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Incident Review - Slack Outage Impacts A Subset Of Users Worldwide Due To DNS Issue

DNS observability is an essential part of any Ops team’s strategy. Looking for proof? It’s happening right now. It has been a busy week for Ops teams across the globe. Many were forced to urgently rotate SSL certificates after one of Lets Encrypt’s root certificates expired. Collaboration plays a critical role during such situations where members in a team or multiple teams must communicate and work with each other to rapidly and efficiently complete a collective task.

ScienceLogic Acquires Restorepoint, Expanding Portfolio Into NetOps & SecOps Domains

Hi, my name is Erik Rudin, and I have the privilege of leading our technical alliances and ecosystem team here at ScienceLogic. We are excited to announce that ScienceLogic has acquired the network configuration and change management vendor Restorepoint. With this acquisition, we’re expanding our IT operations business into the Network Operations (NetOps) and Security Operations (SecOps) domains.

How to monitor a web server running NGINX|httpd

Web servers are software services that store resources for a website and then makes them available over the World Wide Web. These stored resources can be text, images, video and application data. Computers that are interfaced with the server mostly web browsers (clients), request these resources and presents to the user. This basic interaction determines every connection between your computer and the websites you visit.

Backbone Engineering and Interconnection with Nina Bargisen | Network AF Podcast Ep. 2

Today's conversation is with Nina Bargisen, Director of GTM Strategy for the Service Provider customer segment at Kentik. She is an experienced interconnection specialist, and today she shares her journey through the networking industry. You'll get to hear about hot topics within the industry, with insights into what we can be on the lookout for in the future. Most importantly, Nina discusses how mentoring, learning processes, and community helped her get to where she is now that can help you get into the world of networking as well. Lastly, Avi and Nina discuss the critical topic of inclusivity and how we can be better. Listen now!

Listen up: The Network AF podcast is here

Hear here! Today we’re very excited to share that our Co-founder and CEO Avi Freedman launched a new podcast, Network AF. If you like nerding out on all-things networking, cloud and the internet, this podcast is for you. If you like networking how-tos, best practices and biggest mistakes, this podcast is for you. If you want to up your poker game, well… this podcast might also be for you.

Lightning-fast Kubernetes networking with Calico & VPP

Public cloud infrastructures and microservices are pushing the limits of resources and service delivery beyond what was imaginable until very recently. In order to keep up with the demand, network infrastructures and network technologies had to evolve as well. Software-defined networking (SDN) is the pinnacle of advancement in cloud networking; by using SDN, developers can now deliver an optimized, flexible networking experience that can adapt to the growing demands of their clients.