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What Are Network Packet Drops & How to Measure Them

Imagine you’re in the middle of a phone call, and suddenly, the conversation cuts out for a moment. You miss a word, a sentence, or even an entire part of the discussion. It’s frustrating, right? This interruption is similar to what happens in a network when data packets are dropped and fail to reach their destination. These interruptions are known as network packet drops.

The Need for Speed: Highlights from IBM and Catchpoint's Global DNS Performance Study

Despite DNS being the backbone of Internet connectivity, reliable metrics for benchmarking DNS performance are surprisingly scarce. This gap often leaves IT teams navigating in the dark, unable to effectively gauge how their DNS configurations stack up against industry standards. To address this pressing need, Catchpoint worked with IBM NS1 Connect to provide a clear, data-driven picture of DNS performance.

Understanding Network Traffic Blockages in AWS

In this post, explore the challenges of diagnosing network traffic blockages in AWS due to the complex and dynamic nature of cloud networks. Learn how Kentik addresses these issues by integrating AWS flow data, metrics, and security policies into a single view, allowing engineers to quickly identify the source of blockages enhancing visibility and speeding up the resolution process.

Trends in AI: RAFT and the Worlds First Network Language Model

In this video Product Marketing Evangelist John Capobianco explores retrieval augmented fine tuning and the world's first network language model (NML) fine-tuned by Selector AI! We will cover the evolution of operations as well as various inflection points in technology including artificial intelligence. Then we will deep dive into how, and why, techniques likes RAG and Fine Tuning augment human operations dealing with data at scale and complexity never seen before.

SaaS Budget Planning Guide for IT Professionals

SaaS services are one of the biggest drivers of OpEx (operating expenses) for modern businesses. With Gartner projecting $247.2 billion in global SaaS spending this year, it’s no wonder SaaS budgets are a big deal in the world of finance and IT. Efficient SaaS utilization can significantly affect both the bottom line and employee productivity.

From the Vault: Gui Soubihe, CEO of Latitude.sh, on Cloud AI Infrastructure | Uplink | Episode 5

From the Vault: The conversation that sparked Uplink. Before we had a name or a theme song, this was the conversation that set the tone for what would become the Uplink Podcast. In this episode, Megaport CEO Michael Reid interviews Gui Soubihe, CEO and founder of Latitude.sh, a company delivering Bare Metal and GPU as a Service designed for the modern AI era.

How to Customize & Manage Network Monitoring Dashboards | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Welcome! In this video, we’re looking at the “Dashboards” tab in Obkio’s Network Performance Monitoring App. The Network Monitoring Dashboards allow you to visualize all the information and metrics collected from your Obkio account. You can leverage dashboards to analyze and compare information and find answers when monitoring and troubleshooting network performance. In this video, we will show you what you can do at the widget level in a single dashboard, and also, how to manage multiple dashboards in Obkio’s app.