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How to Mitigate and Prevent Network Automation Risk

Network automation platforms have many self-evident benefits. They empower NetOps teams to accomplish a lot more in a lot less time. More specifically, network engineers can automate simple tasks so that they can focus on more important, big-picture objectives. These platforms can streamline multiple processes before uniting them into a single, seamless flow.

9 Essential Network Monitoring Protocols: An Overview

Network monitoring protocols are essential for keeping your network running smoothly. They are data-collection and analysis techniques that provide insights into the health of your network and can help you identify and fix network problems before they cause major disruptions. Think of your network like a city's road system: data packets are cars, routers are traffic lights, and switches are intersections.

How to Effectively Monitor Nginx and Prevent Downtime

Nginx is widely known for its high performance and reliability. However, just like any software running in production, it requires continuous monitoring to ensure smooth operation. Issues such as high latency, unexpected crashes, or overwhelming traffic spikes can lead to performance degradation or even complete outages. Therefore, implementing a robust monitoring strategy is crucial to maintaining the health and stability of your Nginx deployment.

Why Super Bowl 2025 was a triumph for Internet Resilience

When you’re spending close to $8 million for a 30-second Super Bowl ad, the one thing you don’t want to leave to chance is your website—especially when millions of viewers, whether they came for the game, Kendrick Lamar, or to catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift in the stands, might head there right after the spot airs. Make no mistake: web performance is just as critical as the ad itself.

How Obkio's NPO Plan Supports Organizations Making a Global Impact With Affordable Network Monitoring

At Obkio, we believe in using our resources to give back to organizations that make the world a better place. That’s why we launched our NPO Plan—a program designed to help non-profits access advanced Network Performance Monitoring at a significantly reduced cost. By offering our services to non-profits at a fraction of the price, we help them to focus on what matters most—supporting their missions, rather than worrying about IT costs.

Bilateral and Multilateral Peering: What's the Difference?

These two types of peering relationship may seem similar at first glance, but there are a few considerations you should make to get the most out of your connection to an IX. When you join an internet exchange, the first thing you’ll need to do after physically connecting is establish some BGP sessions in order to get traffic flowing and to start enjoying the benefits of peering at an IX.

Networks are everyone's business - TCP Checks for app developers

Checkly is the industry’s best tool to monitor your production applications. With the power of playwright, developers can test the systems they’ve developed, and roll out those tests as production monitors running from multiple geographies on the Checkly system. And Checkly monitors thousands of API endpoints with complex validation, setup and cleanup scripts, and reliable alerting. So why are we expanding into TCP-based checks?

Boosting IT Efficiency: How to Do More With Less

IT teams are constantly asked to do more with limited resources and budgets. Is your IT team’s monitoring strategy keeping up? Thankfully, these challenges aren’t impossible to overcome. Check out this exclusive webinar where Greg Collins, Product Marketing Manager at Progress, and Jason Alberino, Principal Product Manager at Progress, will share tips on accomplishing your IT goals with less.

Optimizing AWS NAT Gateway Usage

AWS NAT Gateways are essential for private subnet access but can quickly become a costly burden, even when idle. With Kentik, cloud and network engineers gain deep visibility into NAT Gateway traffic, allowing them to identify underutilized gateways, analyze high-cost usage, and explore cost-saving alternatives like VPC Endpoints, Internet Gateways, or direct peering.

Sam Bucci - Ribbon in the Rapidly Evolving Telecommunications Landscape

In a recent discussion, Sam Bucci elaborated on the unique positioning of Ribbon Communications in the rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape. He emphasized Ribbon’s capability to support a diverse range of customers as they transition their network infrastructures, whether they prefer appliance-based solutions, virtualized network functions (VNFs), or cloud-native solutions. Bucci highlighted Ribbon’s versatility in scaling operations to meet the varying needs of both large Tier One customers, such as Verizon, and smaller businesses in rural areas.