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Predict the cost of IP ranges with new enhancements to the Resources tab

One of our most requested and popular features, IP ranges for the Docker executor, recently became available to all customers on a Performance or Scale plan. With IP ranges, you can route job traffic through an IP address that is verifiably associated with CircleCI. This enables your team to meet compliance requirements by limiting the connections that communicate with your infrastructure. With any new feature, you want to know how much it’s going to cost your team.

How to Detect Network Congestion | Obkio

Network Congestion, similar to road congestion, occurs when your network cannot adequately handle the traffic flowing through it. While network congestion is usually temporary, it can cause annoying network problems that can affect performance and can be a sign of a larger issue in your network. That's why you need an end-to-end monitoring tool to help you proactively detect network congestion. Obkio Network Monitoring continuously monitors end-to-end network performance from your local network (LAN, VPN), as well as third-party networks (WAN, ISP, and Internet Peering).

Case Study: What a Migration to DX APM SaaS Looks Like

If you’re running earlier versions of Application Performance Management (APM), including version 10.7, on-premises and considering upgrading to DX APM SaaS, you’re undoubtedly curious what the migration process might look like. In this blog post, I’m going to share the story of one of Broadcom’s Fortune 50 customers and how they successfully migrated more than 30,000 production agents while navigating time constraints around their busy holiday season.

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) vs VPN: the core evolution

According to Gartner, by 2023, 60% of enterprises will phase out their VPN in favor of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). In this blog, discover the four key advantages of ZTNA vs VPN. VPN (Virtual Private Network) has been the dominant solution securing remote access for users and has been considered a good solution for almost three decades. VPN benefits included keeping data secure, protecting online privacy, and reducing bandwidth throttling.

Keeping Federal and Local Government Networks Safe Through Monitoring

It is always big news when governmental organizations are attacked. And they are attacked frequently. Hackers love headlines, which is one reason to go after high profile government targets. But the real reason hackers love governmental organizations is because that’s where the juicy data is. Even small governmental organizations hold confidential and classified information—exactly the secrets state-sponsored groups and other cybercriminals drool over.

What Does it Take to Run a Smart City?

From smart lighting, to waste management, to air quality, IoT devices and other “smart city technologies” are rapidly changing life in urban areas. And with a recent MarketsandMarkets research report projecting spending in the market for smart city solutions will nearly double to over $873 billion by 2026, the trend is only set to accelerate.

Updated: Cogent and Lumen curtail operations in Russia

Reader’s note: On Friday, March 4, we published this blog post to comment on Cogent’s decision to terminate their commercial relationships with their Russian customers. Today, March 7, another international telecom, Lumen, announced that it will also take action. We’ve updated this blog post to reflect the latest information we have.

eSecurity Planet Ranks Flowmon in Best Network Monitoring Tools

Modern enterprise and SME networks are complex constructions. They comprise on-premises network equipment and servers, multiple public cloud infrastructure components, operational technology links to monitor physical items, edge networks, and large numbers of endpoint devices that connect from various locations over many different networks.

A guide to AWS Regions & Zones

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to extend its availability globally, with the AWS Cloud spanning 84 Availability Zones within 26 geographic regions around the world. In this blog, we look at how Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platforms such as Console Connect can enhance the performance of your AWS assets and applications through direct and on-demand connections.