Welcome, network admins and IT pros, to a world where network bottlenecks become nothing more than a distant memory. In an era where the need for speed is paramount, identifying and eliminating network bottlenecks is the key to achieving warp-speed connectivity. Your network is like a bustling metropolis, with data zipping through its veins like cars on a busy highway. But suddenly, the flow slows down to a snail's pace, causing frustration and hindering productivity.

Welcome, network admins and IT pros, to "How to Diagnose Network Problems: The Ultimate Handbook." In the digital landscape where operational efficiency is paramount, a well-functioning network is vital to your enterprise's success. However, when network problems arise, it can be exasperating, leaving you stranded in a sea of connectivity challenges.

Let's start by simply stating that MPLS is arguably still the leading way to interconnect remote offices back to the company’s primary data centers. MPLS is also great for real-time traffic (like video conferencing). Yet even with those facts working in MPLS’s favor, its usage is dropping year after year. According to TeleGeography’s annual WAN Manager Survey, there was a 24% drop from 2019 to 2020 – and that trend hasn’t slowed down.

The Network Operations Center (NOC)— the powerful, centralized epicenter that supervises, monitors, and maintains network availability—is the core of the network infrastructure. It’s up to the NOC to keep large, complex networks running reliably.

Today’s modern enterprise WAN is a mix of public internet, cloud provider networks, SD-WAN overlays, containers, and CASBs. This means that as we develop a network visibility strategy, we must go where no engineer has gone before to meet the needs of how applications are delivered today.

Streaming telemetry holds the promise of radically improving the reliability and performance of today’s complex network infrastructures, but it does come with caveats. In the first of a new series, Kentik CEO Avi Freedman covers streaming telemetry’s history and original development.

Welcome, fellow business trailblazers, to a world where technology rules and networks connect us all. Today, we embark on a thrilling journey into the intriguing realm of networking, exploring one particular phenomenon that may have you shaking in your office chairs – Jitter! Now, you might be wondering, what on earth is Jitter? Is it some mystical force that disrupts our digital landscapes or a secret dance move reserved exclusively for the tech-savvy?

In this article, we will explore what Cisco NX OS is and what it is used for. You will find out what metrics are and why it is very important to monitor them. Then, we will look at how to monitor Cisco NX OS metrics with Grafana, a graphical data visualization tool, and how MetricFire can help us with this. In order to learn more about MetricFire, book a demo with our technical specialists or sign up for the MetricFire free trial today.

API monitoring is the process of keeping tabs on the performance of your REST APIs. Learn how Kentik’s API monitoring tools let you identify bottlenecks, spot performance drops, and maintain availability to ensure a quality experience for your end users. Learn more in this API monitoring tutorial.