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Choosing the Right Business Internet Provider for Growth

Choosing the Right Business Internet Provider for Growth

Jan 26, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Your internet connection is the quiet backbone of modern business. Cloud apps, video calls, payment terminals, and security cameras all run on it. When it fails, everything freezes-ITIC found that the average mid-size company loses about $300,000 for every hour offline in 2024. That's why choosing WOW! Business Internet (or a peer provider) is a mission-critical decision, not a utility line item. Use the framework below to align real-world performance and support with how your team works today-and how you plan to grow.
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Top Education Technology Trends to Watch Through 2026

Jan 23, 2026 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
The education technology landscape is entering a period of consolidation and integration. Schools are moving past the online learning experimentation phase of recent years and focusing on technologies that deliver measurable improvements in teaching and learning outcomes. For IT professionals managing educational networks, understanding these shifts helps prioritize infrastructure investments and security protocols.
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Console Connect Ecosystem Update January 2026

Jan 23, 2026 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
In this ecosystem update, we share the latest additions to the Console Connect platform, including our expansion into Malaysia with eight new data centre locations, enhancing connectivity across the Asia Pacific region and worldwide. Most new locations are in Cyberjaya, Malaysia’s prime data centre hub near Kuala Lumpur, offering robust dark fibre networks, redundant power and high-speed data transmission for secure, high-performance enterprise connectivity.
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AI Is Bigger Than LLMs: Why Network Teams Need to Think Beyond Chatbots and Agents

Jan 23, 2026 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
AI in network operations is more than chatbots and agents. LLMs make AI easier to use, but the real value comes from the underlying system of telemetry, data pipelines, analytics, ML models, domain knowledge, and workflows that help engineers reason, predict, and act. When designed thoughtfully, AI doesn’t replace engineers. Instead, it augments their expertise and reduces cognitive load across complex network operations.
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How to Troubleshoot BGP Faster with Kentik AI Advisor

Jan 22, 2026 By Kentik In Kentik
A BGP session goes down because a transit provider exceeded the maximum prefix limit. How do you find the root cause — fast? In this 10-minute demo, we walk through two approaches using Kentik AI Advisor. First, we troubleshoot step by step using natural language: asking AI Advisor to identify the affected interface, check for interface flapping, and review syslog messages until we find the maximum-prefix violation. Then we show how custom network context and natural language runbooks let AI Advisor do the entire investigation autonomously — following the same four steps a senior engineer would.
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How to Scan for IP Address on a Network? - Ultimate Guide & 6 Best IP Scanners

Jan 22, 2026 By Staff Contributor In SolarWinds
Amid predictions that 39.42 billion devices will have internet connectivity by 2030, IP address management has become a fundamental housekeeping and security concern for any networking admin. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to endow more and more devices with smart capabilities, networking grows more complex, making IP-centered network security measures a business imperative.
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Cheapest High-Speed Internet in Alabama 2026: Affordable Broadband Alabama 2026 Guide

Cheapest High-Speed Internet in Alabama 2026: Affordable Broadband Alabama 2026 Guide

Jan 22, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Alabama ranks 44th for broadband coverage and speed, according to the latest BroadbandNow report, and cost keeps two in five households offline while current subscribers pay about $74 a month. Fast, reliable internet is no longer a luxury-it powers remote work, virtual classes, telehealth, and family streaming nights that all need at least 100 Mbps. This guide identifies every Alabama plan that hits 100 Mbps for $50 or less, compares promo and regular rates, and flags fees to avoid when you set up service-especially if you're moving. Ready to save? Let's dive in.
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auvik

Key Financial Services Industry Trends Shaping 2026

Jan 21, 2026 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
The financial services industry is continuing its acceleration. AI is rolling out across the enterprise, and compliance expectations continue to diverge based on jurisdiction. It’s an unprecedented technology shift to say the least, and the pressure is being felt throughout the IT industry to catch up and remain resilient. More important now than ever before, learn how Auvik provides financial institutions with full network visibility and monitoring that catches problems before they become outages.
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Monitor Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN performance with Datadog

Jan 20, 2026 By David Pointeau In Datadog
As organizations grow their cloud environments and branch office networks, maintaining reliable connectivity and application performance becomes more complex. VeloCloud SD-WAN provides dynamic, policy-based routing to help ensure that your connectivity is dependable and cost-efficient, and that your applications perform consistently.
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Try SolarWinds Observability Today

Jan 20, 2026 By solarwindsinc In SolarWinds
When every second counts, your IT systems can’t afford blind spots. SolarWinds Observability delivers AI-powered, contextual awareness to help IT teams keep critical services running no matter the complexity. Connect the dots across networks, applications, cloud environments, and physical infrastructure with one comprehensive observability platform. With intelligent insights and real-time visibility, SolarWinds helps you prevent downtime, troubleshoot faster, and resolve issues before they impact users even in the most demanding environments.
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