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Hurricane Helene Devastates Network Connectivity in Parts of the South

In this post, we dig into the impacts from Hurricane Helene which came ashore late last month wreaking destruction and severe flooding in the Southeastern United States. Using Kentik’s traffic data as well as Georgia Tech’s IODA, we detail the impacts in three of the hardest-hit states: Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Unleashing the Power of Kentik Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers

Kentik Data Explorer is a powerful tool designed for engineers managing complex environments. It provides comprehensive visibility across various cloud platforms by ingesting and enriching telemetry data from sources like AWS, GCP, and Azure, and with the ability to explore data through granular filters and dimensions, engineers can quickly analyze cloud performance, detect security threats, and control costs in real-time exploration and historically.

Unlocking Network Insights: Bringing Context to Cloud Visibility

In today’s complex cloud environments, traditional network visibility tools fail to provide the necessary context to understand and troubleshoot application performance issues. In this post, we delve into how network observability bridges this gap by combining diverse telemetry data and enriching it with contextual information.

Optimizing Cloud Networks: The Strategic Approach to Eliminating Suboptimal Routing

In this post, we look at optimizing cloud network routing to avoid suboptimal paths that increase latency, round-trip times, or costs. To mitigate this, we can adjust routing policies, strategically distributing resources, AWS Direct Connects, and by leveraging observability tools to monitor performance and costs, enabling informed decisions that balance performance with budget.

Understanding Network Traffic Blockages in AWS

In this post, explore the challenges of diagnosing network traffic blockages in AWS due to the complex and dynamic nature of cloud networks. Learn how Kentik addresses these issues by integrating AWS flow data, metrics, and security policies into a single view, allowing engineers to quickly identify the source of blockages enhancing visibility and speeding up the resolution process.

Understanding Transit Gateway Costs

Phil Gervasi shows the importance of understanding traffic over AWS Transit Gateways for cloud cost management. He demonstrates how Kentik provides a visual layout of the entire AWS environment, including Transit Gateways, and allows users to dig into specific details and metrics. Phil also gives a quick look at Data Explorer, where users can observe Transit Gateway traffic over time, create and edit filters, and customize data visualization for sharing and exporting.