Virtualization is everywhere. We think of virtualization as beginning with PC-based servers then moving onto Linux boxes. But the origins are very different, going all the way back to 1968, when IBM invented virtualization with the release of the IBM System/360 Model 67 mainframe. We all know where it has gone since. PCs, storage and even networks are virtualized. Nowadays, enterprises and SMBs have a wealth of virtual devices and services they must manage and secure, with servers still leading the way.

The introduction of ChatGPT two years ago caused sharply increased interest in (and use of) large language models (LLMs), followed by a crush of commercial and open source competition. Now, companies are rushing to develop and deliver applications that use LLM APIs to provide AI functionality.

Over the past six years at Megaport, I’ve witnessed a growing desire for change in the Financial Services (FS) industry, particularly regarding application and data mobility within organizations and with third-party partners. Initially, many in FS approached cloud adoption tentatively, waiting until it was fully matured and trusted across the industry. Today, however, the FS sector is one of the largest users of cloud services globally.

We’re delighted to introduce a new, free tool for everyone: Catchpoint’s Live Internet Outage Map. The Live Internet Outage Map is a limited, free version of Catchpoint’s Internet Sonar capability publicly available to everyone, not just Catchpoint users. It shows outages from the last 24 hours and provides a sample of the thousands of services monitored in the full version of Internet Sonar.

To ensure the stability, security, and efficiency of an organization’s IT infrastructure, network administrators must be able to manage and monitor network configurations on the go. Remotely managing network configurations helps detect configuration changes in real time and prevent errors before they escalate into major outages. Introducing the Network Configuration Manager Android app.

The FCC recently published a proposal to require nine major US internet service providers to deploy RPKI Route Origin Validation (ROV). In this post, we’ll look at the proposal and where the nine service providers currently stand with respect to ROV.

Load Balancing is the process of distributing network traffic among multiple server resources. The objective of load balancing is to optimize certain network operations. Ensuring that a workload is spread evenly among the computing resources, this “balanced load” improves application responsiveness and accommodates unexpected traffic spikes — all without compromising application performance. Let’s take a deeper look at this important networking function.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is renowned for providing a comprehensive ecosystem that supports the computational and data storage needs essential for developing, deploying, and managing applications across different regions, ensuring that users experience fast and seamless service.

FortiGate firewall logs are crucial for network security and compliance. These logs contain valuable information about network traffic, including source and destination IP addresses, ports, protocols, timestamps, and firewall actions. With FortiGate log volumes growing annually, many organizations face challenges in processing and storing these logs efficiently. In part 1 of this series, we covered an overview of Fortigate logs, and some of the challenges they pose for Security and DevOps teams.

In today’s rapidly evolving cyberthreat landscape, organizations require network detection solutions that help identify and mitigate threats before significant damage happens. Among the options available on the Network Detection and Response (NDR) market, Progress Flowmon Anomaly Detection System (ADS) stands out for its unparalleled ability to detect threats throughout every stage of an attack.