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Cisco and Megaport: Redefining the Edge of Modern Networking

Explore four Cisco and Megaport Virtual Edge solutions that bring secure, high-performance networking closer to users and clouds. Enterprises have quickly outgrown the constraints of legacy WAN architectures. As cloud and SaaS dominate and users grow more distributed, rigid infrastructure models—complete with backhaul-heavy designs and unpredictable internet performance—no longer work.

Observability Self-Hosted 2026.1 - Routing Insights

SolarWinds Evangelist Chrystal Taylor introduces the new routing insights feature in Observability Self-Hosted 2026.1. This first phase enhancement enriches routing table information with detailed context, including forwarding interface names, VRF data, next hop IPs, and timestamps. The update unifies BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP neighbors in a single dashboard, providing visibility into peer identity, flap counts, health status, and admin states.

Cove Data Protection Feature Focus: Critical Configuration Changes

Cove 26.2 delivers Critical Configuration Changes, the second feature in our Anomaly Detection story. This feature allows users to create event-based alerts for indicators of compromise in their backup policies, such as changed retention schedules, modified backup profiles, or deleted devices. With real-time visibility into these changes, users can take just-in-time action to resolve them before recovery efforts are impacted. In this video, we walk through how to create your first notification and outline the main use cases this feature supports.

How Modern OLT Architecture Is Transforming FTTH and Enterprise Fiber Networks

As global broadband demand accelerates, fiber access networks are evolving from simple last-mile connectivity platforms into highly scalable, service-oriented infrastructures. At the center of this transformation lies the Optical Line Terminal, or OLT. Once considered primarily a passive aggregation device in GPON networks, the OLT has now become a strategic control layer that directly influences network scalability, service agility, operational efficiency, and long-term return on investment.

Observability Self-Hosted 2026.1 - Server Configuration Comparisons

In this video, SolarWinds Evangelist Chrystal Taylor introduces server configuration comparisons, a new feature in Observability Self-Hosted 2026.1 and Server Configuration Monitor 2026.1. The key highlight is the ability to compare server configurations side by side, enabling users to identify differences in configuration files between nodes or against a defined ideal state. This new functionality aims to help users monitor configuration drift.

Intro to GraphQL APIs for N-sight and N-central

Modernize your automation and reporting workflows with this deep dive into GraphQL for N-sight and N-central. In this 2026 Masterclass, Jason Murphy (Head Nerd for IT Ops) introduces the "Ecoverse" and explains why GraphQL is replacing REST for high-density data environments. Learn how to access the technical preview, generate secure API tokens, and build your first queries to pull exactly the data you need without the overhead of traditional REST endpoints.

How to Reduce Latency in Your Multicloud Environment

Learn what causes high multicloud latency, and how you can reduce it with a few simple methods – no hardware deployment required. Latency is usually one of those problems that shows up before anyone has time to go looking for it – and troubleshooting it can feel like you’re aiming for a moving target.