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Cribl and Cloudflare give you full network visibility with real time telemetry

Glenn Block explains how the new Cloudflare source and R2 destination in Cribl Stream lets you ingest WAF, DNS, and Zero Trust logs for full visibility and real time intelligence. Better security, better performance, and lower cost for modern IT and security teams.

Shift Happens: How to Make Your ITSM Incidentally Awesome

A modern service desk goes far beyond basic ticketing, serving as the central engine for IT operations. This THWACKcamp session from SolarWinds Day reveals how to streamline and standardize ITSM workflows, transforming the service desk into a strategic asset that eliminates administrative headaches. SolarWinds Sr. PMM Lauren Okruch and THWACK MVP Jeremy Mayfield, Director of IT at National Sugar Marketing, explore how modern service desks go beyond ticketing to become the hub of IT operations.

You've Found the Waste In Your Network Operations. Now What?

In a previous blog, we looked at your network operations through the lens of lean principles. We exposed the seven wastes that quietly drain your budget and burn out your teams. This constant cycle of reactive firefighting comes with a steep price. We outlined a concept in quality management known as the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), the total financial impact of wasted engineering hours, lost user productivity, and business risk.

5 Network Issues That Affect Remote Offices (Not HQ)

Your headquarters runs flawlessly. Zero network complaints. But your remote offices? Constant connectivity problems, dropped video calls, and frustrated employees filing help desk tickets you can't solve. Remote offices experience 3x more network issues than headquarters, yet most of the IT teams have zero visibility into what's actually failing.

Configuring an Internet Connection for a Cloud-Hosted Environment

Part 2 in our series on Here’s What a Network Needs After a Cloud Migration. Part 1 looked at how to redesign the LAN. When a company’s application infrastructure moves to the cloud, a reliable Internet connection becomes mandatory. Hiccups in Internet service that might have been an inconvenience when apps were in-house now grind the business to a halt. Unfortunately, the Internet link happens to be the single least reliable element in an IT infrastructure.

Here's What a Network Needs After a Cloud Migration

By now, most organizations have realized the benefits of moving some, most, or all of their business applications to the cloud. The cloud typically offers better security and performance, at a lower price, than housing resources on-premises. You may have helped them in that migration or you may have been hired after it was complete. Either way, a client with cloud hosting has different network requirements than one whose infrastructure is primarily on-premises.

What's Next for NaaS? Top Trends for 2026

Learn how private connectivity, regional hubs, and AI-driven automation are defining the next evolution of enterprise networking in 2026. 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for networking. We’re moving past the ideas of being simply connected – now, networks are becoming intelligent. As we see our customers lean into AI, multicloud, and automation in every corner of their operations, the way they connect everything is changing just as fast.

KubeCon NA 2025: Universal Mesh, federation, and the end of the "mesh tax"

At KubeCon, we asked a simple question at our booth: "How much is your service mesh costing you?" The answers were eye-opening. Engineers shared stories of 40% resource overhead, multi-second latency spikes during peak traffic, and infrastructure bills that had nearly doubled since mesh adoption. One architect told us they were spending more time managing their mesh than building features.