Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI and large language models have changed how we approach IT operations, cybersecurity, and observability. And though we can point to measurable benefits and outcomes from applying LLMs to ITOps, there is also a lot of speculation to deal with. Phillip Gervasi, Director of Technical Evangelism at Kentik, and Christoph Pfister, Chief Product Officer at Kentik, discuss what generative AI and LLMs are, how they can be used to improve IT operations, and what the future might hold.

For decades, the scourge of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has plagued the internet. Join Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, and Aaron Weintraub, Principal Engineer at Cogent Communications, as they explain how organizations can identify customer networks sending the spoofed traffic that leads to DDoS attacks.

Kentik internet analysis expert, Doug Madory, discusses the most notable and significant BGP incidents in the history of the internet, from traffic-disrupting leaks to recent crypto-stealing hijacks. Stretching back to the AS7007 leak of 1997, this webinar uses a historical perspective to explore the questions: what progress has been made and what is the path to finally securing BGP?

In this enlightening panel discussion from the Telco Core Strategy Summit, industry experts discuss the intricacies of cloud core migration. Learn from seasoned professionals, including Kentik’s Justin Ryburn, as they share insights on cloud migration challenges, the importance of automation, and strategies to maintain security and performance. Understand the significance of detailed planning, the shifting dynamics of workloads in the cloud, and how to navigate the complexities of this transformative journey.

Kentik's State of the Internet Overview: With the increasing reliance on SaaS applications in organizations and homes, monitoring connectivity and connection quality is crucial. However, gaining insights into third-party networks like Google's DNS, Microsoft 365, or Zoom is challenging. Kentik's "State of the Internet" offers a solution. Part of Kentik's network observability platform, it deploys hundreds of test agents globally to monitor popular SaaS providers, major public clouds, and DNS services.

Artificial intelligence has changed the landscape of technology, especially as we collect and analyze vast amounts of data. As AI workloads are distributed among compute nodes and across data centers, what problems are posed for traditional networking, and what solutions can we discover? This live discussion between Justin Ryburn, Field CTO at Kentik, and Phillip Gervasi, Director of Technical Evangelism at Kentik, dives deep into the current state of data center networking in the age of AI.

Justin Ryburn describes the complexities of managing a modern enterprise network and the various areas where Kentik can provide observability. Having all of this information in a single platform that is easy to access and highly scalable provides a lot of value to Kentik customers. Justin wraps up with a discussion of Kentik’s roadmap for the future.

Justin Ryburn describes the complexities of managing the network in a modern Kubernetes deployment and how Kentik can provide observability. Leveraging eBPF technology allows network engineers the ability to visualize and make sense of the network traffic within the Kubernetes cluster, as well as traffic entering and leaving the cluster. Justin wraps up with a brief demo of Kentik’s beta Kentik Kube functionality.

The network may be the last thing most people think about, but it’s one of the most crucial components of application delivery. Here we discuss the importance of a data-driven approach to network observability. We unpack how Kentik’s approach to machine learning, big data, and a unified data repository can help network operations solve problems faster to ensure a reliable network with great application performance.

What happens to your apps when your cloud provider performs network maintenance? Kentik helps you monitor your app’s network paths and performance on premises, in the cloud, and in between. Kentik can show you the paths your app uses during normal operations and detect any changes that could cause decreased application performance. Public cloud maintenance is necessary, and with Kentik’s network observability platform, you can see exactly when your cloud provider is doing it and how it’s affecting your application traffic.