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Network Path Monitoring: How to Monitor Network Paths
Your users are complaining about slow application performance. Your monitoring dashboard shows all devices are green, routers operational, switches functioning, and bandwidth utilization is normal. Yet something is clearly wrong. The problem isn't your equipment; it's the path between your users and their destinations. This is where network path monitoring comes in.
Peer Story: How IT-Security Convergence Drove Real-World Results | Omega Systems Webinar
In this recorded webinar, hear directly from the Manager of Security and Technology at Omega Systems, who successfully unified IT and security operations to work faster, smarter, and with less risk.
This Halloween, the Scariest Monsters Are in Your Network
In the spirit of Halloween, let's talk about monsters. Not the kind that hide under your bed, but the ones that live inside your network infrastructure. For those responsible for keeping the lights on, these creatures aren't fictional; they are a daily reality. Your environment can feel like an episode from the Real Ghostbusters, teeming with things that snarl, bite, and cause chaos at the worst possible moments. Forget silver bullets; trying to fight them one by one is a losing battle.
A third of IT pros haunted by "user error"
SolarWinds survey reveals the most common 'IT crime scenes' this Halloween.
The Future of Network Configuration Management is Unified, Not Uncertain
Since VMware joined Broadcom, there’s been some speculation in the industry about the future of Voyence, VMware's trusted network configuration management (NCM) solution. We want to address that speculation directly and share some exciting news.
Whose Fault Is It When the Cloud Fails? Does It Matter?
On Monday, October 20th, a significant portion of the digital services we use every day became inaccessible. For hours, banking, communication, and entertainment applications were unavailable. The root cause was later identified as a major outage within Amazon Web Services (AWS), the infrastructure that powers a vast number of online services. The initial response for any business affected by such an event is a frantic effort to diagnose the problem. Is it our application? Is our network down?
Your Root Cause Analysis is Flawed by Design
There’s a nagging feeling of déjà vu that haunts every network operations leader. You invest significant time and resources to resolve a major performance issue. Your best engineers isolate a culprit—a misbehaving load balancer, perhaps—and after a frantic effort, service is restored. You close the ticket, confident the problem is solved. Then, two weeks later, it’s back.
SolarWinds Day Keynote: The Future of IT Has Arrived
Get a front-row seat to the future of IT operations — powered by AI, automation, and full-stack observability. During the SolarWinds Day Keynote, on October 8, we unveiled our latest innovations in AI and automation for predictive insights and end-to-end visibility. Discover how these advancements empower IT teams to optimize performance, streamline ITSM, and simplify database management—all without disrupting existing systems.
The Business Owner's Guide to Enterprise Internet Solutions (Without the Tech Headache)
Let's be honest: most business owners don't wake up thinking, "Today's the day I dive deep into internet infrastructure." But when your teams are freezing on Zoom, cloud apps are glitching, or your guest Wi-Fi crashes during an event-suddenly, internet becomes the star of the show. Whether you're scaling your enterprise, opening new offices, or just trying to keep your IT team from tearing their hair out, choosing the right internet setup is critical. That's where WOW! enterprise internet solutions (and other top-tier setups) come into play.
Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit
AI in networking isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s here, reshaping how we operate. At the ONUG AI Networking Summit, we saw firsthand how agent systems are moving from hype to hands-on reality, from secure automation to data-driven root cause analysis. The future of NetOps isn’t dashboards and tickets — it’s intelligent agents, observability, and measurable business outcomes.
Comparing Ways to Connect to AWS
Not sure how to connect to this leading cloud provider? Compare options to pick the best one for your business. Curious about Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the best ways to connect? AWS is a hybrid cloud provider with customized, scalable, cloud-based packages. These encompass: Whether you’re part of a multinational corporation or a small startup, you can choose among various AWS services to meet your needs.
How to Choose the Right Network Monitoring Tool for Your IT Team - Complete Guide
Every IT team faces the same challenge — finding a network monitoring tool that offers clarity, not complexity. That’s where Infraon NMS steps in. In this video, we show how Infraon NMS helps IT teams move beyond alert fatigue and fragmented dashboards with a single, unified platform built for modern IT environments.
