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What is Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & How It Works | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Welcome to Obkio’s App! In this video, we’ll be exploring the “Application Performance” tab within the app. You can use Application Performance Monitoring (APM) to monitor web and application performance, and more specifically, to test any website or web application from an HTTP or HTTPS point of view. APM helps you understand if network issues are coming from your local network or not.

What is High Packet Loss & How to Fix It

Believe it or not, seamless and efficient data transmission is super important for both businesses and individual users and impacts a variety of different applications and services. However, one of the common issues that can disrupt this flow is packet loss, which can lead to a variety of network performance problems. High packet loss is particularly concerning since it can severely impact the quality of VoIP calls, video conferencing, online gaming, and even basic web browsing.

Residential Proxies for Competitor Analysis in 2025

As you navigate the competitive landscape in 2025, having the best tools at your disposal is essential. Leveraging competitor analysis' residential proxies can provide vital insights to give your business an edge. Your competitor's strategies and tactics hold valuable lessons. Utilizing residential proxies properly allows you to gain a deeply granular view into their activities without compromising your anonymity or getting blocked.

Expanding Monitoring Coverage with Device Self-Certification in DX NetOps

For most network operations teams today, there are a dizzying array of technologies in play, and more keep getting added to the mix. To efficiently manage these multi-vendor, multi-technology environments, it is vital to leverage network observability solutions that provide comprehensive coverage. This post examines how DX NetOps by Broadcom helps address this imperative.

DNS misconfiguration can happen to anyone - the question is how fast can you detect it?

Even after decades of building web applications and troubleshooting live production issues, the thrill of solving why some random website is failing never fades. Last week, a colleague shared a link to ONUG’s website about their upcoming event in NYC this fall. I clicked on the link, and was waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the page to load and it did not. Finally, after about 30 seconds, Chrome greets me with “ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT”

What is Network Visualization? Three Words: Mapping, Dashboards and Reports

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a network map, dashboard, report, or other style of visualization is invaluable for IT pros. While network admins may live deep in the weeds, their bosses and other company execs prefer a high-level view that presents the big story.

7 trends to watch when considering gen AI adoption

AI is the current “big thing” in tech and its development marks a pivotal chapter in computing history, where it is redefining how industries operate globally. As IT leaders and CTOs navigate their organisations through this transformative landscape, understanding the direction generative AI is heading and knowing how to manage this technology effectively is crucial.

Welcome to the Experience Driven NOC Network Path Change Alarms and Drill Down Context Pages

On your journey to the Experience-Driven NOC, DX NetOps 22,2 is enabling network operations centers to utilize their standard operating procedures and workflows to triage the performance of the entire network path of any user experience - over managed or unmanaged networks. As with any workflow, we start with an alarm and enable operations to drill down, in-context to the offending network device; giving operators enhanced visibility into network path performance along with key KPIs for focused troubleshooting on any and all user experience impact.

ECN explained: Navigate congestion for faster, smoother data delivery

Fact: No one likes traffic congestion. That’s why no one pines for the days before Google Maps. Thanks to navigation apps on our phones and cars, we can see traffic updates that help us avoid busy roads during rush hour and reach our destinations faster. The same logic applies to content delivered over the Internet. Congestion on the web happens when data packets flood the network, causing delays and packet loss.