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Ending Saint Helena's Exile from the Internet

Just after midnight on October 1, 2023, the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic began passing internet traffic over its long-awaited, first-ever submarine cable connection. In this blog post, we cover how Kentik’s measurements captured this historic activation, as well as the epic story of the advocacy work it took to make this development possible.

HAProxy's Growth Continues with Rave Reviews and Powerful Capabilities

The G2 Fall 2023 Reports are in! And while leaves are on the verge of tumbling downward, HAProxy's acclaim across multiple categories, market levels, and global segments has only risen. For companies looking for—or migrating from—a load-balancing solution, HAProxy delivers simple adoption, scalable performance, strong security, and observable operation. Altogether, across six product categories HAProxy featured in 58 reports and won 30 badges, including “Momentum Leader”.

The Path to a Dark NOC: Actionable Initiatives to Achieve Full Autonomy

A Dark Network Operations Center (NOC) is one that runs with no IT staff … at least that’s how it’s been defined up until now. But there’s more to interpret. Large, complex networks rely on the NOC — the core of network infrastructure — to keep them healthy and resilient. The NOC’s function allows employees, customers, partners, and other network users to rest a bit easier, and its integrity and accuracy gives them peace of mind.

Unlocking Network Capacity Monitoring & Planning: From Overload to Overdrive

In the world of networking, where connectivity and data flow are at the heart of operations, a network hiccup can spell disaster. The digital transformation wave has engulfed businesses of all sizes, and as companies become increasingly reliant on their networks to serve customers, collaborate with teams, and manage critical processes, the demand for robust and efficient network performance has never been higher.

What is Infrastructure Monitoring : Comprehensive Guide

Tired of being a firefighter in your IT department who is always battling issues after they erupt? Well, you’re not the only one. With IT infrastructure becoming more complex day by day, IT managers across the globe face the same challenge. But not anymore. Infrastructure monitoring tools are here to save the day by empowering IT managers to not only predict but also prevent IT infrastructure issues. But how?

A Guide to Assessing Cloud Server Pricing

Businesses and individuals wanting to leverage cloud services must pay prime attention to it. They will need to boost their understanding of how cloud servers work and practice informed decision-making in areas of cloud usage and optimization of costs. To address this, we'll seek to understand the key components of cloud computing as a resource for cloud server pricing guide and explore computing resources. After that, consideration shall also be given to data transfer costs, network bandwidth, and latency.

What is a smartNIC and how is the technology shaping modern data centres?

Data centres are going through a transformation. Gradually, we will see a new type of equipment attached to servers in almost every data centre: smartNICs are here. They will be the enablers of converged data centres where common infrastructure tasks are offloaded from a host server to attached network interface cards (NIC).