Webinar Snippet: How to Use Obkio's Network Map (Visual Traceroutes)
Obkio recently launched the brand new Visual Traceroute Tool. In this snippet from our feature release webinar, Solution Architect, Sam, dives into Network Maps and shows you how to read and interpret the visual data to quickly identify network bottlenecks and performance issues. Learn how to leverage the map view to understand your network topology, spot problematic hops, and make faster troubleshooting decisions with visual context.
Webinar Snippet: How to Add Obkio's Visual Traceroutes in A Dashboard
Obkio recently launched the brand-new Visual Traceroute Tool. In this snippet from the feature release webinar, Solution Architect, Sam, shows you how to integrate Visual Traceroutes directly into your custom dashboards for even more powerful network visibility. See how easy it is to add traceroute widgets to your monitoring dashboards, giving your team instant access to hop-by-hop analysis alongside your other key graphs and network metrics.
Webinar Snippet: How to Use Obkio's Visual Traceroutes
Obkio recently launched the brand new Visual Traceroute Tool. In this snippet from the feature release webinar, Solution Architect, Sam, demonstrates how to use Obkio's integrated Visual Traceroutes in Monitoring Sessions. Watch as he walks through the timeline feature, hop-by-hop visualization, and path change detection, all designed to help you identify exactly where and when network issues occur.
WhatsUp Gold System Health and Scaling
This video describes the importance of your WhatsUp Gold system health and the signs that it may be time to scale your system. You also learn about the actions you can take to scale and optimize your WhatsUp Gold deployment.
Observability Masterclass | AI-Driven Observability for Enhanced System Performance
Tuesday, October 28, 10:00 - 11:00am CDT In today’s relentless digital world, achieving peak system performance isn’t just a goal—it’s mission-critical. Join SolarWinds and GigaOm for an electrifying webcast featuring renowned Observability authority Jon Collins, VP of Engagement and Field CTO at GigaOm.
What's New in Cove 25.10 - Limited Tech Previews, FIPS 140-3 Compliance for Servers and Workstations
From Critical Configuration Changes and In-Place Archive entering Limited Tech Preview to FIPS 140-3 compliance for servers and workstations—join Eric Harless, Head Nerd for Cove, as he unveils the Cove 25.10 release.
Auvik Named a Leader Across G2's Fall 2025 Reports for Network Management
In G2’s Fall 2025 reports, Auvik earned top recognition as a leader in network management tools across small-business, mid-market, and enterprise categories. IT professionals rated Auvik highly for implementation, usability, results, relationship, and overall Grid® performance, reflecting one thing above all: real-world trust from the IT professionals who use Auvik every day.
Demystifying WMI Permissions
Network administrators are always seeking to gain a deeper understanding of their Windows-based environments. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) enables their network monitoring tools to access system information, manage configurations and automate tasks. It provides a vital role in network monitoring by providing a standardized interface for querying and controlling system components. A complex set of permissions governs WMI access.
Announcing HAProxy ALOHA 17.5
HAProxy ALOHA 17.5 is now available. This release delivers powerful new capabilities that improve security and performance — while future-proofing HAProxy ALOHA to enable richer features and advanced functionality. With this release, we’re introducing HTTPS health checks to Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), new partitioning for larger firmware updates, enhanced web application firewall (WAF) functionality, and our new Threat Detection Engine (TDE).
Build Tasks for Network Devices Faster with Code Assistance and Puppet Edge
Whether you are an all-in vibe coder or AI skeptic, you probably know that most software developers are now incorporating AI into their day-to-day process.
C15 Roadmap & Release 22
We’re excited to launch Release 22—our most advanced update yet. It delivers smarter controls, deeper customization, and long-term reliability. Key improvements include enhanced handling of TTY messages with Wireshark support, flexible call history recording, new Stir/Shaken override options for better traceability, and real-time call limit tracking with an upgraded interface. Plus, starting March 25, 2026, SIP code 603+ will notify callers when calls are blocked due to analytics, in line with FCC regulations.
Beyond the Horizon: AI vs Cybercrime - How Generative Tech is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape
In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity with two industry veterans: Nicole Reineke, Senior Distinguished Product Leader and AI strategist, and Will Ledesma Director of N-able’s MDR team. Together, they explore how generative AI is transforming phishing attacks, why trust remains the ultimate defence, and what organisations can do to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats.
