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Kentik Named a Value Leader in EMA's 2024 Radar Report for Network Operations Observability

We are excited to share that Kentik has been named a Value Leader in EMA’s 2024 Radar Report for Network Operations Observability. This recognition highlights our continued commitment to building an AI-powered, end-to-end observability platform for modern networks, helping network and cloud teams optimize their infrastructures for availability, performance, cost-efficiency, and security.

AppNeta Feature Highlight: Monitoring Policies

This year, we’ve been working hard to introduce monitoring policies, a new feature designed to simplify and streamline the monitoring configuration process. This set of features is a direct result of collaborating closely with our customers to understand their unique challenges. We've listened to your feedback and are excited to deliver a solution that makes monitoring more efficient and user-friendly than ever before.

Monitoring domains and DNSSEC properly

First of all, if you own a domain, the following text is for you. In production you obviously want to reduce outages. And an outage of a DNS domain as such takes down all services under that domain, no matter whether your LAMP components are all up and running. At least from users’ perspective. As usually, roughly speaking, monitoring has to “play end user” to properly discover failures end-to-end. At best you have an Icinga satellite (e.g.

Anatomy of an OTT Traffic Surge: The Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix Update

On Saturday, November 2, the wildly popular video game Fortnite released its latest game update: Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix. The result was a surge of traffic as gaming platforms around the world downloaded the latest update for the seven-year-old game. Doug Madory looks at how the resulting traffic surge can be analyzed using Kentik’s OTT Service Tracking.

Buyer's Guide to Network Automation

In today’s complex IT landscape, network automation is no longer a luxury; it’s essential. With over 65% of enterprise networking activities still being manually, the shift toward automation presents a massive opportunity to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability. This guide will help IT leaders understand the market for network automation platforms, the key considerations for choosing a platform, and how these tools are redefining network management from Day 0 to Day N activities.

Seamless Connectivity: Dynamic Colocation Explained

In today's fast-paced, ever-evolving digital landscape, businesses need flexible, scalable solutions to manage and deploy applications across multiple regions. With constant fluctuations in demand, the concept of colocation has evolved from a simple server-renting model to an advanced digital strategy that promotes connectivity, reliability, and growth. This article explores the modern concept of dynamic colocation, a hyperconnected model that empowers businesses to meet evolving demands with ease and agility.

Top Networking Monitoring Tools

Businesses rely on accurate network monitoring data because the network is the backbone of IT infrastructure. Lacking internal or external communication about your network can be disastrous, especially if you provide digital goods or services. Network monitoring tools shouldn't be a "nice to have" that may or may not make this year's department budget. They are essential to monitoring performance, spotting anomalies, and identifying potential security issues.

Enabling Agile Telecom with Cloud-Native IMS

Over the last few years, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have been very vocal in announcing their rollouts of 5G data services. On the subject of 5G voice services, however, they’ve been largely silent because, frankly, there hasn’t been much to say. 5G network transformation has focused on data, since faster data (and not faster voice) is what customers expected from 5G. But customers also expect to be able to make voice calls on their 5G phones when they roam or travel.

Why You Need Integrated Network Security

Having interoperable network security is key to protecting your business from a crisis. Here’s why you need it and how your business can achieve it. If cybersecurity isn’t number one on your network team’s list of concerns, it probably should be. According to Forrester, “Two years ago, 63% said they had been breached at least once in the past year.

Break Free From ISP Problems: How to Identify & Troubleshoot ISP Issues

When your Internet connection starts acting up, it's frustrating, especially when you're trying to figure out whether the issue is on your side or your ISP’s. Identifying and fixing ISP issues can be tricky, but it's necessary to keep your business running smoothly and avoid downtime that hampers productivity.