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Experience-Driven NetOps: The Integration of AppNeta and DX NetOps

AppNeta and DX NetOps enable Experience-Driven NetOps by bringing user experience and visibility across both managed and unmanaged networks into a unified console. Start with alarms and drill down to see the details of performance along the complete network path, hop by hop, including information about voice and data to understand issues over time. Use dashboards to see insights into the health of your network delivery paths across your organization and drill-in to isolate the problem with detailed reports including network experience capacity projections for ISPs.

What is Network Throughput: From Bytes to Blazing Speed

As network admins and IT specialists, you bear the crucial responsibility of optimizing network performance, ensuring the seamless flow of information. Network throughput lies at the heart of this endeavour, serving as a key performance metric that measures the amount of data transmitted within a given timeframe. Consider network throughput as the pulse of your network—the indicator of its vitality and efficiency.

8 Common Uses of VPN in 2023: How People Leverage Its Benefits

Explores the capabilities of a virtual private network (VPN) - a versatile tool that is surprisingly user-friendly. Whether it's for individuals or businesses, VPNs offer a multitude of advantages. Users can securely navigate activities such as traveling, using public Wi-Fi, sharing sensitive information, and unlocking entertainment options on Netflix, all with the assistance of a VPN. This comprehensive guide provides valuable insights into effective VPN usage and highlights the numerous benefits it offers. It caters to personal and corporate scenarios alike.

How Kentik reduces the likelihood of a full-blown cyber-attack before it happens

Organizations are under constant attack, and it’s critical to reduce the time it takes to detect attacks to minimize their cost. This first article in our new security series dives deep into how Kentik helps customers before, during, and after a cyber attack.

Your Starter Guide to Using the HAProxy Lua Event Framework

In this article, we’ll take you on a quick tour of the new Lua event framework shipped with HAProxy 2.8—plus demonstrate how Lua helps you further customize HAProxy’s behavior. We’ll start with a brief, high-level overview of Lua and how HAProxy uses it. Next, we’ll introduce you to the Lua event framework, show you what you can do with it, and familiarize you with its mechanics.

SD-WAN Monitoring: Why Edge-to-Edge Coverage Isn't Enough

In recent years, network operations teams have had to contend with several critical challenges, including: In response to these challenges, teams are increasingly turning to SD-WAN. The market for SD-WAN is massive, and continuing to grow, potentially reaching $47 billion by 2031. Through SD-WAN technologies, organizations are able to realize a number of benefits. However, these benefits aren’t a sure thing. In fact, many teams encounter challenges with their SD-WAN implementations.

Azure Virtual WAN Observability with Kentik Cloud

Unravel the complexities of managing your corporate network in the cloud with Kentik Cloud. This video highlights how Kentik Cloud provides a comprehensive, always up-to-date visualization of your hybrid Azure infrastructure, including your Virtual WAN configuration. Learn how to quickly and easily navigate through your infrastructure's architectural blueprint, delve into the performance of specific VWAN hubs, and access vital utilization details. See how Kentik Cloud can help turn tedious troubleshooting into an efficient, user-friendly process. Experience firsthand the power and convenience of having crucial network insights right at your fingertips.

Optimize Azure Costs and Boost Network Performance with Kentik

Explore how Kentik's cloud network observability tools can enhance your Microsoft Azure experience. This video demonstrates how Kentik's rich insights can help you troubleshoot faster, optimize costs, and answer questions about your network across major public clouds. Watch a real-world example of how you can use Kentik to identify under-utilized Azure firewalls, consolidate VNets, and effectively reduce your cloud bill. Discover how Kentik's connectivity, device, utilization, and performance data combined with real-time analysis can fast-track problem-solving and optimize resources.

Azure Cost Attribution by Subscription with Kentik Cloud

Maximize your network efficiency and cost management with Kentik Cloud. This video shows how Kentik Cloud's custom dashboards enable you to identify the bandwidth usage associated with each Azure subscription. Learn how to accurately allocate Azure costs to individual teams or business units, and track usage-based performance issues directly to the source. Empower your organization by aligning your hybrid cloud networking with your business needs through the comprehensive insights provided by Kentik Cloud.

Troubleshooting an Azure ExpressRoute with Kentik Cloud

Learn how to effectively troubleshoot your Azure ExpressRoutes using Kentik Cloud. This video offers a step-by-step walkthrough on diagnosing problems and obtaining crucial information on your ExpressRoute traffic, including instance name, application context, and the ExpressRoute circuit name. Uncover how to filter and visualize data to see the usage of your ExpressRoutes and identify potential problems. From monitoring dropped packets to inspecting ExpressRoute metadata, see how Kentik can provide you with a wealth of real-time information to help resolve issues quickly and efficiently.