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In today's fast-paced business environment, maintaining a reliable and high-performing network is essential. One technology that can help achieve this goal is Meraki SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network), a cloud-based solution that enables organizations to easily manage and optimize their network performance. However, simply deploying SD-WAN is not enough.

Are you familiar with the term "packet loss"? No, it's not when your postman loses your package, but it's when data packets go missing in the vast world of the Internet. And if you think losing just a few packets won't affect your internet speed, think again! Packet loss is a common occurrence in networked applications, and its impact on performance can vary depending on the application and network conditions.

Resiliency is a network’s ability to recover and maintain its performance despite failures or disruptions, and redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions to ensure continuous operation in case of failure. But how do the two concepts interact? Is doubling up on capacity and devices always needed to keep the service levels up? The truth is, designing a network that can withstand the test of time, traffic, and potential disasters is a challenging feat.

The cybersecurity threat landscape facing every organization is constantly changing. Cybercriminals are always looking for new vulnerabilities to exploit or changing existing attack methods to bypass protections. They also go to great lengths to hide their activities within regular network traffic and application activity. The attack surface that organizations present to attackers is also in a constant state of flux.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a standard message format that devices being monitored and monitoring systems can all speak – even though they will be running different operating systems. SNMP is the most widely deployed management protocol; it is simple to understand (although not always to use), and enjoys ubiquitous support.

While your approach to network operations (NetOps) is critical to business performance, the challenges of managing the needs of a modern network can keep Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) teams from helping their organization reach its full potential. Here’s what you need to know about NetOps to meet those challenges head on.

Are you ready to set sail on a journey to reliable connectivity with Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute monitoring? Just like navigating the seas, sailing in the cloud can be a bumpy ride if you don't have the right tools to keep your ship on course. But fear not, because we're here to help you chart a course to success with Azure ExpressRoute monitoring!

HAProxy Enterprise 2.7 and HAProxy ALOHA 15 are now available. Users of our enterprise-class software load balancer and hardware/virtual load balancer appliance who upgrade to the latest versions will benefit from all the features announced in the community version, HAProxy 2.7, plus the ability to serve applications using HTTP/3 over QUIC. If you want to start the upgrade procedure straight away, go to the upgrade instructions for HAProxy Enterprise and HAProxy ALOHA.