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PerfOps Changelog: PerfOps Analytics integration with Slack and OpsGenie

As we have promised, we continue to inform you about our new features. This time we will go after recently implemented Alerts features that can be useful for your CDN Providers performance monitoring (DNS and Cloud Providers performance and uptime as well).

Uptrends' free IPv6 ping test makes it easy to check IPv6 connectivity

Uptrends offers two free ping test tools: IPv4 Ping Test and IPv6 Ping Test. If you’re wondering why Uptrends has two separate tests that ping servers, you’re in the right place. Uptrends has two separate tests because the two addressing systems work independently of each other, often over the same network devices. IPv4 is a bit zombie like. The aging protocol is zombie like because we keep pronouncing it dead, but it keeps hanging on.

Wake on LAN with IP address manager: A holistic approach to remote booting

Wake on LAN(WOL) has been a go-to solution for most network admins to ensure an uninterrupted IT resource. Aiding in remote booting of wired and wireless networks, WoL helps optimize energy usage even as it ensures your network resources are readily available. Enabling you to boot your machines on demand, and switch them to a low power mode when not in use, WoL saves you hefty power bills and helps you avoid the time-consuming manual task of restarting your network devices physically.

Best Network Diagram Software + Guide

Network diagram software plays a crucial role in helping businesses understand their network and how their network components interact. This guide explains what a network diagram is and how network diagram software can help your business improve efficiency, in addition to recommending the best software for network diagrams available in 2020.

How To Determine The Optimal Website Hosting Bandwidth

Running a business in 2020 requires that you have a digital presence. Building a website is one of the first tasks of a new business's checklist. With that comes registering and buying a domain, website design, web development, and paying for hosting. As of December 2020, there were 1,8+ billion websites in existence, according to Internet Live Stats. With so many websites vying for attention, yours must offer a positive user experience and be quick and easy to navigate.

Top Technology Trends To Watch In 2021 (Part 1)

The way we all work fundamentally changed during 2020. The global pandemic has accelerated the pace of digital evolution for many businesses, while prompting others to pivot or change course completely. The response to the crisis will continue well into 2021, but as we edge closer to the end of the year, many organisations will already be thinking about the longer term impact of the pandemic and how to realign their business for growth.

Route SSH Connections with HAProxy

Route SSH connections through HAProxy using the SSH ProxyCommand feature and SNI. Did you know that you can proxy SSH connections through HAProxy and route based on hostname? The advantage is that you can relay all SSH traffic through one public-facing server instead of needing to grant users direct access to potentially hundreds of internal servers from outside the network.

Who Uses A Network Performance Monitor | Obkio

Network performance monitoring has become a standard practice for modern businesses. Because of that, tools like network performance monitoring software have piqued the interest of users even outside of the IT team. So let’s go over how different employees use a network performance monitor. A network performance monitoring solutions allows IT directors and their teams to essentially do 80% of the work, with 10% of the effort.

Why do businesses need network mapping software?

Networks are rapidly becoming larger and more complex, with numerous different technologies playing into their expansion. Network mapping is increasingly important for network administrators tasked with handling these growing networks. Network mapping provides network admins with a visual map so they can check network performance, the status of connected devices, monitor the network, and analyse networks before initiating troubleshooting efforts.