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What are Network KPIs, Why Should You Care? 16 Metrics/KPIs to Chase

Mar 7, 2024 By Doug Barney In WhatsUp Gold

A network key performance indicator (KPI) is a measurement and a benchmark to achieve optimal network performance goals. To support these goals, measuring actual performance against the KPI goals helps the network team make decisions to improve and sustain network performance and service levels and meet the KPI objective.

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Network Monitoring for Education Institutions and Universities: Ensuring Network Connectivity in Schools

Mar 7, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio

As networks of educational institutions continue to get more complex, so does the demand for robust network monitoring and security measures. Without a secure and optimized network, student records become vulnerable to hacking, bandwidth congestion disrupts essential services, and online assignments remain unfinished. When lesson plans heavily rely on video-conferencing for seamless education delivery, the margin for errors or outages is slim.

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TCP/IP: What It Is & How It Works

Mar 7, 2024 By Laiba Siddiqui In Splunk

Network protocols are necessary for data transmission and networking over different devices. One of the most common protocols is the TCP/IP framework, which builds connections through our internet. In fact, if you check email, watch Netflix, or stream music from Spotify, you’re relying on TCP/IP in the background. In this article, you’ll learn about the TCP/IP protocol layers and how they function.

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Configuring Alert Thresholds in WhatsUp Gold

Mar 7, 2024 By WhatsUp Gold In WhatsUp Gold

WhatsUp Gold Alert Center detects and notifies you of critical messages, failures, and other key events happening within your environment. Watch this video to learn how to configure the thresholds and parameters that determine when an alert is generated.

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N-able N-sight RMM Update - March 2024

Mar 6, 2024 By N-able In N-able

N-able Head Nerd Joe Ferla provides a quick update on the latest from N-able N-sight RMM.

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Using Telegraf to Feed API JSON Data into Kentik NMS

Mar 6, 2024 By Justin Ryburn In Kentik

While many wifi access points and SD-WAN controllers have a rich data set available via their APIs, most do not support exporting this data via SNMP or streaming telemetry. In this post, Justin Ryburn walks you through configuring Telegraf to feed API JSON data into Kentik NMS.

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Announcing HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.11

Mar 6, 2024 By Zlatko Bratkovic In HAProxy

HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.11 is now available. For our enterprise customers, HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.11 is coming soon and will incorporate the same features. In this release, we enhanced security through the adoption of rootless containers, graduated our custom resource definitions to v1, made them easier to manage, and introduced support for the QUIC protocol.

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Industry Veteran Tim Bertrand Joins HAProxy Technologies as President

Mar 5, 2024 By HAProxy In HAProxy

With extensive open source and enterprise software experience, Bertrand joins HAProxy during a time of accelerated revenue growth and community adoption, and revolutionary product development.

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Streamline Incident Analysis in QRadar by Using the Progress Flowmon QRadar Application

Mar 5, 2024 By Martin Škoda In Flowmon

Flowmon QRadar integration provides a single pane of glass to detect and respond to Flowmon ADS events directly in IBM QRadar. The integration packages were updated to support the latest version of Flowmon products and the IBM QRadar platform. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are considered foundational elements in a company's security toolkit.

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What's New at Kentik, Episode 4

Mar 5, 2024 By Kentik In Kentik

Kenik NMS and AI are the big news this month! Join Leon Adato as he unveils the groundbreaking Kentik NMS (Network Monitoring System) and Kentik AI, designed to enhance network observability with advanced metrics and intelligent, natural language query capabilities. This episode introduces these powerful tools and shares insights into their significance in modern network monitoring. Discover how Kentik is redefining network management with these innovations, promising "phenomenal cosmic power" to IT professionals!

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