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A NetOps Guide to DDoS Defense

Join Kentik and Cloudflare as we discuss and analyze the latest in DDoS attack trends. (We’re seeing some really interesting patterns in our data!) Back by popular demand: Doug Madory, Kentik’s Director of Internet Research, will walk through how BGP monitoring can determine if DDoS mitigations are actually effective. What you’ll learn.

Synthetic web tests - Moving up the stack

In this short explainer and demo, Kentik's Phil Gervasi shows how Kentik is moving up the stack to monitor application activity on the network. Phil explains the differences between proactive and passive network monitoring and demonstrates three new synthetic tests that relate to app performance monitoring. Kentik's suite of application-focused synthetic tests give you proactive visibility into application activity on your network. Using the HTTP test, Page Load test, and Synthetic Transaction Monitoring, you can monitor a user's digital experience and troubleshoot problems as they happen.

Phil Gervasi on Network Observability and Cisco Live | Network AF Episode 20

Phil Gervasi, Kentik's Head of Technical Evangelism stops by Network AF today to speak with host Avi Freedman about all things network observability and to recap their experiences at Cisco Live. Phil was a network engineer for 15 years before switching to marketing and finding his way into technical evangelism. In this conversation the two focus on building a foundation for data mining and collecting information that could better inform network intelligence and insights from observability platforms like Kentik.

Synthetic Transaction Monitoring with Kentik

What is synthetic transaction monitoring and how is it beneficial? Phil Gervasi and Sunil Kodiyan talk STM, how it works, what problems you can solve with it, and how it fits into an overall digital experience monitoring strategy. Learn how synthetic transaction monitoring can be used to test and track application performance from an end-user perspective, in this short talk and technical demonstration.

Internet traffic and current events with Doug Madory | Network AF Episode 19

Network AF welcomes Doug Madory back to the podcast to discuss current events, including Russia invading Ukraine, and recent internet-related issues in Syria and Egypt. Doug is Kentik's Director of Internet Analysis, and uses BGP and traffic data to write about happenings with networks on a worldwide scale. Together with Kentik CEO and show host Avi Freedman, the two dive into the real-world implication of geopolitical events on the state of networking.

Problem solving and pinball with Jay Adelson | Network AF Episode 18

Chairman and Co-Founder of Scorbit, Jay Adelson, sits down with Network AF host Avi Freedman to talk about his history as a serial entrepreneur. Jay founded Equinix, Revision3, Opsmatic, and was the CEO of Digg. Throughout the conversation Jay and Avi touch on problems founders encounter, and discuss their mutual joy for gaming.Highlights of the conversation include.