How to Escape Legacy Monitoring (and Thrive in the Era of AI Networks)
The network has transformed dramatically. Hybrid cloud architectures and AI-powered infrastructure seem to expand in scale and complexity every day. But legacy tools to monitor and observe these networks have not kept up.
The Network Engineers You Can't Hire? They Already Work for You
In my conversations about managing large, complex networks, one topic is now constant. The issue isn't budgets or new technology; it's about personnel. Specifically, it's the increasing difficulty of finding and retaining skilled professionals. If you are feeling this pressure, you are not alone. The search for technical talent is a universal challenge.
What's New in Network Observability for Fall 2025
As your partner in network observability, we’ve worked together to help you manage an increasingly complex digital landscape. You’ve built a powerful monitoring foundation, but the pace of change doesn’t slow down. Your network continues to expand across hybrid clouds and multi-vendor SD-WAN, and the demands on your team grow with it.
Your network isn't infrastructure anymore. It's a product.
In my last blog, I’ve discussed a common problem: metrics like mean time to resolution (MTTR) mean nothing to business leaders. Celebrating a faster fix for an outage that still cost the company thousands in lost sales is a conversation that goes nowhere. You might as well be speaking a different language.
GenAI significantly drops incident response time for ITSM teams, new SolarWinds report reveals
Findings show an average of nearly 5 hours of time can be saved per incident using ITSM operations with GenAI.
When to Use BGP, VXLAN, or IP-in-IP: A Practical Guide for Kubernetes Networking
When deploying a Kubernetes cluster, a critical architectural decision is how pods on different nodes communicate. The choice of networking mode directly impacts performance, scalability, and operational overhead. Selecting the wrong mode for your environment can lead to persistent performance issues, troubleshooting complexity, and scalability bottlenecks. The core problem is that pod IPs are virtual.
Traceroute vs. Ping: When to Use Each
Let’s talk about the most fundamental network diagnostic tools: ping and traceroute. These command-line utilities have been the backbone of network troubleshooting for decades, yet many IT professionals struggle to use them in the right context. Knowing which tool to use (and when) can mean the difference between a five-minute fix and hours of frustration. While both ping and traceroute help diagnose network connectivity issues, they serve distinctly different purposes.
Network Monitoring for Data Centers
Kentik NMS (Network Monitoring System), part of the Kentik Network Intelligence Platform, brings true visibility and context to network operations. See how device metrics, traffic data, and application insights come together to eliminate blind spots—so your critical workloads, like AI training and inference, run smoothly and reliably.
What is Open Telemetry? The Future Is Here
Watch SolarWinds tech evangelist, Sascha Giese, dive into OpenTelemetry (OTel) and explain why a vendor-agnostic standard is the future of observability and application performance monitoring (APM). If you’ve ever wondered, what is OpenTelemetry? Sascha’s presentation is a great start or restart to diving back into the topic.
SOC vs. the Clock: The New Cybersecurity Frontlines
Cloud attacks now account for over half of all threats — and most businesses still aren’t ready. In this conversation, Scott from N-able and Zac from First Technology Group unpack the latest SOC threat intelligence, the rise of AI in cyber defence, and why layered security is more critical than ever. What you’ll learn: If you manage IT, security, or risk, this is your insider’s view into what’s coming — and how to prepare.
Announcing HAProxy Enterprise 3.2
HAProxy Enterprise 3.2 is a pivotal release that reinforces the product’s identity as both the world’s fastest software load balancer and a sophisticated edge security layer. This release brings next-generation security intelligence, extends its industry-leading performance, and expands the native routing and integration capabilities in HAProxy Enterprise.
Microsoft Teams Troubleshooting for Teams Performance and Connection Issues
How many times has this happened? You're on a Microsoft Teams call, and your call disconnects, lags or freezes. so you go to Google to look up how to solve the problem. Well look no further! If you're using Microsoft Teams, there are proven ways to troubleshoot those pesky performance and connection issues that are putting a damper on your team's collaboration.
The Hidden Barrier to Network Automation Isn't Your AI - It's Your Data
For years, the promise of AI-driven network automation has loomed large. Vendors and analysts alike have painted a future where autonomous operations handle outages before they happen, root causes are explained instantly, and teams finally escape the endless cycle of alerts, tickets, and manual troubleshooting. But in practice, most automation initiatives stall long before they reach that vision.
