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manageengine

What are DNS filters and how do they simplify network traffic routing?

Oct 10, 2024 By DDI Central In ManageEngine
In a world where businesses operate globally, managing DNS queries across multiple regions can be complex. When clients from various locations send queries for a domain, those queries must be routed to the most appropriate DNS host. Factors such as the client’s geolocation, IP address, and network type play a crucial role in ensuring traffic is directed to the right place for better performance. DNS filters provide the criteria for routing traffic efficiently.
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graylog

When DNS Says: Talk To The Hand!

Sep 17, 2024 By Jeff Darrington In Graylog
When DNS Says: Talk to the Hand! What? This started with a post on social media, which created a discussion among us industry professionals. The following conversation happened when I got to talk to my coworkers about some interesting things regarding DNS responses. Putting us gearheads in a room always results in an interesting comment or two!
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catchpoint

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

Sep 3, 2024 By Denton Chikura In Catchpoint
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.
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catchpoint

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

Aug 14, 2024 By Dritan Suljoti In Catchpoint
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”
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manageengine

What is DNS monitoring? How it helps improve the performance of your network services

Jul 31, 2024 By CloudDNS In ManageEngine
DNS service management tools are currently considered a crucial element by many organizations, as they simplify the administration and issue detecting activities for admins. Along with streamlining DNS service for elevating organization’s network service for clients. Despite managing and automating DNS activities across different DNS service providers, every DNS tool has one key feature that every organization rely on: DNS monitoring.
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Cross-Cloud Networking: DNS Design

Jul 3, 2024 By Google Operations In Google Operations
Designing a robust DNS design to support seamless name resolution across distributed workloads is important. Watch along as Sri Nannapaneni, Customer Engineer at Google Cloud, discusses Cloud DNS concepts and reviews a design pattern that customers can leverage as part of their hybrid deployment.
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Measuring Real World Performance of DNS Solutions

Jul 1, 2024 By Catchpoint In Catchpoint
Your customers are not willing to wait more than a second or two for your website and apps to load. Slow-loading apps and sites may seem like a minor inconvenience to them, but they’re a serious threat to your business. Numerous studies have shown that customers will abandon your site and take their business elsewhere if you make them wait. Many businesses are unaware of the critical role of the Domain Name System (DNS) in the performance of websites and business apps.
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catchpoint

A deep dive into global DNS connection performance with IBM & Catchpoint

Jun 26, 2024 By Mark Towler In Catchpoint
Imagine: Your executive team spent the last year developing messaging. Your design team worked for weeks on a compelling awareness campaign. Then, your marketing team deployed the perfect lead generation campaign. Your new customer, ready to make a purchase, eagerly clicks on your website link... only to be met with a frustratingly slow loading page.
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site24x7

What is DNS monitoring and why is it important

Jun 21, 2024 By Bela Susan Thomas In Site24x7
In the digital world, your website is like a house, and visitors access it through an address. But before they reach your doorstep, they need directions—that's where the domain name system (DNS) comes in. It acts like a phone book and translates user-friendly website names (like google.com) into machine-friendly numerical IP addresses. DNS server monitoring checks the health and performance of the DNS servers that translate website addresses into IP addresses.
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