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MSP device templates at the admin level for tracking your customer's endpoints
Managed service providers (MSPs) are currently facing a critical challenge: efficiently managing and monitoring a diverse array of endpoints for multiple clients. At the core of effective network management is the seamless tracking of customer endpoints. The availability of device templates at the administrative level within Site24x7 is an advantage for many MSPs.
Anatomy of an OTT Traffic Surge: Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Last Tuesday, August 13 was the second Tuesday of the month, and for anyone running a network or working in IT, you know what that means: another Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Doug Madory looks at how the resulting traffic surge can be analyzed using Kentik’s OTT Service Tracking.
100G VXC Expansion: Now Available From 597 Data Centers Worldwide
Our 100G connectivity is now one of the most widely available in the NaaS market with new locations across America, Asia Pacific, and Europe. Due to a combination of technological advancements and the forced innovation brought on by COVID-19, businesses are now processing more data than ever. Analytics engines and big compute are being introduced and leveraged across diverse infrastructures. Generative AI is being incorporated wherever businesses can fit it, taking processing capacities to their limits.
Modernize your Operations Center and Build Operational Resilience with the Latest Features from PagerDuty
Global IT disruptions and outages are becoming the new normal, testing the operational resilience of businesses everywhere. How well prepared your team is to handle major incidents determines how fast the business can return to normal. Operations Centers are relied on to manage these disruptions and ensure quick recovery. They’re the point of entry for incoming data that holds important signals of impending failure that impact customers, the business, and the bottom line.
What's New at Kentik, Episode 8
Host Leon Adato takes you through the latest updates and features from Kentik. This month, we dive into monitoring analytics for content distribution networks (CDNs), explore the new Use Case Finder in Kentik's knowledgebase, and learn how to include custom fields in Data Explorer. Plus, Leon shares some light-hearted insights on why August is the perfect time to celebrate with Kentik's... uhh... craft brews? Don't forget to like and subscribe to keep up-to-date on everything new at Kentik!
What are networks? Part 2: Network devices and why we need to monitor them
In an era dominated by GenAI technologies, the critical role of robust network infrastructure—the backbone of AI's expansive capabilities—often remains in the shadows. At the heart of this infrastructure lies an intricate array of network devices, including routers, switches, modems, firewalls, wireless access points, etc. These devices, each serving a distinct yet interconnected role, collectively ensure the seamless transmission of data across the network.
Subnets. What is a subnet? How does it work?
Subnetting is the process of dividing a network into several smaller, independent subnets. Each subnet is a portion of the core network that follows a specific logic. We know the definition of the use of subnets in local networks that we could use in our company, y, since the benefits of using subnetting are several.
Kentik Bytes - Identifying Idle Cloud Resources
Phil Gervasi introduces a method for identifying idle resources in AWS using the Kentik platform. By selecting dimensions such as Logging Status, Observing VPC ID, and Observing Region, users can filter the data to determine if a resource is actually doing anything from a network perspective. “No Data” messages indicate resources with no network activity, and a more specific filter can be created based on this message to isolate idle resources. By adjusting the time frame and observing bits per second, users can determine how long resources have been idle.
Kentik Bytes - Cloud Network Performance Metrics
Phil Gervasi introduces a quick and easy way to see network performance metrics among multiple cloud instances. Synthetic tests can be deployed in multiple public clouds to test for loss, latency, and jitter among public cloud instances, such as between AWS and Azure. Phil demonstrates the ability to adjust the time range and shows inbound and outbound traffic, average latency, packet loss, and jitter. A spike in any of these metrics would trigger an alert tied to the ticketing system. He also shows the ability to click into the path view between cloud instances to see a hop-by-hop breakdown.