep 6, 2024 By Ignacio Graglia In InvGate
In the world of networking, the word "node" is fundamental, yet it can often be misunderstood. Whether you’re setting up a simple home network or managing a complex enterprise IT infrastructure, understanding what a node is, its role, and how it functions is essential. Nodes are the building blocks of any network, allowing devices to communicate, share resources, and operate efficiently. As networks evolve, so does the concept of a node.
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flowmon

Machine Learning and AI Explained

Sep 6, 2024 By Filip Cerny In Flowmon
There is no escaping the discussion about how machine learning (ML) and AI systems will revolutionize how people and industries work. Most of this discussion needs to be revised, as companies are still evaluating how AI systems (typically Large Language Model (LLM) systems like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude and others) enhance worker productivity and deliver business benefits. Cybersecurity is one sector where extensive use of AI-enhanced solutions is common.
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broadcom

CrowdStrike: Are Regulations Failing to Ensure Continuity of Essential Services?

Sep 6, 2024 By Jordi Gascón In Broadcom
In recent years, regulations have been enacted that intend to ensure the continuity of essential services and mitigate security and availability risks. These regulations include the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and Network and Information Systems Regulations (NIS Regulations). In light of the recent incident involving CrowdStrike's Falcon system, it is legitimate to ask whether these regulations are truly effective.
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What is Internet Stack Map?

Sep 6, 2024 By Catchpoint In Catchpoint
To understand, optimize and ensure application reliability, you must look beyond just the code only from the cloud. Internet Performance Monitoring gives you visibility into the Internet stack from DNS latency to ISP performance to API response times. Catchpoint Internet Stack Map is the world's first live visual dashboard, providing true end to end monitoring for everything impacting applications and user experience.
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obkio

Network Bandwidth vs. Capacity: What's Slowing Down Your Network?

Sep 5, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio
Understanding network performance can be a challenge, especially when certain terms are frequently discussed but often misunderstood. For many, the concepts of network bandwidth and capacity are at the forefront of any networking conversation. These terms are commonly used, and their significance is often highlighted in network performance discussions. However, they are just pieces of a much larger puzzle – one that this article will help you realize.
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How to Sell Security with N-able Head Nerd Stefanie Hammond

Sep 5, 2024 By N-able In N-able
In this episode, Stefanie Hammond, N-able Head Nerd for Sales and Marketing, talks to Pete Roythorne about her new Selling Security Digital Playbook—Defend and Prosper: Maximizing the Cybersecurity Opportunity—which focuses on giving MSPs a step-by-step guide to building, pricing, marketing, and selling security services. During this conversation she emphasizes the importance of understanding the target market and their needs, as well as the value of bundling security services instead of selling them as individual tools.
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ribbon

Connecting in the Heartland: A Journey with Our Rural Customers

Sep 5, 2024 By Joni Roberts In Ribbon
One of the highlights of my summer is a trip I took to visit some of our rural customers as part of a larger customer appreciation tour other members of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and I embarked on. Independent service providers hold a unique place in the telecom ecosystem, often forming the backbone of their communities, and this was a wonderful way for us to connect on a personal level.
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site24x7

The unknown threats: Understanding network outages and preventing them

Sep 5, 2024 By Rama Venkatesan In Site24x7
This is closely followed by failures attributed to third-party network providers.. In the context of our digitally connected world, experiencing a network outage can severely disrupt business operations. The sudden loss of communication and connectivity isn't merely an inconvenience; it can evolve into significant financial and reputational damage for companies. It's vital for businesses to grasp the reasons behind network outages and the potential impacts.
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broadcom

Enhancing Operational Efficiency with DX NetOps Integrations

Sep 5, 2024 By Nestor Falcon Gonzalez In Broadcom
In many organizations, network teams are experiencing a significant skills shortage. The network operations center (NOC) requires expertise in various emerging technologies, which makes it increasingly challenging to find qualified candidates with the right skills. A recent survey revealed that in 2022, only 26% of companies found it somewhat to very difficult to hire networking professionals. By 2024, this figure had risen to 41%.
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megaport

