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HAProxy's Growth Continues with Rave Reviews and Powerful Capabilities

The G2 Fall 2023 Reports are in! And while leaves are on the verge of tumbling downward, HAProxy's acclaim across multiple categories, market levels, and global segments has only risen. For companies looking for—or migrating from—a load-balancing solution, HAProxy delivers simple adoption, scalable performance, strong security, and observable operation. Altogether, across six product categories HAProxy featured in 58 reports and won 30 badges, including “Momentum Leader”.

The Path to a Dark NOC: Actionable Initiatives to Achieve Full Autonomy

A Dark Network Operations Center (NOC) is one that runs with no IT staff … at least that’s how it’s been defined up until now. But there’s more to interpret. Large, complex networks rely on the NOC — the core of network infrastructure — to keep them healthy and resilient. The NOC’s function allows employees, customers, partners, and other network users to rest a bit easier, and its integrity and accuracy gives them peace of mind.

Unlocking Network Capacity Monitoring & Planning: From Overload to Overdrive

In the world of networking, where connectivity and data flow are at the heart of operations, a network hiccup can spell disaster. The digital transformation wave has engulfed businesses of all sizes, and as companies become increasingly reliant on their networks to serve customers, collaborate with teams, and manage critical processes, the demand for robust and efficient network performance has never been higher.

A Guide to Assessing Cloud Server Pricing

Businesses and individuals wanting to leverage cloud services must pay prime attention to it. They will need to boost their understanding of how cloud servers work and practice informed decision-making in areas of cloud usage and optimization of costs. To address this, we'll seek to understand the key components of cloud computing as a resource for cloud server pricing guide and explore computing resources. After that, consideration shall also be given to data transfer costs, network bandwidth, and latency.

What is a smartNIC and how is the technology shaping modern data centres?

Data centres are going through a transformation. Gradually, we will see a new type of equipment attached to servers in almost every data centre: smartNICs are here. They will be the enablers of converged data centres where common infrastructure tasks are offloaded from a host server to attached network interface cards (NIC).

Predictive Network Technology in 2024

IT networks generate large volumes of information in the form of security, network, system and application logs. The volume and variety of log data makes traditional network monitoring capabilities ineffective — especially for monitoring use cases that require proactive decision making. These decisions are based on things like: All of this makes large-scale and complex enterprise IT networks a suitable use case for advanced AI and machine learning capabilities.

Upgrade to DX UIM 20.4 CU9 to Leverage New Features and Security Updates

DX Unified Infrastructure Management (DX UIM) is a powerful solution that enables comprehensive infrastructure observability across your digital ecosystems, including private, public, and hybrid clouds. With DX UIM, you can proactively and efficiently manage the performance and availability of your IT infrastructure and applications. DX UIM 20.4 is the current main branch of the solution. This release offers a number of significant capabilities that weren’t available in earlier versions.

How to Monitor Hybrid Networks for End-to-End Visibility: Hybrid Network Monitoring

Hybrid networks, which combine on-premises infrastructure with cloud-based services, have become the backbone of modern operations. While they offer numerous advantages, they also present unique challenges when it comes to network monitoring and management. Maintaining the health and security of a hybrid network requires a comprehensive understanding of its intricate architecture and real-time visibility into its performance.