In this post, Doug Madory digs into the latest submarine cable failure impacting internet connectivity in Africa: the Seacom and EASSy cables suffered breaks on May 12 near the cable landing station in Maputo, Mozambique.

Every business needs a well-designed network architecture. The network architecture is essential to how you organize and manage your IT infrastructure to transfer data between devices and applications securely and efficiently. A network architecture comprises a layered structure, which breaks down communication tasks into smaller parts. This way, each layer can focus on a specific function and avoid complex combinations of cases.

Welcome to our guide on tackling one of the most frustrating issues in modern collaboration: Microsoft Teams slowness. Whether you're a remote worker trying to stay productive or an IT professional ensuring smooth operations for your business, dealing with Teams' slow performance can be a significant hurdle. In this article, we'll delve into effective troubleshooting strategies tailored for both personal users and IT pros.

HAProxy ALOHA 16 is now available, and we’re excited to share that this release includes one of the cornerstone features announced in HAProxy Enterprise 2.9—the next-generation HAProxy Enterprise WAF. Customers of our hardware and virtual load balancer appliances also benefit from four new Layer 4 load balancing algorithms, the upgrade of the Linux kernel to version 6.1, and the ability to bind admin services on a dedicated interface.

When surfing the web, your connection is linked to a unique identifier known as an IP address. Your IP address is like your digital identity card and can reveal the following information: Despite what you may see in films or TV shows, your IP address does not show the following information: While an IP address doesn't reveal much personal information, it can be used with other data to build a profile of your online activity. This is why you may ask yourself, what is my IP address?

Network monitoring is important for keeping any network healthy and working well. Linux has many powerful tools to help system administrators monitor network traffic and fix problems. This article looks at six of these tools: NetHogs, nload, netstat, iftop, speedometer, and NetFlow.

Virtualization is a powerful technology that allows businesses to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single physical server. Kubevirt is an open-source tool that makes it easy to deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) on Kubernetes and Calico is an open-source networking and security tool that provides easy yet robust networking and security for Kubernetes workloads.