Easy Ways to Interconnect Your Network

Sep 4, 2024 By Gary Taylor In Megaport
In 2024, an interconnected network is a must-have. Here’s how to get one and supercharge your business operations. Globally distributed networks, remote workforces, multicloud architectures – all of these setups have something important in common (besides the fact they’re the norm now). They all leverage multiples to maximize business benefits. Multiple locations, multiple endpoint types, multiple cloud providers.
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haproxy

Easily Remove Existing HAProxy Connections Made via Client Authentication

Sep 4, 2024 By Nathan Wehrman In HAProxy
Most load balancers only check a client certificate when the client first connects. However, this can be problematic if a client stays connected for an extended period of time. Staying connected would allow clients to continually send and receive data. Imagine you have an employee whose certificate and key were stolen by an adversary. If you are using TLS client authentication, that adversary can connect to your infrastructure and maintain illegal access.
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broadcom

Step-by-Step Guide to Integrating AppNeta with Grafana via API

Sep 4, 2024 By Craig Stone In Broadcom
AppNeta comes pre-loaded with a number of powerful dashboards and reports so you can quickly and easily understand your network performance. But what if your team uses Grafana to visualize its network operation monitoring data? Simple—just set up a connection between AppNeta’s API and Grafana. You’ll be able to visualize all your networking data in one place. This article is a step-by-step guide to set up a connection between AppNeta and Grafana using AppNeta’s API.
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catchpoint

The Need for Speed: Highlights from IBM and Catchpoint's Global DNS Performance Study

Sep 3, 2024 By Denton Chikura In Catchpoint
Despite DNS being the backbone of Internet connectivity, reliable metrics for benchmarking DNS performance are surprisingly scarce. This gap often leaves IT teams navigating in the dark, unable to effectively gauge how their DNS configurations stack up against industry standards. To address this pressing need, Catchpoint worked with IBM NS1 Connect to provide a clear, data-driven picture of DNS performance.
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Kentik

Understanding Network Traffic Blockages in AWS

Sep 3, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In this post, explore the challenges of diagnosing network traffic blockages in AWS due to the complex and dynamic nature of cloud networks. Learn how Kentik addresses these issues by integrating AWS flow data, metrics, and security policies into a single view, allowing engineers to quickly identify the source of blockages enhancing visibility and speeding up the resolution process.
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broadcom

Introducing a New, Zero-Touch Way to Manage Your DX NetOps Upgrades

Sep 3, 2024 By Saurabh Sharma In Broadcom
For every customer who has an existing DX NetOps solution deployed, an upgrade can be a daunting task. Even for seasoned administrators, the process of logging into each box, running the pre-checks, and then executing the installers can be tedious. With the solution’s support for zero-touch administration (ZTA), the effort becomes easier. Now, you can plan, test, and then finally upgrade your deployment versions in one session.
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broadcom

With AppNeta, ResultsCX Decreases Network Performance Triage Time by 90%

Sep 3, 2024 By Alec Pinkham In Broadcom
In order to deliver its differentiated, boutique level of customer care services, the team at ResultsCX has had to navigate some challenges in recent years that teams in many organizations can relate to. The organization relies extensively and constantly on its network connections—and outages and poor performance can be a big problem. This post offers an introduction to the challenges the company was facing, and it reveals how AppNeta by Broadcom delivered the solution they needed.
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obkio

What Are Network Packet Drops & How to Measure Them

Sep 3, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio
Imagine you’re in the middle of a phone call, and suddenly, the conversation cuts out for a moment. You miss a word, a sentence, or even an entire part of the discussion. It’s frustrating, right? This interruption is similar to what happens in a network when data packets are dropped and fail to reach their destination. These interruptions are known as network packet drops.
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