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Digital Realty and Console Connect Collaborate for Greater Interconnectivity

In today's hyper-connected world where data reigns supreme, businesses need agile, reliable, and cost-effective ways to seamlessly integrate their digital ecosystems. Understanding this critical need, Console Connect and Digital Realty are taking our collaboration to the next level to bring new levels of connectivity and choice to enterprises, carriers, and service providers.

What is Software-Defined Networking (SDN)?

Modern networking methodologies have evolved significantly, paving the way for innovations like Software-Defined Networking (SDN). Recent trends, such as increased demand for cloud services, data center virtualization, and the growing complexity of networks, have necessitated more dynamic and flexible network solutions. These advancements have set the stage for SDN by highlighting the limitations of traditional, hardware-centric networking.

8 Common Network Issues & How to Address Them

A stable network is synonymous with operational reliability in an era where digital transactions and communications form the backbone of most operations. Unstable networks can lead to many problems – from lost revenue to damaged reputations. Imagine a retail company experiencing network slowdowns or outages during a high-volume sales period. This could result in significant sales losses and customer dissatisfaction.

NGINX Access and Error Logs

Nginx, a widely used web server and reverse proxy, maintains two crucial logs that provide valuable insights into its performance and user interactions: the access log and the error log. These logs play a pivotal role in monitoring and troubleshooting web server activities. The access log records every request made to the server, capturing details such as the requested URL, client's IP address, response status code, and user agent.

Guarantee Network Uptime with Network Uptime Monitoring

Network downtime is no fun for anyone. End users (tied to their computing devices) don’t know what to do, customers and partners can’t do business with you and IT pulls out more hair than a barber shop floor. Network downtime leads to lost productivity, business and precious IT time. Here are a few uptime facts to consider: The answer to all these ills is to avoid network downtime in the first place by ensuring the opposite: network uptime.

Cloud vs On Premise: Comparison Chart for Network Management

Few contemporary topics have led to greater debate among networking professionals than cloud-based networking and, by extension, cloud-based network monitoring and management solutions. From its niche beginnings with distributed organizations, cloud-based network management has been adopted by organizations ranging from SMB to large, carpeted enterprises. However, traditional on-premise (aka on-prem) solutions persist, helping give customers unprecedented choice when shopping for a solution.