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Network Management in a Nutshell for MSPs

Let’s be honest: Network management is a big responsibility. It includes monitoring and controlling a computer network to ensure all of its resources—both hardware and software—are in good shape and are being used productively. And if you’re not a network expert (or don’t have one on your payroll), that probably sounds pretty intimidating. But there’s no time like the present to tackle the topic of network management head on.

Datadog Network Performance Monitoring

You can now analyze and map network traffic between teams, services, data centers, security groups, or any other subset of your environment. Visualize high-level traffic flows, and drill down in a few clicks to granular details about individual components or services. Network Performance Monitoring is fully integrated with the rest of Datadog, so you can seamlessly pivot to correlated metrics, request traces, and logs for troubleshooting.

Introducing Datadog Network Performance Monitoring

Network Performance Monitoring is currently available in private beta. Request access here. Your applications and infrastructure components rely on one another in an increasingly complex fabric, regardless of whether you run a monolithic application or microservices, and whether you deploy to cloud infrastructure, private data centers, or both.

Dash 2019: Guide to Datadog's newest announcements

At Dash 2019, we are excited to share a number of new products and features on the Datadog platform. With the addition of Network Performance Monitoring, Real User Monitoring, support for collecting browser logs, and single-pane-of-glass visibility for serverless environments, Datadog now provides even broader coverage of the modern application stack, from frontend to backend.

Why does CUBIC take us back to TCP congestion control?

TCP congestion control is a fundamental part of this protocol and over the years has undergone a process of constant improvement through the generation of different versions, such as TCP Tahoe, Reno, Vegas, and so on. The case of the TCP CUBIC version, which has been the default congestion control applied by Linux/Unix systems.

Welcome to ESD (Enterprise Software Division)

Broadcom acquired CA Technologies in late 2018. Now, we’re focused on partnering with global 1000 customers and increasing adoption. With Broadcom’s 50 years of engineering excellence and strong history of R&D investment, our goal is to offer solutions that help make IT a business advantage that drives business outcomes. Our number one priority is to be a strategic parter in your digital transformation journey. Keep watching to learn more about our go-forward model at Broadcom.

This New Wi-Fi Security Framework Brings Opportunity for MSPs

Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” That statement couldn’t be further from the truth—but there is an opportunity that MSPs are missing in the Wi-Fi market. If you think about the Wi-Fi market today, it’s an incredibly well-known and mature solution category, where most vendors offer highly similar products that provide a very similar set of capabilities.