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How to find Network Visibility Gaps: Strategies to Ensure Resilience and Performance

Apr 23, 2025 By Catchpoint In Catchpoint
As IT infrastructures grow more complex, visibility and resilience have never been more critical. With hybrid IT, remote workforces, and distributed services, your network extends far beyond the data center or cloud—it spans the internet. Traditional monitoring tools leave blind spots that impact user experience and lead to costly downtime. To stay ahead, modern network performance monitoring (NPM) must evolve.
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Kentik

The Scourge of Excessive AS-SETs

Apr 23, 2025 By Doug Madory In Kentik
An AS-SET is a special object that represents a group of ASNs and forms the basis for IRR-based route filtering. However, many AS-SETs in circulation today have grown so big that they effectively whitelist much of the routing table, rendering them ineffective. According to recent analysis, there are currently 2,192 AS-SETs which expand to over 1,000 ASNs each! In this blog post, we’ll describe what an AS-SET is, its role in route filtering, and how to deal with excessively large AS-SETs.
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obkio

Obkio's 2025 Pricing Updates: Investing in a Stronger, Smarter Network Monitoring Solution

Apr 23, 2025 By Alyssa Lamberti In Obkio
For the first time in over 3 and a half years, we’re updating our pricing. Starting June 1st, new pricing will apply to all new purchases, upgrades, and renewals and will be reflected in upcoming billing statements. This change comes as we roll out a wave of powerful new features and improvements designed to help you monitor and optimize network performance better than ever before. We know pricing updates are never taken lightly, and neither is your trust in us.
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auvik

Cloud Migration Benefits: Why Switching Network Management to the Cloud Makes Sense

Apr 23, 2025 By Rebecca Grassing In Auvik
Migrating your network infrastructure and management tools to the cloud offers tremendous advantages for modern businesses. As legacy on-premise data centers face growing limitations, shifting critical IT resources into robust cloud platforms provides the agility, efficiency, and innovation needed to stay competitive. This article explores the many benefits of cloud migration, including the financial, operational, and strategic upsides.
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Optimize AWS Transit Gateway Usage

Apr 22, 2025 By Kentik In Kentik
AWS Transit Gateway simplifies network architecture by connecting multiple VPCs and on-premises networks through a centralized hub—but it's easy to incur unnecessary costs if not managed properly. Learn how Kentik provides deep visibility into your AWS Transit Gateway usage, quickly highlighting expensive or inefficient traffic patterns. Using Kentik's Data Explorer, we show how to identify unnecessary intra-VPC traffic that's adding costs and potentially degrading performance.
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Top Linode Alternatives for 2025: Why Kamatera Stands Out for DevOps Teams

Top Linode Alternatives for 2025: Why Kamatera Stands Out for DevOps Teams

Apr 22, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Businesses continuously explore alternatives to Linode to discover cloud hosting solutions that align perfectly with their diverse needs. Alternative platforms like AWS, Amazon, OVHcloud, and Kamatera offer varied options in terms of pricing, features, and performance capabilities. Shifting to these alternatives might provide better integration options, improved customer support, or pricing benefits suited for different business scales. This exploration enables organizations to secure a cloud platform that meets their specific requirements and supports their growth trajectory effectively.
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AI's Dark Side: Crafting the Perfect Phishing Email

Apr 21, 2025 By N-able In N-able
Phishing just got an upgrade. In this clip from our Fireside Chat, Oliver Spence breaks down how attackers are now using AI to write perfectly-toned, convincing phishing emails — and even mimic voices for vishing attacks. No more broken English. AI voice cloning is here. Phishing emails are getting harder to spot. This is how AI is quietly changing the game on the offensive side — and why businesses need to rethink their everyday defenses.
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obkio

How to Troubleshoot Internet Connectivity Issues for IT Pros

Apr 20, 2025 By Alyssa Lamberti In Obkio
A reliable Internet connection is the lifeblood of nearly every organization. From seamless video conferences to uninterrupted data transfers and smooth online operations, the modern business world depends on a steady flow of data. However, as IT professionals know all too well, even the most robust networks can encounter connectivity issues that disrupt productivity and cause frustration.
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Making VMware Cloud Foundation Environments Part of Your Network Observability Picture

Apr 18, 2025 By Alec Pinkham In Broadcom
Private cloud solutions like VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) are rapidly gaining traction as organizations seek the benefits of on-premises control with cloud-enabled agility. While these offerings deliver significant benefits, they also introduce significant challenges for network operations teams striving to maintain optimal user experiences.
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