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Information as a Strategic Weapon: Building the Architecture of Advantage

Information dominance has become key to battlefield success. The evolution from Network-Centric Warfare to Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and JADC2 is all about connecting drones, sensors, weapon-systems and decision-makers, across land, air, sea, cyber, and space… in real time. Read about the journey, principles and building blocks, and how Ribbon Communications’ solutions are in the middle of it.

Stop the Insanity! Quit Doing These 7 Manual Network Management Tasks

Active network infrastructure management is a key element of any managed service offering. Traditionally, network management has involved a lot of tedious manual work, making it expensive and very hard to scale. And that’s why many MSPs have shied away from actively managing the network. But not managing network infrastructure at all is a risk to your business. Your clients likely expect you’re looking after the network whether you’ve promised it or not.

Managing User Access & Authentication in a Cloud-Hosted Environment

This is the third and final instalment in a series on Here’s What a Network Needs After a Cloud Migration. Part 1 looked at how to redesign the LAN. Part 2 outlined strategies for the Internet connection. One of the things that becomes more important in a cloud-based application environment is managing user access and authentication.

Configuring an Internet Connection for a Cloud-Hosted Environment

Part 2 in our series on Here’s What a Network Needs After a Cloud Migration. Part 1 looked at how to redesign the LAN. When a company’s application infrastructure moves to the cloud, a reliable Internet connection becomes mandatory. Hiccups in Internet service that might have been an inconvenience when apps were in-house now grind the business to a halt. Unfortunately, the Internet link happens to be the single least reliable element in an IT infrastructure.

Here's What a Network Needs After a Cloud Migration

By now, most organizations have realized the benefits of moving some, most, or all of their business applications to the cloud. The cloud typically offers better security and performance, at a lower price, than housing resources on-premises. You may have helped them in that migration or you may have been hired after it was complete. Either way, a client with cloud hosting has different network requirements than one whose infrastructure is primarily on-premises.

Best Cyber Monday VPS Deals 2025: How to Evaluate Real Value Beyond Discounts

December brings a flood of Cyber Monday VPS deals, each promising unbeatable savings. The challenge isn't finding deals. It's identifying which ones deliver actual long-term value versus temporary promotional pricing that evaporates after a few billing cycles. This guide evaluates Cyber Monday VPS deals using three core metrics: total cost over realistic usage periods, included features versus add-on fees, and management requirements that impact your team's time investment.

Best 30 Remote Network Monitoring Software for IT Professionals of 2026

Remote network monitoring is the process of monitoring and managing network resources and activity from a remote location using software and tools that allow network administrators to monitor network performance, troubleshoot problems, and ensure that the network is secure and operating efficiently.

How Roblox uses HAProxy Enterprise to power gaming for 100 million daily users

One of the most anticipated presentations at HAProxyConf 2025 came from gaming and user-generated content (UGC) innovators Roblox. Software Engineer Chris Jones and Senior Site Reliability Engineer Ben Meidel gave an enthusiastic and enjoyable presentation, detailing their journey from legacy hardware to a sophisticated, automated, and secure application delivery platform, with seamless, API-powered dynamic configuration and upgrades, supported by the HAProxy Enterprise Dynamic Update Module.

The Silent Sabotage of Configuration Drift

Your network is not a static entity. It is a living system that has been running for years, absorbing countless changes. While your infrastructure may appear healthy on the surface, a slow and silent saboteur is often at work, methodically undermining your infrastructure from within. This is not the work of a malicious actor. It’s the inevitable result of a process you may not even be tracking: configuration drift.