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Are you a network observability champion?

At Kentik, we pride ourselves as innovators and thought-leaders for network observability. “Kentik is network observability” is more than a slogan for us. It’s an idea that informs our product roadmap and guides our problem-solving with customers. We’ve done a lot to explain network observability to prospects.

The real cost of latency

In networking, latency - sometimes referred to as 'lag' - is the delay between a client request and the service provider's response. In a cloud environment this could be a developer or end-user client request, and the cloud service provider’s response. Or for multi-cloud, it could be one application in a cloud instance, talking to another application in another cloud instance. But no matter which type, latency can have a real impact on an organisation.

15 Best Linux Networking Commands and Scripts You Should Know

Both servers and software development use Linux. Today, Linux distributions are used by the vast majority of electronics and embedded systems. Worldwide, Linux servers make up about 90% of all internet servers. Additionally, the Linux kernel is used by around 80% of all smartphones. Today, every system in the world is linked via a network. Information exchange across systems requires network connectivity. Computer networking refers to communication over the internet as well as within a network.

Achieving Operational Excellence with N-able

After 20+ years as an N-able partner, Dave Brewer and BC Networks believe the operational excellence they've achieved sets them apart from other MSPs. Brewer sat down with N-able at Empower 2022 to talk about his journey with N-able, how his company uses N-central, SentinelOne EDR, and DNS Filter. Brewer also discussed what he thinks are the most important things for MSPs to look for in 2023 and why cybersecurity is such a high priority.

Secure Cookies Using HAProxy Enterprise

My colleague Baptiste previously published an article on how to protect cookies while offloading SSL. I recently encountered a customer who wanted to achieve a very similar goal but using a more recent HAProxy Enterprise version. This post will explain the best practices for how to secure your cookies using HAProxy Enterprise.

Microsoft Teams Troubleshooting Performance and Connection Issues

How many times has this happened? You’re on a Microsoft Teams call, and your call disconnects, lags or freezes - so you go to Google to look up how to solve the problem. Well look no further! We’re teaching you the how to’s of Microsoft Teams troubleshooting to solve common Microsoft Teams performance issues and connection issues using Network Monitoring!