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3 Questions I Expect You to Ask Me
As a product specialist, I’ve had countless conversations about network observability. I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the downright confusing. The market is flooded with vendors, all claiming to have the magic bullet for your network woes. Everywhere I go, the story is the same. The neat and tidy world of the on-premises data center is gone, replaced by a sprawling environment that stretches across multiple clouds, your own facilities, and out to the edge.
A/NZ Webinar - How ThinkConcepts Strengthens Cybersecurity with Adlumin MDR
In this webinar, N‑able’s Security Head Nerd, Lewis Pope, sits down with Jason Short, Head of Security at ThinkConcepts, an MSP based in Auckland, New Zealand. Jason shares how his team tackles the cybersecurity challenges SMBs face and how Adlumin MDR helps them stay ahead of evolving threats.
Linux Patch Management in N-central
In this video, Paul Kelly, Head Nerd shows you Linux Patch Management in N-central, which is now available to all N-central users that access the Ecoverse features.
Agentic AI by Design: Evolving Our Principles for the Next Chapter of Responsible AI
Join SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown and CTO Sai Krishna for the SolarWinds Day Closing Keynote, where they share how SolarWinds is evolving from Secure by Design to AI by Design—a bold next step in building trusted, intelligent, and future-ready IT operations. As organizations adopt AI-driven systems, embedding trust, transparency, and accountability into product development becomes essential. In this forward-looking discussion, Tim and Sai reveal how the AI by Design framework ensures responsible AI adoption while enhancing performance, reliability, and security.
Kentik in Motion: How AI Transforms Network Chaos to Clarity
Learn how artificial intelligence is transforming network operations through Kentik's AI Advisor platform. Philip Gervasi and Sean McGinley discuss the evolution from traditional network visibility to network intelligence, emphasizing that AI should augment, rather than replace, network engineers. They demonstrate how Kentik's AI Advisor uses natural language interfaces to perform automated root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and cost optimization.
4 Best Anonymous VPN Extensions for Chrome in 2026 (Hands-On Security Review)
Chrome disabled all Manifest V2 extensions on July 24, 2025, instantly breaking every add-on that hadn't migrated to Manifest V3. In the chaos, more than 4 million users installed "sleeper" VPN extensions that soon flipped into spyware. If you need a truly anonymous Chrome VPN extension in 2026, demand three things: rock-solid DNS/IPv6/WebRTC leak protection, verified MV3 compliance, and a published independent security audit. We ran every remaining option through those filters and kept just four that stay fast, private, and transparent.
Building a Stronger Defense with Network Observability and Real-Time Monitoring
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the importance of network security and performance has never been more pronounced. Businesses are increasingly relying on their network infrastructure to support a wide array of critical applications, services, and user activities. As cyber threats become more sophisticated and network architectures more complex, maintaining visibility into network performance and security is essential. This is where a network observability platform becomes indispensable.
Revolutionizing application security with the next-gen HAProxy Enterprise WAF
The state of web app, API, and AI service security is in constant flux, with threats seemingly lurking around every corner. For years, organizations have relied on web application firewalls (WAFs) as a critical layer of defense. HAProxy Technologies has long provided robust WAF solutions, including earlier versions such as the "Advanced WAF" and "ModSecurity WAF" — based on the popular open source WAF engine. These excelled against widely-known OWASP Top 10 threats.
Your 2026 Predictions From AWS re:Invent 2025
We look at the practical shifts unveiled at AWS re:Invent 2025 and how they’ll influence AI, networking, and cloud strategy heading into 2026. Another AWS re:Invent is behind us, and this year felt different.