Introducing Obkio's Visual Traceroute Tool
Introducing Obkio's New Visual Traceroute: See Your Network Issues, Not Just Hops After years of evolution, we're launching the most advanced Visual Traceroute we've ever built, now fully integrated into the Obkio app. The Journey: What's New:✓ Fully integrated visual network mapping✓ Historical timeline that actually remembers✓ Correlated with Network Performance and SNMP data✓ No extra setup required✓ See the complete story of network issues, not just individual hops.
Frictionless Monitoring: Why IT Teams Are Choosing Progress WhatsUp Gold Over SolarWinds
In this webinar, you’ll learn how WhatsUp Gold helps IT teams.
What is an Anycast network and how does it help handle high volume network traffic and effective query resolution?
When an organizations' DNS authoritative server faces high volume of network traffic from multiple client devices, they would need more than one DNS server to handle them. But manually routing the network queries to each DNS server in the network would be a tedious job for the network admins. And in turn, this would slow down the network service responses, leading to multiple delays and disruptions.
ISP Monitoring Explained: How to Measure, Manage, and Improve Internet Performance
Reliable internet connectivity isn’t a convenience. It’s mission-critical infrastructure for modern organizations. Every organization today depends on high-speed, reliable internet access for daily operations—from cloud collaboration and data transfer to streaming, remote work, and customer engagement. As digital transformation accelerates, the rise of AI, large language models (LLMs), IoT, and device sprawl has massively increased bandwidth demand and network complexity.
Automating Network Devices with NETCONF and YANG in Puppet Edge
Infrastructure teams manage not only servers and cloud resources, but also complex network environments. Routers, switches, and firewalls…often from multiple vendors with many models and versions. The devices require a consistent configuration and strict compliance enforcement to meet enterprise requirements.
Network Diagnostic Tools: What They Are, What They Do, and Why Network Pros Need Them
If you’ve ever been the “network person” in the room, you know how it goes: the moment something slows down or disconnects, everyone looks at you. The pressure’s on, and you need answers fast. Is it the Wi-Fi? The ISP? A misconfigured switch? Or maybe that new cloud app is hogging bandwidth? That’s where network diagnostic tools come in.
Network Intelligence in the AI Era #network #networktraffic
Transform your network strategy from guesswork to data-driven. In this session, you'll learn how to: Build a peering & transit strategy that cuts costs. Model real connectivity costs per customer. Use dashboards to improve margins and renewals. Ask natural-language questions with Kentik AI. Join experts from Kentik, NetMavens, and Seaborn Networks, hosted by Capacity Media, to align your network reality with your commercial goals.
CIDR blocks vs. IP ranges: Aligning network discovery with business value
At every turn, IT leaders are required to prove the value of every technology investment. Technology business management (TBM) practices encourage connecting tech spend directly to business outcomes, demanding accurate data about what’s in your network and how it supports the organization.
How to Generate a WUG MD Report | WhatsUp Gold
Watch this video to learn how to generate a WUG MD file for WhatsUp Gold support and troubleshooting purposes.
Console Connect strengthens Google Cloud connectivity with new global locations
Console Connect has expanded its cloud ecosystem with four additional Google Cloud locations, bringing our total to 69 locations worldwide. This growth across three continents gives customers even more options to directly and securely connect to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) from strategic data centre hubs in key international markets, helping enterprises simplify and scale their direct access to GCP wherever they operate. New GCP locations include.
Kentik in Motion: Unlocking the Power of Data Explorer
Kentik Data Explorer is the heart of Kentik, where raw network telemetry is transformed into actionable insights. Yet many users don’t realize just how much they can do with it, or how Data Explorer connects to other parts of the Kentik platform. In this session, we walk through the fundamentals of using Data Explorer effectively, provide real-world examples, and highlight how it ties into workflows such as alerting, dashboards, and troubleshooting.
Obkio's Visual Traceroute Tool: Feature Release
Today, Obkio’s Network Performance Monitoring solution is announcing the release of our all-new Visual Traceroute Tool integrated into Obkio’s application. This feature is a re-invention of Obkio’s standalone Visual Traceroute Tool (Obkio Vision), and has been transformed to help users better understand network path performance and the source of network issues.
