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Beyond Their Intended Scope: Uzing into Russia

Oct 23, 2024 By Doug Madory In Kentik
The first installment of our new blog series, Beyond Their Intended Scope, covers BGP mishaps that may have escaped the community’s attention but are worthy of analysis. In this post, we review a recent BGP leak that redirected internet traffic through Russia and Central Asia as a result of a path error leak by Uztelecom, the incumbent service provider of Uzbekistan.
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Kentik Bytes: Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers

Oct 10, 2024 By Kentik In Kentik
In this latest Kentik Bytes, we explore how Kentik Data Explorer empowers cloud engineers to gain visibility across distributed, multi-cloud environments. With the ability to query and analyze vast amounts of telemetry from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises environments, Kentik simplifies troubleshooting and cost optimization. We walk through how to filter data, use custom dimensions, and compare historical data to get deeper insights, all in one platform.
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Hurricane Helene Devastates Network Connectivity in Parts of the South

Oct 8, 2024 By Doug Madory In Kentik
In this post, we dig into the impacts from Hurricane Helene which came ashore late last month wreaking destruction and severe flooding in the Southeastern United States. Using Kentik’s traffic data as well as Georgia Tech’s IODA, we detail the impacts in three of the hardest-hit states: Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
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Unleashing the Power of Kentik Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers

Oct 1, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
Kentik Data Explorer is a powerful tool designed for engineers managing complex environments. It provides comprehensive visibility across various cloud platforms by ingesting and enriching telemetry data from sources like AWS, GCP, and Azure, and with the ability to explore data through granular filters and dimensions, engineers can quickly analyze cloud performance, detect security threats, and control costs in real-time exploration and historically.
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Unlocking Network Insights: Bringing Context to Cloud Visibility

Sep 24, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In today’s complex cloud environments, traditional network visibility tools fail to provide the necessary context to understand and troubleshoot application performance issues. In this post, we delve into how network observability bridges this gap by combining diverse telemetry data and enriching it with contextual information.
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Optimizing Cloud Networks: The Strategic Approach to Eliminating Suboptimal Routing

Sep 12, 2024 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
In this post, we look at optimizing cloud network routing to avoid suboptimal paths that increase latency, round-trip times, or costs. To mitigate this, we can adjust routing policies, strategically distributing resources, AWS Direct Connects, and by leveraging observability tools to monitor performance and costs, enabling informed decisions that balance performance with budget.
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