Host Leon Adato takes you through the latest updates and features from Kentik. This month, we dive into monitoring analytics for content distribution networks (CDNs), explore the new Use Case Finder in Kentik's knowledgebase, and learn how to include custom fields in Data Explorer. Plus, Leon shares some light-hearted insights on why August is the perfect time to celebrate with Kentik's... uhh... craft brews? Don't forget to like and subscribe to keep up-to-date on everything new at Kentik!

Phil Gervasi introduces a method for identifying idle resources in AWS using the Kentik platform. By selecting dimensions such as Logging Status, Observing VPC ID, and Observing Region, users can filter the data to determine if a resource is actually doing anything from a network perspective. “No Data” messages indicate resources with no network activity, and a more specific filter can be created based on this message to isolate idle resources. By adjusting the time frame and observing bits per second, users can determine how long resources have been idle.

Phil Gervasi introduces a quick and easy way to see network performance metrics among multiple cloud instances. Synthetic tests can be deployed in multiple public clouds to test for loss, latency, and jitter among public cloud instances, such as between AWS and Azure. Phil demonstrates the ability to adjust the time range and shows inbound and outbound traffic, average latency, packet loss, and jitter. A spike in any of these metrics would trigger an alert tied to the ticketing system. He also shows the ability to click into the path view between cloud instances to see a hop-by-hop breakdown.

Multi-cloud visibility is a challenge for most IT teams juggling multiple tools and screens to understand application traffic across multiple public clouds. Kentik unifies telemetry from the major cloud providers and the public internet into one place to give you the ability to monitor and troubleshoot application performance across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds for real-time and historical analysis.

Nobody likes getting a surprise (and surprisingly large) bill from their cloud provider. But that doesn't stop it from happening a surprising number of times. In this episode, Kentik's Director of Technical Evangelism, Phil Gervasi, and Mike Krygeris, an Enterprise Solutions Architect, talk with host Leon Adato about how Kentik's tools help reduce the surprises and lower the cost of your cloud environment. While you're here, remember to like and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!