Security Built In: N-central Unifies IT and Cyber Resilience
N-able Solutions Engineer Andrew Losi walks through N-central’s critical role in building cyber resilience for your business through powerful tools and features that help you monitor, manage, and protect your environments.
N-sight Quarterly Roundup - Q3 FY25
Hear from Mike Adler, Chief Technical Office and Chief Product Officer at N-able, about the latest enhancements to N-sight, like new Asset Metrics and Asset Tags in Assets View and enhancements to Vulnerability Management, plus a peak a the near term roadmap.
What Is SolarWinds, And Should You Use It?
Downtime is brutally expensive and damaging. Enterprises can lose about $9,000 every minute systems are down, while smaller businesses lose hundreds of dollars per minute. A single outage can often cost over $100,000, and nearly a third of companies lose customers due to downtime. That’s why many organizations turn to platforms like SolarWinds to maintain reliable systems and minimize the risk of costly disruptions.
The DIY Warning | Unlocking SD-WAN's True Role in Your Digital Transformation
Thinking about a DIY SD-WAN? Before you do, consider the hidden costs: 24/7 operational overhead, evolving security threats, and complex compliance regulations. In this clip, our experts break down why many enterprises are choosing managed SD-WAN services to avoid these pitfalls and focus on innovation instead of firefighting. Is your network truly secure and scalable?
9 Essential Network Administration Tools
Network administration has become more complex than ever. IT professionals are tasked with managing sprawling infrastructures, maintaining uptime, optimizing performance and defending against increasingly sophisticated security threats. With hybrid environments, cloud integrations and remote workforces, the pressure to maintain seamless connectivity and security is relentless.
N-Central Quarterly Roundup - Q3 FY25
This content may contain forward-looking statements regarding future product plans and development efforts. N-able considers various features and functionality prior to any final generally available release. Information regarding future features and functionality is not and should not be interpreted as a commitment from N-able that it will deliver any specific feature or functionality in the future or, if it delivers such feature or functionality, any time frame when that feature or functionality will be delivered. All information is based upon current product.
Cove Quarterly Roundup - Q3 FY25
In the Q3 roundup, Stefan Voss highlights the team's productivity and focus on cyber resilience. New techniques for detecting backup infrastructure attacks and significant improvements in BCDR processes are introduced, including Bare Metal Recovery automation and smart restore features for Azure. The executive summary reports provide valuable insights and KPIs, showcasing the enhancements in backup processes for Microsoft 365 and Exchange. Plans for future developments include notifications for configuration changes and integration with Halo PSA, setting an optimistic tone for Q4 and beyond.
10 Critical Factors to Consider When Choosing a Colocation Provider
Colocation remains one of the key ways for businesses in Europe and the United States to host their corporate IT infrastructure. Companies place their equipment in a provider's data center to gain industrial-grade reliability, round-the-clock support, and access to high-speed networks - all while maintaining full control over configuration and security.
How to Monitor Microsoft Teams Issues & Fix Microsoft Teams "We're sorry - we've run into an issue"
Welcome to the world of Microsoft Teams! When it comes to video conferencing and messaging, Microsoft Teams is one of the most popular players in the game. When we get error messages like Microsoft Teams “We're sorry—we've run into an issue,” or “something went wrong,” it’s important to have a tool to help monitor and troubleshoot Microsoft Teams performance issues and connection issues.
The Performance & Cloud Pain Point | Unlocking SD-WAN's True Role in Your Digital Transformation
You've invested in high-quality internet, but your cloud apps are still lagging. The problem might not be your connection, but the path your data takes to get there. Discover how SD-WAN intelligently routes traffic to prioritise critical applications, ensuring a seamless user experience for your distributed workforce. Curious about how SD-WAN can address cloud performance challenges?
From SNMP to Modern Telemetry: A network Monitoring Journey
Simple Network Management Protocol (#SNMP) has been a backbone for network management since the 1980s. While it’s still useful for remotely devices, it’s showing its age. This Short takes you through the evolution of SNMP and shows how newer, more efficient methods for collecting network data are changing the game. Learn how to move beyond older protocols and better monitor and manage your modern network environment.
