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From Burnout to Believer: Why Aaron Betts Came Back Stronger

Jul 31, 2025 By N-able In N-able
In this episode of Now That’s IT, Aaron Betts shares his remarkable journey—from launching his first MSP in 2005 and losing it all during the financial crisis, to taking a corporate detour, burning out, and ultimately returning to lead Intelesys as President. Aaron opens up about the hard-earned lessons of entrepreneurship, the shift from break/fix to managed services, and how a life-altering health scare reshaped his leadership style. He shares how he's rebuilding company culture, redefining success, and guiding his MSP toward a $10M vision—all while empowering his team to think bigger.
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manageengine

Building a bulletproof network disaster recovery plan

Jul 30, 2025 By akash.mj@zohocorp.com In ManageEngine
Imagine it’s 2am. A core switch fries because of a sudden power surge. Most of your users wake up to a blank screen. Your team scrambles: Where’s the backup configuration? Who knows the last working state? Hours pass, productivity tanks, support calls flood in, and costs stack up by the minute. This isn’t a theoretical horror story. According to Gartner, the average cost of network downtime still hovers around $5,600 per minute, or over $300,000 per hour.
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Kentik

The Network Impact on Job Completion Time in AI Model Training

Jul 30, 2025 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In large-scale AI model training, network performance is no longer a supporting actor — it’s center stage. Job Completion Time (JCT), the key metric for measuring training efficiency, is heavily influenced by the network interconnecting thousands of GPUs. In this post, learn why JCT matters, how microbursts and GPU synchronization delays inflate it, and how platforms like Kentik give network engineers the visibility and intelligence they need to keep training jobs on schedule.
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broadcom

Is Your "Single Pane of Glass" Leaving You Blind to the Real Problem?

Jul 30, 2025 By Yann Guernion In Broadcom
In the push to simplify IT management, the idea of a single, all-encompassing AIOps platform is certainly appealing. The promise of one dashboard to monitor the entire IT stack—from applications and infrastructure to the network—suggests a world of streamlined operations. This generalist approach aims to provide a broad overview, correlating data from across the business to spot trends and potential issues.
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whatsup gold

5 Notable Examples of Network Maps and Diagrams

Jul 30, 2025 By Greg Collins In WhatsUp Gold
A network map is a visual representation of the devices and connections that make up an IT network. For IT professionals, network maps are essential tools for monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, enhancing security and planning infrastructure upgrades. There are multiple types of network maps, each serving a specific purpose, ranging from physical layout diagrams to cloud-based and security-oriented architectures.
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catchpoint

Diagnosing Wi-Fi failures that traditional tools miss: a case study

Jul 29, 2025 By Payal Chakraborty In Catchpoint
A global airline experienced persistent Google Meet connectivity issues with no apparent network infrastructure faults. While their APM tool offered visibility into network paths, it didn’t surface any local anomalies. Catchpoint’s endpoint monitoring, however, revealed performance degradation specifically on Wi-Fi Channel 44 (5GHz band), where signal strength dropped to -80 dBm compared to optimal ranges of -30 to -50 dBm.
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tigera

Top 5 Kubernetes Network Issues You Can Catch Early with Calico Whisker

Jul 29, 2025 By Reza Ramezanpour In Tigera
Kubernetes networking is deceptively simple on the surface, until it breaks, silently leaks data, or opens the door to a full-cluster compromise. As modern workloads become more distributed and ephemeral, traditional logging and metrics just can’t keep up with the complexity of cloud-native traffic flows.
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