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What is New in Flowmon 13.1 and Flowmon ADS 13.1

Improvements to the Progress Flowmon product family continue, and we are pleased to announce the release of Flowmon 13.1. The latest 13.1 release builds on the strong foundations we laid in Flowmon 13. Headline enhancements include a rebuilt visualization layer, automated investigation workflows and a set of AI-assisted capabilities in the Flowmon Anomaly Detection System (ADS). And the Flowmon team is eager to share how your team can utilize these new capabilities.

Why India Belongs on Your Network Roadmap

India is the world's fourth-largest economy and accelerating fast. Here's why it should be on your network roadmap. Few markets combine scale, speed, and government intent the way India does right now. With a digital economy on track to reach USD $1 trillion by 2030, hyperscalers committing tens of billions in fresh investment, and connectivity infrastructure undergoing a generational upgrade, India has become one of the most consequential expansion decisions a technology business can make.

How Traceroute Works and How to Read Its Output During an Outage

Users report that an internal application has gone slow, the server dashboards look normal, and the network group says nothing changed on their side. So where between the user and the application does the time actually go? Much of that answer comes from traceroute. The command lists every router a packet crosses on the way to its destination, with a timing figure set against each one. Arguments about ownership then come down to a single device on a single route.

IT Pro Day 2026 | Every Day is Game Day

IT Pro Day isn’t just a day. It’s GAME DAY. The lights are on, the gear is ready, and IT Pros everywhere are locked in. At SolarWinds we celebrate the people who keep technology running, problems solved, and businesses moving. Because when the network goes down, the pressure is on. When systems need saving, IT Pros show up. Happy IT Pro Day from SolarWinds!

eBPF: Correlating rustls Plaintext to TCP Connections Without a File Descriptor

In Under the Hood with Go TLS and eBPF, I left socket tracking as an exercise for later. The example used bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() and explicitly excluded concurrent TLS operations. Capturing plaintext was enough for that post. With rustls, later arrived: I could read the HTTP payload perfectly and still attach it to the wrong TCP connection. That’s a frustratingly convincing failure. The request looks right. The response looks right. The application works.

Are AI agents about to break cloud computing?

AI agents can write code and run tools on their own now. The problem is they still need somewhere to actually do it. exe.dev's David Crawshaw joins Michael Reid to break down why persistent virtual machines might become the backbone of agentic AI, and what happens to cloud economics when one person is running dozens of agents at once.

What Is Immutable Backup and Why Does It Matter for Ransomware Recovery?

Learn how immutable backups protect data from deletion, encryption, and ransomware attacks so organizations can recover clean copies. Table of Contents Ransomware attacks are a major threat to modern organizations. Cybercriminals encrypt an organization’s data and demand payments to restore access to it. Modern ransomware also attempts to destroy existing backup files to prevent recovery. Therefore, you must protect backup targets with strong data isolation controls.