Clarity: Explore Out-of-the-Box Data for Smarter Reporting and Insights
Good reporting starts with the right data — and with Clarity’s Out-of-the-Box Data, the heavy lifting is already done. This hands-on simulation gives you an inside look at Clarity’s built-in data features within the Reporting Workspace. Learn how to use preconfigured data to accelerate reporting, ensure governance, and drive faster insights. Whether you’re new to Clarity or looking to improve reporting efficiency, this video will show you how to build smarter, more reliable reports — without starting from scratch.
Console Connect Ecosystem Update October 2025
In this ecosystem update, we share details of the latest additions to the Console Connect platform. This includes our expansion into Thailand with 13 new enabled data centre locations plus new cloud on-ramps available globally, giving you greater flexibility and choice to connect worldwide. Thailand is one of Asia’s fastest-growing digital hubs.
Stop decision overload: How discovery filters optimize device onboarding for efficient network monitoring
Every network administrator encounters the same question during discovery scans: Should this device be monitored or ignored? Routers are critical, but what about test servers, lab switches, or that aging and unused printer still on the network? Manually deciding for each device creates decision overload and risks overlooking what really matters.
Is It Time to Ditch Your VPS? Here's What Nobody Tells You
Let's be honest - if you're reading this, you've probably been riding the VPS train for a while. It's been good to you. Affordable, flexible, not too demanding. Like that reliable hatchback you drove through college. But now your project's grown. Traffic's up, your app's more complex, and you're starting to feel those little hiccups - slow response times, random crashes, maybe even a few panicked server reboots at 3 a.m. Sound familiar?
SolarWinds launches AI Agent alongside new capabilities to advance autonomous operational resilience
These new offerings will help IT teams cut through complexity and respond faster to shift teams from firefighting to innovation.
Nobody Cares About Your MTTR
I’ve been in those late-night "war room" calls where, after hours of painstaking work, the team finally resolves a critical outage. The dashboards all turn green, a collective sigh of relief is shared, and the next day’s report highlights a victory: Mean time to resolution (MTTR) was reduced by 15% compared to the last major incident. It feels like a win.
Tag(ging)-You're It: How to Leverage AppNeta Monitoring Data for Maximum Insights
Today’s enterprise networks are a far cry from the centralized, predictable infrastructures of the past. Instead, they are sprawling, dynamic ecosystems that stretch across cloud services, SaaS applications, on-premises data centers, distributed branches, and thousands of end users connecting from every imaginable location. This complexity creates a huge challenge for IT and network operations teams: How do you get a clear, real-time view of what’s really happening?
Telemetry Now Teaser: "Tracking the Red Sea Cable Cuts with Kentik's Cloud Latency Map"
Go behind the scenes of a major internet analysis. When the recent Red Sea cable cuts disrupted global connectivity, Kentik's Director of Internet Analysis, Doug Madory, turned to the Cloud Latency Map to track the fallout in real-time. In this clip from the latest Telemetry Now podcast, Doug walks through how he identified the latency spikes and rerouting caused by the damage.
Closing Visibility Gaps in the Modern Data Center
In today’s high-performance data centers, “all green” dashboards can mask catastrophic issues hiding just beneath the surface. If you’re missing the microbursts, hidden oversubscription, and routing imbalances that are devastating application performance, you’re flying blind. Learn how to close these visibility gaps and shift from reactive firefighting to proactive network intelligence.
Autodiscovering new devices added to your network
For large and rapidly evolving environments, minor oversights can snowball into bigger performance and security issues—making logging devices manually unrealistic.
N-sight Monthly Release Roundup August-September 2025
In the latest N-sight update, Brian Mackie highlights new features and upcoming changes. Users can now access detailed device information, including TPM chip data, CPU, memory, and Azure subscription details, along with utilization graphs that track trends over time. A chronological activities log will soon be added, featuring blue screen events and user login/logout information. Additionally, a new tagging feature allows for custom device labels, and enhancements to patch management capabilities are on the way, including support for Linux and Mac devices.
What is API-First Networking?
When you build your network with APIs at its core, you give your business a competitive edge. Here’s how to do it. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become ubiquitous with modern networks for good reason. As companies use more service providers, endpoints, and software platforms, APIs help them get the most possible utility from their data with the least possible effort.
