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The Driving Force of Community at All Things Open 2023

The most noticeable takeaway from All Things Open 2023 was how visibly and demonstrably people were there for the event itself. Not to check a box or browse the swag but to be together, show their support of open source, and glean every last bit of knowledge they could.

What Is Adaptive Flowspec and Does It Solve the DDoS Problem?

Managing modern networks means taking on the complexity of downtime, config errors, and vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. Learn how BGP Flow Specification (Flowspec) can help to mitigate DDoS attacks through disseminating traffic flow specification rules throughout a network.

Why Can't Network Teams Have Nice Things?

Let me tell you something you already know: Networks are more complex than ever. They are massive. They are confounding. Modern networks are obtuse superorganisms of switches, routers, containers, and overlays; a hodgepodge of telemetry from AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and sprawling infrastructure that spans more than a dozen timezones.

Ending Saint Helena's Exile from the Internet

Just after midnight on October 1, 2023, the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic began passing internet traffic over its long-awaited, first-ever submarine cable connection. In this blog post, we cover how Kentik’s measurements captured this historic activation, as well as the epic story of the advocacy work it took to make this development possible.

State of the Internet: Monitoring SaaS Application Performance

With the increasing reliance on SaaS applications in organizations and homes, monitoring connectivity and connection quality is crucial. In this post, learn how with Kentik’s State of the Internet, you can dive deep into the performance metrics of the most popular SaaS applications.

The Evolution of Data Center Networking for AI Workloads

Traditional data center networking can’t meet the needs of today’s AI workload communication. We need a different networking paradigm to meet these new challenges. In this blog post, learn about the technical changes happening in data center networking from the silicon to the hardware to the cables in between.