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Internet Speed Monitoring - How to Proactively Test Your Internet Connections

Mar 23, 2026 By Babu Sundaram In eG Innovations
Recent enhancements to eG Enterprise have added functionality to allow you to proactively test your internet speed with synthetic monitoring (“robot” tests that simulate real user activity). Using the new functionality you can proactively monitor internet speeds 24×7 from any location. The performance and quality of an Internet connection plays a major role in any IT environment. Use cases for this new functionality include.
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Why AI Driven Automation Can't Wait

Mar 23, 2026 By Joni Roberts In Ribbon
Operators today are navigating unprecedented complexity—rising costs, accelerating customer expectations, and increasingly dynamic networks. In this recent video interview, my colleague Kevin Wade and I explore why AI‑driven automation has shifted from a “nice‑to‑have” technology to a core business requirement for telecom operators and beyond.
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Secure and Scale VMware VKS with Calico Kubernetes Networking

Mar 22, 2026 By Abhishek Rao In Tigera
VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) is the CNCF-certified Kubernetes runtime built directly into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), which delivers a single platform for both virtual machines and containers. VKS enables platform engineers to deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters while leveraging a comprehensive set of cloud services. And with VKS v3.6, that foundation just got significantly more powerful.
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Back to fundamentals: 7 insights from Kelsey Hightower at HAProxyConf

Mar 20, 2026 By Daniel Skrba In HAProxy
Early in his career, Kelsey Hightower made a bet. The load balancer his team was running was consuming too much memory, and he was convinced he knew the fix. He told his manager: “If it doesn’t work, fire me. But I think I can make it work.” The fix was HAProxy. It was a story he shared publicly for the first time at HAProxyConf 2025, where he delivered a keynote address, “The Fundamentals.”
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How to Set Up AWS Direct Connect with Megaport

Mar 20, 2026 By Megaport In Megaport
This step-by-step guide shows how easy it is to connect to AWS using Megaport. In this video, we cover: Provisioning an AWS Direct Connect Port in your chosen data center Selecting your AWS region Finding your ASN and AWS Account ID in the AWS Management Console Specifying your VLANs Attaching the virtual gateway for your VPC.
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Breaking the Mold: Marc Umstead's Journey from Solopreneur to Strategic Leader

Mar 20, 2026 By N-able In N-able
From Break/Fix to Workflow-First MSP: Mark’s Plus One Growth Story Mark joins host Chris Massey on Now That’s IT: Stories of MSP Success to share how his focus on solving workflow problems—starting at age 15 digitizing his dad’s paper-based processes—shaped his career and the growth of Plus One. He describes taking a $10,000 loan at 23 to buy a small computer repair shop, navigating early solo “survival mode,” and evolving from break/fix into an MSP with recurring revenue.
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