Monitoring Encrypted Network Traffic
How do you spy on a secret message? That's the challenge for network monitoring tools like Suricata today. Encryption is essential for privacy, but it creates massive blind spots for security. Dive into the modern-day cat-and-mouse game of monitoring encrypted traffic. How do you deal with security blind spots in your network?
Zoom Troubleshooting Performance and Connection Issues: The Complete Guide
In an era of remote work and virtual meetings, Zoom has emerged as a lifeline, connecting people across distances and facilitating seamless collaboration. However, like any technological tool, it's not without its fair share of challenges. From occasional performance hiccups to frustrating connection issues, navigating the world of Zoom can sometimes be a daunting task.
How to Perform Ping Tests: Different Tools and Techniques
If you’re a remote worker struggling with video calls, or a gamer noticing lag, a quick Internet ping test using an online ping tester can give you a simple yes/no answer: Is my connection alive, and how fast does it respond?. But if you’re a network admin or IT professional, that’s just scratching the surface. Business networks are more complex beasts.
How to Monitor Zoom Performance & Fix "Zoom Your Internet Connection is Unstable"
Zoom calls have become a staple of modern life, connecting us with friends, family, and colleagues from all over the world. But have you ever experienced the frustration of a laggy, glitchy Zoom call that leaves you feeling like you're in a bad sci-fi movie? Laggy video, packet loss, and jitter make it difficult to have a clear and coherent conversation over Zoom - which is why it’s important to identify these Zoom issues before your next call.
How to Identify Network Bottlenecks: From Snail Mail to Warp Speed
Welcome, network admins and IT pros, to a world where network bottlenecks become nothing more than a distant memory. In an era where the need for speed is paramount, identifying and eliminating network bottlenecks is the key to achieving warp-speed connectivity. Your network is like a bustling metropolis, with data zipping through its veins like cars on a busy highway. But suddenly, the flow slows down to a snail's pace, causing frustration and hindering productivity.
Scheduling discovery jobs for dynamic enterprise networks
Networks have evolved far beyond simple data conduits.They're now the backbone of decentralized digital enterprises, serving as critical channels for information exchange. Modern networks connect dispersed locations and devices, driving performance, security, and cost efficiency. However, decentralization also scatters assets, creates blind spots and increases operational complexity.
The Hidden Cost of Running Cloud-Hosted SD-WAN for IaaS
There are three common ways to connect your branch locations to the cloud. We break down the benefits and limitations of each. Many enterprises are executing a strategy of cloud services first, followed by application modernization – including SD-WAN. Moving toward a cloud-native architecture using containerization, microservices, or serverless architectures like SD-WAN can lower costs over time, increase scalability, reduce development cycles, and speed up time to market.
Understanding NetFlow: The Key to Network Insights
Is your network data CRASHING your database? NetFlow offers incredible insights, but there's a hidden catch: cardinality explosion. Collecting every IP address can overload time-series databases (even VictoriaMetrics!), killing performance. Watch to learn how to tame the data beast! What's the worst 'cardinality explosion' you've ever witnessed?
Why 1% Packet Loss Is the New 100% Outage
For years, you had an unspoken agreement. Your networks were built to be resilient, and your applications were, for the most part, forgiving. You sent emails, transferred files, and backed up data. If a few packets went missing along the way, the protocols would quietly clean up the mess. A little bit of packet loss was just background noise, an expected imperfection in a system that was, by and large, incredibly robust. You could tolerate it.
Middle Mile Networks: What They Are and How to Use Them
Whether it’s streaming video, powering remote work, or supporting smart technologies, the ability to connect local users to the global internet is essential. But behind the scenes, a key infrastructure layer ensures that this digital experience runs smoothly: the middle mile. Middle mile networks serve as the critical bridge between the internet’s backbone and the local networks that deliver service to homes, businesses, and institutions.
A Network Crumb Back Story: A Baker's Dozen Retrospective
Loaf and behold, this retrospective covers nearly 20 years of the Baker’s Dozen style annual ranking of the biggest ASes of the internet. In it we discuss the DFZ, de-peerings, and partitions. It was the yeast we could do.