Peering evaluations are now so much easier. PeeringDB, the database of networks and the go-to location for interconnection data, is now integrated into Kentik and available to all Kentik customers at no additional cost.

When you’re just starting as a network engineer, an IP address conflict can be a difficult issue to resolve. In this post, we’ll look at what an IP address conflict is and why it occurs. Then, we’ll talk about the types of IP address conflicts and the ways to fix them. We’ll also discuss how to detect and prevent IP address conflicts. Detection and prevention can be done best with certain tools, so we’ll learn about the top five tools to use.

As workload automation environments become more complex and job volumes increase, the need for true observability is becoming an increasingly essential and critical component for optimized automated business process delivery. Most organizations run several automation engines from different vendors in both distributed and mainframe environments, and in the cloud. Sometimes these automation engines operate in a silo, sometimes they have dependencies with each other.

Welcome to the digital realm, where networks thrive and connectivity reigns supreme! In this age of remote work and virtual collaboration, our networks have become the unsung heroes of productivity. But have you ever wondered how they seamlessly navigate the vast expanse of cyberspace while ensuring optimal performance? Enter the enigmatic world of remote network monitoring! In this blog post, we're embarking on an electrifying adventure to demystify the magic behind remote network monitoring.

This practitioner blog will show you how to consume telemetry data from your network devices in five easy steps. Telemetry is a monitoring technology used to do high-speed data collection from network devices. According to EMA research on network performance management, “71% of enterprises are interested in collecting streaming network telemetry with their network management tools.” This next-generation approach to monitoring has been expected to replace SNMP for years.

In this bi-weekly micro webinar series, Catchpoint and ITOps Times have partnered to explore six critical topics that are essential for ensuring Internet Resilience for your business. Explore each of the topics in the series: In this fourth segment, we’ll discuss techniques for enhancing Network and API performance by implementing Internet Performance Monitoring. Now, let’s get into the episode!

By continuously monitoring network activity and assets, network monitoring plays a key role in identifying cybersecurity threats. The network monitoring process gathers important data that can be used in analytics or in conjunction with cybersecurity applications to rapidly identify and respond to threats.

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology is revolutionizing the way organizations manage their network traffic. With its ability to decouple the data plane from the control plane, SD-WAN provides organizations with a more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing their network traffic. However, understanding and troubleshooting SD-WAN performance can be a challenge, especially when it comes to the underlying physical network, or underlay.

In the vast landscape of the internet, data travels across networks, hopping from one server to another, often traversing great distances. Have you ever wondered about the journey your data takes when you send a request to a website or connect to a server? Traceroute DNS is a powerful tool that unveils the mysterious path taken by your data, revealing the intermediate nodes it encounters along the way.