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Alerts Don't Suck: YOUR Alerts Suck!

Nov 15, 2023 By Kentik In Kentik
Join Leon Adato, Kentik's Principal Technical Evangelist, for, "Alerts Don't Suck: YOUR Alerts Suck." In this engaging talk, Leon shares a personal anecdote about generating a staggering 772 tickets - twice - in just 15 minutes, setting the stage for an enlightening exploration of alert management. Leon discusses the common misconceptions and pitfalls of alerts in network observability, distinguishing between effective and ineffective alert strategies. He demystifies the concepts of monitoring versus observability, offering practical advice on creating alerts that genuinely add value and drive action. Whether you're an IT professional, network engineer, or anyone interested in improving your alerting philosophy, this talk is packed with actionable insights, humor, and real-world examples. Leon's hard-won advice might just transform your approach to alerting and optimizing your monitoring systems.
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Mobile Proxies Explained: How They Enhance Your Mobile Internet Experience?

Nov 14, 2023 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The speed at which the internet developed is mind-bending. Only forty years have passed since the TCP/IP protocol was implemented. Now, we can access the internet without wires, even in the most remote places, at speeds that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. But with all the improvements, many risks have emerged too. Constant tracking, ads, and geo-targeting limitations have made it harder for people to reap the full benefits of the internet. It's essential to keep up with the newest trends to enhance your Internet experience. That's where proxies come in.
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Digging into the Optus Outage

Nov 14, 2023 By Doug Madory In Kentik

Last week a major internet outage took out one of Australia’s biggest telecoms. In a statement out yesterday, Optus blames the hours-long outage, which left millions of Aussies without telephone and internet, on a route leak from a sibling company. In this post, we discuss the outage and how it compares to the historic outage suffered by Canadian telecom Rogers in July 2022.

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Netplan brings consistent network configuration across Desktop, Server, Cloud and IoT

Nov 14, 2023 By Lukas Märdian In Canonical
We released Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ on 12 October 2023, shipping its proven and trusted network stack based on Netplan. Netplan is the default tool to configure Linux networking on Ubuntu since 2016. In the past, it was primarily used to control the Server and Cloud variants of Ubuntu, while on Desktop systems it would hand over control to NetworkManager.
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2023 ONUG Fall Panel Discussion: Building Integrated Solutions for Network and Security

Nov 14, 2023 By Broadcom In Broadcom
Full-Stack Analytics explores the essence of implementing cross-layer, multi-domain analytics, emphasizing the need for an integrated platform that combines endpoint and network security telemetry for holistic threat detection. In this session, we explore the transformative role of AI and machine learning in bolstering real-time intelligence across multiple layers and domains, enhancing predictive analytics and anomaly detection.
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KubeCon NA 2023: Celebrating Innovation and the K8s Community

Nov 14, 2023 By Tyler Charboneau In HAProxy

The sun has officially set on KubeCon North America 2023, but the CNCF's flagship event has left a lasting impression on us. Roughly 9,000 Kubernetes enthusiasts descended on Chicago's McCormick Place West to see the K8s community's latest innovations. DevOps professionals, engineers, and architects alike were eager to share and boost their K8s knowledge. Overall, HAProxy joined over 250 other sponsor organizations to celebrate open-source, cloud-native technologies over four activity-packed days.

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