Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), ever-evolving fields that are subtly and stunningly transforming our world, are now firmly rooted in most aspects of the current tech landscape and business processes. Their growth is exponential, and their effects are largely positive – fostering business endeavors, enhancing our quality of life, and shaping how we live, work, and interact.

Over the past five years, enterprise networking has undergone a significant transformation driven by advancements in technology, the rise of cloud and SaaS applications, the decentralization of the workforce, and the need for agility, scalability, and cost mitigation. These factors have led organizations to shift from on-premise network management systems (NMS) to cloud-managed networking platforms and to adopt technologies like Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN).

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a system that makes it easier to run Kubernetes on AWS and on-premises. This managed AWS Kubernetes service scales, manages, and deploys containerized applications. Through EKS, you can run Kubernetes without installing or operating a control plane or worker nodes — significantly simplifying Kubernetes deployment on AWS. So what does it all mean?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect is a system that connects your business to an AWS service without using mainstream internet. Implementing this system into your company means any information transferred over the internet will use a private, secure network. AWS Direct Connect designs virtual interfaces that are directly connected to public AWS service. It makes the transfer of information quicker and more streamlined for your company.

In today’s interconnected world, network administrators face the daunting task of managing and securing complex networks. To effectively monitor network traffic and optimize performance, they require comprehensive insights into the data flows within their infrastructure. NetFlow Analyzer is an analytics tool that monitors network traffic flow. It leverages the ability of flow technologies to offer visibility in real time.

Palo Alto Panorama is a network management system (NMS) that provides excellent security updates and static rules in a constantly changing world. The modern world is implementing more technology into our daily lives, so we need more creative and innovative solutions to protect our data and information. Implementing Palo Alto Panorama will reduce administrator workload by building a dashboard where you can monitor all of your IT operations in one place, in real-time.

Citrix NetScaler is a web application delivery controller (ADC) that can make applications run more efficiently. In some cases, they can run up to five times faster than without Citrix NetScaler. Also, it can reduce web application costs for the owner with server offloading, and it ensures that applications are readily available with its application load balancing features. Citrix more than 400,000 customers worldwide, with 99% of Fortune 100 companies and 98% of Fortune 500 companies.

There’s an old adage that says happy employees equals happy customers. Reputable magazines like Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur have dedicated significant brainpower to dissecting this concept, and customer success leaders acknowledge its truth. Just as in business, a little “self care” in IT will go a long way.

Over the past few months, LogicMonitor released a number of enhancements to the LM Envision platform across all of our solutions. We’re excited to share some of these new capabilities with you. We’ll begin by looking at a few recent innovations within LM Envision, LogicMonitor’s unified monitoring platform.

We asked Chris Kline, the Head of Cloud Sales at LogicMonitor, to discuss the challenges he sees customers facing with infrastructure monitoring, their changing expectations, the big disruptors in the industry, and how LogicMonitor addresses these modern monitoring needs.