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Cloud Pathfinder: A Key to Cloud Network Intelligence

Apr 9, 2025 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
Cloud Pathfinder simplifies cloud troubleshooting by visually mapping connectivity paths between cloud endpoints and integrating the power of AI, identifying where and why traffic is being blocked. By analyzing cloud configuration metadata, it provides instant, actionable insights into routing and security issues — saving engineers hours of manual work.
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Beyond Their Intended Scope: DDoS Mitigation Leak

Apr 8, 2025 By Doug Madory In Kentik
In this edition of Beyond Their Intended Scope, we take a look at last week’s BGP leak by a DDoS mitigation company which impacted networks around the world. We look at the impacts in both BGP and traffic data, and discuss how RFC 9234’s “Only to Customer” BGP Path Attribute could have helped.
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Announcing Cloud Pathfinder: Network GPS for Infrastructure Teams

Apr 2, 2025 By Rosalind Whitley In Kentik
Today, we’re excited to launch Cloud Pathfinder, an AI-powered path assessment service built into Kentik Journeys. Read on to learn how Cloud Pathfinder gives you instant, turn-by-turn insight into cloud routing—mapping out every hop, gateway, VPC/VNet, and attachment along the way.
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Starlink Enters Transit Market With Community Gateways

Mar 27, 2025 By Doug Madory In Kentik
Starlink moves beyond being strictly a direct-to-consumer service provider with the recent activations of its Community Gateways. In recent months, Starlink has become a transit provider to a small but growing number of service providers in remote parts of the world as its unique and groundbreaking service continues to evolve.
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Optimizing AWS NAT Gateway Usage

Mar 14, 2025 By Kentik In Kentik
AWS NAT gateways are essential but costly—especially when they're underutilized or overused. In this Kentik walkthrough, we'll show you how to quickly identify unnecessary NAT gateway expenses and optimize your cloud infrastructure spending. Learn to analyze traffic patterns, pinpoint problematic gateways, and achieve cost-effective network visibility using Kentik's Data Explorer.
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Optimizing AWS NAT Gateway Usage

Feb 25, 2025 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
AWS NAT Gateways are essential for private subnet access but can quickly become a costly burden, even when idle. With Kentik, cloud and network engineers gain deep visibility into NAT Gateway traffic, allowing them to identify underutilized gateways, analyze high-cost usage, and explore cost-saving alternatives like VPC Endpoints, Internet Gateways, or direct peering.
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Maximizing Azure Network Insights with VNet Flow Logs

Feb 24, 2025 By Kentik In Kentik
Join Kentik’s Phil Gervasi and Chris O’Brien in this LinkedIn Live replay as they discuss how VNet flow logs in Microsoft Azure boost network observability far beyond what’s possible with NSG flow logs. Learn how easier deployment, comprehensive visibility, and advanced analytics—integrated with AI-driven query capabilities—can help optimize your Azure (and multi-cloud) environment.
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Breaking Free from Legacy Observability: Why Service Providers Choose Kentik Over Deepfield

Feb 21, 2025 By Lauren Basile In Kentik
Modern network operators need modern observability tools. In this post, we explore why Deepfield — a traditional network flow analytics platform — falls short in providing comprehensive insights required for today’s network operations, and how Kentik’s modern data platform is purpose-built for today’s infrastructure teams.
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