The Cloud Conundrum: Optimizing Without Compromise
Balancing cost, performance, and security in cloud infrastructure is challenging, but cloud-mature companies are proving it’s possible to optimize without compromise — here’s how they do it.
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October 2024
Announcing the Cloud Latency Map
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Kentik’s Cloud Latency Map, a public service that uses Kentik Synthetics to continuously measure latency between the regions of the biggest cloud providers.
The Cloud Cost Slasher
The trailer you are about to see is an account of the tragedy that befell a group of cloud engineers. All names, including the company on the extremely real cloud bill, have been changed to protect the innocents involved. This Halloween, no cloud bills are safe. Like and subscribe for more unhinged network observability content.
Beyond Their Intended Scope: Uzing into Russia
The first installment of our new blog series, Beyond Their Intended Scope, covers BGP mishaps that may have escaped the community’s attention but are worthy of analysis. In this post, we review a recent BGP leak that redirected internet traffic through Russia and Central Asia as a result of a path error leak by Uztelecom, the incumbent service provider of Uzbekistan.
What's New at Kentik, Episode 10
Welcome to the October edition of **"What's New at Kentik"**! Join host Leon Adato as he navigates through the latest updates and happenings at Kentik—with a dash of humor and a sprinkle of sarcasm.
Kentik Bytes: Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers
In this latest Kentik Bytes, we explore how Kentik Data Explorer empowers cloud engineers to gain visibility across distributed, multi-cloud environments. With the ability to query and analyze vast amounts of telemetry from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises environments, Kentik simplifies troubleshooting and cost optimization. We walk through how to filter data, use custom dimensions, and compare historical data to get deeper insights, all in one platform.
Hurricane Helene Devastates Network Connectivity in Parts of the South
In this post, we dig into the impacts from Hurricane Helene which came ashore late last month wreaking destruction and severe flooding in the Southeastern United States. Using Kentik’s traffic data as well as Georgia Tech’s IODA, we detail the impacts in three of the hardest-hit states: Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Unleashing the Power of Kentik Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers
Kentik Data Explorer is a powerful tool designed for engineers managing complex environments. It provides comprehensive visibility across various cloud platforms by ingesting and enriching telemetry data from sources like AWS, GCP, and Azure, and with the ability to explore data through granular filters and dimensions, engineers can quickly analyze cloud performance, detect security threats, and control costs in real-time exploration and historically.