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UK Public Sector IT teams face mounting AI pressures amid 'do more with less' reality

May 6, 2026 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds

New SolarWinds research reveals that AI is adding pressure and complexity for public sector IT teams, despite being positioned as a solution to ease workload.

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Inside the .de DNS Outage: Real-World Data from UptimeRobot.

May 6, 2026 By Tomas Koprusak In Uptime Robot

In the evening of May 5th, 2026, large parts of the German web briefly went dark. For a few hours, anyone trying to load a.de address through a major DNS resolver got errors instead of websites. Bahn.de, Amazon.de, and Spiegel.de were among the affected. Major brands like Telekom, DHL, and Sparkassen felt it too, along with hosting providers Hetzner, Strato, and Ionos.

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Introducing Megaport DDoS Protection: Built-In Network Resilience for Megaport Internet

May 6, 2026 By Megaport In Megaport

This fabric-native shield delivers private, professional-grade resilience that is easily added via the Megaport Portal in under 60 seconds. Megaport is evolving the connection. With the launch of Megaport DDoS Protection, we are securing the mission-critical Megaport Internet connection by filtering out malicious traffic before it ever reaches your platform.

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A Guide to 400G Connectivity

May 5, 2026 By Robbie Yates In Megaport

Ready to scale beyond 100G? Learn why 400G is on the rise, when to use it, and how to deploy it. Network traffic is growing exponentially. Cloud adoption, AI, large-scale data replication, video streaming, and generative applications are all drivers, and enterprises with traditional connectivity setups may find themselves struggling to keep up. Enter 400-gigabit Ethernet (400G): a high-capacity, scalable networking standard that enables you to build faster and more cost-efficient networks at scale.

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What is an ASN? Understanding the backbone of the Internet

May 5, 2026 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect

Using the internet often feels effortless when clicking a link or joining a call, but behind that simplicity lies a highly structured system that ensures data moves efficiently across the globe. One of the key building blocks of this system is the Autonomous System Number (ASN).

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How Scalability Works in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted

May 5, 2026 By solarwindsinc In SolarWinds

Cheryl Nomanson, SolarWinds staff technical trainer, provides a comprehensive overview of SolarWinds architecture and scaling options for self-hosted deployments. She explains the centralized deployment model starting with a single SolarWinds server that handles polling, web console, and database connections. The presentation covers key scaling indicators including polling thresholds that warn users at 85% capacity and alert at 100%. She demonstrates how to add up to 100 polling engines per server and additional web servers to handle more concurrent users.

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Observability vs Monitoring: What's the Real Difference in 2026?

May 5, 2026 By Motadata In Motadata

Understand the real difference between observability and monitoring — and why modern IT teams in 2026 need both. Monitoring tells you something is broken; observability explains why. See real examples, faster troubleshooting workflows, and how Motadata ObserveOps unifies both in one platform. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more IT insights.

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Calculating The Kubernetes Integration Tax: What Your DIY Networking Stack Actually Costs

May 5, 2026 By Veronika Smolik In Tigera

It was 11:47pm on a Thursday night, and a senior platform engineer at a large North American bank was rolling back a ‘simple’ configuration change. The change itself was small, a routine update approved through the usual review process, but when it was applied, pods began cycling and connections started dropping. For the next three seconds, mobile banking sessions already mid-transaction dropped. Customer support lit up.

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What's New with Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026.0

May 4, 2026 By Progress WhatsUp Gold In WhatsUp Gold

Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026.0 helps IT teams improve network visibility, strengthen security and work more efficiently. In this recorded webinar, explore what’s included in this free upgrade for customers with an active service agreement, including: Learn how Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026.0 can deliver proactive visibility with trusted security across your IT infrastructure.

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Obkio Microsoft Teams Monitoring vs. Microsoft Teams Admin Center

May 4, 2026 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio

Most IT teams rely on Microsoft Teams Admin Center as their default monitoring tool to find and fix Microsoft Teams issues, but there's a gap between what it shows and what actually causes call quality problems. Teams Admin Center gives you Microsoft's perspective on what happened after an MS Teams call ended. It doesn't tell you what was happening on your network, on your users' devices, or in the five minutes before the complaints started coming in.

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