Toronto, Canada
2016
  |  By Amber Weaver
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) activity changes faster than most IP inventory systems can keep up. Devices reconnect. Leases expire. Infrastructure changes constantly across servers, endpoints, and cloud environments. If your IP inventory cannot reflect those changes automatically, teams quickly lose confidence in the data they rely on to operate the network.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Your Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server already knows what’s connected to your network. The problem is that DHCP data rarely stays aligned with the rest of your infrastructure systems. Instead, it becomes fragmented across Windows servers, branch offices, spreadsheets, and disconnected operational tools. Lease data ages, assignments go untracked, and teams lose confidence in their network inventory.
  |  By David Colebatch
Organizations starting AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) Phase 1 face a tooling choice. Which assessment platform should they use? Most start with AWS Transform. It is built by AWS. It produces migration cost estimates, instance recommendations, and agentic execution for VMware, .NET, mainframe, and other workloads. This is half the picture.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Without site context, your 5-minute fix becomes a 30-minute hunt through spreadsheets and Slack channels while users wait. This isn’t just inconvenient—it’s expensive. Every minute of downtime costs your business, and every minute spent playing IP detective is a minute not spent solving the actual problem. As networks scale across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, this lack of infrastructure context creates real operational pain for your team.
  |  By Amber Weaver
In growing organizations, network requests pile up and so does the risk of delays, miscommunication, or misconfigurations. Whether a developer needs a static IP for a staging server or a project team is scaling infrastructure, manual processes don’t scale with you. LightMesh Requestor Workflow gives your users a secure, controlled way to request static IP addresses — without granting access to your entire IP address management (IPAM) platform. Admins stay in control. IT team stays productive.
  |  By Amber Weaver
We’re excited to share that our latest industry analysis has been featured in Packet Pushers, one of the most trusted voices in networking and infrastructure.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Network Address Translation (NAT) is foundational in today’s enterprise and cloud networks, yet NAT documentation often remains an afterthought, managed in spreadsheets or skipped entirely. This creates unnecessary complexity, security blind spots, and wasted IP resources. At LightMesh, we believe IP address management (IPAM) should include intuitive tools to track NAT configurations just as easily as subnets and IP assignments.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Cloud adoption is at an all-time high but unified network views haven’t kept up. With 98% of organizations using cloud infrastructure and 95% supporting remote workers, what once lived in a controlled environment is now scattered across public clouds, hybrid setups, personal devices, and remote endpoints. The result? A visibility crisis and it’s hitting IP address management (IPAM) hard.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Cloud environment cleanup is often overlooked but it’s one of the biggest blockers to efficient cloud transformation. Have you ever found yourself lost in a labyrinth of environment names? “Dev,” “development,” “dev-test” — sound familiar? What starts as a simple spreadsheet import can quickly spiral into a nightmare of duplicate records and data inconsistencies. One of our customers knows this pain all too well.
  |  By Amber Weaver
Cloud migration is a rapidly growing market, projected to reach $1.3 trillion in 2025 (Gartner). Yet, 74% of migrations exceed budget and timeline expectations (IDC). Why? Because cloud migration isn’t just a technical shift—it’s a strategic business transformation requiring coordinated planning across applications, infrastructure, networks, and finances.
  |  By Tidal
Tidal.cloud's AWS Optimization and Modernization Assessment provides organizations with a no-cost assessment capability for modernizing applications into the cloud. By leveraging Tidal Accelerator, your infrastructure, databases, source code and the business of your application, are all analyzed and considered for one of the 6Rs of migration.
  |  By Tidal
AWS Optimization and Modernization Assessments give organizations an actionable cloud migration plan and business case that maximizes their ROI.
  |  By Tidal
We asked Brian what he loves about his IPAM software, LightMesh.
  |  By Tidal
This episode discusses using Nmap for network-based discovery to fill server inventory gaps in data centers. The integration with Tidal Accelerator allows for quick scans and discovery of servers and devices, providing peace of mind for data center closure and migration programs.
  |  By Tidal
Modernize as you Migrate Episode 4: Discovering Your Servers with Ease using VMware Integration.
  |  By Tidal
Episode 3 of our 'Modernize as you Migrate Series' explores how to efficiently scale cloud migration work across teams using @tidal4774 's latest features. Tidal Accelerator now integrates with Jira templates, allowing teams to replicate workflows and manage tasks consistently and in real-time. The episode highlights simplified workflows, timelines, tasks management and the elimination of manual errors and repeat work. Increase productivity and streamline your cloud migration process today with Tidal Accelerator's project templates and Jira integration.
  |  By Tidal
Explore the significance of Application Owner Interviews in your migration strategy from @tidal4774. Learn how these interviews help you align technology with business objectives, maximize ROI, and streamline the migration process efficiently.
  |  By Tidal
Unlock the secrets to streamlining cloud migration and breaking free from Analysis Paralysis with Tidal Accelerator from @tidal4774. Discover how Tidal Accelerator empowers organizations to make informed decisions, optimize costs, and accelerate their cloud migration journey.
  |  By Tidal
We are thrilled to announce the latest update to Tidal Accelerator, which focuses on optimizing one of our most popular features: Application interviews. This update was designed to make the interview process faster, more intuitive, and easier to use. The latest update of Tidal Accelerator includes pre-filled interviews, which save time for users who are completing interviews for similar applications.
  |  By Tidal
How to Sign Up for LightMesh IPAM with Microsoft Azure AD Single Sign On

Tidal is a Software-as-a-Service platform built for companies migrating to the cloud. Our collaborative, application-centric approach allows you to discover, assess, plan, and manage your migration with actionable insights to transform your applications and support your business goals.

Leverage your data. Migrate faster, make savings. Plan successfully from day one.

  • Discover your data. Lightning fast. Analyze databases, source code and technologies in minutes with agentless discovery. All in one convenient source of truth. The Tidal Platform integrates with your existing tools to save you time and fill in the gaps.
  • Cloud Readiness Assessment. Identify roadblocks and quantify the difficulty of Replatform and Refactor migrations. Tidal makes it easy to assess all your source code and database configurations, and get a recommended application migration plan. Drive faster modernization of legacy applications and move towards database freedom.
  • Easy prioritization, tracking and design. Tidal brings prioritization and assessment automation to help your team plan, and the data to ease your transition. Build migration waves leveraging dependencies to collaborate and ensure success.

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